# 1886 Cincinnati Red Stockings season

The 1886 Cincinnati Red Stockings season was a season in American baseball. The Red Stockings finished in fifth place in the American Association, 27.5 games behind the St. Louis Browns.

## Regular season

Pop Corkhill had a breakout season, hitting .265 with five home runs and a team high 97 RBI, while Bid McPhee hit .268 with a team highs in home runs with eight, stolen bases with 40, and runs with 139. Fred Lewis had a team high .318 batting average.
On the mound, Mullane was the ace of the staff, as he had a 33–27 record with a 3.70 ERA in 56 starts, as he struck out 250 batters in 529.2 innings pitched.

### Season summary

The Red Stockings were coming off a second-place finish in the 1885 season, which was their highest placing since winning the 1882 American Association pennant. Cincinnati was relatively quiet during the off-season; however, Tony Mullane, who had been suspended for the 1885 season for defying his contract, returned and made his Cincinnati debut in 1886.
The Red Stockings started the season off slowly, winning only four of their first twelve games to sit in seventh place. Cincinnati would continue to play mediocre baseball, and would be in eighth place with a 24–35 record, 12.5 games out of first place. The Red Stockings then went on a seven-game winning streak to climb into sixth place to bring their record to 31–35, however, they remained 12.5 games out of first. The team eventually broke over the .500 level, reaching a season best three games over .500 with a 50–47 record. However, Cincinnati faded down the stretch, and finished with a losing record for the first time in team history, as they were 65–73, which was good for fifth place 27.5 games behind the St. Louis Browns.

