1886 New York Metropolitans season

The 1886 New York Metropolitans (under new management) finished with a 53–82 record, seventh place in the American Association.

1886 New York Metropolitans
League	American Association
Ballpark	St. George Cricket Grounds
City	New York, New York
Owner	Erastus Wiman
Managers	Jim Gifford, Bob Ferguson

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	93	46	0.669	—	52–18	41–28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	80	57	0.584	12	45–28	35–29
Brooklyn Grays	76	61	0.555	16	44–25	32–36
Louisville Colonels	66	70	0.485	25½	37–30	29–40
Cincinnati Red Stockings	65	73	0.471	27½	40–31	25–42
Philadelphia Athletics	63	72	0.467	28	38–31	25–41
New York Metropolitans	53	82	0.393	38	30–33	23–49
Baltimore Orioles	48	83	0.366	41	30–32	18–51

Record vs. opponents

1886 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	LOU	NY	PHI	PIT	STL
Baltimore	—	6–14–1	5–13–2	7–12–2	8–9	8–10–1	7–12–2	7–13
Brooklyn	14–6–1	—	13–7	13–7	10–9–1	11–7–2	8–12	7–13
Cincinnati	13–5–2	7–13	—	10–10	13–7–1	10–10	7–13	5–15
Louisville	12–7–2	7–13	10–10	—	11–8	9–11	7–12	10–9
New York	9–8	9–10–1	7–13–1	8–11	—	8–12	8–12	4–16
Philadelphia	10–8–1	7–11–2	10–10	11–9	12–8	—	8–11–1	5–15
Pittsburgh	12–7–2	12–8	13–7	12–7	12–8	11–8–1	—	8–12
St. Louis	13–7	13–7	15–5	9–10	16–4	15–5	12–8	—

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	Charlie Reipschlager	65	232	49	.211	0	25
1B	Dave Orr	136	571	193	.338	7	91
2B	Tom Forster	67	251	49	.195	1	20
SS	Candy Nelson	109	413	93	.225	0	23
3B	Frank Hankinson	136	522	126	.241	2	63
OF	Chief Roseman	134	559	127	.227	5	53
OF	Steve Behel	59	224	46	.205	0	17
OF	Steve Brady	124	466	112	.240	0	39

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
Tom McLaughlin	74	250	34	.136	0	16
Jim Donahue	49	186	37	.199	0	9
John Meister	45	186	44	.237	2	21
Bill Holbert	48	171	35	.205	0	13
Elmer Foster	35	125	23	.184	0	7
Joe Crotty	14	47	8	.170	0	2
Chief Zimmer	6	19	3	.158	0	1
Peter Connell	1	5	0	.000	0	0
Fred Mauer	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Jack Lynch	51	432.2	20	30	3.95	193
Al Mays	41	350.0	11	27	3.89	163
Ed Cushman	38	325.2	17	21	3.12	167
John Shaffer	8	69.0	5	3	1.96	36
Fred Mauer	1	2.0	0	1	36.00	0

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
Chief Roseman	1	0	0	0	5.14	0

References

• 1886 New York Metropolitans team page at Baseball Reference