1887 Brooklyn Grays season

The 1887 Brooklyn Grays finished the season in sixth place.

1887 Brooklyn Grays
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1884)
Location
Washington Park (since 1883) Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
Manager(s)	Charles Byrne
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Offseason

• December 1886: Jack O'Brien was purchased by the Grays from the Philadelphia Athletics.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	95	40	0.704	—	58–15	37–25
Cincinnati Red Stockings	81	54	0.600	14	46–27	35–27
Baltimore Orioles	77	58	0.570	18	42–21	35–37
Louisville Colonels	76	60	0.559	19½	45–23	31–37
Philadelphia Athletics	64	69	0.481	30	41–28	23–41
Brooklyn Grays	60	74	0.448	34½	36–37	24–37
New York Metropolitans	44	89	0.331	50	26–33	18–56
Cleveland Blues	39	92	0.298	54	22–36	17–56

Record vs. opponents

1887 American Association Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	CLE	LOU	NY	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 Bert Cunningham John Harkins Hardie Henderson Henry Porter Steve Toole		Catchers Bob Clark Jack O'Brien Jimmy Peoples Infielders Bill McClellan Billy Otterson Bill Phillips George Pinkney Germany Smith		Outfielders Ernie Burch Ed Greer Jim McTamany Chief Roseman Ed Swartwood Adonis Terry		Manager Charles Byrne

Player stats

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

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	16	16	4.02	99	138	35
John Harkins	24	24	199	10	14	6.02	77	36	22
Steve Toole	24	24	194	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	2	5.09	13	8	3

Notes

1. Jack O'Brien page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet