Franchise Encyclopedia: 1884 / 1886
87-25, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cap Anson (87-25)
Scored 834 runs, Allowed 470 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-29
Ballpark: West Side Park I (ballparks.com) ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 114, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 103
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Tied World Series (3-3-1) with St. Louis Browns |

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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Silver Flint | 29 | 68 | 251 | 249 | 27 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 52 | .209 | .215 | .269 | .484 | 47 | 67 | |||||||
| 2 | 1B | Cap Anson | 33 | 112 | 498 | 464 | 100 | 144 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 108 | 34 | 13 | .310 | .357 | .461 | .819 | 149 | 214 | |||||||
| 3 | 2B | Fred Pfeffer | 25 | 112 | 495 | 469 | 90 | 113 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 73 | 26 | 47 | .241 | .281 | .328 | .609 | 86 | 154 | |||||||
| 4 | SS | Tom Burns | 28 | 111 | 461 | 445 | 82 | 121 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 71 | 16 | 48 | .272 | .297 | .411 | .708 | 115 | 183 | |||||||
| 5 | 3B | Ned Williamson | 27 | 113 | 482 | 407 | 87 | 97 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 75 | 60 | .238 | .357 | .324 | .681 | 109 | 132 | |||||||
| 6 | OF | Abner Dalrymple* | 27 | 113 | 538 | 492 | 109 | 135 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 61 | 46 | 42 | .274 | .336 | .445 | .782 | 137 | 219 | |||||||
| 7 | OF | George Gore* | 28 | 109 | 509 | 441 | 115 | 138 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 57 | 68 | 25 | .313 | .405 | .454 | .858 | 162 | 200 | |||||||
| 8 | OF | King Kelly | 27 | 107 | 484 | 438 | 124 | 126 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 75 | 46 | 24 | .288 | .355 | .436 | .791 | 141 | 191 | |||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | OF | Billy Sunday* | 22 | 46 | 184 | 172 | 36 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 33 | .256 | .304 | .343 | .647 | 97 | 59 | |||||||
| 10 | UT | Sy Sutcliffe* | 23 | 11 | 45 | 43 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .186 | .222 | .256 | .478 | 46 | 11 | |||||||
| 11 | UT | Jimmy Ryan | 22 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .462 | .500 | .538 | 1.038 | 217 | 7 | |||||||
| 12 | UT | Jim McCauley* | 22 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .542 | 70 | 1 | |||||||
| 13 | OF | Wash Williams? | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 53 | 1 | ||||||||
| 14 | C | Ed Gastfield | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | |||||||
| 15 | OF | Bill Krieg | 26 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | |||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 16 | P | John Clarkson | 23 | 72 | 286 | 283 | 34 | 61 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 44 | .216 | .224 | .332 | .556 | 68 | 94 | |||||||
| 17 | P | Jim McCormick | 28 | 25 | 104 | 103 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 18 | .223 | .231 | .311 | .541 | 64 | 32 | |||||||
| 18 | P | Ted Kennedy* | 20 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | -49 | 3 | |||||||
| 19 | P | Larry Corcoran* | 25 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .273 | .429 | .318 | .747 | 131 | 7 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 27.2 | 113 | 4433 | 4093 | 834 | 1079 | 184 | 75 | 54 | 606 | 340 | 429 | .264 | .320 | .385 | .705 | 115 | 1575 | |||||||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | John Clarkson | 23 | 53 | 16 | .768 | 1.85 | 70 | 70 | 0 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 623.0 | 497 | 255 | 128 | 21 | 97 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2487 | 163 | 0.953 | 7.2 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 3.18 | |
| 2 | SP | Jim McCormick | 28 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 2.43 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 215.0 | 187 | 103 | 58 | 8 | 40 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 873 | 124 | 1.056 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 2.20 | |
| 3 | SP | Ted Kennedy? | 20 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.43 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 78.2 | 91 | 54 | 30 | 5 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 344 | 88 | 1.513 | 10.4 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 1.29 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 4 | Larry Corcoran | 25 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.64 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 59.1 | 63 | 38 | 24 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 267 | 83 | 1.466 | 9.6 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.42 | ||
| 5 | Fred Pfeffer | 25 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.56 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31.2 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 125 | 118 | 1.074 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 1.63 | ||
| 6 | Ned Williamson | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.333 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | |||||
| 7 | Wash Williams? | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 3.500 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 22.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
| Team Totals | 24.0 | 87 | 25 | .777 | 2.23 | 113 | 113 | 5 | 108 | 14 | 4 | 1015.2 | 868 | 470 | 252 | 37 | 202 | 458 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4131 | 135 | 1.053 | 7.7 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 2.27 | |||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3336 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap Anson | 33 | 113 | 1351 | 1255 | 39 | 57 | 62 | .958 | 11.45 | 2 | 1B-C | |||
| Tom Burns | 28 | 112 | 617 | 151 | 370 | 96 | 35 | .844 | 4.65 | SS-2B | ||||
| John Clarkson | 23 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 27 | 175 | 20 | 8 | .910 | 2.73 | P-OF-3B | |
| Larry Corcoran | 25 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 2.50 | P-SS | ||||
| Abner Dalrymple | 27 | 113 | 112 | 1 | 0 | 223 | 180 | 16 | 27 | 2 | .879 | 1.73 | OF | |
| Silver Flint | 29 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 492 | 356 | 100 | 36 | 2 | .927 | 6.61 | 41 | C-OF |
| Ed Gastfield | 19 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.00 | 3 | C | |||
| George Gore | 28 | 109 | 1 | 108 | 0 | 250 | 204 | 17 | 29 | 2 | .884 | 2.03 | OF | |
| King Kelly | 27 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 429 | 259 | 112 | 58 | 5 | .865 | 3.20 | 36 | OF-C-2B-1B-3B |
| Ted Kennedy | 20 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 2.10 | P-3B | ||||
| Bill Krieg | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 8.00 | OF | |
| Jim McCauley | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 2.00 | 4 | OF-C |
| Jim McCormick | 28 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 21 | 54 | 4 | 3 | .949 | 3.00 | P-OF | |
| Fred Pfeffer | 25 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 811 | 328 | 397 | 86 | 66 | .894 | 6.30 | 2B-P-OF | |
| Jimmy Ryan | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .680 | 5.67 | SS-OF | |
| Billy Sunday | 22 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 63 | 46 | 6 | 11 | 2 | .825 | 1.13 | OF | |
| Sy Sutcliffe | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 47 | 11 | 12 | 0 | .829 | 4.83 | 17 | C-OF |
| Ned Williamson | 27 | 116 | 426 | 120 | 261 | 45 | 18 | .894 | 3.28 | 1 | 3B-P-C | |||
| Wash Williams | -- | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.00 | P-OF | |
| Team Totals | 27.1 | 113 | 5137 | 3033 | 1606 | 498 | 206 | .903 | 4.42 | 104 | ||||
| Rank in 8 NL teams | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |