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

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago White Stockings	90	34	--	.726
Detroit Wolverines	87	36	2.5	.707
New York Giants	75	44	12.5	.630
Philadelphia Quakers	71	43	14	.623
Boston Beaneaters	56	61	30.5	.479
St. Louis Maroons	43	79	46	.352
Kansas City Cowboys	30	91	58.5	.248
Washington Nationals	28	92	60	.233

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	—

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
Krieg, BillBill Krieg	27	98	25	.255	1	15
Corcoran, LarryLarry Corcoran	21	81	15	.185	0	3
Mack, ConnieConnie Mack	10	36	13	.361	0	5
Goldsby, WaltWalt 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
Barr, BobBob Barr	23	191.2	3	18	4.41	80
Daily, HughHugh 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
Corcoran, LarryLarry 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
Yingling, JoeJoe Yingling	1	0	0	0	12.00	1

References

• 1886 Washington Nationals team page at Baseball Reference