1887 Baltimore Orioles season

1887 Baltimore Orioles
Ballpark	Oriole Park
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Owners	Harry Von der Horst
Managers	Billy Barnie
Seasons

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 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	—

Roster

1887 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Bill Gardner Bob Keating Matt Kilroy Ed Knouff Lev Shreve Phenomenal Smith		Catchers Law Daniels Chris Fulmer Sam Trott Infielders Oyster Burns Jumbo Davis Bill Greenwood Tommy Tucker		Outfielders Mike Griffin Jackie Hayes Blondie Purcell Joe Sommer		Manager Billy Barnie

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
OF	Joe Sommer	131	463	123	.266	0	65

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

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
Bob Keating	1	9	0	1	11.00	0

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
Bill Gardner	3	13	0	1	11.08	3

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	9.00	0

External links

• 1887 Baltimore Orioles season
• 1887 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com