1887 Brooklyn Grays season

1887 Brooklyn Grays
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkWashington Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
PresidentCharles Byrne
ManagerCharles Byrne
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The 1887 Brooklyn Grays finished the season in sixth place.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 95 40 .704 58‍–‍15 37‍–‍25
Cincinnati Red Stockings 81 54 .600 14 46‍–‍27 35‍–‍27
Baltimore Orioles 77 58 .570 18 42‍–‍21 35‍–‍37
Louisville Colonels 76 60 .559 19½ 45‍–‍23 31‍–‍37
Philadelphia Athletics 64 69 .481 30 41‍–‍28 23‍–‍41
Brooklyn Grays 60 74 .448 34½ 36‍–‍37 24‍–‍37
New York Metropolitans 44 89 .331 50 26‍–‍33 18‍–‍56
Cleveland Blues 39 92 .298 54 22‍–‍36 17‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BRO CIN CLE LOU NYP PHI STL
Baltimore 10–9–1 11–9 17–3 7–11–1 15–4–2 14–6 3–16–2
Brooklyn 9–10–1 7–13 13–6–1 8–12 9–9 10–8–2 4–16
Cincinnati 9–11 13–7 11–6 8–12 17–3–1 11–9 12–6
Cleveland 3–17 6–13–1 6–11 8–11–1 11–8 4–14 1–18
Louisville 11–7–1 12–8 12–8 11–8–1 12–8 11–8–1 7–13
New York 4–15–2 9–9 3–17–1 8–11 8–12 7–11–1 5–14–1
Philadelphia 6–14 8–10–2 9–11 14–4 8–11–1 11–7–1 8–12
St. Louis 16–3–2 16–4 6–12 18–1 13–7 14–5–1 12–8


Roster

1887 Brooklyn Grays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Jimmy Peoples 73 268 36 68 .254 1 38 22
1B Bill Phillips 132 533 82 142 .266 2 101 16
2B Bill McClellan 136 548 109 144 .263 1 53 70
3B George Pinkney 138 580 133 155 .267 3 69 59
SS Germany Smith 103 435 79 128 .294 4 72 26
OF Jim McTamany 134 520 123 134 .258 1 68 66
OF Ed Swartwood 91 363 72 92 .253 1 54 29
OF Ed Greer 91 327 49 83 .254 2 48 33

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Adonis Terry 86 352 56 103 .293 3 65 27
Ernie Burch 49 188 47 55 .293 2 26 15
Bob Clark 48 177 24 47 .266 0 18 15
Jack O'Brien 30 123 18 28 .228 1 17 8
Billy Otterson 30 100 16 20 .200 2 15 8
Chief Roseman 1 3 2 1 .333 0 1 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Henry Porter 40 40 339.2 15 24 4.21 96 74 38
Adonis Terry 40 35 318.0 16 16 4.02 99 138 35
John Harkins 24 24 199.0 10 14 6.02 77 36 22
Steve Toole 24 24 194.0 14 10 4.31 106 48 22
Hardie Henderson 13 12 111.2 5 8 3.95 63 28 12
Bert Cunningham 3 3 23.0 0 2 5.09 13 8 3

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