# 1887 New York Metropolitans season

The 1887 New York Metropolitans finished with a 44–89 record, seventh place in the American Association. The team folded operations at the conclusion of the season. What was left of the team was purchased by the Brooklyn Grays, who were interested in several of the Metropolitans' players. The Kansas City Cowboys inherited the Metropolitans' place in the American Association for the 1888 season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican Association :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| St. Louis Browns | 95 | 40 | .704 | — | 58‍–‍15 | 37‍–‍25 |
| Cincinnati Red Stockings | 81 | 54 | .600 | 14 | 46‍–‍27 | 35‍–‍27 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 77 | 58 | .570 | 18 | 42‍–‍21 | 35‍–‍37 |
| Louisville Colonels | 76 | 60 | .559 | 19½ | 45‍–‍23 | 31‍–‍37 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 69 | .481 | 30 | 41‍–‍28 | 23‍–‍41 |
| Brooklyn Grays | 60 | 74 | .448 | 34½ | 36‍–‍37 | 24‍–‍37 |
| New York Metropolitans | 44 | 89 | .331 | 50 | 26‍–‍33 | 18‍–‍56 |
| Cleveland Blues | 39 | 92 | .298 | 54 | 22‍–‍36 | 17‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1887 American Association recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BRO | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYP | PHI | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 10–9–1 | 11–9 | 17–3 | 7–11–1 | 15–4–2 | 14–6 | 3–16–2 |
| Brooklyn | 9–10–1 | — | 7–13 | 13–6–1 | 8–12 | 9–9 | 10–8–2 | 4–16 |
| Cincinnati | 9–11 | 13–7 | — | 11–6 | 8–12 | 17–3–1 | 11–9 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 3–17 | 6–13–1 | 6–11 | — | 8–11–1 | 11–8 | 4–14 | 1–18 |
| Louisville | 11–7–1 | 12–8 | 12–8 | 11–8–1 | — | 12–8 | 11–8–1 | 7–13 |
| New York | 4–15–2 | 9–9 | 3–17–1 | 8–11 | 8–12 | — | 7–11–1 | 5–14–1 |
| Philadelphia | 6–14 | 8–10–2 | 9–11 | 14–4 | 8–11–1 | 11–7–1 | — | 8–12 |
| St. Louis | 16–3–2 | 16–4 | 6–12 | 18–1 | 13–7 | 14–5–1 | 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 | Bill Holbert | 69 | 255 | 58 | .227 | 0 | 32 |
| 1B | Dave Orr | 84 | 345 | 127 | .368 | 2 | 66 |
| 2B | Joe Gerhardt | 85 | 307 | 68 | .221 | 0 | 27 |
| SS | Paul Radford | 128 | 486 | 129 | .265 | 4 | 45 |
| 3B | Frank Hankinson | 127 | 512 | 137 | .268 | 1 | 71 |
| OF | Darby O'Brien | 127 | 522 | 157 | .301 | 5 | 73 |
| OF | Charley Jones | 62 | 247 | 63 | .255 | 3 | 29 |
| OF | Chief Roseman | 60 | 241 | 55 | .228 | 1 | 27 |

#### 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 |
| Candy Nelson | 68 | 257 | 63 | .245 | 0 | 24 |
| Jim Donahue | 60 | 220 | 62 | .282 | 1 | 29 |
| John Meister | 39 | 158 | 35 | .222 | 1 | 21 |
| Tom O'Brien | 31 | 129 | 25 | .194 | 0 | 18 |
| Mortimer Hogan | 32 | 120 | 24 | .200 | 0 | 5 |
| Andy Sommers | 33 | 116 | 21 | .181 | 1 | 12 |
| Dude Esterbrook | 26 | 101 | 17 | .168 | 0 | 7 |
| Jimmy Knowles | 16 | 60 | 15 | .250 | 0 | 6 |
| Clarence Cross | 16 | 55 | 11 | .200 | 0 | 5 |
| Jon Morrison | 9 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 3 |
| Sadie Houck | 10 | 33 | 5 | .152 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyclone Ryan | 8 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 3 |
| Fred O'Neill | 6 | 26 | 8 | .308 | 0 | 3 |
| Charlie Hall | 3 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Kinslow | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Collins | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Lip Pike | 1 | 4 | 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 Mays | 52 | 441.1 | 17 | 34 | 4.73 | 124 |
| Ed Cushman | 26 | 220.0 | 10 | 15 | 5.97 | 64 |
| Jack Lynch | 21 | 187.0 | 7 | 14 | 5.10 | 45 |
| John Shaffer | 13 | 112.0 | 2 | 11 | 6.19 | 22 |
| Stump Weidman | 12 | 97.0 | 4 | 8 | 4.64 | 37 |
| Bill Fagan | 6 | 45.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 12 |
| Charlie Parsons | 4 | 34.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 5 |
| James McMullin | 3 | 21.0 | 2 | 1 | 7.71 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Cyclone Ryan | 2 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 23.14 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Chief Roseman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 1 |
| Paul Radford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 4 |
| Charley Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Tom O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 0 |
| Darby O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |