1887 Chicago White Stockings season
The 1887 Chicago White Stockings season was the 16th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 12th in the National League and the 3rd at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings finished third in the National League with a record of 71–50.
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Owner(s) | Albert Spalding |
Manager(s) | Cap Anson |
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Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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
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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 |
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C | Tom Daly | 74 | 256 | 53 | .207 | 2 | 17 |
1B | Cap Anson | 122 | 472 | 164 | .347 | 7 | 102 |
SS | Ned Williamson | 127 | 439 | 117 | .267 | 9 | 78 |
OF | Jimmy Ryan | 126 | 508 | 145 | .285 | 11 | 74 |
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 |
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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 |
Emil Geiss | 3 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 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 |
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John Clarkson | 60 | 523 | 38 | 21 | 3.08 | 237 |
Mark Baldwin | 40 | 334 | 18 | 17 | 3.40 | 164 |
George Van Haltren | 20 | 161 | 11 | 7 | 3.86 | 76 |
Shadow Pyle | 4 | 26.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.72 | 5 |
Charlie Sprague | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 9 |
Emil Geiss | 1 | 9 | 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 |
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Jimmy Ryan | 8 | 45 | 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 |
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Ned Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Bob Pettit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |