1886 New York Metropolitans Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 53-82
Finished 7th in the AA
Ballpark: St. George Cricket Grounds
Manager: Jim Gifford (5-12)
Manager: Bob Ferguson (48-70)
Location: New York, New York
1886 New York Metropolitans RosterTeam Record: 53-82
Finished 7th in the AA
Ballpark: St. George Cricket Grounds
Manager: Jim Gifford (5-12)
Manager: Bob Ferguson (48-70)
Location: New York, New York
1886 New York Metropolitans Results
The New York Metropolitans of the American Association ended the 1886 season with a record of 53 wins and 82 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.
The Metropolitans plated 628 runs and yielded 766 runs. Dave Orr recorded 91 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time with a .338 average. Jack Lynch led the squad with 20 wins, while Ed Cushman, too added 15 or more wins, too Ed Cushman recorded a 3.12 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Gifford and Bob Ferguson coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Lynch | 20 | 30 | .400 | 3.95 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 432.7 | 485 | 307 | 190 | 10 | 116 | 0 | 193 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 1918 |
| Ed Cushman | 17 | 21 | .447 | 3.12 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 325.7 | 278 | 180 | 113 | 6 | 99 | 0 | 167 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1365 |
| Al Mays | 11 | 27 | .289 | 3.39 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 350.0 | 330 | 231 | 132 | 7 | 140 | 0 | 163 | 14 | 0 | 44 | 1528 |
| John Shaffer | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.96 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 274 |
| James Roseman | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Fred Mauer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 36.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Totals | 53 | 82 | .393 | 3.50 | 140 | 137 | 3 | 134 | 5 | 0 | 1186.3 | 1148 | 766 | 462 | 23 | 386 | 0 | 559 | 28 | 0 | 109 | 5133 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Orr | 136 | 593 | 571 | 93 | 193 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 91 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .338 | .363 | .527 | .890 | 301 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Roseman | 134 | 591 | 559 | 90 | 127 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | .227 | .269 | .324 | .593 | 181 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Hankinson | 136 | 571 | 522 | 66 | 126 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 | .241 | .306 | .299 | .605 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Brady | 124 | 504 | 466 | 56 | 112 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 0 | 35 | 0 | .240 | .298 | .279 | .577 | 130 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Candy Nelson | 109 | 479 | 413 | 89 | 93 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 64 | 0 | .225 | .332 | .252 | .584 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Reipschlager | 65 | 242 | 232 | 21 | 49 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .211 | .244 | .280 | .524 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Forster | 67 | 274 | 251 | 33 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 0 | .195 | .263 | .235 | .498 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Behel | 59 | 247 | 224 | 32 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 0 | .205 | .279 | .246 | .525 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Meister | 45 | 190 | 186 | 35 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .237 | .253 | .339 | .591 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Donahue | 49 | 199 | 186 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .199 | .251 | .199 | .450 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Holbert | 48 | 177 | 171 | 8 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .205 | .232 | .251 | .483 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McLaughlin | 74 | 277 | 250 | 27 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 0 | .136 | .220 | .156 | .376 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Lynch | 51 | 184 | 169 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | .160 | .228 | .189 | .418 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Foster | 35 | 134 | 125 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .184 | .239 | .200 | .439 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Cushman | 38 | 135 | 126 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .151 | .207 | .159 | .366 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Mays | 41 | 141 | 135 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .119 | .156 | .178 | .334 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Crotty | 14 | 52 | 47 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .170 | .250 | .213 | .463 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Shaffer | 8 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .240 | .345 | .240 | .585 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Zimmer | 6 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .158 | .238 | .158 | .396 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Connell | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Mauer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1241 | 5046 | 4683 | 628 | 1047 | 108 | 72 | 18 | 425 | 120 | 0 | 330 | 0 | .224 | .279 | .289 | .568 | 1353 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Orr | 1B | 136 | 0 | 1177.0 | 1445 | 34 | 28 | 62 | .981 | 11.309 | 1.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Brady | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.571 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Forster | 2B | 62 | 0 | 529.0 | 152 | 193 | 42 | 26 | .891 | 5.870 | 5.565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Meister | 2B | 45 | 0 | 380.0 | 130 | 121 | 26 | 18 | .906 | 5.945 | 5.578 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Foster | 2B | 21 | 0 | 192.0 | 58 | 75 | 23 | 4 | .853 | 6.234 | 6.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom McLaughlin | 2B | 10 | 0 | 83.0 | 32 | 29 | 4 | 6 | .938 | 6.614 | 6.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Hankinson | 3B | 136 | 0 | 1175.0 | 181 | 316 | 72 | 26 | .873 | 3.807 | 3.654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Connell | 3B | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reipschlager | C | 57 | 0 | 476.0 | 268 | 107 | 49 | 5 | .884 | 7.090 | 6.579 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Holbert | C | 45 | 0 | 399.0 | 265 | 100 | 31 | 6 | .922 | 8.233 | 8.111 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | C | 19 | 0 | 147.0 | 91 | 34 | 9 | 1 | .933 | 7.653 | 6.579 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Crotty | C | 14 | 0 | 107.0 | 60 | 23 | 6 | 1 | .933 | 6.981 | 5.929 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Zimmer | C | 6 | 0 | 54.0 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 0 | .893 | 8.333 | 8.333 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Roseman | OF | 134 | 0 | 1183.0 | 203 | 18 | 27 | 6 | .891 | 1.681 | 1.649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Brady | OF | 123 | 0 | 1074.0 | 169 | 25 | 38 | 1 | .836 | 1.626 | 1.577 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Behel | OF | 59 | 0 | 486.0 | 84 | 7 | 15 | 0 | .858 | 1.685 | 1.542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candy Nelson | OF | 36 | 0 | 294.0 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .908 | 1.806 | 1.639 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | OF | 32 | 0 | 284.0 | 50 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .803 | 1.680 | 1.656 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Foster | OF | 14 | 0 | 122.0 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 1.549 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reipschlager | OF | 9 | 0 | 50.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.160 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Forster | OF | 4 | 0 | 22.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.636 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Holbert | OF | 3 | 0 | 18.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom McLaughlin | OF | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Mauer | OF | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.286 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Lynch | P | 51 | 0 | 433.0 | 9 | 65 | 11 | 0 | .871 | 1.538 | 1.451 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Mays | P | 41 | 0 | 350.0 | 9 | 61 | 11 | 3 | .864 | 1.800 | 1.707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Cushman | P | 38 | 0 | 326.0 | 5 | 59 | 9 | 2 | .877 | 1.767 | 1.684 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Shaffer | P | 8 | 0 | 69.0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 1.174 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Roseman | P | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Mauer | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candy Nelson | SS | 73 | 0 | 618.0 | 103 | 216 | 54 | 17 | .855 | 4.646 | 4.370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom McLaughlin | SS | 63 | 0 | 537.0 | 93 | 203 | 38 | 11 | .886 | 4.961 | 4.698 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Forster | SS | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .714 | 5.625 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Holbert | SS | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 4.500 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1247 | 0 | 10656.0 | 3550 | 1738 | 544 | 204 | .907 | 4.466 | 4.241 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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