1887 Cleveland Blues season

1887 Cleveland Blues
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Location
1887 Information
Owner(s) Frank Robison
Manager(s) 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.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

American Association W L GB Pct.
St. Louis Browns 95 40 -- .704
Cincinnati Red Stockings 81 54 14 .600
Baltimore Orioles 77 58 18 .570
Louisville Colonels 76 60 19.5 .559
Philadelphia Athletics 64 69 30 .481
Brooklyn Grays 60 74 34.5 .448
New York Metropolitans 44 89 50 .331
Cleveland Blues 39 92 54 .298

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1887 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 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
2B Stricker, CubCub Stricker 131 534 141 .264 2 53
OF Allen, MyronMyron 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
Carroll, ScrappyScrappy Carroll 57 216 43 .199 0 19
Munyan, JohnJohn Munyan 16 58 14 .241 0 6
Zimmer, ChiefChief Zimmer 14 52 12 .231 0 4
Simon, HankHank Simon 3 10 1 .100 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
Crowell, BillyBilly Crowell 45 389.1 14 31 3.88 72
Daily, HughHugh Daily 16 139.2 4 12 3.69 30
Gilks, BobBob Gilks 13 108 7 5 3.08 28
Kirby, JohnJohn Kirby 5 41 0 5 9.00 6

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
Stricker, CubCub Stricker 3 0 0 1 3.18 2
Allen, MyronMyron Allen 2 1 0 0 0.93 1

References

National League
American Association
Baltimore • Brooklyn • Cincinnati • Cleveland • Louisville • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis
Based in Cleveland, Ohio
The Franchise
Ballparks
Lore
Seasons
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