1886 Philadelphia Athletics season

1886 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s) Bill Sharsig, Lew Simmons, Charlie Mason
Manager(s) Lew Simmons, Bill Sharsig
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The 1886 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 63–72 record and finished in sixth place in the American Association.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 93 46 0.669 — 52–18 41–28
Pittsburg Alleghenys 80 57 0.584 12 45–28 35–29
Brooklyn Grays 76 61 0.555 16 44–25 32–36
Louisville Colonels 66 70 0.485 25½ 37–30 29–40
Cincinnati Red Stockings 65 73 0.471 27½ 40–31 25–42
Philadelphia Athletics 63 72 0.467 28 38–31 25–41
New York Metropolitans 53 82 0.393 38 30–33 23–49
Baltimore Orioles 48 83 0.366 41 30–32 18–51

Roster

1886 Philadelphia Athletics
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
1B Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey 123 489 144 .294 7 59
2B Bierbauer, LouLou Bierbauer 137 522 118 .226 2 47
OF Coleman, JohnJohn Coleman 121 492 121 .246 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
Shafer, OratorOrator Shafer 21 82 22 .268 0 8

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
Atkinson, AlAl Atkinson 45 396.2 25 17 3.95 154
Aydelott, JakeJake Aydelott 2 18 0 2 4.00 5
Brown, JimJim Brown 1 8.1 0 1 3.24 4
Clark, EdEd Clark 1 8 0 1 6.75 2

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
Coleman, JohnJohn Coleman 3 20.2 1 1 2.61 2

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
Bierbauer, LouLou Bierbauer 2 0 0 0 4.22 1
Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

References