1886 Washington Nationals season

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

1886 Washington Nationals
League	National League
Ballpark	Swampoodle Grounds
City	Washington, D.C.
Managers	Michael Scanlon, John Gaffney

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1886 National League record 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	—

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	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

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
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	----	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
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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Larry Corcoran	2	14.0	0	1	5.79	3
Ed Fuller	2	13.0	0	1	6.92	3

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
Joe Yingling	1	0	0	0	12.00	1

References

• 1886 Washington Nationals team page at Baseball Reference