# 1887 Brooklyn Grays season

The 1887 Brooklyn Grays finished the season in sixth place.

## Offseason

* December 1886: Jack O'Brien was purchased by the Grays from the Philadelphia Athletics.

## 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; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Jimmy Peoples | 73 | 268 | 36 | 68 | .254 | 1 | 38 | 22 |
| 1B | Bill Phillips | 132 | 533 | 82 | 142 | .266 | 2 | 101 | 16 |
| 2B | Bill McClellan | 136 | 548 | 109 | 144 | .263 | 1 | 53 | 70 |
| 3B | George Pinkney | 138 | 580 | 133 | 155 | .267 | 3 | 69 | 59 |
| SS | Germany Smith | 103 | 435 | 79 | 128 | .294 | 4 | 72 | 26 |
| OF | Jim McTamany | 134 | 520 | 123 | 134 | .258 | 1 | 68 | 66 |
| OF | Ed Swartwood | 91 | 363 | 72 | 92 | .253 | 1 | 54 | 29 |
| OF | Ed Greer | 91 | 327 | 49 | 83 | .254 | 2 | 48 | 33 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Adonis Terry | 86 | 352 | 56 | 103 | .293 | 3 | 65 | 27 |
| Ernie Burch | 49 | 188 | 47 | 55 | .293 | 2 | 26 | 15 |
| Bob Clark | 48 | 177 | 24 | 47 | .266 | 0 | 18 | 15 |
| Jack O'Brien | 30 | 123 | 18 | 28 | .228 | 1 | 17 | 8 |
| Billy Otterson | 30 | 100 | 16 | 20 | .200 | 2 | 15 | 8 |
| Chief Roseman | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
| Henry Porter | 40 | 40 | 339.2 | 15 | 24 | 4.21 | 96 | 74 | 38 |
| Adonis Terry | 40 | 35 | 318.0 | 16 | 16 | 4.02 | 99 | 138 | 35 |
| John Harkins | 24 | 24 | 199.0 | 10 | 14 | 6.02 | 77 | 36 | 22 |
| Steve Toole | 24 | 24 | 194.0 | 14 | 10 | 4.31 | 106 | 48 | 22 |
| Hardie Henderson | 13 | 12 | 111.2 | 5 | 8 | 3.95 | 63 | 28 | 12 |
| Bert Cunningham | 3 | 3 | 23.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.09 | 13 | 8 | 3 |