1887 Philadelphia Athletics season

1887 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American Association
Ballpark	Jefferson Street Grounds
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Managers	Frank Bancroft, Charlie Mason

The 1887 Philadelphia Athletics had a 64–69 record and finished in fifth place in the American Association.

Regular season

1887 Philadelphia Athletics team photograph

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 record 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	—

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Wilbert Robinson	68	264	60	.227	1	24
1B	Jocko Milligan	95	377	114	.302	2	50
2B	Lou Bierbauer	126	530	144	.272	1	82
SS	Chippy McGarr	137	536	158	.295	1	63
3B	Denny Lyons	137	570	209	.367	6	102
OF	Harry Stovey	124	497	142	.286	4	77
OF	Tom Poorman	135	585	155	.265	4	61
OF	Henry Larkin	126	497	154	.310	3	88

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Fred Mann	55	229	63	.275	0	32
George Townsend	31	109	21	.193	0	14
Ed Flanagan	19	80	20	.250	1	10
Chief Roseman	21	73	16	.219	0	8
Ed Greer	3	11	2	.182	0	0
Jim Roxburgh	2	8	1	.125	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ed Seward	55	470.2	25	25	4.13	155
Gus Weyhing	55	466.1	26	28	4.27	193
Al Atkinson	15	124.2	6	8	5.92	34
Bobby Mathews	7	58.0	3	4	6.67	9
Bill Hart	3	26.0	1	2	4.50	4
Ledell Titcomb	3	24.0	1	2	6.75	16
Billy Taylor	1	9.0	1	0	3.00	0
Frank Chapman	1	5.0	0	0	7.20	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tommy Casey	1	0	0	0	18.00	0
Lou Bierbauer	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Tom Poorman	1	0	0	0	40.50	1

References

• 1887 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference