1887 Cleveland Blues | |
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League | American Association |
Ballpark | National League Park |
City | Cleveland, Ohio |
Owner | Frank Robison |
Manager | Jimmy Williams |
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
Season standings
American Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers
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Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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Charlie Reipschlager | 63 | 231 | 49 | .212 | 0 | 17 |
Scrappy Carroll | 57 | 216 | 43 | .199 | 0 | 19 |
Charlie Sweeney | 36 | 133 | 30 | .226 | 0 | 19 |
John McGlone | 21 | 79 | 20 | .253 | 0 | 10 |
Jimmy Say | 16 | 64 | 24 | .375 | 0 | 12 |
John Munyan | 16 | 58 | 14 | .241 | 0 | 6 |
Chief Zimmer | 14 | 52 | 12 | .231 | 0 | 4 |
Joseph Herr | 11 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 0 | 6 |
Ed Flynn | 7 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 4 |
Hank Simon | 3 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Scheibeck | 3 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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Cub Stricker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.18 | 2 |
Myron Allen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.93 | 1 |
Phil Reccius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 |
References
"1887 Cleveland Blues Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.