# 1886 Brooklyn Grays season

The 1886 Brooklyn Grays season was a season in American baseball. The team finished the season in third place with a record of 76–61 (their first winning season), 16 games behind the St. Louis Browns.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican Association :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Browns | 93 | 46 | .669 | — | 52‍–‍18 | 41‍–‍28 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 80 | 57 | .584 | 12 | 45‍–‍28 | 35‍–‍29 |
| Brooklyn Grays | 76 | 61 | .555 | 16 | 44‍–‍25 | 32‍–‍36 |
| Louisville Colonels | 66 | 70 | .485 | 25½ | 37‍–‍30 | 29‍–‍40 |
| Cincinnati Red Stockings | 65 | 73 | .471 | 27½ | 40‍–‍31 | 25‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 63 | 72 | .467 | 28 | 38‍–‍31 | 25‍–‍41 |
| New York Metropolitans | 53 | 82 | .393 | 38 | 30‍–‍33 | 23‍–‍49 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 48 | 83 | .366 | 41 | 30‍–‍32 | 18‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1886 American Association recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BR | CIN | LOU | NY | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 6–14–1 | 5–13–2 | 7–12–2 | 8–9 | 8–10–1 | 7–12–2 | 7–13 |
| Brooklyn | 14–6–1 | — | 13–7 | 13–7 | 10–9–1 | 11–7–2 | 8–12 | 7–13 |
| Cincinnati | 13–5–2 | 7–13 | — | 10–10 | 13–7–1 | 10–10 | 7–13 | 5–15 |
| Louisville | 12–7–2 | 7–13 | 10–10 | — | 11–8 | 9–11 | 7–12 | 10–9 |
| New York | 9–8 | 9–10–1 | 7–13–1 | 8–11 | — | 8–12 | 8–12 | 4–16 |
| Philadelphia | 10–8–1 | 7–11–2 | 10–10 | 11–9 | 12–8 | — | 8–11–1 | 5–15 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–7–2 | 12–8 | 13–7 | 12–7 | 12–8 | 11–8–1 | — | 8–12 |
| St. Louis | 13–7 | 13–7 | 15–5 | 9–10 | 16–4 | 15–5 | 12–8 | — |

### Notable transactions

* September 1, 1886: Joe Strauss was purchased by the Grays from the Louisville Colonels.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted In; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Jimmy Peoples | 93 | 340 | 43 | 74 | .218 | 3 | 38 | 20 |
| 1B | Bill Phillips | 141 | 585 | 68 | 160 | .274 | 0 | 72 | 13 |
| 2B | Bill McClellan | 141 | 595 | 131 | 152 | .255 | 1 | 68 | 43 |
| 3B | George Pinkney | 141 | 597 | 119 | 156 | .261 | 0 | 37 | 32 |
| SS | Germany Smith | 105 | 426 | 66 | 105 | .246 | 2 | 45 | 22 |
| OF | Ed Swartwood | 122 | 471 | 95 | 132 | .280 | 3 | 58 | 37 |
| OF | Ernie Burch | 113 | 456 | 78 | 119 | .261 | 2 | 72 | 16 |
| OF | Jim McTamany | 111 | 418 | 86 | 106 | .254 | 2 | 56 | 18 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted In; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Adonis Terry | 75 | 299 | 34 | 71 | .237 | 2 | 39 | 17 |
| Bob Clark | 71 | 269 | 37 | 58 | .216 | 0 | 26 | 14 |
| Dave Oldfield | 14 | 55 | 7 | 13 | .236 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Joe Strauss | 9 | 36 | 6 | 9 | .250 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Jim McCauley | 11 | 30 | 5 | 7 | .233 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Ed Kennedy | 6 | 22 | 1 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pop Schriver | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .048 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
| Henry Porter | 48 | 48 | 424.0 | 27 | 19 | 3.42 | 120 | 163 | 48 |
| John Harkins | 34 | 33 | 292.1 | 15 | 16 | 3.60 | 114 | 118 | 33 |
| Adonis Terry | 34 | 34 | 288.1 | 18 | 16 | 3.09 | 115 | 162 | 32 |
| Hardie Henderson | 14 | 14 | 124.0 | 10 | 4 | 2.90 | 51 | 49 | 14 |
| Steve Toole | 13 | 12 | 104.0 | 6 | 6 | 4.41 | 64 | 48 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| George Pinkney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |