1887 Cleveland Blues season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Blues 1887 American Association (19th century)American Association National League Park Cleveland, Ohio 39 92 y 8th Frank Robison Jimmy Williams The 1887 Cleveland Blues baseball team finished with a 39–92 record, last in the American Association during their debut season. Organized by streetcar tycoon Frank Robison, the team played its home games at National League Park. Regular season Season standings Cleveland Blues Record vs. opponents CLE Opening Day lineup Roster 1887 Cleveland Blues Roster Pitchers Billy Crowell Hugh Daily Bob Gilks John Kirby Mike Morrison George Pechiney Catchers Charlie Reipschlager Pop Snyder Chief Zimmer Infielders Ed Flynn Joseph Herr John McGlone Ed McKean Phil Reccius Jimmy Say Frank Scheibeck Cub Stricker Charlie Sweeney Jim Toy Outfielders Myron Allen Scrappy Carroll Pete Hotaling Fred Mann John Munyan Hank Simon Manager Jimmy Williams Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Pop Snyder 74 282 72 .255 0 27 1B Jim Toy 109 423 94 .222 1 56 2B Cub Stricker 131 534 141 .264 2 53 SS Ed McKean 132 539 154 .286 2 54 3B Phil Reccius 62 229 47 .205 0 29 OF Pete Hotaling 126 505 151 .299 3 94 OF Fred Mann 64 259 80 .309 2 41 OF Myron Allen 117 463 128 .276 4 77 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Charlie Reipschlager 63 231 49 .212 0 17 Scrappy Carroll 57 216 43 .199 0 19 Charlie Sweeney 36 133 30 .226 0 19 John McGlone 21 79 20 .253 0 10 Jimmy Say 16 64 24 .375 0 12 John Munyan 16 58 14 .241 0 6 Chief Zimmer 14 52 12 .231 0 4 Joseph Herr 11 44 12 .273 0 6 Ed Flynn 7 27 5 .185 0 4 Hank Simon 3 10 1 .100 0 0 Frank Scheibeck 3 9 2 .222 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Billy Crowell 45 389.1 14 31 3.88 72 Mike Morrison 40 316.2 12 25 4.92 158 Hugh Daily 16 139.2 4 12 3.69 30 Bob Gilks 13 108.0 7 5 3.08 28 George Pechiney 10 86.0 1 9 7.12 24 John Kirby John Kirby (baseball) 5 41.0 0 5 9.00 6 Charlie Sweeney 3 24.0 0 3 8.25 8 Frank Scheibeck 1 9.0 0 1 12.00 3 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Cub Stricker 3 0 0 1 3.18 2 Myron Allen 2 1 0 0 0.93 1 Phil Reccius 1 0 0 0 7.71 0 References https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1887.shtml 1887 Cleveland Blues Statistics 2018 Baseball Reference Sports Reference LLC March 16, 2018 Category:Cleveland Spiders seasons Cleveland Blues season Cleveland Spiders