1887 New York Metropolitans season

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.

1887 New York Metropolitans
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Erastus Wiman
Manager(s)Bob Ferguson, Dave Orr, O. P. Caylor
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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
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
1BDave Orr84345127.368266

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
Cyclone Ryan8327.21903

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
Ed Cushman2622010155.9764

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

References


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