1887 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1887 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1887 in baseball.

The 1887 MLB Season was the National League's twelfth season and American Association's sixth season. The Detroit Wolverines defeated the St. Louis Browns in a 15-game World Series match played in ten cities.^[1] The Louisville Colonels set a Major League record which still stands for the most base on balls for a team in a game, with 19 against the Cleveland Blues on the 21st of September.^[2]

Final standings

American Association
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB

1st	St. Louis Browns	95	40	.704	–
2nd	Cincinnati Red Stockings	81	54	.600	14.0
3rd	Baltimore Orioles	77	58	.570	18.0
4th	Louisville Colonels	76	60	.559	19.5
5th	Philadelphia Athletics	64	69	.481	30.0
6th	Brooklyn Grays	60	74	.448	34.5
7th	New York Metropolitans	44	89	.331	50.0
8th	Cleveland Blues	39	92	.298	54.0

National League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB

1st	Detroit Wolverines	79	45	.637	–
2nd	Philadelphia Quakers	75	48	.610	3.5
3rd	Chicago White Stockings	71	50	.587	6.5
4th	New York Giants	68	55	.553	10.5
5th	Boston Beaneaters	61	60	.504	16.5
6th	Pittsburg Alleghenys	55	69	.444	24.0
7th	Washington Nationals	46	76	.377	32.0
8th	Indianapolis Hoosiers	37	89	.294	43.0

League leaders

	American Association		National League
AVG	Tip O'Neill STL	.435	Sam Thompson DET	.372
HR	Tip O'Neill STL	14	Billy O'Brien WAS	19
RBI	Tip O'Neill STL	123	Sam Thompson DET	166
Wins	Matt Kilroy BAL	46	John Clarkson CHI	38
ERA	Elmer Smith CIN	2.94	Dan Casey PHI	2.86
Ks	Toad Ramsey LOU	355	John Clarkson CHI	237

Postseason

World Series:

The Detroit Wolverines (79–45, NL) defeated the St. Louis Browns (95–40, AA) ten games to five.

Notes

↑ Suehsdorf, A. D. (1978). The Great American Baseball Scrapbook, p. 24. Random House. ISBN 0-394-50253-1.
↑ "Games Based Bases on Balls Records". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

References

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

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Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

See also

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