1887 Cleveland Blues season

1887 Cleveland Blues
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1887)
Location
National League Park (since 1887) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1887)
Other 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.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t 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

Record vs. opponents[]

1887 American Association Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	CLE	LOU	NY	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[]

1887 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers Billy Crowell Hugh Daily Bob Gilks John Kirby Mike Morrison George Pechiney Catchers Charlie Reipschlager Pop Snyder Chief Zimmer		Infielders Ed Flynn Joseph Herr John McGlone Ed McKean Phil Reccius Jimmy Say Frank Scheibeck Cub Stricker Charlie Sweeney Jim Toy		Outfielders Myron Allen Scrappy Carroll Pete Hotaling Fred Mann John Munyan Hank Simon		Manager Jimmy Williams

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	Cub Stricker	131	534	141	.264	2	53
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
Scrappy Carroll	57	216	43	.199	0	19
John Munyan	16	58	14	.241	0	6
Chief Zimmer	14	52	12	.231	0	4
Hank 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
Billy Crowell	45	389.1	14	31	3.88	72
Hugh Daily	16	139.2	4	12	3.69	30
Bob Gilks	13	108	7	5	3.08	28
John 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
Cub Stricker	3	0	0	1	3.18	2
Myron Allen	2	1	0	0	0.93	1

References[]

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