1886 Philadelphia Athletics season

1886 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American Association
Ballpark	Jefferson Street Grounds
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Managers	Lew Simmons, Bill Sharsig

The 1886 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 63–72 record and finished in sixth place in the American Association.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	93	46	0.669	—	52–18	41–28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	80	57	0.584	12	45–28	35–29
Brooklyn Grays	76	61	0.555	16	44–25	32–36
Louisville Colonels	66	70	0.485	25½	37–30	29–40
Cincinnati Red Stockings	65	73	0.471	27½	40–31	25–42
Philadelphia Athletics	63	72	0.467	28	38–31	25–41
New York Metropolitans	53	82	0.393	38	30–33	23–49
Baltimore Orioles	48	83	0.366	41	30–32	18–51

Record vs. opponents

1886 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	LOU	NY	PHI	PIT	STL
Baltimore	—	6–14–1	5–13–2	7–12–2	8–9	8–10–1	7–12–2	7–13
Brooklyn	14–6–1	—	13–7	13–7	10–9–1	11–7–2	8–12	7–13
Cincinnati	13–5–2	7–13	—	10–10	13–7–1	10–10	7–13	5–15
Louisville	12–7–2	7–13	10–10	—	11–8	9–11	7–12	10–9
New York	9–8	9–10–1	7–13–1	8–11	—	8–12	8–12	4–16
Philadelphia	10–8–1	7–11–2	10–10	11–9	12–8	—	8–11–1	5–15
Pittsburgh	12–7–2	12–8	13–7	12–7	12–8	11–8–1	—	8–12
St. Louis	13–7	13–7	15–5	9–10	16–4	15–5	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	87	342	69	.202	1	30
1B	Jocko Milligan	75	301	76	.252	5	45
2B	Lou Bierbauer	137	522	118	.226	2	47
SS	Chippy McGarr	71	267	71	.266	2	31
3B	Jack Gleason	77	299	56	.187	1	31
OF	Harry Stovey	123	489	144	.294	7	59
OF	John Coleman	121	492	121	.246	0	65
OF	Henry Larkin	139	565	180	.319	2	74

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
Jack O'Brien	105	423	107	.253	0	56
Ed Greer	71	264	51	.193	1	20
Joe Quest	42	150	31	.207	0	10
Denny Lyons	32	123	26	.211	0	11
Orator Shafer	21	82	22	.268	0	8
George Bradley	13	48	4	.083	0	1
John Irwin	3	13	3	.231	0	1
William Hyndman	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Kelly	1	3	0	.000	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
Al Atkinson	45	396.2	25	17	3.95	154
Bobby Mathews	24	197.2	13	9	3.96	93
Bill Hart	22	186.0	9	13	3.19	78
Ted Kennedy	20	172.2	5	15	4.53	68
Cyclone Miller	19	169.2	10	8	2.97	99
Jake Aydelott	2	18.0	0	2	4.00	5
Sam Weaver	2	11.0	0	2	14.73	2
Rex Smith	1	9.0	0	1	7.00	4
Jim Brown	1	8.1	0	1	3.24	4
Ed Clark	1	8.0	0	1	6.75	2
Charlie Gessner	1	8.0	0	1	9.00	0
William Hyndman	1	2.0	0	1	27.00	1

Other 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
John Coleman	3	20.2	1	1	2.61	2

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
Lou Bierbauer	2	0	0	0	4.22	1
Harry Stovey	1	0	0	0	27.00	0

References

• 1886 Philadelphia Athletics at Baseball Reference