1887 Philadelphia Athletics season

1887 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Jefferson Street Grounds (since 1883)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Manager(s)	Frank Bancroft, Charlie Mason
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The 1887 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 64–69 record and finished in fifth place in the American Association.

Regular season

1887 Philadelphia Athletics team photograph

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

1887 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Al Atkinson Tommy Casey Frank Chapman Bill Hart Bobby Mathews Ed Seward Billy Taylor Cannonball Titcomb Gus Weyhing		Catchers Wilbert Robinson Jim Roxburgh George Townsend Infielders Lou Bierbauer Ed Flanagan Denny Lyons Chippy McGarr Jocko Milligan		Outfielders Ed Greer Henry Larkin Fred Mann Tom Poorman Chief Roseman Harry Stovey		Manager Frank Bancroft Charlie Mason

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
2B	Bierbauer, LouLou Bierbauer	126	530	144	.272	1	82
OF	Poorman, TomTom Poorman	135	585	155	.265	4	61

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

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
Atkinson, AlAl Atkinson	15	124.2	6	8	5.92	34
Chapman, FrankFrank Chapman	1	5	0	0	7.20	4

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
Casey, TommyTommy Casey	1	0	0	0	18.00	0
Bierbauer, LouLou Bierbauer	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
Poorman, TomTom Poorman	1	0	0	0	40.50	1

References

• 1887 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference