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1887 New York Metropolitans

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1886

44-89, Finished 7th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Ferguson (6-24), Dave Orr (3-5) and Ollie Caylor (35-60)
Scored 754 runs, Allowed 1093 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 45-88

Ballparks: St. George Cricket Grounds & Monitor Park ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 89, Pitching - 94


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1886 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
Bill Collins 24 R 150 1863 1st 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Clarence Cross 31 5' 7" 178 Mar 4, 1856 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 4 13 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Ed Cushman 35 R L 6' 0" 177 Mar 27, 1852 5 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -2.7
Jim Donahue 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 8, 1862 2 60 60 0 51 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 5 0.1
Dude Esterbrook 30 R R 5' 11" 167 Jun 9, 1857 7 26 26 0 0 9 5 0 5 0 3 5 7 -1.5
Bill Fagan 18 L 5' 11" 165 Feb 15, 1869 1st 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Joe Gerhardt 32 R R 6' 0" 160 Feb 14, 1855 13 85 85 0 0 0 84 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2.4
Charlie Hall 23 L 5' 10" 158 Aug 24, 1863 1st 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 -0.1
Frank Hankinson 31 R R 5' 11" 168 Apr 29, 1856 9 127 127 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mortimer Hogan 25 1862 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 26 29 -0.6
Bill Holbert 32 R R 197 Mar 14, 1855 11 69 69 0 60 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Sadie Houck 31 R R 5' 7" 151 Mar, 1856 8 10 10 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Charley Jones 37 R R 5' 11" 202 Apr 30, 1850 11 62 62 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 50 7 62 -0.7
Tom Kinslow 21 R R 5' 10" 160 Jan 12, 1866 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jimmy Knowles 30 R 5' 9" 160 Sep 5, 1856 3 16 16 0 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Jack Lynch 30 R R 5' 8" 185 Feb 5, 1857 6 23 23 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Al Mays 22 R May 17, 1865 3 62 62 52 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 6 11 1.8
James McMullin Unknown 1st 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.7
John Meister 24 5' 8" 175 May 10, 1863 2 39 39 0 0 0 14 3 1 0 22 0 22 -0.8
Jon Morrison 28 L 5' 9" 167 1859 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 -0.7
Candy Nelson 38 L R 5' 6" 145 Mar 14, 1849 12 68 68 0 0 0 1 0 32 0 1 36 37 0.2
Darby O'Brien 23 R R 6' 1" 186 Sep 1, 1863 1st 127 127 1 0 10 0 1 2 121 1 0 121 1.4
Tom O'Brien 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 22, 1860 5 31 31 1 0 20 2 2 0 2 4 2 8 -1.3
Fred O'Neill 22 R 5' 7" 142 1865 1st 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 -0.1
Dave Orr 27 R R 5' 11" 250 Sep 29, 1859 5 84 84 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2.0
Charlie Parsons 23 L L 5' 10" 160 Jul 18, 1863 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Lip Pike 42 L L 5' 8" 158 May 25, 1845 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -0.1
Paul Radford 25 R R 5' 6" 148 Oct 14, 1861 5 128 128 2 0 0 18 0 76 1 1 36 37 -0.2
Chief Roseman 30 R R 5' 7" 167 Jul 4, 1856 6 60 60 2 0 3 0 0 0 9 36 14 59 -2.6
Cyclone Ryan 21 R 6' 0" 200 1866 1st 8 8 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
John Shaffer 23 R 5' 10" Feb 18, 1864 2 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.8
Andy Sommers 20 R R 5' 11" 181 Oct 26, 1866 1st 33 33 0 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.8
Stump Wiedman 26 R R 5' 7" 165 Feb 17, 1861 8 14 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 -0.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1886 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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