1887 Chicago White Stockings season

Major League Baseball team season

1887 Chicago White Stockings

League| National League
Ballpark| West Side Park
City| Chicago
Owner| Albert Spalding
Manager| Cap Anson

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The 1887 Chicago White Stockings season was the 16th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 12th in the National League and the third at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings finished third in the National League with a record of 71–50.

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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

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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
Pittsburgh 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[edit]

1887 National League record

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

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
Pittsburgh | 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[edit]

1887 Chicago White Stockings

Roster
Pitchers

* Mark Baldwin
* John Clarkson
* Shadow Pyle
* Charlie Sprague

|  | Catchers

* Tom Daly
* Silver Flint

Infielders

* Cap Anson
* Tom Burns
* Emil Geiss
* Fred Pfeffer
* Patsy Tebeau
* Ned Williamson

|  | Outfielders

* Dell Darling
* Jocko Flynn
* Bob Pettit
* Jimmy Ryan
* Marty Sullivan
* Billy Sunday
* George Van Haltren

|  | Manager

* Cap Anson

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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 | Tom Daly | 74 | 256 | 53 | .207 | 2 | 17
1B | Cap Anson | 122 | 472 | 164 | .347 | 7 | 102
2B | Fred Pfeffer | 123 | 479 | 133 | .278 | 16 | 89
SS | Ned Williamson | 127 | 439 | 117 | .267 | 9 | 78
3B | Tom Burns | 115 | 424 | 112 | .264 | 3 | 60
OF | Marty Sullivan | 115 | 472 | 134 | .284 | 7 | 77
OF | Jimmy Ryan | 126 | 508 | 145 | .285 | 11 | 74
OF | Billy Sunday | 50 | 199 | 58 | .291 | 3 | 32

#### Other batters[edit]

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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Silver Flint | 49 | 187 | 50 | .267 | 3 | 21
George Van Haltren | 45 | 172 | 35 | .203 | 3 | 17
Dell Darling | 38 | 141 | 45 | .319 | 3 | 20
Bob Pettit | 34 | 138 | 36 | .261 | 2 | 12
Patsy Tebeau | 20 | 68 | 11 | .162 | 1 | 10
Emil Geiss | 3 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0
Jocko Flynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | \
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### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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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John Clarkson | 60 | 523.0 | 38 | 21 | 3.08 | 237
Mark Baldwin | 40 | 334.0 | 18 | 17 | 3.40 | 164
George Van Haltren | 20 | 161.0 | 11 | 7 | 3.86 | 76
Shadow Pyle | 4 | 26.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.72 | 5
Charlie Sprague | 3 | 22.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 9
Emil Geiss | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 8.00 | 4

#### Other pitchers[edit]

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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Jimmy Ryan | 8 | 45.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.20 | 14

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

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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Marty Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1
Ned Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0
Bob Pettit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0

## References[edit]

* 1887 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference

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