1887 Philadelphia Athletics season
Appearance
1887 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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Ballpark | Jefferson Street Grounds |
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Owners | Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason |
Managers | Frank Bancroft, Charlie Mason |
The 1887 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 64–69 record and finished in fifth place in the American Association.
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Browns | 95 | 40 | .704 | — | 58–15 | 37–25 |
Cincinnati Red Stockings | 81 | 54 | .600 | 14 | 46–27 | 35–27 |
Baltimore Orioles | 77 | 58 | .570 | 18 | 42–21 | 35–37 |
Louisville Colonels | 76 | 60 | .559 | 19½ | 45–23 | 31–37 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 69 | .481 | 30 | 41–28 | 23–41 |
Brooklyn Grays | 60 | 74 | .448 | 34½ | 36–37 | 24–37 |
New York Metropolitans | 44 | 89 | .331 | 50 | 26–33 | 18–56 |
Cleveland Blues | 39 | 92 | .298 | 54 | 22–36 | 17–56 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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2B | Lou Bierbauer | 126 | 530 | 144 | .272 | 1 | 82 |
OF | Tom Poorman | 135 | 585 | 155 | .265 | 4 | 61 |
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 |
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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 |
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Al Atkinson | 15 | 124.2 | 6 | 8 | 5.92 | 34 |
Frank Chapman | 1 | 5 | 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 |
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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