1886 St. Louis Maroons season

1886 St. Louis Maroons
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Owners	Henry Lucas
Managers	Gus Schmelz

The 1886 St. Louis Maroons finished with a 43–79 record in the National League, finishing in sixth place. After the season, the team was purchased by John T. Brush and moved to Indianapolis, becoming the Hoosiers.

Regular season

The 1886 St. Louis Maroons

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	90	34	.726	—	52‍–‍10	38‍–‍24
Detroit Wolverines	87	36	.707	2½	49‍–‍13	38‍–‍23
New York Giants	75	44	.630	12½	47‍–‍12	28‍–‍32
Philadelphia Quakers	71	43	.623	14	45‍–‍14	26‍–‍29
Boston Beaneaters	56	61	.479	30½	32‍–‍26	24‍–‍35
St. Louis Maroons	43	79	.352	46	27‍–‍34	16‍–‍45
Kansas City Cowboys	30	91	.248	58½	17‍–‍40	13‍–‍51
Washington Nationals	28	92	.233	60	19‍–‍43	9‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1886 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	KC	NYG	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	6–12	6–11	11–6	6–11	3–10	11–6–1	13–5
Chicago	12–6	—	11–7	17–1	10–8–1	10–7–1	13–4	17–1
Detroit	11–6	7–11	—	16–2	11–7	10–7–1	15–2–1	17–1–1
Kansas City	6–11	1–17	2–16	—	3–15–1	2–14–1	5–12–2	11–6–1
New York	11–6	8–10–1	7–11	15–3–1	—	8–8–1	15–3	11–3–2
Philadelphia	10–3	7–10–1	7–10–1	14–2–1	8–8–1	—	12–6	13–4–1
St. Louis	6–11–1	4–13	2–15–1	12–5–2	3–15	6–12	—	10–8
Washington	5–13	1–17	1–17–1	6–11–1	3–11–2	4–13–1	8–10	—

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	George Myers	79	295	56	.190	0	27
1B	Alex McKinnon	122	491	148	.301	8	72
2B	Fred Dunlap	71	285	76	.267	3	32
SS	Jack Glasscock	121	486	158	.325	3	40
OF	Emmett Seery	126	453	108	.238	2	48
OF	John Cahill	125	463	92	.199	1	32
OF	Jack McGeachey	59	226	46	.204	2	24

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 Quinn	75	271	63	.232	1	21
Frank Graves	43	138	21	.152	0	9
Sam Crane	39	116	20	.172	0	7
Tom Dolan	15	44	11	.250	0	1
George Mappes	6	14	2	.143	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
Egyptian Healy	43	353.2	17	23	2.88	213
John Kirby	41	325	11	26	3.30	129
Henry Boyle	25	210	9	15	1.76	101
Charlie Sweeney	11	93	5	6	4.16	28
Joe Murphy	4	33	0	4	8.18	11
Al Bauer	4	28.2	0	4	5.97	13
Jeremiah Reardon	1	8	0	1	6.75	0

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
John Cahill	2	1	0	0	3.00	2
Emmett Seery	2	0	0	0	7.71	2
Frank Graves	1	0	0	0	9.00	2

References

• 1886 St. Louis Maroons team page at Baseball Reference