1887 Brooklyn Grays season explained

Brooklyn Grays
Season:	1887
League:	American Association (19th century)American Association
Ballpark:	Washington Park
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
President:	Charles Byrne
Manager:	Charles Byrne
Next Season:	1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

The 1887 Brooklyn Grays finished the season in sixth place.

Offseason

December 1886: Jack O'Brien was purchased by the Grays from the Philadelphia Athletics.^[1]

Regular season

Roster

1887 Brooklyn Grays
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	73	268	36	68	.254	1	38	22
1B	132	533	82	142	.266	2	101	16
2B	136	548	109	144	.263	1	53	70
3B	138	580	133	155	.267	3	69	59
SS	103	435	79	128	.294	4	72	26
OF	134	520	123	134	.258	1	68	66
OF	91	363	72	92	.253	1	54	29
OF	91	327	49	83	.254	2	48	33

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
86	352	56	103	.293	3	65	27
49	188	47	55	.293	2	26	15
48	177	24	47	.266	0	18	15
30	123	18	28	.228	1	17	8
30	100	16	20	.200	2	15	8
1	3	2	1	.333	0	1	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
40	40	339.2	15	24	4.21	96	74	38
40	35	318.0	16	16	4.02	99	138	35
24	24	199.0	10	14	6.02	77	36	22
24	24	194.0	14	10	4.31	106	48	22
13	12	111.2	5	8	3.95	63	28	12
3	3	23.0	0	2	5.09	13	8	3

References

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/o'brija01.shtml Jack O'Brien page at Baseball Reference