1887 New York Metropolitans season

1887 New York Metropolitans
League	American Association
Ballpark	St. George Cricket Grounds
City	New York City
Owner	Erastus Wiman
Managers	Bob 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

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	95	40	.704	—	58‍–‍15	37‍–‍25
Cincinnati Red Stockings	81	54	.600	14	46‍–‍27	35‍–‍27
Baltimore Orioles	77	58	.570	18	42‍–‍21	35‍–‍37
Louisville Colonels	76	60	.559	19½	45‍–‍23	31‍–‍37
Philadelphia Athletics	64	69	.481	30	41‍–‍28	23‍–‍41
Brooklyn Grays	60	74	.448	34½	36‍–‍37	24‍–‍37
New York Metropolitans	44	89	.331	50	26‍–‍33	18‍–‍56
Cleveland Blues	39	92	.298	54	22‍–‍36	17‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1887 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BRO	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYP	PHI	STL
Baltimore	—	10–9–1	11–9	17–3	7–11–1	15–4–2	14–6	3–16–2
Brooklyn	9–10–1	—	7–13	13–6–1	8–12	9–9	10–8–2	4–16
Cincinnati	9–11	13–7	—	11–6	8–12	17–3–1	11–9	12–6
Cleveland	3–17	6–13–1	6–11	—	8–11–1	11–8	4–14	1–18
Louisville	11–7–1	12–8	12–8	11–8–1	—	12–8	11–8–1	7–13
New York	4–15–2	9–9	3–17–1	8–11	8–12	—	7–11–1	5–14–1
Philadelphia	6–14	8–10–2	9–11	14–4	8–11–1	11–7–1	—	8–12
St. Louis	16–3–2	16–4	6–12	18–1	13–7	14–5–1	12–8	—

Roster

Lip Pike

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
C	Bill Holbert	69	255	58	.227	0	32
1B	Dave Orr	84	345	127	.368	2	66
2B	Joe Gerhardt	85	307	68	.221	0	27
SS	Paul Radford	128	486	129	.265	4	45
3B	Frank Hankinson	127	512	137	.268	1	71
OF	Darby O'Brien	127	522	157	.301	5	73
OF	Charley Jones	62	247	63	.255	3	29
OF	Chief Roseman	60	241	55	.228	1	27

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 Nelson	68	257	63	.245	0	24
Jim Donahue	60	220	62	.282	1	29
John Meister	39	158	35	.222	1	21
Tom O'Brien	31	129	25	.194	0	18
Mortimer Hogan	32	120	24	.200	0	5
Andy Sommers	33	116	21	.181	1	12
Dude Esterbrook	26	101	17	.168	0	7
Jimmy Knowles	16	60	15	.250	0	6
Clarence Cross	16	55	11	.200	0	5
Jon Morrison	9	34	4	.118	0	3
Sadie Houck	10	33	5	.152	0	0
Cyclone Ryan	8	32	7	.219	0	3
Fred O'Neill	6	26	8	.308	0	3
Charlie Hall	3	12	1	.083	0	0
Tom Kinslow	2	6	0	.000	0	0
Bill Collins	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Lip Pike	1	4	0	.000	0	0

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 Mays	52	441.1	17	34	4.73	124
Ed Cushman	26	220.0	10	15	5.97	64
Jack Lynch	21	187.0	7	14	5.10	45
John Shaffer	13	112.0	2	11	6.19	22
Stump Weidman	12	97.0	4	8	4.64	37
Bill Fagan	6	45.0	1	4	4.00	12
Charlie Parsons	4	34.0	1	1	4.50	5
James McMullin	3	21.0	2	1	7.71	2

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 Ryan	2	2.1	0	1	23.14	0

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 Roseman	2	0	0	0	7.88	1
Paul Radford	2	0	0	0	18.00	4
Charley Jones	2	0	0	0	3.00	0
Tom O'Brien	1	0	0	0	7.36	0
Darby O'Brien	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1887 New York Metropolitans team page at Baseball Reference