1886 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 63-72
Finished 6th in the AA
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Lew Simmons (41-55)
Manager: Bill Sharsig (22-17)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1886 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 63-72
Finished 6th in the AA
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Lew Simmons (41-55)
Manager: Bill Sharsig (22-17)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1886 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association ended the 1886 season with a record of 63 wins and 72 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.
The Athletics scored 772 runs and allowed 942 runs, most in the circuit. Henry Larkin drove in 74 runs and topped all regular batters with a .319 average. Al Atkinson recorded 25 wins on the mound for the team, while Cyclone Miller registered a 2.97 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Lew Simmons and Bill Sharsig 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Atkinson | 25 | 17 | .595 | 3.95 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 396.7 | 414 | 288 | 174 | 11 | 101 | 0 | 154 | 22 | 0 | 29 | 1743 |
| Bobby Mathews | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.96 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 197.7 | 226 | 148 | 87 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 93 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 913 |
| Cyclone Miller | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.97 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 169.7 | 158 | 109 | 56 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 725 |
| Bill Hart | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.19 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 186.0 | 183 | 144 | 66 | 7 | 66 | 0 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 856 |
| Ted Kennedy | 5 | 15 | .250 | 4.53 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 172.7 | 197 | 143 | 87 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 796 |
| John Coleman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.61 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 86 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | |
| Harry Stovey | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jim Brown | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Ed Clark | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Rex Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 |
| Charlie Gessner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| William Hyndman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| Jake Aydelott | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 81 |
| Sam Weaver | 0 | 2 | .000 | 14.73 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 30 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Totals | 63 | 72 | .467 | 3.97 | 145 | 139 | 5 | 134 | 4 | 0 | 1218.7 | 1309 | 942 | 538 | 35 | 388 | 0 | 513 | 61 | 1 | 141 | 5507 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Larkin | 139 | 631 | 565 | 133 | 180 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 74 | 32 | 0 | 59 | 0 | .319 | .390 | .450 | .839 | 254 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Stovey | 123 | 554 | 489 | 115 | 144 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 59 | 68 | 0 | 64 | 0 | .294 | .377 | .440 | .817 | 215 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Coleman | 121 | 527 | 492 | 67 | 121 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 65 | 28 | 0 | 33 | 0 | .246 | .296 | .348 | .644 | 171 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 137 | 543 | 522 | 56 | 118 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .226 | .256 | .289 | .545 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack O'Brien | 105 | 468 | 423 | 65 | 107 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 23 | 0 | 38 | 0 | .253 | .325 | .345 | .670 | 146 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Milligan | 75 | 322 | 301 | 52 | 76 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .252 | .301 | .379 | .680 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chippy McGarr | 71 | 278 | 267 | 41 | 71 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .266 | .295 | .345 | .640 | 92 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbert Robinson | 87 | 366 | 342 | 57 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .202 | .254 | .260 | .514 | 89 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Gleason | 77 | 326 | 299 | 39 | 56 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | .187 | .255 | .271 | .526 | 81 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Greer | 71 | 274 | 264 | 33 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .193 | .223 | .246 | .469 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Quest | 42 | 170 | 150 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | .207 | .300 | .247 | .547 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Lyons | 32 | 135 | 123 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .211 | .281 | .252 | .534 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orator Shafer | 21 | 90 | 82 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .268 | .333 | .378 | .711 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Mathews | 24 | 91 | 88 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .239 | .264 | .273 | .536 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Atkinson | 45 | 174 | 148 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | .122 | .253 | .142 | .395 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hart | 22 | 76 | 73 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .137 | .171 | .178 | .349 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyclone Miller | 21 | 81 | 66 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .136 | .296 | .167 | .463 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Bradley | 13 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .083 | .102 | .125 | .227 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Irwin | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Kennedy | 20 | 72 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .044 | .097 | .044 | .141 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gessner | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Weaver | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Kelly | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Hyndman | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Clark | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rex Smith | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Aydelott | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1259 | 5275 | 4856 | 772 | 1142 | 192 | 82 | 21 | 510 | 284 | 0 | 378 | 0 | .235 | .296 | .321 | .617 | 1561 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Stovey | 1B | 62 | 0 | 561.0 | 656 | 13 | 33 | 26 | .953 | 1.733 | 1.790 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milligan | 1B | 29 | 0 | 251.0 | 291 | 12 | 6 | 8 | .981 | 1.865 | 1.448 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | 1B | 24 | 0 | 198.0 | 209 | 4 | 12 | 15 | .947 | 9.682 | 8.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert Robinson | 1B | 22 | 0 | 167.0 | 171 | 9 | 12 | 14 | .938 | 9.701 | 8.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Coleman | 1B | 6 | 0 | 37.0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.459 | 7.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Weaver | 1B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | 2B | 133 | 0 | 1139.0 | 380 | 429 | 80 | 54 | .910 | 6.392 | 6.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | 2B | 7 | 0 | 54.0 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | .842 | 5.333 | 4.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Quest | 2B | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .789 | 6.429 | 7.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Coleman | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Gleason | 3B | 77 | 0 | 670.0 | 85 | 150 | 60 | 19 | .797 | 3.157 | 3.052 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denny Lyons | 3B | 32 | 0 | 263.0 | 35 | 53 | 21 | 1 | .807 | 3.011 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | 3B | 27 | 0 | 243.0 | 21 | 69 | 20 | 3 | .818 | 3.333 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milligan | 3B | 2 | 0 | 23.0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 3.522 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Irwin | 3B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.273 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cyclone Miller | 3B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.286 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert Robinson | C | 61 | 0 | 518.0 | 265 | 109 | 45 | 12 | .893 | 6.498 | 6.131 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milligan | C | 40 | 0 | 354.0 | 231 | 51 | 25 | 5 | .919 | 7.169 | 7.050 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | C | 36 | 0 | 304.0 | 172 | 52 | 20 | 3 | .918 | 6.632 | 6.222 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | C | 4 | 0 | 33.0 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 7.091 | 6.500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Greer | C | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 6.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Larkin | OF | 139 | 0 | 1216.0 | 264 | 21 | 44 | 2 | .866 | 2.109 | 2.050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Coleman | OF | 115 | 0 | 993.0 | 183 | 23 | 33 | 6 | .862 | 1.867 | 1.791 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Stovey | OF | 63 | 0 | 597.0 | 142 | 12 | 23 | 4 | .870 | 2.322 | 2.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Greer | OF | 70 | 0 | 551.0 | 143 | 9 | 13 | 3 | .921 | 2.483 | 2.171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orator Shafer | OF | 21 | 0 | 186.0 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 2 | .815 | 2.129 | 2.095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milligan | OF | 5 | 0 | 47.0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 2.298 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert Robinson | OF | 5 | 0 | 25.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.160 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | OF | 3 | 0 | 18.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Hyndman | OF | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cyclone Miller | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mathews | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Atkinson | P | 45 | 0 | 397.0 | 21 | 55 | 7 | 1 | .916 | 1.723 | 1.689 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mathews | P | 24 | 0 | 198.0 | 5 | 38 | 8 | 3 | .843 | 1.955 | 1.792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hart | P | 22 | 0 | 186.0 | 7 | 40 | 5 | 1 | .904 | 2.274 | 2.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Kennedy | P | 20 | 0 | 173.0 | 8 | 33 | 4 | 1 | .911 | 2.133 | 2.050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cyclone Miller | P | 19 | 0 | 170.0 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.959 | 1.947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Coleman | P | 3 | 0 | 21.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Aydelott | P | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Weaver | P | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | P | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rex Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Gessner | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.125 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Clark | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Brown | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Hyndman | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Stovey | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chippy McGarr | SS | 71 | 0 | 626.0 | 109 | 231 | 60 | 25 | .850 | 4.888 | 4.789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Quest | SS | 41 | 0 | 359.0 | 56 | 138 | 35 | 15 | .847 | 4.864 | 4.732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Bradley | SS | 13 | 0 | 113.0 | 14 | 48 | 11 | 2 | .849 | 4.938 | 4.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Brien | SS | 10 | 0 | 78.0 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 2 | .756 | 3.923 | 3.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | SS | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .500 | 2.700 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Irwin | SS | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 3.214 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Kelly | SS | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1278 | 0 | 10955.0 | 3647 | 1729 | 637 | 237 | .894 | 4.417 | 4.207 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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