1887 New York Metropolitans
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkSt. George Cricket Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnerErastus Wiman
ManagersBob Ferguson, Dave Orr, O. P. Caylor

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 Grays, who were interested in several of the Metropolitans' players. The Kansas City Cowboys inherited the Metropolitans' place in the American Association for the 1888 season.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 9540 0.704 — 58–15 37–25
Cincinnati Red Stockings 8154 0.600 14 46–27 35–27
Baltimore Orioles 7758 0.570 18 42–21 35–37
Louisville Colonels 7660 0.559 19½ 45–23 31–37
Philadelphia Athletics 6469 0.481 30 41–28 23–41
Brooklyn Grays 6074 0.448 34½ 36–37 24–37
New York Metropolitans 4489 0.331 50 26–33 18–56
Cleveland Blues 3992 0.298 54 22–36 17–56

Record vs. opponents

1887 American Association record

Sources:
Team BAL BRO CIN CLE LOU NYP PHI STL
Baltimore —10–9–111–917–37–11–115–4–214–63–16–2
Brooklyn 9–10–1—7–1313–6–18–129–910–8–24–16
Cincinnati 9–1113–7—11–68–1217–3–111–912–6
Cleveland 3–176–13–16–11—8–11–111–84–141–18
Louisville 11–7–112–812–811–8–1—12–811–8–17–13
New York 4–15–29–93–17–18–118–12—7–11–15–14–1
Philadelphia 6–148–10–29–1114–48–11–111–7–1—8–12
St. Louis 16–3–216–46–1218–113–714–5–112–8—

Roster

Lip Pike
1887 New York Metropolitans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CBill Holbert6925558.227032
1BDave Orr84345127.368266
2BJoe Gerhardt8530768.221027
SSPaul Radford128486129.265445
3BFrank Hankinson127512137.268171
OFDarby O'Brien127522157.301573
OFCharley Jones6224763.255329
OFChief Roseman6024155.228127

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
Candy Nelson6825763.245024
Jim Donahue6022062.282129
John Meister3915835.222121
Tom O'Brien3112925.194018
Mortimer Hogan3212024.20005
Andy Sommers3311621.181112
Dude Esterbrook2610117.16807
Jimmy Knowles166015.25006
Clarence Cross165511.20005
Jon Morrison9344.11803
Sadie Houck10335.15200
Cyclone Ryan8327.21903
Fred O'Neill6268.30803
Charlie Hall3121.08300
Tom Kinslow260.00000
Bill Collins141.25000
Lip Pike140.00000

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
Al Mays52441.117344.73124
Ed Cushman26220.010155.9764
Jack Lynch21187.07145.1045
John Shaffer13112.02116.1922
Stump Weidman1297.0484.6437
Bill Fagan645.0144.0012
Charlie Parsons434.0114.505
James McMullin321.0217.712

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
Cyclone Ryan22.10123.140

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
Chief Roseman20007.881
Paul Radford200018.004
Charley Jones20003.000
Tom O'Brien10007.360
Darby O'Brien10000.000

References


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