1887 Baltimore Orioles season

1887 Baltimore Orioles
League	American Association
Ballpark	Oriole Park
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	77–58 (.570)
League place	3rd
Owner	Harry Von der Horst
Manager	Billy Barnie
Seasons

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:
Team	BAL	BRO	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYM	PHA	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

1887 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Bill Gardner Bob Keating Matt Kilroy Ed Knouff Lev Shreve Phenomenal Smith		Catchers Law Daniels Chris Fulmer Sam Trott Infielders Oyster Burns Jumbo Davis Bill Greenwood Tommy Tucker		Outfielders Mike Griffin Jackie Hayes Blondie Purcell Joe Sommer		Manager Billy Barnie

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	Sam Trott	85	300	77	.257	0	37
1B	Tommy Tucker	136	524	144	.275	6	84
2B	Bill Greenwood	118	495	130	.263	0	65
SS	Oyster Burns	140	551	188	.341	9	99
3B	Jumbo Davis	130	485	150	.309	8	109
OF	Mike Griffin	136	532	160	.301	3	94
OF	Blondie Purcell	140	567	142	.250	4	96
OF	Joe Sommer	131	463	123	.266	0	65

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
Chris Fulmer	56	201	54	.269	0	32
Law Daniels	48	165	41	.248	0	32
Jackie Hayes	8	28	4	.143	0	3
Bill Gardner	4	11	3	.273	0	1

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
Matt Kilroy	69	589.1	46	19	3.07	217
Phenomenal Smith	58	491.1	25	30	3.79	206
Ed Knouff	9	63.0	2	6	7.57	27
Lev Shreve	5	38.0	3	1	3.79	13
Bob Keating	1	9.0	0	1	11.00	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
Bill Gardner	3	13.0	0	1	11.08	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
Oyster Burns	3	1	0	0	9.53	2
Blondie Purcell	1	0	0	0	15.75	2
Joe Sommer	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

External links

• 1887 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Reference
• 1887 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com