1887 Washington Nationals season

The 1887 Washington Nationals finished with a 46–76 record in the National League, finishing in seventh place.

1887 Washington Nationals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1886)
Location
Swampdoodle Grounds (since 1886) Washington, D.C. (since 1886)
Other information
Manager(s)	John Gaffney
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Regular season

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1887 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Frank Gilmore George Keefe Hank O'Day Dupee Shaw Jim Whitney Catchers Pat Dealy Barney Gilligan Connie Mack Bill Wright		Infielders Sam Crane Jim Donnelly Jack Farrell John Irwin Bill Krieg Al Myers Billy O'Brien Pete O'Brien		Outfielders Cliff Carroll Ed Daily Paul Hines George Shoch		Manager John Gaffney

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	Connie Mack	82	314	63	.201	0	20
1B	Billy O'Brien	113	453	126	.278	19	73
2B	Al Myers	105	362	84	.232	2	36
3B	Jim Donnelly	117	425	85	.200	1	46
OF	Ed Daily	78	311	78	.251	2	36

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
Pat Dealy	58	212	55	.259	1	18
Bill Krieg	25	95	24	.253	2	17
Barney Gilligan	28	90	18	.200	1	6
John Irwin	8	31	11	.355	2	3
Sam Crane	7	30	9	.300	0	1
Pete O'Brien	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Bill Wright	1	3	2	.667	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
Jim Whitney	47	404.2	24	21	3.22	146
Hank O'Day	30	254.2	8	20	4.17	86
Frank Gilmore	28	234.2	7	20	3.87	114
Dupee Shaw	21	181.1	7	13	6.45	47
George Keefe	1	8	0	1	9.00	0
Ed Daily	1	7	0	1	7.71	3

References

• 1887 Washington Nationals at Baseball Reference