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1887 St. Louis Browns

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

95-40, Finished 1st in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Comiskey (95-40)
Scored 1131 runs, Allowed 761 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-44

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park I ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 104

American Association Champs

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1886 / 1888 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs · Mouseover bar for details · Click for box score · Grouped by Month

Game Results

Season Summary	95-40, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First	123	last on Sunday, Oct 9, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	161	last on Oct 9, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	19.5	last on Saturday, Sep 3, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	3	last on Saturday, Apr 23, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	58	last on Sunday, Sep 18
Most Games under .500	1	last on Saturday, Apr 23
Longest Winning Streak	15	Sunday, Apr 24 to Monday, May 16
Longest Losing Streak	4	Wednesday, Sep 21 to Sunday, Sep 25
Most Runs Allowed	16	Monday, Jun 13 and Friday, Jul 1
Most Runs Scored	28	Saturday, Apr 30
Times Shutout by Opponent	3
Times Opponent Shutout	7

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	95	40	1132	760	.704
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	58	15	679	381	.795
Road	37	25	453	379	.597
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	7	3	113	64	.700
May	21	2	222	125	.913
June	14	9	187	144	.609
July	16	7	166	112	.696
August	21	5	236	132	.808
September	11	9	137	118	.550
October	5	5	71	65	.500

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	52	19	637	400	.732
Second Half	43	21	495	360	.672
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	10	8	87	85	.556
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	51	13	680	352	.797

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BAL	16	3	193	110	.842
BRO	16	4	141	97	.800
CIN	6	12	99	106	.333
CLE	18	1	215	98	.947
LOU	13	7	151	133	.650
NYP	14	5	182	88	.737
PHA	12	8	151	128	.600

