1887 Cleveland Blues season explained

Cleveland Blues
Season:	1887
League:	American Association (19th century)American Association
Ballpark:	National League Park
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owner:	Frank Robison
Manager:	Jimmy Williams

The 1887 Cleveland Blues baseball team finished with a 39–92 record, last in the American Association during their debut season. Organized by streetcar tycoon Frank Robison, the team played its home games at National League Park.

Regular season

Roster

1887 Cleveland Blues
Roster
PitchersCatchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		74	282	72	.255	0	27
1B		109	423	94	.222	1	56
2B		131	534	141	.264	2	53
SS		132	539	154	.286	2	54
3B		62	229	47	.205	0	29
OF		126	505	151	.299	3	94
OF		64	259	80	.309	2	41
OF		117	463	128	.276	4	77

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	63	231	49	.212	0	17
	57	216	43	.199	0	19
	36	133	30	.226	0	19
	21	79	20	.253	0	10
	16	64	24	.375	0	12
	16	58	14	.241	0	6
	14	52	12	.231	0	4
	11	44	12	.273	0	6
	7	27	5	.185	0	4
	3	10	1	.100	0	0
	3	9	2	.222	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	45	389.1	14	31	3.88	72
	40	316.2	12	25	4.92	158
	16	139.2	4	12	3.69	30
	13	108.0	7	5	3.08	28
	10	86.0	1	9	7.12	24
	5	41.0	0	5	9.00	6
	3	24.0	0	3	8.25	8
	1	9.0	0	1	12.00	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	3	0	0	1	3.18	2
	2	1	0	0	0.93	1
	1	0	0	0	7.71	0

References

Web site: 1887 Cleveland Blues Statistics . . 2018 . Baseball Reference . Sports Reference LLC . March 16, 2018.