1887 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 64-69
Finished 5th in the AA
Attendance: 29,500, Avg. 7,375
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Frank Bancroft (26-29)
Manager: Charlie Mason (38-40)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1887 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 64-69
Finished 5th in the AA
Attendance: 29,500, Avg. 7,375
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Frank Bancroft (26-29)
Manager: Charlie Mason (38-40)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1887 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association ended the 1887 season with a record of 64 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.
The Athletics scored 893 runs and allowed 890 runs. Denny Lyons drove in 102 runs and topped all regular batters with a .367 average. Gus Weyhing recorded 26 wins on the mound for the team, while Ed Seward added 15 or more victories as well Ed Seward earned a 4.13 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Frank Bancroft and Charlie Mason coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Weyhing | 26 | 28 | .481 | 4.27 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 466.3 | 465 | 342 | 221 | 12 | 167 | 0 | 193 | 37 | 1 | 49 | 2042 |
| Ed Seward | 25 | 25 | .500 | 4.13 | 55 | 52 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 470.7 | 445 | 293 | 216 | 7 | 140 | 0 | 155 | 24 | 0 | 58 | 1990 |
| Al Atkinson | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.92 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 124.7 | 156 | 121 | 82 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 594 |
| Bobby Mathews | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.67 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 75 | 64 | 43 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 280 |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 |
| Bill Hart | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 121 |
| Ledell Titcomb | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 31 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 123 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Frank Chapman | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | |
| Tommy Casey | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Tom Poorman | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Totals | 63 | 69 | .477 | 4.59 | 143 | 137 | 6 | 131 | 5 | 1 | 1186.3 | 1227 | 890 | 605 | 29 | 433 | 0 | 417 | 71 | 1 | 133 | 5234 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny Lyons | 137 | 623 | 570 | 128 | 209 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 102 | 73 | 0 | 47 | 16 | .367 | .421 | .523 | .943 | 298 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chippy McGarr | 137 | 561 | 536 | 93 | 158 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 84 | 0 | 23 | 67 | .295 | .326 | .366 | .692 | 196 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Poorman | 135 | 630 | 585 | 140 | 155 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 61 | 88 | 0 | 35 | 46 | .265 | .317 | .381 | .699 | 223 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Larkin | 126 | 553 | 497 | 105 | 154 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 88 | 37 | 0 | 48 | 13 | .310 | .380 | .421 | .800 | 209 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 126 | 543 | 530 | 74 | 144 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 82 | 40 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .272 | .289 | .340 | .629 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Stovey | 124 | 560 | 497 | 125 | 142 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 77 | 74 | 0 | 56 | 38 | .286 | .366 | .421 | .787 | 209 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Milligan | 95 | 401 | 377 | 54 | 114 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 30 | .302 | .344 | .411 | .755 | 155 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Mann | 55 | 250 | 229 | 42 | 63 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 18 | .275 | .336 | .389 | .725 | 89 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbert Robinson | 68 | 279 | 264 | 28 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .227 | .269 | .277 | .545 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Seward | 74 | 284 | 266 | 31 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 36 | .188 | .239 | .282 | .521 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Weyhing | 57 | 215 | 209 | 19 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 39 | .201 | .223 | .239 | .462 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Townsend | 31 | 112 | 109 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .193 | .214 | .220 | .434 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Flanagan | 19 | 84 | 80 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .250 | .286 | .350 | .636 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Roseman | 21 | 88 | 73 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .219 | .352 | .274 | .626 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Atkinson | 16 | 64 | 59 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .203 | .266 | .288 | .554 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Mathews | 7 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .200 | .310 | .200 | .510 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Greer | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Roxburgh | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hart | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ledell Titcomb | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Chapman | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1242 | 5326 | 4954 | 893 | 1370 | 231 | 84 | 29 | 661 | 476 | 0 | 321 | 379 | .277 | .327 | .375 | .702 | 1856 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Milligan | 1B | 50 | 0 | 416.0 | 436 | 13 | 16 | 21 | .966 | 9.714 | 8.980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Stovey | 1B | 46 | 0 | 401.0 | 418 | 19 | 13 | 21 | .971 | 9.808 | 9.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Larkin | 1B | 23 | 0 | 195.0 | 195 | 6 | 5 | 12 | .976 | 9.277 | 8.739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Flanagan | 1B | 19 | 0 | 161.0 | 158 | 5 | 9 | 9 | .948 | 9.112 | 8.579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert Robinson | 1B | 3 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 6.600 | 3.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | 2B | 126 | 0 | 1086.0 | 332 | 378 | 61 | 45 | .921 | 5.884 | 5.635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Larkin | 2B | 10 | 0 | 95.0 | 38 | 27 | 8 | 11 | .890 | 6.158 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Roxburgh | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Poorman | 2B | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denny Lyons | 3B | 137 | 0 | 1185.0 | 255 | 215 | 73 | 29 | .866 | 3.570 | 3.431 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert Robinson | C | 67 | 0 | 548.0 | 281 | 137 | 46 | 9 | .901 | 6.865 | 6.239 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milligan | C | 47 | 0 | 424.0 | 262 | 79 | 35 | 10 | .907 | 7.238 | 7.255 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Townsend | C | 28 | 0 | 203.0 | 99 | 42 | 22 | 1 | .865 | 6.251 | 5.036 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Roxburgh | C | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 5.727 | 3.500 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Poorman | OF | 135 | 0 | 1150.0 | 237 | 18 | 25 | 6 | .911 | 1.996 | 1.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Larkin | OF | 93 | 0 | 793.0 | 183 | 14 | 23 | 0 | .895 | 2.236 | 2.118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Stovey | OF | 80 | 0 | 768.0 | 195 | 16 | 23 | 1 | .902 | 2.473 | 2.638 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Mann | OF | 55 | 0 | 434.0 | 103 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .917 | 2.281 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Roseman | OF | 21 | 0 | 178.0 | 41 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .821 | 2.326 | 2.190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Seward | OF | 21 | 0 | 161.0 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .868 | 2.571 | 2.190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Greer | OF | 3 | 0 | 22.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.455 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Weyhing | OF | 3 | 0 | 19.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 1.421 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Atkinson | OF | 4 | 0 | 18.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Townsend | OF | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert Robinson | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Milligan | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Seward | P | 55 | 0 | 471.0 | 21 | 79 | 11 | 1 | .901 | 1.911 | 1.818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Weyhing | P | 55 | 0 | 466.0 | 18 | 85 | 24 | 5 | .811 | 1.989 | 1.873 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Atkinson | P | 15 | 0 | 125.0 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .897 | 2.520 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mathews | P | 7 | 0 | 58.0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 2.483 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hart | P | 3 | 0 | 26.0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 2.769 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ledell Titcomb | P | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Taylor | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Chapman | P | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Poorman | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Casey | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Bierbauer | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chippy McGarr | SS | 137 | 0 | 1185.0 | 198 | 402 | 86 | 42 | .875 | 4.557 | 4.380 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1261 | 0 | 10678.0 | 3555 | 1605 | 528 | 228 | .907 | 4.349 | 4.092 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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