# 1886 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

The 1886 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the fifth season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise. The Alleghenys finished second in the American Association with a record of 80–57.

## 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 | — |

### Game log

1886 Game Log :
April: 4–7 (Home: 0–0; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
1Sunday, Apr 18@ St. Louis Browns4–80–1
2Sunday, Apr 18@ St. Louis Browns5–100–2
3Monday, Apr 19@ St. Louis Browns6–51–2
4Tuesday, Apr 20@ St. Louis Browns10–111–3
5Wednesday, Apr 21@ Cincinnati Red Stockings13–72–3
6Thursday, Apr 22@ Cincinnati Red Stockings8–92–4
7Friday, Apr 23@ Cincinnati Red Stockings7–132–5
8Saturday, Apr 24@ Cincinnati Red Stockings10–142–6
9Monday, Apr 26@ Louisville Colonels8–33–6
10Tuesday, Apr 27@ Louisville Colonels8–34–6
11Wednesday, Apr 28@ Louisville Colonels1–24–7 :
May: 15–8 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–3)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
12Saturday, May 1St. Louis Browns4–54–8
13Monday, May 3St. Louis Browns7–65–8
14Tuesday, May 4St. Louis Browns7–145–9
15Thursday, May 6St. Louis Browns6–06–9
16Saturday, May 8Cincinnati Red Stockings9–67–9
17Monday, May 10Cincinnati Red Stockings2–47–10
18Tuesday, May 11Cincinnati Red Stockings9–78–10
19Wednesday, May 12Cincinnati Red Stockings9–79–10
20Thursday, May 13Louisville Colonels4–210–10
21Friday, May 14Louisville Colonels1–410–11
22Saturday, May 15Louisville Colonels2–610–12
23Monday, May 17Louisville Colonels5–311–12
24Tuesday, May 18@ New York Metropolitans4–1411–13
25Wednesday, May 19@ New York Metropolitans6–412–13
26Thursday, May 20@ Brooklyn Grays1–013–13
27Friday, May 21@ Brooklyn Grays6–414–13
28Saturday, May 22@ New York Metropolitans5–415–13
29Tuesday, May 25@ Brooklyn Grays6–416–13
30Wednesday, May 26@ Brooklyn Grays3–716–14
31Thursday, May 27@ Baltimore Orioles6–517–14
32Friday, May 28@ Baltimore Orioles1–417–15
33Saturday, May 29Baltimore Orioles15–518–15
34Saturday, May 29Baltimore Orioles4–019–15 :
June: 12–10 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
35Tuesday, Jun 1@ Philadelphia Athletics6–1619–16
36Wednesday, Jun 2@ Philadelphia Athletics6–120–16
37Thursday, Jun 3@ Philadelphia Athletics5–1220–17
38Friday, Jun 4@ Philadelphia Athletics16–821–17
39Saturday, Jun 5Cincinnati Red Stockings3–122–17
40Monday, Jun 7Cincinnati Red Stockings3–023–17
41Tuesday, Jun 8Cincinnati Red Stockings9–1023–18
42Thursday, Jun 10@ Cincinnati Red Stockings5–124–18
43Friday, Jun 11@ Cincinnati Red Stockings3–524–19
44Saturday, Jun 12@ Cincinnati Red Stockings6–525–19
45Sunday, Jun 13@ St. Louis Browns0–225–20
46Wednesday, Jun 16@ St. Louis Browns0–125–21
47Friday, Jun 18Louisville Colonels4–925–22
48Saturday, Jun 19Louisville Colonels2–325–23
49Monday, Jun 21Louisville Colonels8–226–23
50Wednesday, Jun 23St. Louis Browns3–027–23
51Thursday, Jun 24St. Louis Browns1–227–24
52Friday, Jun 25@ Louisville Colonels5–1927–25
53Saturday, Jun 26@ Louisville Colonels4–328–25
54Monday, Jun 28Philadelphia Athletics9–129–25
55Tuesday, Jun 29Philadelphia Athletics7–230–25
56Wednesday, Jun 30Philadelphia Athletics12–331–25 :
July: 12–13 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
57Thursday, Jul 1Philadelphia Athletics4–531–26
58Friday, Jul 2Baltimore Orioles6–032–26
59Saturday, Jul 3Baltimore Orioles3–1232–27
60Monday, Jul 5Baltimore Orioles15–133–27
61Monday, Jul 5Baltimore Orioles13–234–27
62Wednesday, Jul 7Brooklyn Grays6–235–27
63Thursday, Jul 8Brooklyn Grays8–136–27
64Friday, Jul 9Brooklyn Grays0–436–28
65Saturday, Jul 10Brooklyn Grays4–536–29
66Monday, Jul 12New York Metropolitans2–436–30
67Tuesday, Jul 13New York Metropolitans9–337–30
68Wednesday, Jul 14New York Metropolitans4–138–30
69Thursday, Jul 15New York Metropolitans5–339–30
70Saturday, Jul 17@ Baltimore Orioles7–640–30
71Monday, Jul 19@ Baltimore Orioles5–441–30
72Tuesday, Jul 20@ Baltimore Orioles2–541–31
73Wednesday, Jul 21@ Baltimore Orioles1–641–32
74Thursday, Jul 22@ Philadelphia Athletics4–741–33
75Friday, Jul 23@ Philadelphia Athletics17–642–33
76Saturday, Jul 24@ Philadelphia Athletics6–742–34
77Sunday, Jul 25@ Brooklyn Grays3–642–35
78Tuesday, Jul 27@ New York Metropolitans1–842–36
79Wednesday, Jul 28@ Brooklyn Grays6–1042–37
80Thursday, Jul 29@ New York Metropolitans11–243–37
81Saturday, Jul 31@ New York Metropolitans6–743–38 :
August: 19–6 (Home: 8–5; Away: 11–1)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
82Sunday, Aug 1@ Brooklyn Grays10–944–38
83Tuesday, Aug 3Brooklyn Grays18–045–38
84Wednesday, Aug 4Brooklyn Grays5–346–38
85Thursday, Aug 5Brooklyn Grays3–446–39
86Friday, Aug 6Baltimore Orioles1–346–40
87Saturday, Aug 7Baltimore Orioles11–247–40
88Monday, Aug 9Baltimore Orioles7–248–40
89Tuesday, Aug 10Philadelphia Athletics14–749–40
90Wednesday, Aug 11Philadelphia Athletics2–349–41
91Thursday, Aug 12Philadelphia Athletics7–450–41
92Monday, Aug 16New York Metropolitans1–051–41
93Tuesday, Aug 17New York Metropolitans5–751–42
94Wednesday, Aug 18New York Metropolitans0–251–43
95Thursday, Aug 19@ St. Louis Browns6–052–43
96Friday, Aug 20@ St. Louis Browns3–053–43
97Saturday, Aug 21@ St. Louis Browns3–753–44
98Sunday, Aug 22@ St. Louis Browns6–454–44
99Monday, Aug 23@ Louisville Colonels6–355–44
100Tuesday, Aug 24@ Louisville Colonels7–356–44
101Wednesday, Aug 25@ Louisville Colonels7–257–44
102Thursday, Aug 26@ Louisville Colonels7–058–44
103Friday, Aug 27@ Cincinnati Red Stockings11–859–44
104Saturday, Aug 28@ Cincinnati Red Stockings10–260–44
105Sunday, Aug 29@ Cincinnati Red Stockings11–961–44
106Tuesday, Aug 31Louisville Colonels7–562–44 :
September: 12–10 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
107Wednesday, Sep 1Louisville Colonels1–562–45
108Thursday, Sep 2Louisville Colonels6–263–45
109Friday, Sep 3Cincinnati Red Stockings3–563–46
110Saturday, Sep 4Cincinnati Red Stockings1–064–46
111Monday, Sep 6Cincinnati Red Stockings13–465–46
112Tuesday, Sep 7St. Louis Browns1–265–47
113Wednesday, Sep 8St. Louis Browns4–865–48
114Wednesday, Sep 8St. Louis Browns2–665–49
115Thursday, Sep 9St. Louis Browns4–366–49
116Friday, Sep 10@ Philadelphia Athletics4–367–49
117Saturday, Sep 11@ Philadelphia Athletics10–1867–50
118Monday, Sep 13@ Philadelphia Athletics7–767–50
119Tuesday, Sep 14@ Baltimore Orioles3–367–50
120Thursday, Sep 16@ Baltimore Orioles6–068–50
121Friday, Sep 17@ New York Metropolitans4–768–51
122Saturday, Sep 18@ Brooklyn Grays7–469–51
123Monday, Sep 20@ New York Metropolitans5–769–52
124Tuesday, Sep 21@ Brooklyn Grays7–1069–53
125Wednesday, Sep 22@ New York Metropolitans7–070–53
126Thursday, Sep 23@ Brooklyn Grays8–271–53
127Saturday, Sep 25Philadelphia Athletics5–172–53
128Monday, Sep 27Philadelphia Athletics5–173–53
129Wednesday, Sep 29Philadelphia Athletics3–673–54
130Thursday, Sep 30Brooklyn Grays12–074–54 :
October: 6–3 (Home: 6–3; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
131Friday, Oct 1Brooklyn Grays7–275–54
132Saturday, Oct 2Brooklyn Grays4–675–55
133Tuesday, Oct 5Baltimore Orioles3–675–56
134Tuesday, Oct 5Baltimore Orioles3–375–56
135Wednesday, Oct 6Baltimore Orioles0–675–57
136Thursday, Oct 7Baltimore Orioles7–176–57
137Friday, Oct 8New York Metropolitans9–077–57
138Saturday, Oct 9New York Metropolitans4–278–57
139Monday, Oct 11New York Metropolitans4–179–57
140Tuesday, Oct 12New York Metropolitans7–280–57 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie :

## Player stats
### Batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Sam Barkley | 122 | 478 | 127 | 0.266 | 1 | 69 |
| Bill Bishop | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brown | 115 | 460 | 131 | 0.285 | 1 | 51 |
| Fred Carroll | 122 | 486 | 140 | 0.288 | 5 | 64 |
| John Coleman | 11 | 43 | 15 | 0.349 | 0 | 9 |
| Pud Galvin | 50 | 194 | 49 | 0.253 | 0 | 21 |
| Ed Glenn | 71 | 277 | 53 | 0.191 | 0 | 26 |
| Jim Handiboe | 14 | 44 | 5 | 0.114 | 0 | 2 |
| John Hofford | 9 | 34 | 10 | 0.294 | 0 | 5 |
| Bill Kuehne | 117 | 481 | 98 | 0.204 | 1 | 48 |
| Fred Mann | 116 | 440 | 110 | 0.250 | 2 | 60 |
| Doggie Miller | 83 | 317 | 80 | 0.252 | 2 | 36 |
| Ed Morris | 64 | 227 | 38 | 0.167 | 1 | 24 |
| Frank Mountain | 18 | 55 | 8 | 0.145 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Quinn | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Ringo | 15 | 56 | 12 | 0.214 | 0 | 5 |
| Otto Schomberg | 72 | 246 | 67 | 0.272 | 1 | 29 |
| Pop Smith | 126 | 483 | 105 | 0.217 | 2 | 57 |
| Dan Sullivan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Whitney | 136 | 511 | 122 | 0.239 | 0 | 55 |
| Totals | Totals | 4,854 | 1,171 | 0.241 | 16 | 563 |

### Pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Bill Bishop | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3.18 | 4 |
| Tom Brown | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Pud Galvin | 50 | 4342⁄3 | 29 | 21 | 2.67 | 72 |
| Jim Handiboe | 14 | 114 | 7 | 7 | 3.32 | 83 |
| John Hofford | 9 | 81 | 3 | 6 | 4.33 | 25 |
| Ed Morris | 64 | 5551⁄3 | 41 | 20 | 2.45 | 326 |
| Frank Mountain | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7.88 | 2 |
| Art Whitney | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | 1,226 | 57 | 80 | 2.83 | 515 |

## Notable transactions

* April 1886: Milt Scott was assigned by the Alleghenys to the Baltimore Orioles.