1886 Chicago White Stockings season
The 1886 Chicago White Stockings season was the 15th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 11th in the National League and the 2nd at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings finished first in the National League with a record of 90–34, 2.5 games ahead of the second place Detroit Wolverines. The team was defeated four games to two by the St. Louis Browns in the 1886 World Series.
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Owner(s) | Albert Spalding |
Manager(s) | Cap Anson |
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Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago White Stockings | 90 | 34 | 0.726 | — | 52–10 | 38–24 |
Detroit Wolverines | 87 | 36 | 0.707 | 2½ | 49–13 | 38–23 |
New York Giants | 75 | 44 | 0.630 | 12½ | 47–12 | 28–32 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 71 | 43 | 0.623 | 14 | 45–14 | 26–29 |
Boston Beaneaters | 56 | 61 | 0.479 | 30½ | 32–26 | 24–35 |
St. Louis Maroons | 43 | 79 | 0.352 | 46 | 27–34 | 16–45 |
Kansas City Cowboys | 30 | 91 | 0.248 | 58½ | 17–40 | 13–51 |
Washington Nationals | 28 | 92 | 0.233 | 60 | 19–43 | 9–49 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | KC | NYG | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||||||
Boston | — | 6–12 | 6–11 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 3–10 | 11–6–1 | 13–5 | |||||||||
Chicago | 12–6 | — | 11–7 | 17–1 | 10–8–1 | 10–7–1 | 13–4 | 17–1 | |||||||||
Detroit | 11–6 | 7–11 | — | 16–2 | 11–7 | 10–7–1 | 15–2–1 | 17–1–1 | |||||||||
Kansas City | 6–11 | 1–17 | 2–16 | — | 3–15–1 | 2–14–1 | 5–12–2 | 11–6–1 | |||||||||
New York | 11–6 | 8–10–1 | 7–11 | 15–3–1 | — | 8–8–1 | 15–3 | 11–3–2 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 10–3 | 7–10–1 | 7–10–1 | 14–2–1 | 8–8–1 | — | 12–6 | 13–4–1 | |||||||||
St. Louis | 6–11–1 | 4–13 | 2–15–1 | 12–5–2 | 3–15 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | |||||||||
Washington | 5–13 | 1–17 | 1–17–1 | 6–11–1 | 3–11–2 | 4–13–1 | 8–10 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Silver Flint | 54 | 173 | 35 | .202 | 1 | 13 |
1B | Cap Anson | 125 | 504 | 187 | .371 | 10 | 147 |
2B | Fred Pfeffer | 118 | 474 | 125 | .264 | 7 | 95 |
SS | Ned Williamson | 121 | 430 | 93 | .216 | 6 | 58 |
3B | Tom Burns | 112 | 445 | 123 | .276 | 3 | 65 |
OF | Jimmy Ryan | 84 | 327 | 100 | .306 | 4 | 53 |
OF | Abner Dalrymple | 82 | 331 | 77 | .233 | 3 | 26 |
OF | George Gore | 118 | 444 | 135 | .304 | 6 | 63 |
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 |
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King Kelly | 118 | 451 | 175 | .388 | 4 | 79 |
Billy Sunday | 28 | 103 | 25 | .243 | 0 | 6 |
George Moolic | 16 | 56 | 8 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
Lou Hardie | 16 | 51 | 9 | .176 | 0 | 3 |
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 |
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John Clarkson | 55 | 466.2 | 36 | 17 | 2.41 | 313 |
Jim McCormick | 42 | 347.2 | 31 | 11 | 2.82 | 172 |
Jocko Flynn | 32 | 257 | 23 | 6 | 2.24 | 146 |
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 |
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Jimmy Ryan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.63 | 15 |
Ned Williamson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 |
1886 World Series
The White Stockings lost the 1886 World Series to the St. Louis Browns, four games to two.