1887 New York Metropolitans season

The 1887 New York Metropolitans finished with a 44–89 record, seventh place in the American Association. The team folded operations at the conclusion of the season. What was left of the team was purchased by the Brooklyn Grays, who were interested in several of the Metropolitans' players. The Kansas City Cowboys inherited the Metropolitans' place in the American Association for the 1888 season.

1887 New York Metropolitans
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkSt. George Cricket Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnerErastus Wiman
ManagersBob Ferguson, Dave Orr, O. P. Caylor
← 1886

Regular season

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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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Lip Pike
1887 New York Metropolitans
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 Bill Holbert 69 255 58 .227 0 32
1B Dave Orr 84 345 127 .368 2 66
2B Joe Gerhardt 85 307 68 .221 0 27
SS Paul Radford 128 486 129 .265 4 45
3B Frank Hankinson 127 512 137 .268 1 71
OF Darby O'Brien 127 522 157 .301 5 73
OF Charley Jones 62 247 63 .255 3 29
OF Chief Roseman 60 241 55 .228 1 27

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
Candy Nelson 68 257 63 .245 0 24
Jim Donahue 60 220 62 .282 1 29
John Meister 39 158 35 .222 1 21
Tom O'Brien 31 129 25 .194 0 18
Mortimer Hogan 32 120 24 .200 0 5
Andy Sommers 33 116 21 .181 1 12
Dude Esterbrook 26 101 17 .168 0 7
Jimmy Knowles 16 60 15 .250 0 6
Clarence Cross 16 55 11 .200 0 5
Jon Morrison 9 34 4 .118 0 3
Sadie Houck 10 33 5 .152 0 0
Cyclone Ryan 8 32 7 .219 0 3
Fred O'Neill 6 26 8 .308 0 3
Charlie Hall 3 12 1 .083 0 0
Tom Kinslow 2 6 0 .000 0 0
Bill Collins 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Lip Pike 1 4 0 .000 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
Al Mays 52 441.1 17 34 4.73 124
Ed Cushman 26 220.0 10 15 5.97 64
Jack Lynch 21 187.0 7 14 5.10 45
John Shaffer 13 112.0 2 11 6.19 22
Stump Weidman 12 97.0 4 8 4.64 37
Bill Fagan 6 45.0 1 4 4.00 12
Charlie Parsons 4 34.0 1 1 4.50 5
James McMullin 3 21.0 2 1 7.71 2

Other 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
Cyclone Ryan 2 2.1 0 1 23.14 0

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
Chief Roseman 2 0 0 0 7.88 1
Paul Radford 2 0 0 0 18.00 4
Charley Jones 2 0 0 0 3.00 0
Tom O'Brien 1 0 0 0 7.36 0
Darby O'Brien 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

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