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Saturday, Apr 16	STL	@	LOU	L	3	8		0-1	5	1.0						3,000	`-`
2	2	Tuesday, Apr 19	STL	@	LOU	W	9	7		1-1	4	1.0							`+`
3	3	Wednesday, Apr 20	STL	@	LOU	W	9	6		2-1	4	1.0							`++`
4	4	Friday, Apr 22	STL		CIN	L	2	5		2-2	4	2.0				1:50			`-`
5	5	Saturday, Apr 23	STL		CIN	L	5	6		2-3	6	3.0				2:10			`--`
6	6	Sunday, Apr 24	STL		CIN	W	6	1		3-3	5	2.0				1:25		10,000	`+`
7	7	Tuesday, Apr 26	STL		CIN	W	19	6		4-3	4	1.5				2:00			`++`
8	8	Wednesday, Apr 27	STL		CLE	W	19	3		5-3	3	1.5				1:50			`+++`
9	9	Thursday, Apr 28	STL		CLE	W	13	11		6-3	2	1.0				2:00			`++++`
10	10	Saturday, Apr 30	STL		CLE	W	28	11		7-3	1	Tied				2:40			`+++++`
11	11	Sunday, May 1	STL		CLE	W	14	13		8-3	1	up 0.5				2:00			`++++++`
12	12	Wednesday, May 4	STL		LOU	W	4	1		9-3	1	Tied				1:25			`+++++++`
13	13	Friday, May 6	STL		LOU	W	10	3		10-3	2	0.5				2:10			`++++++++`
14	14	Saturday, May 7	STL		LOU	W	12	7		11-3	1	up 0.5				2:00			`+++++++++`
15	15	Sunday, May 8	STL		LOU	W	6	4		12-3	1	up 1.0				2:10			`++++++++++`
16	16	Tuesday, May 10	STL		BAL	W	5	2		13-3	1	up 2.0				2:20			`+++++++++++`
17	17	Thursday, May 12	STL		BAL	W	22	14		14-3	1	up 3.0				2:30		5,000	`++++++++++++`
18	18	Friday, May 13	STL		BAL	W	11	4		15-3	1	up 3.5				2:00			`+++++++++++++`
19	19	Saturday, May 14	STL		BAL	W	8	3		16-3	1	up 3.5				1:35			`++++++++++++++`
20	20	Monday, May 16	STL		PHA	W	7	2		17-3	1	up 4.0				1:45			`+++++++++++++++`
21	21	Tuesday, May 17	STL		PHA	L	3	4		17-4	1	up 3.5				1:45			`-`
22	22	Wednesday, May 18	STL		PHA	W	12	4		18-4	1	up 3.5				1:45			`+`
23	23	Thursday, May 19	STL		PHA	W	8	4		19-4	1	up 4.5				2:00			`++`
24	24	Friday, May 20	STL		BRO	W	15	9		20-4	1	up 5.5				2:25			`+++`
25	25	Saturday, May 21	STL		BRO	W	12	9		21-4	1	up 6.0				1:50			`++++`
26	26	Sunday, May 22	STL		BRO	L	5	9		21-5	1	up 5.5				1:45			`-`
27	27	Tuesday, May 24	STL		BRO	W	9	2		22-5	1	up 6.0				2:10			`+`
28	28	Wednesday, May 25	STL		NYP	W	10	3		23-5	1	up 6.0				2:00			`++`
29	29	Thursday, May 26	STL		NYP	W	11	5		24-5	1	up 6.5				1:50			`+++`
30	30	Friday, May 27	STL		NYP	W	5	1		25-5	1	up 7.0				1:35			`++++`
31	31	Saturday, May 28	STL		NYP	W	16	12		26-5	1	up 7.0				2:25			`+++++`
32	32	Monday, May 30	STL	@	BRO	W	8	7		27-5	1	up 8.0				2:30		9,000	`++++++`
33	33	Monday, May 30	STL	@	BRO	W	9	3		28-5	1	up 8.0				1:50		20,000	`+++++++`
34	34	Thursday, Jun 2	STL	@	BRO	W	9	5		29-5	1	up 8.5				1:50			`++++++++`
35	35	Friday, Jun 3	STL	@	BRO	W	7	4		30-5	1	up 9.0				2:00			`+++++++++`
36	36	Saturday, Jun 4	STL	@	NYP	W	1	0		31-5	1	up 9.0				1:40			`++++++++++`
37	37	Monday, Jun 6	STL	@	NYP	L	1	5		31-6	1	up 8.5				1:20			`-`
38	38	Tuesday, Jun 7	STL	@	NYP	L	3	6		31-7	1	up 7.5				1:40			`--`
39	39	Wednesday, Jun 8	STL	@	NYP	W	7	1		32-7	1	up 7.5				1:45			`+`
40	40	Thursday, Jun 9	STL	@	PHA	W	7	5		33-7	1	up 7.5							`++`
41	41	Friday, Jun 10	STL	@	PHA	W	14	12		34-7	1	up 7.5				2:10			`+++`
42	42	Saturday, Jun 11	STL	@	PHA	L	4	8		34-8	1	up 6.5				2:00			`-`
43	43	Monday, Jun 13	STL	@	PHA	L	8	16		34-9	1	up 5.5				2:05		7,000	`--`
44	44	Tuesday, Jun 14	STL	@	BAL	L	12	15		34-10	1	up 4.5				2:15			`---`
45	45	Wednesday, Jun 15	STL	@	BAL	W	9	2		35-10	1	up 5.5				2:00			`+`
46	46	Thursday, Jun 16	STL	@	BAL	T	8	8		35-10	1	up 5.5				2:10			`+`
47	47	Friday, Jun 17	STL	@	BAL	W	7	3		36-10	1	up 6.5				2:00			`++`
