# 1886 St. Louis Browns season

The 1886 St. Louis Browns season was the team's fifth season in St. Louis, Missouri, and the fifth season in the American Association. The Browns went 93–46 during the season and finished first in the American Association, winning their second pennant in a row. In the World Series the Browns played the National League champion Chicago White Stockings, winning the series 4 games to 2. This was the only win by the AA in seven postseason contests with the NL from 1884 to 1890.

## 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 | Doc Bushong | 107 | 386 | 86 | .223 | 1 | 31 |
| 1B | Charlie Comiskey | 131 | 578 | 147 | .254 | 3 | 76 |
| 2B | Yank Robinson | 133 | 481 | 132 | .274 | 3 | 71 |
| SS | Bill Gleason | 125 | 524 | 141 | .269 | 0 | 61 |
| 3B | Arlie Latham | 134 | 578 | 174 | .301 | 1 | 47 |
| OF | Tip O'Neill | 138 | 579 | 190 | .328 | 3 | 107 |
| OF | Curt Welch | 138 | 563 | 158 | .281 | 2 | 95 |
| OF | Hugh Nicol | 67 | 253 | 52 | .206 | 0 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Foutz | 102 | 414 | 116 | .280 | 3 | 59 |
| Bob Caruthers | 87 | 317 | 106 | .334 | 4 | 61 |
| Nat Hudson | 43 | 150 | 35 | .233 | 0 | 17 |
| Rudy Kemmler | 35 | 123 | 17 | .138 | 0 | 6 |
| Jumbo McGinnis | 10 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 4 |
| Trick McSorley | 5 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 0 |
| Jumbo Harting | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Murphy | 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 |
| Dave Foutz | 59 | 504.0 | 41 | 16 | 2.11 | 283 |
| Bob Caruthers | 44 | 387.1 | 30 | 14 | 2.32 | 166 |
| Nat Hudson | 29 | 234.1 | 16 | 10 | 3.03 | 100 |
| Jumbo McGinnis | 10 | 87.2 | 5 | 5 | 3.80 | 30 |
| Yank Robinson | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 |
| Joe Murphy | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 |