1887 New York Metropolitans

44-89 • .331 Win% • 7th in AA

📊 Season Record

44 Wins
89 Losses
.331 Win %
7th Rank
754 R 1093 RA
Diff -339

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⚡ Quick Stats

754 Runs Scored
1093 Runs Allowed
-339 Run Diff
21 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1887 AA Average

Batting Avg .248 9% below the 1887 league average (.272)
OBP .317 6% below the 1887 league average (.336)
SLG .328 10% below the 1887 league average (.367)
Team ERA 5.28 23% worse than the 1887 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 754 17% below the 1887 league average (904 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSt. George Cricket Grounds
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Home Games (est.) 69 ≈

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1887

Batting Avg

1 Dave Orr 0.368 2 Darby O'Brien 0.301 3 Jim Donahue 0.282 4 Frank Hankinson 0.268 5 Paul Radford 0.265

Home Runs

1 Darby O'Brien 5 2 Paul Radford 4 3 Charley Jones 3 4 Al Mays 2 5 Dave Orr 2

RBI

1 Darby O'Brien 73 2 Frank Hankinson 71 3 Dave Orr 66 4 Paul Radford 45 5 Bill Holbert 32
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Darby O'Brien 127 522 97 157 30 13 5 73 40 42 49 0.301
Frank Hankinson 127 512 79 137 29 11 1 71 38 43 19 0.268
Paul Radford 128 486 127 129 15 5 4 45 106 40 73 0.265
Dave Orr 84 345 63 127 25 10 2 66 22 21 17 0.368
Joe Gerhardt 85 307 40 68 13 2 0 27 24 43 15 0.221
Candy Nelson 68 257 61 63 5 1 0 24 48 11 29 0.245
Bill Holbert 69 255 20 58 4 3 0 32 7 23 12 0.227
Charley Jones 62 247 30 63 11 3 3 29 12 15 8 0.255
James Roseman 60 241 30 55 10 1 1 27 9 18 3 0.228
Al Mays 62 221 23 45 15 4 2 23 10 25 7 0.204
Jim Donahue 60 220 33 62 4 1 1 29 21 16 6 0.282
John Meister 39 158 24 35 6 2 1 21 16 12 9 0.222
Tom O'Brien 31 129 13 25 3 2 0 18 2 14 10 0.194
Mortimer Hogan 32 120 22 24 6 1 0 5 30 26 12 0.200
Andy Sommers 33 116 9 21 3 0 1 12 7 19 6 0.181
Dude Esterbrook 26 101 11 17 1 0 0 7 6 2 8 0.168
Ed Cushman 26 93 14 23 4 2 0 9 10 20 2 0.247
Jack Lynch 23 83 4 14 1 0 0 6 7 18 3 0.169
Jimmy Knowles 16 60 12 15 1 1 0 6 1 2 6 0.250
Clarence Cross 16 55 9 11 2 1 0 5 2 3 0 0.200
John Shaffer 13 48 4 8 1 1 0 3 1 13 1 0.167
George Weidman 14 46 5 7 1 1 0 1 4 2 2 0.152
Jon Morrison 9 34 7 4 0 0 0 3 6 4 0 0.118
Sadie Houck 10 33 3 5 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0.152
Cyclone Ryan 8 32 4 7 1 0 0 3 3 2 1 0.219
Fred O'Neill 6 26 4 8 1 1 0 3 1 4 3 0.308
Bill Fagan 6 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.143
Charlie Parsons 4 15 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.200
Charlie Hall 3 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0.083
James McMullin 3 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.083
Tom Kinslow 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Bill Collins 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Lip Pike 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1887

ERA

1 Bill Fagan 4.00 2 Charlie Parsons 4.50 3 George Weidman 4.64 4 Al Mays 4.73 5 Jack Lynch 5.10

Wins

1 Al Mays 17 2 Ed Cushman 10 3 Jack Lynch 7 4 George Weidman 4 5 James McMullin 2

Strikeouts

1 Al Mays 124 2 Ed Cushman 64 3 Jack Lynch 45 4 George Weidman 37 5 John Shaffer 22
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Al Mays 17 34 4.73 52 52 0 441.1 551 232 136 124
Ed Cushman 10 15 5.97 26 26 0 220.0 310 146 83 64
Jack Lynch 7 14 5.10 21 21 0 187.0 245 106 36 45
John Shaffer 2 11 6.19 13 13 0 112.0 148 77 53 22
George Weidman 4 8 4.64 12 12 0 97.0 122 50 25 37
Bill Fagan 1 4 4.00 6 6 0 45.0 55 20 24 12
Charlie Parsons 1 1 4.50 4 4 0 34.0 51 17 6 5
James McMullin 2 1 7.71 3 3 0 21.0 25 18 19 2
James Roseman 0 0 7.88 2 0 0 8.0 11 7 5 1
Paul Radford 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 5.0 15 10 3 4
Tom O'Brien 0 0 7.36 1 0 0 3.2 4 3 5 0
Charley Jones 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 1 4 0
Cyclone Ryan 0 1 23.14 2 1 0 2.1 5 6 6 0
Darby O'Brien 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0

👥 Roster (33)

Bill Collins Clarence Cross Ed Cushman Jim Donahue Dude Esterbrook Bill Fagan Joe Gerhardt Charlie Hall Frank Hankinson Mortimer Hogan Bill Holbert Sadie Houck +21 more

33 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1887 New York Metropolitans

What was the 1887 New York Metropolitans record?
The 1887 New York Metropolitans finished 44-89 (.331 win pct).
Who led the 1887 New York Metropolitans in home runs?
Darby O'Brien led the 1887 New York Metropolitans with 5 home runs.
What was the 1887 New York Metropolitans team ERA?
The 1887 New York Metropolitans posted a team ERA of 5.28.
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