1886 Boston Beaneaters season

1886 Boston Beaneaters
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	56–61 (.479)
Owners	Arthur Soden
Managers	John Morrill

The 1886 Boston Beaneaters season was the sixteenth season of the franchise.

Regular season

Opening Day photo, Boston Beaneaters and New York Giants

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	—

Roster

1886 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Parsons Old Hoss Radbourn Bill Stemmyer Catchers Con Daily Pat Dealy Tom Gunning Pop Tate		Infielders Myron Allen Charlie Buffinton Jack Burdock John Morrill Billy Nash Sam Wise		Outfielders Joe Hornung Dick Johnston Tom Poorman Ezra Sutton		Manager John Morrill

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	Con Daily	50	180	43	.239	0	21
SS	John Morrill	117	430	106	.247	7	69

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
Charlie Buffinton	44	176	51	.290	1	30
Pop Tate	31	106	24	.226	0	3
Tom Gunning	27	98	22	.224	0	7
Pat Dealy	15	46	15	.326	0	3
Myron Allen	1	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Old Hoss Radbourn	58	509.1	27	31	3.00	218
Bill Stemmeyer	41	348.2	22	18	3.02	239
Charlie Buffinton	18	151	7	10	4.59	47
Charlie Parsons	2	16	0	2	3.94	5

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
John Morrill	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

References

• 1886 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference