1887 New York Metropolitans season

1887 New York Metropolitans
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1883)
Location
St. George Cricket Grounds (since 1886)
New York City (since 1880)
Other information
Owner(s)	Erastus Wiman
Manager(s)	Bob Ferguson, Dave Orr, O. P. Caylor
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The 1887 New York Metropolitans finished with a 44–89 record, seventh place in the American Association. The team folded operations at the conclusion of the season. What was left of the team was purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers, who were interested in several of the Metropolitans' players.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	95	40	0.704	—	58–15	37–25
Cincinnati Red Stockings	81	54	0.600	14	46–27	35–27
Baltimore Orioles	77	58	0.570	18	42–21	35–37
Louisville Colonels	76	60	0.559	19½	45–23	31–37
Philadelphia Athletics	64	69	0.481	30	41–28	23–41
Brooklyn Grays	60	74	0.448	34½	36–37	24–37
New York Metropolitans	44	89	0.331	50	26–33	18–56
Cleveland Blues	39	92	0.298	54	22–36	17–56

Record vs. opponents

1887 American Association Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	CLE	LOU	NY	PHI	STL
Baltimore	—	10–9–1	11–9	17–3	7–11–1	15–4–2	14–6	3–16–2
Brooklyn	9–10–1	—	7–13	13–6–1	8–12	9–9	10–8–2	4–16
Cincinnati	9–11	13–7	—	11–6	8–12	17–3–1	11–9	12–6
Cleveland	3–17	6–13–1	6–11	—	8–11–1	11–8	4–14	1–18
Louisville	11–7–1	12–8	12–8	11–8–1	—	12–8	11–8–1	7–13
New York	4–15–2	9–9	3–17–1	8–11	8–12	—	7–11–1	5–14–1
Philadelphia	6–14	8–10–2	9–11	14–4	8–11–1	11–7–1	—	8–12
St. Louis	16–3–2	16–4	6–12	18–1	13–7	14–5–1	12–8	—

Roster

Lip Pike

1887 New York Metropolitans
Roster
Pitchers Ed Cushman Bill Fagan Jack Lynch Al Mays James McMullin Charlie Parsons John Shaffer Stump Wiedman		Catchers Bill Collins Jim Donahue Bill Holbert Tom Kinslow Pete Sommers Infielders Clarence Cross Dude Esterbrook Joe Gerhardt Frank Hankinson Sadie Houck Jimmy Knowles Tom O'Brien Dave Orr Paul Radford Cyclone Ryan		Outfielders Charlie Hall Mortimer Hogan Charley Jones John Meister Jon Morrison Candy Nelson Darby O'Brien Fred O'Neill Lip Pike Chief Roseman		Manager O. P. Caylor Bob Ferguson Dave Orr

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
1B	Orr, DaveDave Orr	84	345	127	.368	2	66

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
Ryan, CycloneCyclone Ryan	8	32	7	.219	0	3

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
Cushman, EdEd Cushman	26	220	10	15	5.97	64

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
Ryan, CycloneCyclone Ryan	2	2.1	0	1	23.14	0

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

References

• 1887 New York Metropolitans team page at Baseball Reference