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1887 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1887 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersBill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
ManagersFrank Bancroft, Charlie Mason
← 1886
1888 →

The 1887 Philadelphia Athletics had a 64–69 record and finished in fifth place in the American Association.

Regular season

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1887 Philadelphia Athletics team photograph

Season standings

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American Association
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

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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


Roster

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1887 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Wilbert Robinson 68 264 60 .227 1 24
1B Jocko Milligan 95 377 114 .302 2 50
2B Lou Bierbauer 126 530 144 .272 1 82
SS Chippy McGarr 137 536 158 .295 1 63
3B Denny Lyons 137 570 209 .367 6 102
OF Harry Stovey 124 497 142 .286 4 77
OF Tom Poorman 135 585 155 .265 4 61
OF Henry Larkin 126 497 154 .310 3 88

Other batters

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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
Fred Mann 55 229 63 .275 0 32
George Townsend 31 109 21 .193 0 14
Ed Flanagan 19 80 20 .250 1 10
Chief Roseman 21 73 16 .219 0 8
Ed Greer 3 11 2 .182 0 0
Jim Roxburgh 2 8 1 .125 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Seward 55 470.2 25 25 4.13 155
Gus Weyhing 55 466.1 26 28 4.27 193
Al Atkinson 15 124.2 6 8 5.92 34
Bobby Mathews 7 58.0 3 4 6.67 9
Bill Hart 3 26.0 1 2 4.50 4
Ledell Titcomb 3 24.0 1 2 6.75 16
Billy Taylor 1 9.0 1 0 3.00 0
Frank Chapman 1 5.0 0 0 7.20 4

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

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