1887 Chicago White Stockings season

Major League Baseball team season
1887 Chicago White Stockings
LeagueNational League
BallparkWest Side Park
CityChicago
OwnerAlbert Spalding
ManagerCap Anson
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The 1887 Chicago White Stockings season was the 16th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 12th in the National League and the third at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings finished third in the National League with a record of 71–50.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Wolverines 79 45 0.637 — 44–17 35–28
Philadelphia Quakers 75 48 0.610 3½ 38–23 37–25
Chicago White Stockings 71 50 0.587 6½ 44–18 27–32
New York Giants 68 55 0.553 10½ 36–26 32–29
Boston Beaneaters 61 60 0.504 16½ 38–22 23–38
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 55 69 0.444 24 31–33 24–36
Washington Nationals 46 76 0.377 32 26–33 20–43
Indianapolis Hoosiers 37 89 0.294 43 24–39 13–50

Record vs. opponents

1887 National League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CHI DET IND NYG PHI PIT WSH
Boston — 6–9–3 17–11–1 11–7 7–10–1 9–9 11–7 10–7–1
Chicago 9–6–3 — 10–8 13–5 11–6–1 12–6–1 5–12–1 11–7
Detroit 11–7–1 8–10 — 14–4–1 10–8 10–8 13–4 13–4–1
Indianapolis 7–11 5–13 4–14–1 — 3–15 1–17 7–11 10–8
New York 10–7–1 6–11–1 8–10 15–3 — 7–10–3 12–6 10–8–1
Philadelphia 9–9 6–12–1 8–10 17–1 10–7–3 — 12–6 13–3–1
Pittsburgh 7–11 12–5–1 4–13 11–7 6–12 6–12 — 9–9
Washington 7–10–1 7–11 4–13–1 8–10 8–10–1 3–13–1 9–9 —


Roster

1887 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Tom Daly 74 256 53 .207 2 17
1B Cap Anson 122 472 164 .347 7 102
2B Fred Pfeffer 123 479 133 .278 16 89
SS Ned Williamson 127 439 117 .267 9 78
3B Tom Burns 115 424 112 .264 3 60
OF Marty Sullivan 115 472 134 .284 7 77
OF Jimmy Ryan 126 508 145 .285 11 74
OF Billy Sunday 50 199 58 .291 3 32

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
Silver Flint 49 187 50 .267 3 21
George Van Haltren 45 172 35 .203 3 17
Dell Darling 38 141 45 .319 3 20
Bob Pettit 34 138 36 .261 2 12
Patsy Tebeau 20 68 11 .162 1 10
Emil Geiss 3 12 1 .083 0 0
Jocko Flynn 1 0 0 ---- 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
John Clarkson 60 523.0 38 21 3.08 237
Mark Baldwin 40 334.0 18 17 3.40 164
George Van Haltren 20 161.0 11 7 3.86 76
Shadow Pyle 4 26.1 1 3 4.72 5
Charlie Sprague 3 22.0 1 0 4.91 9
Emil Geiss 1 9.0 1 0 8.00 4

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
Jimmy Ryan 8 45.0 2 1 4.20 14

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
Marty Sullivan 1 0 0 0 7.71 1
Ned Williamson 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Bob Pettit 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

  • 1887 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference
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