1887 Cleveland Blues season

1887 Cleveland Blues
1887 Cleveland Blues
Major League affiliations
	American Association (since 1887);
Location
	National League Park (since 1887); Cleveland, Ohio (since 1887);
Other information
Owners	Frank Robison
Managers	Jimmy Williams
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The 1887 Cleveland Blues baseball team finished with a 39–92 record, last in the American Association during their debut season. Organized by streetcar tycoon Frank Robison, the team played its home games at National League Park.

Regular season

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

1887 American Association record Sources:
Team	BAL	BRO	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYP	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	—

1887 Cleveland Blues

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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	Pop Snyder	74	282	72	.255	0	27
1B	Jim Toy	109	423	94	.222	1	56
2B	Cub Stricker	131	534	141	.264	2	53
SS	Ed McKean	132	539	154	.286	2	54
3B	Phil Reccius	62	229	47	.205	0	29
OF	Pete Hotaling	126	505	151	.299	3	94
OF	Fred Mann	64	259	80	.309	2	41
OF	Myron Allen	117	463	128	.276	4	77

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
Charlie Reipschlager	63	231	49	.212	17
Scrappy Carroll	57	216	43	.199	19
Charlie Sweeney	36	133	30	.226	19
John McGlone	21	79	20	.253	10
Jimmy Say	16	64	24	.375	12
John Munyan	16	58	14	.241	6
Chief Zimmer	14	52	12	.231	4
Joseph Herr	11	44	12	.273	6
Ed Flynn	7	27	5	.185	4
Hank Simon	3	10	1	.100	0
Frank Scheibeck	3	9	2	.222	0

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Billy Crowell	45	389.1	14	31	3.88	72
Mike Morrison	40	316.2	12	25	4.92	158
Hugh Daily	16	139.2	4	12	3.69	30
Bob Gilks	13	108.0	7	5	3.08	28
George Pechiney	10	86.0	1	9	7.12	24
John Kirby	5	41.0	0	5	9.00	6
Charlie Sweeney	3	24.0	0	3	8.25	8
Frank Scheibeck	1	9.0	0	1	12.00	3

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

Player	G	W	SV	ERA	SO
Cub Stricker	3	0	1	3.18	2
Myron Allen	2	1	0	0.93	1
Phil Reccius	1	0	0	7.71	0

"1887 Cleveland Blues Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

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