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1887 Indianapolis Hoosiers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888

37-89, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Watch Burnham (6-22), Fred Thomas (11-18) and Horace Fogel (20-49)
Scored 628 runs, Allowed 965 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 39-87

Ballparks: Seventh Street Park II ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 102


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1888 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Tug Arundel 25 R 5' 10" 175 Jun 30, 1862 3 43 43 0 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -1.2 $
Charley Bassett 24 R R 5' 10" 150 Feb 9, 1863 4 119 119 0 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Henry Boyle 26 R R 6' 1" 165 Sep 20, 1860 4 41 41 38 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 3.9 $
Tom Brown 26 L R 5' 10" 168 Sep 21, 1860 6 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 19 36 -1.3 $
John Cahill 22 R R 5' 7" 168 Apr 30, 1865 3 68 68 6 0 0 0 9 1 0 3 53 56 -3.3 $
Larry Corcoran 27 B R 5' 3" 127 Aug 10, 1859 8 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 -1.6 $
Jerry Denny 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 16, 1859 7 122 122 0 0 0 1 116 4 0 0 1 1 4.4 $
Frederick Fass 27 Oct 30, 1859 1st 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 -0.9 $
Gid Gardner 28 165 May 6, 1859 6 18 18 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 11 11 -0.3 $
Jack Glasscock 29 R R 5' 8" 160 Jul 22, 1857 9 122 122 1 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 5.3 $
Mert Hackett 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 11, 1859 5 42 42 0 40 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 -0.1 $
Egyptian Healy 20 R R 6' 2" 158 Oct 27, 1866 3 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.7 $
Henry Jackson 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 23, 1861 1st 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Lefty Johnson 24 L L 167 Sep, 1862 2 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 -0.7 $
John Kirby 22 R 5' 8" 172 Jan 13, 1865 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 -1.5 $1,800
Doc Leitner 21 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 14, 1865 1st 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Jack McGeachey 23 R R 5' 8" 165 May 13, 1864 2 99 99 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 97 2 98 -1.6 $1,500
Sam Moffet 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 9, 1857 2 11 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 -1.0 $
Hank Morrison 21 R R 5' 10" 180 May 22, 1866 1st 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2.6 $
George Myers 26 R R 5' 8" 170 Nov 13, 1860 4 69 69 0 50 6 0 1 0 3 7 5 15 0.2 $
Mark Polhemus 26 5' 6" 185 Oct 4, 1860 1st 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 -0.7 $
Otto Schomberg 22 L L 5' 11" 175 Nov 14, 1864 2 112 112 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.3 $
Emmett Seery 26 L R 5' 7" 145 Feb 13, 1861 4 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 1 122 1 1 122 0.4 $1,400
Lev Shreve 20 R R 5' 11" 150 Jan 14, 1867 1st 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
John Sowders 20 R L 6' 0" 150 Dec 10, 1866 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1888 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers