1886 Washington Nationals season

Major League Baseball team season

1886 Washington Nationals

League| National League
Ballpark| Swampoodle Grounds
City| Washington, D.C.
Managers| Michael Scanlon, John Gaffney

1887 ->

The 1886 Washington Nationals finished with a 28–92 record in the National League, finishing in last place in their debut season.

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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National League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Chicago White Stockings | 90 | 34  | .726  | —  | 52‍–‍10  | 38‍–‍24
Detroit Wolverines | 87 | 36  | .707  | 2½  | 49‍–‍13  | 38‍–‍23
New York Giants | 75 | 44  | .630  | 12½  | 47‍–‍12  | 28‍–‍32
Philadelphia Quakers | 71 | 43  | .623  | 14  | 45‍–‍14  | 26‍–‍29
Boston Beaneaters | 56 | 61  | .479  | 30½  | 32‍–‍26  | 24‍–‍35
St. Louis Maroons | 43 | 79  | .352  | 46  | 27‍–‍34  | 16‍–‍45
Kansas City Cowboys | 30 | 91  | .248  | 58½  | 17‍–‍40  | 13‍–‍51
Washington Nationals | 28 | 92  | .233  | 60  | 19‍–‍43  | 9‍–‍49

### Record vs. opponents

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1886 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BOS  | CHI  | DET  | KC  | NYG  | PHI  | STL  | WSH
Boston | — | 6–12 | 6–11 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 3–10 | 11–6–1 | 13–5
Chicago | 12–6 | — | 11–7 | 17–1 | 10–8–1 | 10–7–1 | 13–4 | 17–1
Detroit | 11–6 | 7–11 | — | 16–2 | 11–7 | 10–7–1 | 15–2–1 | 17–1–1
Kansas City | 6–11 | 1–17 | 2–16 | — | 3–15–1 | 2–14–1 | 5–12–2 | 11–6–1
New York | 11–6 | 8–10–1 | 7–11 | 15–3–1 | — | 8–8–1 | 15–3 | 11–3–2
Philadelphia | 10–3 | 7–10–1 | 7–10–1 | 14–2–1 | 8–8–1 | — | 12–6 | 13–4–1
St. Louis | 6–11–1 | 4–13 | 2–15–1 | 12–5–2 | 3–15 | 6–12 | — | 10–8
Washington | 5–13 | 1–17 | 1–17–1 | 6–11–1 | 3–11–2 | 4–13–1 | 8–10 | —

### Opening Day lineup

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### Roster

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1886 Washington Nationals

Roster
Pitchers

* Bob Barr
* Hugh Daily
* John Fox
* Ed Fuller
* Frank Gilmore
* John Henry
* George Keefe
* Tony Madigan
* Hank O'Day
* Dupee Shaw
* Bill Wise
* Joe Yingling

|  | Catchers

* Harry Decker
* Barney Gilligan
* Jackie Hayes
* Tom Kinslow
* Connie Mack
* Dave Oldfield
* Henry Zeiher

Infielders

* Phil Baker
* Jack Farrell
* Davy Force
* Jim Gallagher
* Buck Gladmon
* Sadie Houck
* Jimmy Knowles
* Bill Krieg
* John McGlone
* Joe Start

|  | Outfielders

* Cliff Carroll
* Larry Corcoran
* Ed Crane
* Walt Goldsby
* Paul Hines
* George Joyce
* George Shoch
* George Winkelman

|  | Manager

* John Gaffney
* Michael Scanlon

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Barney Gilligan | 81 | 273 | 52 | .190 | 0 | 17
1B | Phil Baker | 81 | 325 | 72 | .222 | 1 | 34
2B | Jimmy Knowles | 115 | 443 | 94 | .212 | 3 | 35
SS | Davy Force | 68 | 242 | 44 | .182 | 0 | 16
3B | Buck Gladmon | 44 | 152 | 21 | .138 | 1 | 15
OF | Paul Hines | 121 | 487 | 152 | .312 | 9 | 56
OF | Ed Crane | 80 | 292 | 50 | .171 | 0 | 20
OF | Cliff Carroll | 111 | 433 | 99 | .229 | 2 | 22

#### Other batters

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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

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Sadie Houck | 52 | 195 | 42 | .215 | 0 | 14
Jack Farrell | 47 | 171 | 41 | .240 | 2 | 18
Joe Start | 31 | 122 | 27 | .221 | 0 | 17
Bill Krieg | 27 | 98 | 25 | .255 | 1 | 15
George Shoch | 26 | 95 | 28 | .295 | 1 | 18
Jackie Hayes | 26 | 89 | 17 | .191 | 3 | 9
Larry Corcoran | 21 | 81 | 15 | .185 | 0 | 3
Dave Oldfield | 21 | 71 | 10 | .141 | 0 | 2
Connie Mack | 10 | 36 | 13 | .361 | 0 | 5
Harry Decker | 7 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 1
Henry Zeiher | 6 | 21 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Walt Goldsby | 6 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1
John McGlone | 4 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 1
Tom Kinslow | 3 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1
Pete Galligan | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0
George Joyce | 1 | 0 | 0 | \
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### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Dupee Shaw | 45 | 385.2 | 13 | 31 | 3.34 | 177
Bob Barr | 23 | 191.2 | 3 | 18 | 4.41 | 80
Tony Madigan | 14 | 114.2 | 1 | 13 | 4.87 | 29
Frank Gilmore | 9 | 75.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.52 | 75
Ed Crane | 10 | 70.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.20 | 39
Hank O'Day | 6 | 49.0 | 2 | 2 | 1.65 | 47
Hugh Daily | 6 | 49.0 | 0 | 6 | 7.35 | 15
George Keefe | 4 | 31.1 | 0 | 3 | 5.17 | 5
John Henry | 4 | 27.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.23 | 19
John Fox | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 3
George Winkelman | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.50 | 4
Bill Wise | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 0

#### Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Larry Corcoran | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 3
Ed Fuller | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.92 | 3

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Joe Yingling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1

## References

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* 1886 Washington Nationals team page at Baseball Reference

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* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

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