# 1886 Philadelphia Quakers season

The 1886 Philadelphia Quakers season was a season in American baseball. The Quakers finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 71–43, 14 games behind the Chicago White Stockings. Arthur Irwin served as team captain.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Stockings | 90 | 34 | .726 | — | 52‍–‍10 | 38‍–‍24 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 87 | 36 | .707 | 2½ | 49‍–‍13 | 38‍–‍23 |
| New York Giants | 75 | 44 | .630 | 12½ | 47‍–‍12 | 28‍–‍32 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 71 | 43 | .623 | 14 | 45‍–‍14 | 26‍–‍29 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 56 | 61 | .479 | 30½ | 32‍–‍26 | 24‍–‍35 |
| St. Louis Maroons | 43 | 79 | .352 | 46 | 27‍–‍34 | 16‍–‍45 |
| Kansas City Cowboys | 30 | 91 | .248 | 58½ | 17‍–‍40 | 13‍–‍51 |
| Washington Nationals | 28 | 92 | .233 | 60 | 19‍–‍43 | 9‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1886 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | Deacon McGuire | 50 | 167 | 33 | .198 | 2 | 18 |
| 1B | Sid Farrar | 118 | 439 | 109 | .248 | 5 | 50 |
| 2B | Charlie Bastian | 105 | 373 | 81 | .217 | 2 | 38 |
| SS | Arthur Irwin | 101 | 373 | 87 | .233 | 0 | 34 |
| 3B | Joe Mulvey | 107 | 430 | 115 | .267 | 2 | 53 |
| OF | Jim Fogarty | 77 | 280 | 82 | .293 | 3 | 47 |
| OF | Ed Andrews | 107 | 437 | 109 | .249 | 2 | 28 |
| OF | George Wood | 106 | 450 | 123 | .273 | 4 | 50 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Daily | 79 | 309 | 70 | .227 | 4 | 50 |
| Jack Clements | 54 | 185 | 38 | .205 | 0 | 11 |
| Andy Cusick | 29 | 104 | 23 | .221 | 0 | 4 |
| Jack Farrell | 17 | 60 | 11 | .183 | 0 | 3 |
| Tommy McCarthy | 8 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 3 |
| Charlie Ganzel | 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 |
| Charlie Ferguson | 48 | 395.2 | 30 | 9 | 1.98 | 212 |
| Dan Casey | 44 | 369.0 | 24 | 18 | 2.41 | 193 |
| Ed Daily | 27 | 218.0 | 16 | 9 | 3.06 | 95 |
| Ledell Titcomb | 5 | 41.0 | 0 | 5 | 3.73 | 24 |
| John Strike | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.80 | 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 |
| Jim Fogarty | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |
| Tommy McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |