1887 American Association Standings and Statistics

League Standings

Team W L T PCT. GB
St. Louis 95 40 3 .704 -
Cincinnati 81 54 1 .600 14
Baltimore 77 58 6 .570 18
Louisville 76 60 3 .559 19.5
Philadelphia 64 69 4 .481 30
Brooklyn 60 74 4 .448 34.5
New York 44 89 5 .331 50
Cleveland 39 92 2 .298 54

Postseason Results

Detroit defeated St. Louis (10 games to 5)

League Batting Statistics

Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB CS TB AVG OBP SLG
St. Louis 138 5048 1131 1550 261 78 39 442 340 581 2084 .307 .363 .413
Cincinnati 136 4797 892 1285 179 102 37 382 366 527 1779 .268 .322 .371
Baltimore 141 4825 975 1337 202 100 31 469 334 545 1832 .277 .341 .380
Louisville 139 4916 956 1420 194 98 27 436 356 466 1891 .289 .347 .385
Philadelphia 137 4954 893 1370 231 84 29 321 388 476 1856 .277 .321 .375
Brooklyn 138 4913 904 1281 200 82 25 456 365 409 1720 .261 .324 .350
New York 138 4820 754 1197 193 66 21 439 463 305 1585 .248 .311 .329
Cleveland 133 4649 729 1170 178 77 14 375 463 355 1544 .252 .308 .332
Totals 1100 38922 7234 10610 1638 687 223 3320 3075 3664   14291 .273 .330 .367

League Pitching Statistics

Team SHO SV G CG IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA
St. Louis 7 2 138 132 1199.0 1254 761 502 19 323 334 3.77
Cincinnati 11 1 136 129 1182.0 1202 745 470 28 396 330 3.58
Baltimore 8 0 141 132 1220.0 1288 861 525 16 418 470 3.87
Louisville 3 1 139 133 1205.0 1274 854 511 31 357 544 3.82
Philadelphia 5 1 137 131 1186.0 1227 890 605 29 433 417 4.59
Brooklyn 3 3 138 132 1185.0 1348 918 589 27 454 332 4.47
New York 1 0 138 132 1180.0 1545 1093 692 39 406 316 5.28
Cleveland 2 1 133 127 1136.0 1472 1112 630 34 533 332 4.99
Totals 40 9 1100 1048 9493.0 10610 7234 4524 223 3320 3075 4.29

Batting Leaders

Batting Average
Tip O'Neill .435
Pete Browning .402
Denny Lyons .367
Dave Foutz .357
Oyster Burns .341
At-Bats
Arlie Latham 627
Bill Gleason 598
Tom Poorman 585
George Pinkney 580
Denny Lyons 570
Games
Oyster Burns 140
Blondie Purcell 140
George Pinkney 138
Chippy McGarr 137
Jimmy Wolf 137
Runs
Tip O'Neill 167
Arlie Latham 163
Mike Griffin 142
Tom Poorman 140
Charlie Comiskey 139
Hits
Tip O'Neill 225
Pete Browning 220
Denny Lyons 209
Arlie Latham 198
Oyster Burns 188
Doubles
Tip O'Neill 52
Denny Lyons 43
John Reilly 35
Pete Browning 35
Arlie Latham 35
Triples
Bid McPhee 19
Tom Poorman 19
Tip O'Neill 19
John Kerins 19
Oyster Burns 19
Home Runs
Tip O'Neill 14
John Reilly 10
Oyster Burns 9
Bob Caruthers 8
Frank Fennelly 8
RBI
Tip O'Neill 123
Pete Browning 118
Jumbo Davis 109
Dave Foutz 108
Curt Welch 108
Stolen Bases
Hugh Nicol 138
Arlie Latham 129
Charlie Comiskey 117
Pete Browning 103
Bid McPhee 95
Walks
Paul Radford 106
Yank Robinson 92
Hugh Nicol 86
Reddy Mack 83
Frank Fennelly 82
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Pitching Leaders

ERA
Elmer Smith 2.94
Matt Kilroy 3.07
Tony Mullane 3.24
Bob Caruthers 3.30
Toad Ramsey 3.43
Wins
Matt Kilroy 46
Toad Ramsey 37
Elmer Smith 34
Silver King 32
Tony Mullane 31
Losses
Al Mays 34
Billy Crowell 31
Phenomenal Smith 30
Gus Weyhing 28
Toad Ramsey 27
Games
Matt Kilroy 69
Toad Ramsey 65
Phenomenal Smith 58
Gus Weyhing 55
Ed Seward 55
Complete Games
Matt Kilroy 66
Toad Ramsey 61
Phenomenal Smith 54
Gus Weyhing 53
Ed Seward 52
Shutouts
Tony Mullane 6
Matt Kilroy 6
Elmer Smith 3
Ed Seward 3
Gus Weyhing 2
Saves
Adonis Terry 3
Silver King 1
Guy Hecker 1
Yank Robinson 1
Cub Stricker 1
Innings Pitched
Matt Kilroy 589.0
Toad Ramsey 561.0
Phenomenal Smith 491.0
Ed Seward 471.0
Gus Weyhing 466.0
Strikeouts
Toad Ramsey 355
Matt Kilroy 217
Phenomenal Smith 206
Gus Weyhing 193
Elmer Smith 176
Walks
Mike Morrison 205
Phenomenal Smith 176
Gus Weyhing 167
Toad Ramsey 167
Matt Kilroy 157
Earned Runs
Al Mays 232
Gus Weyhing 221
Ed Seward 216
Toad Ramsey 214
Billy Crowell 211
Runs
Phenomenal Smith 369
Al Mays 359
Toad Ramsey 358
Billy Crowell 350
Gus Weyhing 342