1886 Baltimore Orioles season

1886 Baltimore Orioles
League	American Association
Ballpark	Oriole Park
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Owner	Harry Von der Horst
Manager	Billy Barnie
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	93	46	.669	—	52‍–‍18	41‍–‍28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	80	57	.584	12	45‍–‍28	35‍–‍29
Brooklyn Grays	76	61	.555	16	44‍–‍25	32‍–‍36
Louisville Colonels	66	70	.485	25½	37‍–‍30	29‍–‍40
Cincinnati Red Stockings	65	73	.471	27½	40‍–‍31	25‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics	63	72	.467	28	38‍–‍31	25‍–‍41
New York Metropolitans	53	82	.393	38	30‍–‍33	23‍–‍49
Baltimore Orioles	48	83	.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	—

Notable transactions

• April 1886: Milt Scott was assigned to the Orioles by the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.

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	Chris Fulmer	80	270	66	.244	1	30
1B	Milt Scott	137	484	92	.190	2	52
2B	Mike Muldoon	101	381	76	.199	0	23
SS	Jimmy Macullar	85	268	55	.205	0	26
3B	Jumbo Davis	60	216	42	.194	1	20
OF	Jack Manning	137	556	124	.223	1	45
OF	Buster Hoover	40	157	34	.217	0	10
OF	Joe Sommer	139	560	117	.209	1	52

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
Joe Farrell	73	301	63	.209	1	31
Sadie Houck	61	260	50	.192	0	17
Pat O'Connell	42	166	30	.181	0	8
Tom Dolan	38	125	19	.152	0	12
Blondie Purcell	26	85	19	.224	0	8
Bill Traffley	25	85	18	.212	0	7
Jim Clinton	23	83	15	.181	0	6
Len Sowders	23	76	20	.263	0	14
Billy Taylor	10	39	12	.308	0	8
Ed Greer	11	38	5	.132	0	4
Bill Conway	7	14	2	.143	0	3
Ned Bligh	3	9	0	.000	0	0
Billy Barnie	2	6	0	.000	0	0
Sandy Nava	2	5	1	.200	0	0
Tony Hellman	1	3	0	.000	0	0
William Zay	1	1	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
Matt Kilroy	68	583.0	29	34	3.37	513
Jumbo McGinnis	26	209.1	11	13	3.48	70
Hardie Henderson	19	171.1	3	15	4.62	88
Dick Conway	9	76.2	2	7	6.81	64
Billy Taylor	8	72.1	1	6	5.72	37
Abner Powell	7	60.0	2	5	5.10	15
Ed Knouff	1	9.0	0	1	2.00	8
William Houseman	1	8.0	0	1	3.38	5
William Zay	1	2.0	0	0	9.00	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
Joe Sommer	1	0	0	0	18.00	1
Pat O'Connell	1	0	0	0	6.00	1
Milt Scott	1	0	0	0	3.00	0
Chris Fulmer	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
Jimmy Macullar	1	0	0	0	9.00	1
Blondie Purcell	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

References

• 1886 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Reference
• 1886 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com