1887 American Association (AA) Statistics and Awards

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Expanded Standings

Team W L WL% GB St.Louis STL 95 40 .704 -- Cincnnti CIN 81 54 .600 14.0 Bltmore BAL 77 58 .570 18.0 Louisvll LOU 76 60 .559 19.5 Phildlpa PHA 64 69 .481 30.0 Brooklyn BRO 60 74 .448 34.5 NewYorkM NYP 44 89 .331 50.0 Clvlnd CLE 39 92 .298 54.0

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Note about 1876 and 1887 stats

1887 AA | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AA | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AA | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 STL  8.20  1131  138  5048  1550  261  78   39  442   340  .307  .363  .413  581      112  9.30  6.97
 BAL  6.91   975  141  4825  1337  202 100   31  469   334  .277  .341  .380  545      110  7.43  6.44
 LOU  6.88   956  139  4916  1420  194  98   27  436   356  .289  .347  .385  466      109  8.01  5.74
 CIN  6.56   892  136  4797  1285  179 102   37  382   366  .268  .322  .371  527       95  7.42  5.57
 BRO  6.55   904  138  4913  1281  200  82   25  456   365  .261  .324  .350  409       91  6.68  6.44
 PHA  6.52   893  137  4954  1370  231  84   29  321   388  .277  .321  .375  476      102  7.17  5.76
 CLE  5.48   729  133  4649  1170  178  77   14  375   463  .252  .308  .332  355       88  6.22  4.88
 NYP  5.46   754  138  4820  1197  193  66   21  439   463  .248  .311  .329  305       87  5.43  5.49
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  6.58  7234 1100 38922 10610 1638 687  223 3320  3075  .273  .337  .367 3664   --

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 CIN  5.48   745  136  3.58  1182  1202   8.8   396  2.9   28   330  129    11     0   1 121  5.42  5.56
 STL  5.51   761  138  3.77  1199  1254   9.1   323  2.3   19   334  132     6     0   2 120  5.22  5.83
 LOU  6.14   854  139  3.82  1205  1274   9.2   357  2.6   31   544  133     3     0   1 115  5.83  6.47
 BAL  6.11   861  141  3.87  1220  1288   9.1   418  3.0   16   470  132     8     0   0 105  4.78  7.34
 BRO  6.65   918  138  4.47  1185  1348   9.8   454  3.3   27   332  132     3     0   3  96  6.18  7.20
 PHA  6.50   890  137  4.59  1186  1227   9.0   433  3.2   29   417  131     5     0   1  93  5.77  7.34
 CLE  8.36  1112  133  4.99  1136  1472  11.1   533  4.0   34   332  127     2     0   1  87  7.72  8.79
 NYP  7.92  1093  138  5.28  1180  1545  11.2   406  2.9   39   316  132     1     0   0  81  6.57  9.03
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  6.58  7234 1100  4.29  9493 10610  10.1  3320  3.1  223  3075 1048          40   9

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 STL  481       .916   .661                      91-44  58-15 37-25 111 106 26.4 23.8   1   0   0 Comiskey
 CIN  484       .915   .662                      79-56  46-27 35-27 102 101 27.4 24.0   1   0   0 Schmelz
 BAL  549       .907   .640                      75-60  42-21 35-37  94  95 25.7 21.2   0   0   0 Barnie
 LOU  574       .903   .632                      75-61  45-23 31-37 102 102 24.9 23.3   0   0   0 Kelly
 PHA  528       .907   .648                      67-66  41-27 23-42 100 100 24.8 21.5   1   0   0 Bancroft and Mason
 BRO  562       .905   .630                      66-68  35-38 25-36 101 100 26.4 26.2   0   0   0 Byrne
 NYP  628       .894   .600                      45-88  25-35 19-54  96 100 28.3 26.1   0   0   0 Ferguson, Orr, and Caylor
 CLE  576       .898   .602                      41-90  22-36 17-56  97 101 27.4 23.4   0   0   0 Williams
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Triple Crown Winner Tip O'Neill
STL .435/.490/.691

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Note about 1876 and 1887 stats

