1887 Baltimore Orioles season

American Association (19th century)|American Association team season

1887 Baltimore Orioles

League

American Association

Ballpark

City

Owner

← 1886

Seasons

1888 →

Regular season

Season standings

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1887 American Association record v t e Sources:
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

1887 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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
C	Sam Trott	85	300	77	.257	0	37
1B	Tommy Tucker	136	524	144	.275	6	84
2B	Bill Greenwood	118	495	130	.263	0	65
SS	Oyster Burns	140	551	188	.341	9	99
3B	Jumbo Davis	130	485	150	.309	8	109
OF	Mike Griffin	136	532	160	.301	3	94
OF	Blondie Purcell	140	567	142	.250	4	96
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.	RBI
Chris Fulmer	56	201	54	.269	32
Law Daniels	48	165	41	.248	32
Jackie Hayes	8	28	4	.143	3
Bill Gardner	4	11	3	.273	1

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	69	589.1	46	19	3.07	217
Phenomenal Smith	58	491.1	25	30	3.79	206
Ed Knouff	9	63.0	2	6	7.57	27
Lev Shreve	5	38.0	3	1	3.79	13
Bob Keating	1	9.0	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	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	ERA	SO
Oyster Burns	3	1	9.53	2
Blondie Purcell	1	0	15.75	2
Joe Sommer	1	0	9.00	0

External links

v t e 1887 MLB season by team
National League	Boston Chicago Detroit Indianapolis New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
American Association	Baltimore Brooklyn Cincinnati Cleveland Louisville New York Philadelphia St. Louis
1887 World Series

v t e Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899)
Based in Baltimore, Maryland
The franchise	Players Managers Opening Day starting pitchers
Ball parks	Newington Park Oriole Park Union Park
Lore	Temple Cup
National League Pennants	1894 1895 1896
Championships	1896 1897
Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

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