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1887 New York Metropolitans
Major league affiliations
Location
  • St. George Cricket Grounds (Since 1886)
  • New York City (Since 1880)
1887 Information
Owner(s) Erastus Wiman
Manager(s) Bob Ferguson, Dave Orr, O. P. Caylor
Local television
Local radio

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		 W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 95 40 0.704 — 58–15 37–25
Cincinnati Red Stockings 81 54 0.600 14 46–27 35–27
Baltimore Orioles 77 58 0.570 18 42–21 35–37
Louisville Colonels 76 60 0.559 19½ 45–23 31–37
Philadelphia Athletics 64 69 0.481 30 41–28 23–41
Brooklyn Grays 60 74 0.448 34½ 36–37 24–37
New York Metropolitans 44 89 0.331 50 26–33 18–56
Cleveland Blues 39 92 0.298 54 22–36 17–56

Record vs. opponents

1887 American Association Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BR CIN CLE LOU NY 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

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1887 New York Metropolitans
Roster
Pitchers
  • Ed Cushman
  • Bill Fagan
  • Jack Lynch
  • Al Mays
  • James McMullin
  • Charlie Parsons
  • John Shaffer
  • Stump Weidman
 Catchers
  • Bill Collins
  • Jim Donahue
  • Bill Holbert
  • Tom Kinslow
  • Andy Sommers

Infielders

  • Clarence Cross
  • Dude Esterbrook
  • Joe Gerhardt
  • Frank Hankinson
  • Sadie Houck
  • Jimmy Knowles
  • Tom O'Brien
  • Dave Orr
  • Paul Radford
  • Cyclone Ryan
 Outfielders
  • Charlie Hall
  • Mortimer Hogan
  • Charley Jones
  • John Meister
  • Jon Morrison
  • Candy Nelson
  • Darby O'Brien
  • Fred O'Neill
  • Lip Pike
  • Chief Roseman
 Manager
  • O. P. Caylor
  • Bob Ferguson
  • Dave Orr

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 Orr, DaveDave 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
Ryan, CycloneCyclone 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
Cushman, EdEd 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
Ryan, CycloneCyclone 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
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