Batting Average

O'Neill-STL .435

Browning-LOU .402

Orr-NYP .368

Lyons-PHA .367

Caruthers-STL .357

On-base %

O'Neill-STL .490

Browning-LOU .464

Caruthers-STL .463

Robinson-STL .445

Lyons-PHA .421

Slugging %

O'Neill-STL .691

Caruthers-STL .547

Browning-LOU .547

Lyons-PHA .523

Burns-BAL .519

OPS

O'Neill-STL 1.180

Browning-LOU 1.011

Caruthers-STL 1.010

Lyons-PHA .943

Burns-BAL .933

Games

Burns-BAL 140

Purcell-BAL 140

Pinkney-BRO 138

Lyons-PHA 137

McGarr-PHA 137

Wolf-LOU 137

At Bats

Latham-STL 627

Gleason-STL 598

Poorman-PHA 585

Pinkney-BRO 580

Lyons-PHA 570

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Latham-STL 677

Gleason-STL 647

Pinkney-BRO 647

McClellan-BRO 634

Poorman-PHA 630

Runs

O'Neill-STL 167

Latham-STL 163

Griffin-BAL 142

Poorman-PHA 140

Comiskey-STL 139

Hits

O'Neill-STL 225

Browning-LOU 220

Lyons-PHA 209

Latham-STL 198

Burns-BAL 188

Total Bases

O'Neill-STL 357

Browning-LOU 299

Lyons-PHA 298

Burns-BAL 286

Reilly-CIN 263

Doubles

O'Neill-STL 52

Lyons-PHA 43

Browning-LOU 35

Latham-STL 35

Reilly-CIN 35

Triples

Burns-BAL 19

Davis-BAL 19

Kerins-LOU 19

McPhee-CIN 19

O'Neill-STL 19

Poorman-PHA 19

Home Runs

O'Neill-STL 14

Reilly-CIN 10

Burns-BAL 9

Caruthers-STL 8

Davis-BAL 8

Fennelly-CIN 8

RBI

O'Neill-STL 123

Browning-LOU 118

Davis-BAL 109

Foutz-STL 108

Welch-STL 108

Bases on Balls

Radford-NYP 106

Robinson-STL 92

Nicol-CIN 86

Mack-LOU 83

Fennelly-CIN 82

Stolen Bases

Nicol-CIN 138

Latham-STL 129

Comiskey-STL 117

Browning-LOU 103

McPhee-CIN 95

Singles

Browning-LOU 165

Gleason-STL 152

Latham-STL 151

Comiskey-STL 149

Lyons-PHA 146

Adjusted OPS+

O'Neill-STL 211

Browning-LOU 177

Caruthers-STL 168

Burns-BAL 164

Lyons-PHA 161

Runs Created

O'Neill-STL 173

Browning-LOU 137

Lyons-PHA 124

Burns-BAL 117

Latham-STL 94

Adjusted Batting Runs

O'Neill-STL 81

Browning-LOU 60

Burns-BAL 48

Lyons-PHA 47

Caruthers-STL 38

Batting Wins

O'Neill-STL 7.8

Browning-LOU 5.8

Burns-BAL 4.7

Lyons-PHA 4.6

Caruthers-STL 3.7

Extra-Base Hits

O'Neill-STL 85

Lyons-PHA 63

Burns-BAL 61

Reilly-CIN 59

Browning-LOU 55

Times on Base

Browning-LOU 283

O'Neill-STL 280

Lyons-PHA 262

Burns-BAL 256

Latham-STL 248

Offensive Win%

O'Neill-STL .907

Browning-LOU .839

Caruthers-STL .819

Lyons-PHA .783

Orr-NYP .771

Hit By Pitch

Tucker-BAL 29

Robinson-STL 17

Mann-TOT 15

Reilly-CIN 15

McTamany-BRO 12

Power/Speed Number

O'Neill-STL 19.1

Reilly-CIN 16.7

Burns-BAL 15.6

Fennelly-CIN 14.4

Caruthers-STL 13.8

Davis-BAL 13.8

At Bats per Home Run

O'Neill-STL 36.9

Caruthers-STL 45.5

Reilly-CIN 55.1

Davis-BAL 60.6

Burns-BAL 61.2

Outs

Poorman-PHA 430

Latham-STL 429

Gleason-STL 426

Pinkney-BRO 425

Purcell-BAL 425

ERA

Smith-CIN 2.94

Kilroy-BAL 3.07

Mullane-CIN 3.24

Caruthers-STL 3.30

