1886 Washington Nationals season

The 1886 Washington Nationals finished with a 28–92 record in the National League, finishing in last place in their debut season.

1886 Washington Nationals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1886)
Location
Swampoodle Grounds (since 1886) Washington, D.C. (since 1886)
Other information
Manager(s)	Michael Scanlon, John Gaffney
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	90	34	0.726	—	52–10	38–24
Detroit Wolverines	87	36	0.707	2½	49–13	38–23
New York Giants	75	44	0.630	12½	47–12	28–32
Philadelphia Quakers	71	43	0.623	14	45–14	26–29
Boston Beaneaters	56	61	0.479	30½	32–26	24–35
St. Louis Maroons	43	79	0.352	46	27–34	16–45
Kansas City Cowboys	30	91	0.248	58½	17–40	13–51
Washington Nationals	28	92	0.233	60	19–43	9–49

Record vs. opponents

1886 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	KC	NYG	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	6–12	6–11	11–6	6–11	3–10	11–6–1	13–5
Chicago	12–6	—	11–7	17–1	10–8–1	10–7–1	13–4	17–1
Detroit	11–6	7–11	—	16–2	11–7	10–7–1	15–2–1	17–1–1
Kansas City	6–11	1–17	2–16	—	3–15–1	2–14–1	5–12–2	11–6–1
New York	11–6	8–10–1	7–11	15–3–1	—	8–8–1	15–3	11–3–2
Philadelphia	10–3	7–10–1	7–10–1	14–2–1	8–8–1	—	12–6	13–4–1
St. Louis	6–11–1	4–13	2–15–1	12–5–2	3–15	6–12	—	10–8
Washington	5–13	1–17	1–17–1	6–11–1	3–11–2	4–13–1	8–10	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1886 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Bob Barr Hugh Daily John Fox Ed Fuller Frank Gilmore John Henry George Keefe Tony Madigan Hank O'Day Dupee Shaw Bill Wise Joe Yingling		Catchers Harry Decker Barney Gilligan Jackie Hayes Tom Kinslow Connie Mack Dave Oldfield Henry Zeiher Infielders Phil Baker Jack Farrell Davy Force Jim Gallagher Buck Gladmon Sadie Houck Jimmy Knowles Bill Krieg John McGlone Joe Start		Outfielders Cliff Carroll Larry Corcoran Ed Crane Walt Goldsby Paul Hines George Joyce George Shoch George Winkelman		Manager John Gaffney Michael Scanlon

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

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
Bill Krieg	27	98	25	.255	1	15
Larry Corcoran	21	81	15	.185	0	3
Connie Mack	10	36	13	.361	0	5
Walt Goldsby	6	18	4	.222	0	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
Bob Barr	23	191.2	3	18	4.41	80
Hugh Daily	6	49	0	6	7.35	15

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
Larry Corcoran	2	14	0	1	5.79	3

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
Joe Yingling	1	0	0	0	12.00	1

References

• 1886 Washington Nationals team page at Baseball Reference