# 1886 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1886 Chicago White Stockings season was the 15th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 11th in the National League and the second at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings finished first in the National League with a record of 90–34, 2.5 games ahead of the second place Detroit Wolverines. The team was defeated four games to two by the St. Louis Browns in the 1886 World Series.

## 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 | Silver Flint | 54 | 173 | 35 | .202 | 1 | 13 |
| 1B | Cap Anson | 125 | 504 | 187 | .371 | 10 | 147 |
| 2B | Fred Pfeffer | 118 | 474 | 125 | .264 | 7 | 95 |
| SS | Ned Williamson | 121 | 430 | 93 | .216 | 6 | 58 |
| 3B | Tom Burns | 112 | 445 | 123 | .276 | 3 | 65 |
| OF | Jimmy Ryan | 84 | 327 | 100 | .306 | 4 | 53 |
| OF | Abner Dalrymple | 82 | 331 | 77 | .233 | 3 | 26 |
| OF | George Gore | 118 | 444 | 135 | .304 | 6 | 63 |

#### 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 |
| King Kelly | 118 | 451 | 175 | .388 | 4 | 79 |
| Billy Sunday | 28 | 103 | 25 | .243 | 0 | 6 |
| George Moolic | 16 | 56 | 8 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
| Lou Hardie | 16 | 51 | 9 | .176 | 0 | 3 |

### 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 |
| John Clarkson | 55 | 466.2 | 36 | 17 | 2.41 | 313 |
| Jim McCormick | 42 | 347.2 | 31 | 11 | 2.82 | 172 |
| Jocko Flynn | 32 | 257.0 | 23 | 6 | 2.24 | 146 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Ryan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.63 | 15 |
| Ned Williamson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 |

## 1886 World Series

The White Stockings lost the 1886 World Series to the St. Louis Browns, four games to two.