# 1886 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1886 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 63–72 record and finished in sixth place in the American Association.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Wilbert Robinson | 87 | 342 | 69 | .202 | 1 | 30 |
| 1B | Jocko Milligan | 75 | 301 | 76 | .252 | 5 | 45 |
| 2B | Lou Bierbauer | 137 | 522 | 118 | .226 | 2 | 47 |
| SS | Chippy McGarr | 71 | 267 | 71 | .266 | 2 | 31 |
| 3B | Jack Gleason | 77 | 299 | 56 | .187 | 1 | 31 |
| OF | Harry Stovey | 123 | 489 | 144 | .294 | 7 | 59 |
| OF | John Coleman | 121 | 492 | 121 | .246 | 0 | 65 |
| OF | Henry Larkin | 139 | 565 | 180 | .319 | 2 | 74 |

#### 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 |
| Jack O'Brien | 105 | 423 | 107 | .253 | 0 | 56 |
| Ed Greer | 71 | 264 | 51 | .193 | 1 | 20 |
| Joe Quest | 42 | 150 | 31 | .207 | 0 | 10 |
| Denny Lyons | 32 | 123 | 26 | .211 | 0 | 11 |
| Orator Shafer | 21 | 82 | 22 | .268 | 0 | 8 |
| George Bradley | 13 | 48 | 4 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
| John Irwin | 3 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
| William Hyndman | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Kelly | 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 |
| Al Atkinson | 45 | 396.2 | 25 | 17 | 3.95 | 154 |
| Bobby Mathews | 24 | 197.2 | 13 | 9 | 3.96 | 93 |
| Bill Hart | 22 | 186.0 | 9 | 13 | 3.19 | 78 |
| Ted Kennedy | 20 | 172.2 | 5 | 15 | 4.53 | 68 |
| Cyclone Miller | 19 | 169.2 | 10 | 8 | 2.97 | 99 |
| Jake Aydelott | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.00 | 5 |
| Sam Weaver | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 14.73 | 2 |
| Rex Smith | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.00 | 4 |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.24 | 4 |
| Ed Clark | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 2 |
| Charlie Gessner | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 0 |
| William Hyndman | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| John Coleman | 3 | 20.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.61 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.22 | 1 |
| Harry Stovey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |