1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

The 1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the sixth season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise and its first in the National League, where they remain to this day. The Alleghenys finished sixth in the standings with a record of 55–69.

1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
League	National League
Ballpark	Recreation Park
City	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owner	William A. Nimick
Manager	Horace B. Phillips

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Wolverines	79	45	.637	—	44‍–‍17	35‍–‍28
Philadelphia Quakers	75	48	.610	3½	38‍–‍23	37‍–‍25
Chicago White Stockings	71	50	.587	6½	44‍–‍18	27‍–‍32
New York Giants	68	55	.553	10½	36‍–‍26	32‍–‍29
Boston Beaneaters	61	60	.504	16½	38‍–‍22	23‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	55	69	.444	24	31‍–‍33	24‍–‍36
Washington Nationals	46	76	.377	32	26‍–‍33	20‍–‍43
Indianapolis Hoosiers	37	89	.294	43	24‍–‍39	13‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1887 National League record 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

1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bishop Pud Galvin Jim McCormick Ed Morris		Catchers Doggie Miller Infielders Sam Barkley Bill Kuehne Alex McKinnon Pop Smith Art Whitney		Outfielders Ed Beecher Tom Brown Fred Carroll John Coleman Abner Dalrymple Jocko Fields		Manager Horace B. Phillips

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	Doggie Miller	87	342	83	.243	1	34
1B	Sam Barkley	89	340	76	.224	1	35
2B	Pop Smith	122	456	98	.215	2	54
SS	Bill Kuehne	102	402	120	.299	1	41
3B	Art Whitney	119	431	112	.260	0	51
OF	John Coleman	115	475	139	.293	2	54
OF	Abner Dalrymple	92	358	76	.212	2	31
OF	Tom Brown	47	192	47	.245	0	6

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
Fred Carroll	102	421	138	.328	6	54
Alex McKinnon	48	200	68	.340	1	30
Ed Beecher	41	169	41	.243	2	22
Jocko Fields	43	164	44	.268	0	17

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
Pud Galvin	49	440.2	28	21	3.29	76
Jim McCormick	36	322.1	13	23	4.30	77
Ed Morris	38	317.2	14	22	4.31	91
Bill Bishop	3	27.0	0	3	13.33	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jocko Fields	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys team page at Baseball Reference
• 1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Page at Baseball Almanac