1887 Cleveland Blues season

The 1887 Cleveland Blues baseball team finished with a 39–92 record, last in the American Association during their debut season. Organized by streetcar tycoon Frank Robison, the team played its home games at National League Park.

1887 Cleveland Blues
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Frank Robison
Manager(s)Jimmy Williams
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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 Records

Sources:
Team BAL BR CIN CLE LOU NY 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—

Opening Day lineup

Roster
1887 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager
  • Jimmy Williams

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
2BCub Stricker131534141.264253
OFMyron Allen117463128.276477

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
Scrappy Carroll5721643.199019
John Munyan165814.24106
Chief Zimmer145212.23104
Hank Simon3101.10000

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
Billy Crowell45389.114313.8872
Hugh Daily16139.24123.6930
Bob Gilks13108753.0828
John Kirby541059.006

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
Cub Stricker30013.182
Myron Allen21000.931

References

"1887 Cleveland Blues Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.


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