# 1887 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1887 Chicago White Stockings season was the 16th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 12th in the National League and the third at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings finished third in the National League with a record of 71–50.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Wolverines | 79 | 45 | .637 | — | 44‍–‍17 | 35‍–‍28 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 75 | 48 | .610 | 3½ | 38‍–‍23 | 37‍–‍25 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 71 | 50 | .587 | 6½ | 44‍–‍18 | 27‍–‍32 |
| New York Giants | 68 | 55 | .553 | 10½ | 36‍–‍26 | 32‍–‍29 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 61 | 60 | .504 | 16½ | 38‍–‍22 | 23‍–‍38 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 55 | 69 | .444 | 24 | 31‍–‍33 | 24‍–‍36 |
| Washington Nationals | 46 | 76 | .377 | 32 | 26‍–‍33 | 20‍–‍43 |
| Indianapolis Hoosiers | 37 | 89 | .294 | 43 | 24‍–‍39 | 13‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1887 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH |
| Boston | — | 6–9–3 | 17–11–1 | 11–7 | 7–10–1 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 10–7–1 |
| Chicago | 9–6–3 | — | 10–8 | 13–5 | 11–6–1 | 12–6–1 | 5–12–1 | 11–7 |
| Detroit | 11–7–1 | 8–10 | — | 14–4–1 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 13–4 | 13–4–1 |
| Indianapolis | 7–11 | 5–13 | 4–14–1 | — | 3–15 | 1–17 | 7–11 | 10–8 |
| New York | 10–7–1 | 6–11–1 | 8–10 | 15–3 | — | 7–10–3 | 12–6 | 10–8–1 |
| Philadelphia | 9–9 | 6–12–1 | 8–10 | 17–1 | 10–7–3 | — | 12–6 | 13–3–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–11 | 12–5–1 | 4–13 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 6–12 | — | 9–9 |
| Washington | 7–10–1 | 7–11 | 4–13–1 | 8–10 | 8–10–1 | 3–13–1 | 9–9 | — |

### 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 | Tom Daly | 74 | 256 | 53 | .207 | 2 | 17 |
| 1B | Cap Anson | 122 | 472 | 164 | .347 | 7 | 102 |
| 2B | Fred Pfeffer | 123 | 479 | 133 | .278 | 16 | 89 |
| SS | Ned Williamson | 127 | 439 | 117 | .267 | 9 | 78 |
| 3B | Tom Burns | 115 | 424 | 112 | .264 | 3 | 60 |
| OF | Marty Sullivan | 115 | 472 | 134 | .284 | 7 | 77 |
| OF | Jimmy Ryan | 126 | 508 | 145 | .285 | 11 | 74 |
| OF | Billy Sunday | 50 | 199 | 58 | .291 | 3 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Silver Flint | 49 | 187 | 50 | .267 | 3 | 21 |
| George Van Haltren | 45 | 172 | 35 | .203 | 3 | 17 |
| Dell Darling | 38 | 141 | 45 | .319 | 3 | 20 |
| Bob Pettit | 34 | 138 | 36 | .261 | 2 | 12 |
| Patsy Tebeau | 20 | 68 | 11 | .162 | 1 | 10 |
| Emil Geiss | 3 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Jocko Flynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| John Clarkson | 60 | 523.0 | 38 | 21 | 3.08 | 237 |
| Mark Baldwin | 40 | 334.0 | 18 | 17 | 3.40 | 164 |
| George Van Haltren | 20 | 161.0 | 11 | 7 | 3.86 | 76 |
| Shadow Pyle | 4 | 26.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.72 | 5 |
| Charlie Sprague | 3 | 22.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 9 |
| Emil Geiss | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 8.00 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Ryan | 8 | 45.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.20 | 14 |

#### 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 |
| Marty Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 |
| Ned Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Bob Pettit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |