1887 St. Louis Browns Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 95-40
Finished 1st in the AA
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park I
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to Detroit Wolverines 10-5
Manager: Charlie Comiskey (95-40)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1887 St. Louis Browns RosterTeam Record: 95-40
Finished 1st in the AA
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park I
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to Detroit Wolverines 10-5
Manager: Charlie Comiskey (95-40)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1887 St. Louis Browns Results
The St. Louis Browns of the American Association ended the 1887 season with a record of 95 wins and 40 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Browns led the league with 1131 runs, spearheaded by 39 home runs. St. Louis allowed 761 runs. Tip O'Neill paced the team with 14 home runs and drove in 123 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .435. Silver King earned 32 wins on the mound for the squad, and Bob Caruthers and Dave Foutz added 15 or more victories as well Bob Caruthers recorded a 3.30 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Charlie Comiskey coached the team. The 1887 St. Louis Browns won the League Championship Series.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver King | 32 | 12 | .727 | 3.78 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 390.0 | 401 | 231 | 164 | 4 | 109 | 0 | 128 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 1666 |
| Bob Caruthers | 29 | 9 | .763 | 3.30 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 341.0 | 337 | 185 | 125 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 74 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 1442 |
| Dave Foutz | 25 | 12 | .676 | 3.87 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 339.3 | 369 | 244 | 146 | 7 | 90 | 0 | 94 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 1533 |
| Ed Knouff | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.50 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 40 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 217 |
| Nat Hudson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.97 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 91 | 57 | 37 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 322 |
| Joe Murphy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| William Robinson | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Totals | 95 | 39 | .709 | 3.77 | 142 | 137 | 5 | 132 | 6 | 2 | 1199.3 | 1254 | 761 | 503 | 19 | 323 | 0 | 334 | 51 | 0 | 61 | 5238 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tip O'Neill | 124 | 572 | 517 | 167 | 225 | 52 | 19 | 14 | 123 | 30 | 0 | 50 | 20 | .435 | .490 | .691 | 1.180 | 357 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arlie Latham | 136 | 677 | 627 | 163 | 198 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 83 | 129 | 0 | 45 | 29 | .316 | .366 | .413 | .779 | 259 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Comiskey | 125 | 572 | 538 | 139 | 180 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 103 | 117 | 0 | 27 | 11 | .335 | .374 | .416 | .790 | 224 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Gleason | 135 | 647 | 598 | 135 | 172 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 23 | 0 | 41 | 23 | .288 | .342 | .323 | .664 | 193 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Foutz | 102 | 448 | 423 | 79 | 151 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 108 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 20 | .357 | .393 | .508 | .901 | 215 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Welch | 131 | 580 | 544 | 98 | 151 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 108 | 89 | 0 | 25 | 21 | .278 | .322 | .379 | .701 | 206 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Robinson | 125 | 539 | 430 | 102 | 131 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 75 | 0 | 92 | 49 | .305 | .445 | .405 | .850 | 174 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Caruthers | 98 | 436 | 364 | 102 | 130 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 73 | 49 | 0 | 66 | 21 | .357 | .463 | .547 | 1.010 | 199 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Boyle | 88 | 372 | 350 | 48 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 51 | .189 | .237 | .220 | .457 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Bushong | 53 | 214 | 201 | 35 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 10 | .254 | .299 | .274 | .573 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silver King | 62 | 246 | 222 | 28 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 42 | .207 | .285 | .243 | .528 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Sylvester | 29 | 126 | 112 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 24 | .223 | .310 | .339 | .649 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nat Hudson | 13 | 52 | 48 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .250 | .308 | .333 | .641 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Knouff | 15 | 58 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .179 | .207 | .268 | .475 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Murphy | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lyons | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Goodfellow | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1240 | 5557 | 5048 | 1131 | 1550 | 261 | 78 | 39 | 862 | 581 | 0 | 442 | 342 | .307 | .371 | .413 | .783 | 2084 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Comiskey | 1B | 116 | 0 | 1001.0 | 1135 | 51 | 29 | 60 | .976 | 1.663 | 1.224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Foutz | 1B | 15 | 0 | 128.0 | 153 | 2 | 3 | 11 | .981 | 1.898 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Caruthers | 1B | 7 | 0 | 46.0 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .946 | 1.370 | 7.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Boyle | 1B | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.500 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curt Welch | 1B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 13.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Robinson | 2B | 117 | 0 | 1000.0 | 320 | 355 | 76 | 52 | .899 | 6.075 | 5.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Comiskey | 2B | 9 | 0 | 74.0 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 2 | .870 | 5.716 | 5.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curt Welch | 2B | 8 | 0 | 68.0 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 3 | .765 | 5.162 | 4.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arlie Latham | 2B | 5 | 0 | 42.0 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .867 | 5.571 | 5.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Lyons | 2B | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Sylvester | 2B | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arlie Latham | 3B | 132 | 0 | 1163.0 | 155 | 288 | 62 | 17 | .877 | 3.428 | 3.356 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Robinson | 3B | 6 | 0 | 32.0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 2.250 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Bushong | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Boyle | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Boyle | C | 86 | 0 | 736.0 | 339 | 114 | 52 | 7 | .897 | 5.539 | 5.267 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Bushong | C | 52 | 0 | 441.0 | 201 | 93 | 23 | 3 | .927 | 6.000 | 5.654 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arlie Latham | C | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 2.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Goodfellow | C | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Robinson | C | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curt Welch | OF | 123 | 0 | 1086.0 | 336 | 29 | 23 | 7 | .941 | 3.025 | 2.967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tip O'Neill | OF | 124 | 0 | 1079.0 | 247 | 8 | 30 | 2 | .895 | 2.127 | 2.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Caruthers | OF | 54 | 0 | 475.0 | 91 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .903 | 1.933 | 1.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Foutz | OF | 50 | 0 | 424.0 | 85 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .899 | 1.889 | 1.780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Sylvester | OF | 29 | 0 | 248.0 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 3 | .923 | 2.177 | 2.069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Silver King | OF | 17 | 0 | 117.0 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .667 | 1.538 | 1.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Knouff | OF | 9 | 0 | 74.0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 1.946 | 1.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nat Hudson | OF | 6 | 0 | 28.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.607 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Robinson | OF | 2 | 0 | 22.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.045 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Comiskey | OF | 3 | 0 | 18.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Bushong | OF | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Lyons | OF | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Boyle | OF | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Silver King | P | 46 | 0 | 390.0 | 16 | 59 | 6 | 0 | .926 | 1.731 | 1.630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Caruthers | P | 39 | 0 | 341.0 | 40 | 92 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 3.484 | 3.385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Foutz | P | 40 | 0 | 339.0 | 44 | 56 | 10 | 0 | .909 | 2.655 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nat Hudson | P | 9 | 0 | 67.0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.478 | 1.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Knouff | P | 6 | 0 | 50.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.800 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Murphy | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Robinson | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Gleason | SS | 135 | 0 | 1179.0 | 169 | 411 | 83 | 27 | .875 | 4.427 | 4.296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Robinson | SS | 2 | 0 | 19.0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 4.263 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1266 | 0 | 10788.0 | 3592 | 1683 | 481 | 205 | .916 | 4.401 | 4.167 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Player | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Caruthers | WS | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 64 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silver King | WS | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.03 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Foutz | WS | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.46 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 36 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 10 | .333 | 2.39 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 128.0 | 126 | 73 | 34 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Player | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Comiskey | WS | 15 | 63 | 62 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .306 | .317 | .339 | .656 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arlie Latham | WS | 15 | 67 | 58 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | .293 | .388 | .310 | .698 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Robinson | WS | 15 | 56 | 46 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .326 | .446 | .478 | .925 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tip O'Neill | WS | 15 | 65 | 65 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .308 | .508 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Welch | WS | 15 | 58 | 58 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .207 | .207 | .345 | .552 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Caruthers | WS | 10 | 47 | 46 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .239 | .255 | .239 | .494 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Foutz | WS | 15 | 61 | 59 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .169 | .197 | .237 | .434 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Gleason | WS | 13 | 52 | 49 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .163 | .212 | .163 | .375 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Bushong | WS | 9 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .241 | .333 | .241 | .575 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Boyle | WS | 6 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lyons | WS | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silver King | WS | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 134 | 548 | 517 | 54 | 120 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 28 | 0 | 31 | 27 | .232 | .276 | .288 | .564 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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