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1886 Brooklyn Grays season

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1886 Brooklyn Grays
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkWashington Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
PresidentCharles Byrne
ManagerCharlie Byrne
← 1885
1887 →

The 1886 Brooklyn Grays season was a season in American baseball. The team finished the season in third place with a record of 76–61 (their first winning season), 16 games behind the St. Louis Browns.

Regular season

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Season standings

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American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 93 46 .669 52‍–‍18 41‍–‍28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 80 57 .584 12 45‍–‍28 35‍–‍29
Brooklyn Grays 76 61 .555 16 44‍–‍25 32‍–‍36
Louisville Colonels 66 70 .485 25½ 37‍–‍30 29‍–‍40
Cincinnati Red Stockings 65 73 .471 27½ 40‍–‍31 25‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics 63 72 .467 28 38‍–‍31 25‍–‍41
New York Metropolitans 53 82 .393 38 30‍–‍33 23‍–‍49
Baltimore Orioles 48 83 .366 41 30‍–‍32 18‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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Team BAL BR CIN LOU NY PHI PIT STL
Baltimore 6–14–1 5–13–2 7–12–2 8–9 8–10–1 7–12–2 7–13
Brooklyn 14–6–1 13–7 13–7 10–9–1 11–7–2 8–12 7–13
Cincinnati 13–5–2 7–13 10–10 13–7–1 10–10 7–13 5–15
Louisville 12–7–2 7–13 10–10 11–8 9–11 7–12 10–9
New York 9–8 9–10–1 7–13–1 8–11 8–12 8–12 4–16
Philadelphia 10–8–1 7–11–2 10–10 11–9 12–8 8–11–1 5–15
Pittsburgh 12–7–2 12–8 13–7 12–7 12–8 11–8–1 8–12
St. Louis 13–7 13–7 15–5 9–10 16–4 15–5 12–8


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1886 Brooklyn Grays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted In; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Jimmy Peoples 93 340 43 74 .218 3 38 20
1B Bill Phillips 141 585 68 160 .274 0 72 13
2B Bill McClellan 141 595 131 152 .255 1 68 43
3B George Pinkney 141 597 119 156 .261 0 37 32
SS Germany Smith 105 426 66 105 .246 2 45 22
OF Ed Swartwood 122 471 95 132 .280 3 58 37
OF Ernie Burch 113 456 78 119 .261 2 72 16
OF Jim McTamany 111 418 86 106 .254 2 56 18

Other batters

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

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Adonis Terry 75 299 34 71 .237 2 39 17
Bob Clark 71 269 37 58 .216 0 26 14
Dave Oldfield 14 55 7 13 .236 0 5 1
Joe Strauss 9 36 6 9 .250 0 5 4
Jim McCauley 11 30 5 7 .233 0 3 2
Ed Kennedy 6 22 1 4 .182 0 2 1
Pop Schriver 8 21 2 1 .048 0 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Henry Porter 48 48 424.0 27 19 3.42 120 163 48
John Harkins 34 33 292.1 15 16 3.60 114 118 33
Adonis Terry 34 34 288.1 18 16 3.09 115 162 32
Hardie Henderson 14 14 124.0 10 4 2.90 51 49 14
Steve Toole 13 12 104.0 6 6 4.41 64 48 11

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
George Pinkney 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

Notes

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References

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