48	48	Sunday, Jun 19	STL	@	CIN	W	23	4		37-10	1	up 7.0				2:15			`+++`
49	49	Monday, Jun 20	STL	@	CIN	L	4	8		37-11	1	up 7.0							`-`
50	50	Tuesday, Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	L	2	3		37-12	1	up 6.0				2:05			`--`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Wednesday, Jun 22	STL	@	CIN	L	4	8		37-13	1	up 5.5				1:45			`---`
52	52	Thursday, Jun 23	STL	@	CLE	W	11	3		38-13	1	up 5.5				2:05			`+`
53	53	Friday, Jun 24	STL	@	CLE	W	17	7		39-13	1	up 5.5				2:10			`++`
54	54	Saturday, Jun 25	STL	@	CLE	W	3	0		40-13	1	up 5.5				1:45			`+++`
55	55	Tuesday, Jun 28	STL		LOU	W	6	0		41-13	1	up 5.0				2:00			`++++`
56	56	Wednesday, Jun 29	STL		LOU	W	16	10		42-13	1	up 6.0				2:20			`+++++`
57	57	Thursday, Jun 30	STL		LOU	L	4	11		42-14	1	up 5.0				2:00			`-`
58	58	Friday, Jul 1	STL	@	LOU	L	4	16		42-15	1	up 5.0				2:30			`--`
59	59	Saturday, Jul 2	STL	@	LOU	W	10	3		43-15	1	up 5.0				2:20			`+`
60	60	Sunday, Jul 3	STL	@	LOU	L *H	0	0		43-16	1	up 4.5							`-`
61	61	Monday, Jul 4	STL		NYP	W	15	2		44-16	1	up 5.5				2:00			`+`
62	62	Monday, Jul 4	STL		NYP	W	20	3		45-16	1	up 5.5				2:25			`++`
63	63	Wednesday, Jul 6	STL		NYP	L	7	8		45-17	1	up 5.5							`-`
64	64	Friday, Jul 8	STL		BAL	L	3	4		45-18	1	up 4.5				1:50			`--`
65	65	Saturday, Jul 9	STL		BAL	W	9	3		46-18	1	up 5.5				2:10			`+`
66	66	Monday, Jul 11	STL		BAL	W	12	5		47-18	1	up 6.5				2:00			`++`
67	67	Tuesday, Jul 12	STL		BRO	L	5	7		47-19	1	up 5.5				1:55			`-`
68	68	Wednesday, Jul 13	STL		BRO	W	2	0		48-19	1	up 5.5				2:10			`+`
69	69	Thursday, Jul 14	STL		BRO	W	6	4		49-19	1	up 5.5				2:00			`++`
70	70	Friday, Jul 15	STL		PHA	W	3	2		50-19	1	up 6.5							`+++`
71	71	Saturday, Jul 16	STL		PHA	W	9	2		51-19	1	up 7.5				2:10			`++++`
72	72	Sunday, Jul 17	STL		PHA	W	10	8		52-19	1	up 8.5				2:00			`+++++`
73	73	Tuesday, Jul 19	STL	@	BAL	T	2	2		52-19	1	up 8.5							`+++++`
74	74	Wednesday, Jul 20	STL	@	NYP	L	6	10		52-20	1	up 7.5				2:10			`-`
75	75	Friday, Jul 22	STL	@	NYP	T	2	2		52-20	1	up 7.5				2:30			`-`
76	76	Sunday, Jul 24	STL	@	BRO	W	4	3		53-20	1	up 8.0				1:50			`+`
77	77	Monday, Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	L	2	4		53-21	1	up 8.0				1:45			`-`
78	78	Tuesday, Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	W	1	0		54-21	1	up 7.5							`+`
79	79	Wednesday, Jul 27	STL	@	BAL	W	11	6		55-21	1	up 8.5				2:00			`++`
80	80	Thursday, Jul 28	STL	@	BAL	W	5	4		56-21	1	up 9.5							`+++`
81	81	Friday, Jul 29	STL	@	BAL	W	12	9		57-21	1	up10.5				2:40			`++++`
82	82	Saturday, Jul 30	STL	@	PHA	W	6	5		58-21	1	up11.5				2:05			`+++++`
83	83	Monday, Aug 1	STL	@	PHA	L	1	9		58-22	1	up11.5				1:50			`-`
84	84	Tuesday, Aug 2	STL	@	PHA	W	14	6		59-22	1	up12.5				1:45			`+`
85	85	Thursday, Aug 4	STL		CIN	W	7	2		60-22	1	up12.5				1:40			`++`
86	86	Friday, Aug 5	STL		CIN	L	0	5		60-23	1	up12.5				2:00			`-`
87	87	Saturday, Aug 6	STL		CIN	W	3	2		61-23	1	up12.5				1:45			`+`
88	88	Sunday, Aug 7	STL		CLE	W	10	7		62-23	1	up13.5				1:50			`++`
89	89	Monday, Aug 8	STL		CLE	W	8	4		63-23	1	up14.0				2:00			`+++`
90	90	Tuesday, Aug 9	STL		CLE	W	11	8		64-23	1	up14.0				2:00			`++++`
91	91	Wednesday, Aug 10	STL		CLE	W	12	4		65-23	1	up14.0				2:40			`+++++`
92	92	Friday, Aug 12	STL		LOU	W	8	5		66-23	1	up15.0				1:55			`++++++`
93	93	Saturday, Aug 13	STL		LOU	L	3	13		66-24	1	up14.0				1:45			`-`
94	94	Sunday, Aug 14	STL		CLE	W	8	1		67-24	1	up15.0				1:25			`+`
95	95	Monday, Aug 15	STL	@	CLE	W	15	3		68-24	1	up15.5				2:10			`++`
96	96	Tuesday, Aug 16	STL	@	CLE	W	11	4		69-24	1	up16.5				2:00			`+++`
97	97	Friday, Aug 19	STL		PHA	W	22	8		70-24	1	up17.0				2:25			`++++`
98	98	Saturday, Aug 20	STL		PHA	L	2	10		70-25	1	up16.0							`-`
99	99	Sunday, Aug 21	STL		PHA	L	1	5		70-26	1	up15.0				1:40			`--`
100	100	Tuesday, Aug 23	STL		BAL	W	8	1		71-26	1	up16.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Wednesday, Aug 24	STL		BAL	W	24	6		72-26	1	up17.0							`++`
102	102	Thursday, Aug 25	STL		BAL	W	14	8		73-26	1	up17.0				2:10			`+++`
103	103	Friday, Aug 26	STL		NYP	W	15	5		74-26	1	up17.5				2:00			`++++`
104	104	Saturday, Aug 27	STL		NYP	W	10	1		75-26	1	up17.5							`+++++`
105	105	Sunday, Aug 28	STL		NYP	W	9	2		76-26	1	up17.5				1:50			`++++++`
106	106	Monday, Aug 29	STL		BRO	W	7	5		77-26	1	up17.5				2:00			`+++++++`
107	107	Tuesday, Aug 30	STL		BRO	W	7	4		78-26	1	up17.5				1:45			`++++++++`
108	108	Wednesday, Aug 31	STL		BRO	W	6	4		79-26	1	up17.5				2:00			`+++++++++`
109	109	Friday, Sep 2	STL	@	NYP	W	12	4		80-26	1	up18.0							`++++++++++`
110	110	Saturday, Sep 3	STL	@	NYP	W	20	8		81-26	1	up19.5				1:45			`+++++++++++`
111	111	Saturday, Sep 3	STL	@	NYP	W	7	4		82-26	1	up19.5				1:45			`++++++++++++`
112	112	Monday, Sep 5	STL	@	NYP	L	5	6		82-27	1	up19.0				1:45			`-`
113	113	Tuesday, Sep 6	STL	@	BRO	L	6	8		82-28	1	up18.0				2:00			`--`
114	114	Wednesday, Sep 7	STL	@	BRO	W	14	9		83-28	1	up19.0				2:05			`+`
115	115	Thursday, Sep 8	STL	@	BRO	W	7	1		84-28	1	up19.0				1:30			`++`
116	116	Friday, Sep 9	STL	@	PHA	W	8	3		85-28	1	up19.0							`+++`
117	117	Saturday, Sep 10	STL	@	PHA	L	4	5		85-29	1	up18.5				2:00			`-`
118	118	Monday, Sep 12	STL	@	PHA	L	8	10		85-30	1	up18.0				2:05			`--`
119	119	Wednesday, Sep 14	STL	@	BAL	L	4	9		85-31	1	up17.0							`---`
120	120	Thursday, Sep 15	STL	@	BAL	W	3	0		86-31	1	up17.0							`+`
121	121	Thursday, Sep 15	STL	@	BAL	W	4	2		87-31	1	up17.0							`++`
122	122	Saturday, Sep 17	STL		CLE	W	9	7		88-31	1	up18.0							`+++`
123	123	Sunday, Sep 18	STL		CLE	W	6	4		89-31	1	up18.5							`++++`
124	124	Wednesday, Sep 21	STL	@	CIN	L	3	15		89-32	1	up16.5				2:00			`-`
125	125	Thursday, Sep 22	STL	@	CIN	L	0	6		89-33	1	up15.5							`--`
126	126	Saturday, Sep 24	STL	@	CIN	L	5	7		89-34	1	up14.5							`---`
127	127	Sunday, Sep 25	STL		CIN	L	4	8		89-35	1	up13.5							`----`
128	128	Thursday, Sep 29	STL	@	CIN	W	8	2		90-35	1	up14.5							`+`
129	129	Saturday, Oct 1	STL	@	CIN	L	2	10		90-36	1	up13.5							`-`
130	130	Sunday, Oct 2	STL	@	CIN	L	2	8		90-37	1	up12.5							`--`
131	131	Monday, Oct 3	STL	@	LOU	W	7	6		91-37	1	up13.5							`+`
132	132	Tuesday, Oct 4	STL	@	LOU	W	13	9		92-37	1	up14.0							`++`
133	133	Wednesday, Oct 5	STL	@	LOU	L	6	7		92-38	1	up13.5							`-`
134	134	Thursday, Oct 6	STL		LOU	L	10	12		92-39	1	up13.5							`--`
135	135	Thursday, Oct 6	STL		LOU	W	11	5		93-39	1	up13.5							`+`
136	136	Friday, Oct 7	STL		CLE	W	12	2		94-39	1	up14.0							`++`
137	137	Saturday, Oct 8	STL		CLE	L	2	4		94-40	1	up14.0							`-`
138	138	Sunday, Oct 9	STL		CLE	W	6	2		95-40	1	up14.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1886 / 1888 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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