### 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 | — |

### Game log

Legend :
| Red Stockings Win | Red Stockings Loss | Game Tied/Postponed |
1886 Game Log: 65–73 (Home: 40–31; Away: 25–42) :
April: 4–8 (Home: 3–3; Away: 1–5)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 17Colonels1–5American Park6,0000–1L1
2April 18@ Colonels3–4Eclipse Park10,0000–2L2
-April 19@ ColonelsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: May 2
3April 20@ Colonels9–2Eclipse ParkN/A1–2W1
4April 21Alleghenys7–13American ParkN/A1–3L1
5April 22Alleghenys9–8American ParkN/A2–3W1
6April 23Alleghenys13–7American ParkN/A3–3W2
7April 24Alleghenys14–10American ParkN/A4–3W3
8April 26@ Browns12–14Sportsman's ParkN/A4–4L1
9April 27@ Browns3–20Sportsman's ParkN/A4–5L2
10April 28@ Browns3–7Sportsman's ParkN/A4–6L3
11April 29@ Browns4–9Sportsman's ParkN/A4–7L4
12April 30Colonels1–7American ParkN/A4–8L5 :
May: 11–13 (Home: 5–2; Away: 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
13May 1Colonels8–1American ParkN/A5–8W1
14May 2@ Colonels10–5Eclipse ParkN/A6–8W2
15May 4Colonels5–2American ParkN/A7–8W3
16May 5Colonels5–6American ParkN/A7–9L1
-May 7@ AlleghenysPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 12
17May 8@ Alleghenys6–9Recreation ParkN/A7–10L1
18May 10@ Alleghenys4–2Recreation ParkN/A8–10W1
19May 11@ Alleghenys7–9Recreation ParkN/A8–11L1
20May 12@ Alleghenys7–9Recreation ParkN/A8–12L2
21May 13Browns7–3American ParkN/A9–12W1
22May 14Browns1–2American ParkN/A9–13L1
23May 15Browns8–2American ParkN/A10–13W1
24May 16Browns7–6American ParkN/A11–13W2
25May 18@ Orioles4–6Oriole ParkN/A11–14L1
26May 19@ Orioles6–11Oriole ParkN/A11–15L2
27May 20@ Orioles8–7Oriole ParkN/A12–15W1
28May 21@ Orioles6–5Oriole ParkN/A13–15W2
29May 22@ Athletics7–8Jefferson Street GroundsN/A13–16L1
30May 24@ Athletics4–10Jefferson Street GroundsN/A13–17L2
31May 25@ Athletics10–18Jefferson Street GroundsN/A13–18L3
32May 26@ Athletics6–9Jefferson Street GroundsN/A13–19L4
33May 27@ Grays6–4Washington ParkN/A14–19W1
-May 28@ GraysPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: May 31
34May 29@ Metropolitans6–11St. George Cricket GroundsN/A14–20L1
35May 31 1@ Grays6–8Washington ParkN/A14–21L2
36May 31 2@ Metropolitans12–5St. George Cricket GroundsN/A15–21W1 :
June: 12–14 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
37June 1@ Metropolitans12–7St. George Cricket GroundsN/A16–21W2
38June 2@ Grays6–2Washington ParkN/A17–21W3
39June 3@ Metropolitans11–12St. George Cricket GroundsN/A17–22L1
40June 4@ Grays4–7Washington ParkN/A17–23L2
41June 5@ Alleghenys1–3Recreation ParkN/A17–24L3
42June 7@ Alleghenys0–3Recreation ParkN/A17–25L4
43June 8@ Alleghenys10–9Recreation ParkN/A18–25W1
-June 9AlleghenysPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 11
44June 10Alleghenys1–5American ParkN/A18–26L1
45June 11Alleghenys5–3American ParkN/A19–26W1
46June 12Alleghenys5–6American ParkN/A19–27L1
47June 13@ Colonels2–4Eclipse ParkN/A19–28L2
48June 14@ Colonels1–4Eclipse ParkN/A19–29L3
-June 15ColonelsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 18
49June 16Colonels5–4American ParkN/A20–29W1
50June 17Colonels4–3American ParkN/A21–29W2
51June 18@ Browns0–11Sportsman's ParkN/A21–30L1
52June 19@ Browns7–12Sportsman's ParkN/A21–31L2
53June 20@ Browns0–8Sportsman's ParkN/A21–32L3
54June 21Browns5–6American ParkN/A21–33L4
-June 22@ ColonelsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 24
55June 23@ Colonels9–4Eclipse ParkN/A22–33W1
56June 24@ Colonels12–5Eclipse ParkN/A23–33W2
57June 25Browns2–1American ParkN/A24–33W3
58June 26Browns0–1American ParkN/A24–34L1
59June 27@ Browns1–9Sportsman's Park8,00024–35L2
60June 28Orioles12–4American ParkN/A25–35W1
61June 29Orioles12–1American ParkN/A26–35W2
62June 30Orioles18–7American ParkN/A27–35W3 :
July: 16–9 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
63July 1Orioles7–5American ParkN/A28–35W4
-July 2AthleticsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 4
64July 3Athletics8–2American ParkN/A29–35W5
65July 4Athletics8–0American ParkN/A30–35W6
66July 5 1Athletics14–7American ParkN/A31–35W7
67July 5 2Athletics1–5American ParkN/A31–36L1
68July 7Metropolitans6–4American ParkN/A32–36W1
69July 8Metropolitans5–8American ParkN/A32–37L1
70July 9Metropolitans7–2American ParkN/A33–37W1
71July 10Metropolitans3–0American ParkN/A34–37W2
72July 11Grays7–11American Park7,00034–38L1
-July 12GraysPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: July 11
73July 13Grays9–4American ParkN/A35–38W1
74July 14Grays5–1American ParkN/A36–38W2
75July 15Grays7–4American ParkN/A37–38W3
76July 17@ Athletics10–15Jefferson Street GroundsN/A37–39L2
77July 19@ Athletics14–8Jefferson Street GroundsN/A38–39W1
78July 20@ Athletics9–13Jefferson Street GroundsN/A38–40L1
79July 22@ Orioles11–10Oriole ParkN/A39–40W1
80July 23@ Orioles8–10Oriole ParkN/A39–41L1
81July 24@ Orioles10–4Oriole ParkN/A40–41W1
82July 26@ Metropolitans4–1St. George Cricket GroundsN/A41–41W2
83July 27@ Grays2–10Washington ParkN/A41–42L1
84July 28@ Metropolitans4–1St. George Cricket GroundsN/A42–42W1
85July 29@ Grays4–6Washington ParkN/A42–43L1
86July 30@ Metropolitans8–1St. George Cricket GroundsN/A43–43W1
87July 31@ Grays0–4Washington ParkN/A43–44L1 :
August: 9–14 (Home: 9–9; Away: 0–5)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
88August 3Orioles6–5American ParkN/A44–44W1
89August 4Orioles13–16American ParkN/A44–45L1
90August 5Orioles4–3American ParkN/A45–45W1
-August 6GraysPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 8
91August 7Grays1–6American ParkN/A45–46L1
92August 8Grays2–4American ParkN/A45–47L2
93August 9Grays7–2American ParkN/A46–47W1
-August 10MetropolitansPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: October 6
94August 11Metropolitans11–5American ParkN/A47–47W2
95August 12Metropolitans19–3American ParkN/A48–47W3
96August 13Athletics12–11American ParkN/A49–47W4
97August 14Athletics4–3American ParkN/A50–47W5
98August 15Athletics1–3American ParkN/A50–48L1
-August 16AthleticsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 15
99August 18Colonels9–4American ParkN/A51–48W1
100August 19@ Colonels3–6Eclipse ParkN/A51–49L1
101August 21@ Colonels1–6Eclipse ParkN/A51–50L2
102August 22@ Colonels3–5Eclipse ParkN/A51–51L3
-August 23BrownsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 26
103August 24Browns0–4American ParkN/A51–52L4
104August 25Browns3–6American ParkN/A51–53L5
105August 26Browns9–3American ParkN/A52–53W1
106August 27Alleghenys8–11American ParkN/A52–54L1
107August 28Alleghenys2–10American ParkN/A52–55L2
108August 29Alleghenys9–11American ParkN/A52–56L3
-August 30AlleghenysPostponed (schedule change); Makeup: August 29
109August 30@ Browns3–10Sportsman's ParkN/A52–57L4
110August 31@ Browns4–10Sportsman's ParkN/A52–58L5 :
September: 8–10 (Home: 2–4; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
-September 1@ BrownsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: June 27
-September 2@ BrownsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 30
111September 3@ Alleghenys5–3Recreation ParkN/A53–58W1
112September 4@ Alleghenys0–1Recreation ParkN/A53–59L1
113September 6@ Alleghenys4–13Recreation ParkN/A53–60L2
114September 7Colonels4–9American ParkN/A53–61L3
115September 8Colonels4–3American ParkN/A54–61W1
116September 10@ Grays4–8Washington ParkN/A54–62L1
117September 11@ Metropolitans2–8St. George Cricket GroundsN/A54–63L2
-September 12@ GraysPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 13
118September 13@ Grays6–0Washington ParkN/A55–63W1
119September 14@ Metropolitans4–3St. George Cricket GroundsN/A56–63W2
120September 15@ Metropolitans3–3St. George Cricket GroundsN/A56–63W2
121September 16@ Grays10–12Washington ParkN/A56–64L1
122September 17@ Athletics8–9Jefferson Street GroundsN/A56–65L2
123September 18@ Athletics2–1Jefferson Street GroundsN/A57–65W1
124September 20@ Athletics14–4Jefferson Street GroundsN/A58–65W2
125September 21@ Orioles1–1Oriole ParkN/A58–65W2
126September 22@ Orioles11–1Oriole ParkN/A59–65W3
127September 23@ Orioles3–3Oriole ParkN/A59–65W3
128September 25Grays5–8American ParkN/A59–66L1
129September 26Grays4–5American ParkN/A59–67L2
-September 27GraysPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 26
-September 28GraysPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 29
-September 29AthleticsPostponed (schedule change); Makeup: October 3
130September 29Grays9–10American ParkN/A59–68L3
131September 30Athletics15–8American ParkN/A60–68W1 :
October: 5–5 (Home: 5–5; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
132October 2Athletics13–1American ParkN/A61–68W2
133October 3Athletics6–7American ParkN/A61–69L1
134October 4Metropolitans4–6American ParkN/A61–70L2
135October 5Metropolitans4–3American ParkN/A62–70W1
136October 6 1Metropolitans12–6American ParkN/A63–70W2
137October 6 2Metropolitans3–8American ParkN/A63–71L1
138October 7Metropolitans4–9American ParkN/A63–72L2
139October 8Orioles14–8American ParkN/A64–72W1
140October 9Orioles4–6American ParkN/A64–73L1
141October 10Orioles12–4American ParkN/A65–73W1
-October 11OriolesPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: October 10 :

### Roster
## 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 | Kid Baldwin | 87 | 315 | 72 | .229 | 3 | 32 |
| 1B | John Reilly | 115 | 441 | 117 | .265 | 6 | 79 |
| 2B | Bid McPhee | 140 | 560 | 150 | .268 | 8 | 70 |
| SS | Frank Fennelly | 132 | 497 | 124 | .249 | 6 | 72 |
| 3B | Hick Carpenter | 111 | 458 | 101 | .221 | 2 | 61 |
| OF | Fred Lewis | 77 | 324 | 103 | .318 | 2 | 32 |
| OF | Pop Corkhill | 129 | 540 | 143 | .265 | 5 | 97 |
| OF | Charley Jones | 127 | 500 | 135 | .270 | 6 | 68 |

#### 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 |
| Pop Snyder | 60 | 220 | 41 | .186 | 0 | 28 |
| Jim Keenan | 44 | 148 | 40 | .270 | 3 | 24 |
| Leech Maskrey | 27 | 98 | 19 | .194 | 0 | 10 |
| Abner Powell | 19 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 0 | 8 |
| Lou Sylvester | 17 | 55 | 10 | .182 | 3 | 8 |
| Lee Richmond | 8 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 3 |
| Lefty Marr | 8 | 29 | 8 | .276 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Boyle | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Reardon | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Farmer Vaughn | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Tony Mullane | 63 | 529.2 | 33 | 27 | 3.70 | 250 |
| George Pechiney | 40 | 330.1 | 15 | 21 | 4.14 | 110 |
| Larry McKeon | 19 | 156.0 | 8 | 8 | 5.08 | 46 |
| Mike Smith | 9 | 72.2 | 4 | 4 | 3.72 | 14 |
| Joe Murphy | 5 | 46.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.89 | 11 |
| Will White | 3 | 26.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.15 | 6 |
| Bill Irwin | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.82 | 6 |
| Dan Bickham | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 6 |
| Rex Smith | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 |
| Clarence Stephens | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.62 | 6 |
| Jeremiah Reardon | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 0 |

#### Other 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 |
| Lee Richmond | 3 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.00 | 6 |
| Abner Powell | 4 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.70 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Keenan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 |
| Pop Corkhill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |