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1887 Cleveland Blues season

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1887 Cleveland Blues
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkNational League Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnerFrank Robison
ManagerJimmy Williams
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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

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Season standings

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American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 95 40 .704 58‍–‍15 37‍–‍25
Cincinnati Red Stockings 81 54 .600 14 46‍–‍27 35‍–‍27
Baltimore Orioles 77 58 .570 18 42‍–‍21 35‍–‍37
Louisville Colonels 76 60 .559 19½ 45‍–‍23 31‍–‍37
Philadelphia Athletics 64 69 .481 30 41‍–‍28 23‍–‍41
Brooklyn Grays 60 74 .448 34½ 36‍–‍37 24‍–‍37
New York Metropolitans 44 89 .331 50 26‍–‍33 18‍–‍56
Cleveland Blues 39 92 .298 54 22‍–‍36 17‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BRO CIN CLE LOU NYP PHI STL
Baltimore 10–9–1 11–9 17–3 7–11–1 15–4–2 14–6 3–16–2
Brooklyn 9–10–1 7–13 13–6–1 8–12 9–9 10–8–2 4–16
Cincinnati 9–11 13–7 11–6 8–12 17–3–1 11–9 12–6
Cleveland 3–17 6–13–1 6–11 8–11–1 11–8 4–14 1–18
Louisville 11–7–1 12–8 12–8 11–8–1 12–8 11–8–1 7–13
New York 4–15–2 9–9 3–17–1 8–11 8–12 7–11–1 5–14–1
Philadelphia 6–14 8–10–2 9–11 14–4 8–11–1 11–7–1 8–12
St. Louis 16–3–2 16–4 6–12 18–1 13–7 14–5–1 12–8


Opening Day lineup

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Roster

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1887 Cleveland Blues
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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Pop Snyder 74 282 72 .255 0 27
1B Jim Toy 109 423 94 .222 1 56
2B Cub Stricker 131 534 141 .264 2 53
SS Ed McKean 132 539 154 .286 2 54
3B Phil Reccius 62 229 47 .205 0 29
OF Pete Hotaling 126 505 151 .299 3 94
OF Fred Mann 64 259 80 .309 2 41
OF Myron Allen 117 463 128 .276 4 77

Other batters

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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
Charlie Reipschlager 63 231 49 .212 0 17
Scrappy Carroll 57 216 43 .199 0 19
Charlie Sweeney 36 133 30 .226 0 19
John McGlone 21 79 20 .253 0 10
Jimmy Say 16 64 24 .375 0 12
John Munyan 16 58 14 .241 0 6
Chief Zimmer 14 52 12 .231 0 4
Joseph Herr 11 44 12 .273 0 6
Ed Flynn 7 27 5 .185 0 4
Hank Simon 3 10 1 .100 0 0
Frank Scheibeck 3 9 2 .222 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Billy Crowell 45 389.1 14 31 3.88 72
Mike Morrison 40 316.2 12 25 4.92 158
Hugh Daily 16 139.2 4 12 3.69 30
Bob Gilks 13 108.0 7 5 3.08 28
George Pechiney 10 86.0 1 9 7.12 24
John Kirby 5 41.0 0 5 9.00 6
Charlie Sweeney 3 24.0 0 3 8.25 8
Frank Scheibeck 1 9.0 0 1 12.00 3

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Cub Stricker 3 0 0 1 3.18 2
Myron Allen 2 1 0 0 0.93 1
Phil Reccius 1 0 0 0 7.71 0

References

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"1887 Cleveland Blues Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.