Ramsey-LOU 3.43

Wins

Kilroy-BAL 46

Ramsey-LOU 37

Smith-CIN 34

King-STL 32

Mullane-CIN 31

Won-Loss %

Caruthers-STL .763

King-STL .727

Kilroy-BAL .708

Foutz-STL .676

Smith-CIN .667

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Caruthers-STL 1.167

Smith-CIN 1.176

Seward-PHA 1.243

Kilroy-BAL 1.259

Ramsey-LOU 1.267

Hits Allowed/9IP

Smith-CIN 8.05

Seward-PHA 8.51

Toole-BRO 8.63

Ramsey-LOU 8.73

Caruthers-STL 8.89

Bases on Balls/9IP

Hecker-LOU 1.58

Caruthers-STL 1.61

Lynch-NYP 1.73

Foutz-STL 2.39

Kilroy-BAL 2.40

Strikeouts/9IP

Ramsey-LOU 5.70

Morrison-CLE 4.49

Terry-BRO 3.91

Smith-BAL 3.77

Weyhing-PHA 3.72

Games

Kilroy-BAL 69

Ramsey-LOU 65

Smith-BAL 58

Seward-PHA 55

Weyhing-PHA 55

Saves

Terry-BRO 3

Bierbauer-PHA 1

Hecker-LOU 1

King-STL 1

Robinson-STL 1

Serad-CIN 1

Stricker-CLE 1

Innings

Kilroy-BAL 589.3

Ramsey-LOU 561.0

Smith-BAL 491.3

Seward-PHA 470.7

Weyhing-PHA 466.3

Strikeouts

Ramsey-LOU 355

Kilroy-BAL 217

Smith-BAL 206

Weyhing-PHA 193

Smith-CIN 176

Games Started

Kilroy-BAL 69

Ramsey-LOU 64

Smith-BAL 55

Weyhing-PHA 55

Mays-NYP 52

Seward-PHA 52

Smith-CIN 52

Comp. Games

Kilroy-BAL 66

Ramsey-LOU 61

Smith-BAL 54

Weyhing-PHA 53

Seward-PHA 52

Shutouts

Kilroy-BAL 6

Mullane-CIN 6

Seward-PHA 3

Smith-CIN 3

Caruthers-STL 2

Hecker-LOU 2

King-STL 2

Serad-CIN 2

Weyhing-PHA 2

Home Runs Allow.

Morrison-CLE 13

Weyhing-PHA 12

Mays-NYP 11

Mullane-CIN 11

Terry-BRO 10

Bases On Balls Allow.

Morrison-CLE 205

Smith-BAL 176

Ramsey-LOU 167

Weyhing-PHA 167

Kilroy-BAL 157

Hits Allowed

Kilroy-BAL 585

Mays-NYP 551

Ramsey-LOU 544

Crowell-CLE 541

Smith-BAL 526

SO to Walk

Ramsey-LOU 2.13

Smith-CIN 1.40

Terry-BRO 1.39

Kilroy-BAL 1.38

Lynch-NYP 1.25

Losses

Mays-NYP 34

Crowell-CLE 31

Smith-BAL 30

Weyhing-PHA 28

Ramsey-LOU 27

Earned Runs Allow.

Mays-NYP 232

Weyhing-PHA 221

Seward-PHA 216

Ramsey-LOU 214

Crowell-CLE 211

Wild Pitches

Shaffer-NYP 13

Sweeney-CLE 7

Scheibeck-CLE 2

Widner-CIN 1

Hit Batsmen

Weyhing-PHA 37

Mullane-CIN 32

Seward-PHA 24

Morrison-CLE 22

Crowell-CLE 20

Kilroy-BAL 20

Mays-NYP 20

Batters Faced

Kilroy-BAL 2492

Ramsey-LOU 2430

Smith-BAL 2204

Weyhing-PHA 2042

Mays-NYP 2002

Games Finished

Terry-BRO 5

Corkhill-CIN 4

Smith-BAL 3

Stricker-CLE 3

Atkinson-PHA 2

Burns-BAL 2

Foutz-STL 2

Hecker-LOU 2

King-STL 2

Seward-PHA 2

Adjusted ERA+

Smith-CIN 148

Caruthers-STL 138

Mullane-CIN 134

Kilroy-BAL 133

Ramsey-LOU 127

Oldest Player

Pike-NYP 1845-05-25 (42)

Daily-CLE 1847-07-17 (39)

Nelson-NYP 1849 (38)

Jones-TOT 1850-04-30 (37)

Mathews-PHA 1851-11-21 (35)

Youngest Player

Chapman-PHA 1872-11-24 (14)

O'Connor-CIN 1869-06-02 (18)

Fagan-NYP 1869-02-15 (18)

Shreve-BAL 1869-01-14 (18)

Gardner-BAL 1868-08 (18)

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