1887 Washington Nationals season

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

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
Pittsburg 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
Pittsburg	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	—

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	Mack, ConnieConnie Mack	82	314	63	.201	0	20
1B	O'Brien, BillyBilly O'Brien	113	453	126	.278	19	73
2B	Myers, AlAl Myers	105	362	84	.232	2	36
3B	Donnelly, JimJim Donnelly	117	425	85	.200	1	46
OF	Daily, EdEd 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
Dealy, PatPat Dealy	58	212	55	.259	1	18
Krieg, BillBill Krieg	25	95	24	.253	2	17
Gilligan, BarneyBarney Gilligan	28	90	18	.200	1	6
Irwin, JohnJohn Irwin	8	31	11	.355	2	3
Crane, SamSam Crane	7	30	9	.300	0	1
O'Brien, PetePete O'Brien	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Wright, BillBill 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
Whitney, JimJim Whitney	47	404.2	24	21	3.22	146
O'Day, HankHank O'Day	30	254.2	8	20	4.17	86
Gilmore, FrankFrank Gilmore	28	234.2	7	20	3.87	114
Shaw, DupeeDupee Shaw	21	181.1	7	13	6.45	47
Keefe, GeorgeGeorge Keefe	1	8	0	1	9.00	0
Daily, EdEd Daily	1	7	0	1	7.71	3

References

• 1887 Washington Nationals at Baseball Reference