# 1887 Baltimore Orioles 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 | Sam Trott | 85 | 300 | 77 | .257 | 0 | 37 |
| 1B | Tommy Tucker | 136 | 524 | 144 | .275 | 6 | 84 |
| 2B | Bill Greenwood | 118 | 495 | 130 | .263 | 0 | 65 |
| SS | Oyster Burns | 140 | 551 | 188 | .341 | 9 | 99 |
| 3B | Jumbo Davis | 130 | 485 | 150 | .309 | 8 | 109 |
| OF | Mike Griffin | 136 | 532 | 160 | .301 | 3 | 94 |
| OF | Blondie Purcell | 140 | 567 | 142 | .250 | 4 | 96 |
| OF | Joe Sommer | 131 | 463 | 123 | .266 | 0 | 65 |

#### 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 |
| Chris Fulmer | 56 | 201 | 54 | .269 | 0 | 32 |
| Law Daniels | 48 | 165 | 41 | .248 | 0 | 32 |
| Jackie Hayes | 8 | 28 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Gardner | 4 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Matt Kilroy | 69 | 589.1 | 46 | 19 | 3.07 | 217 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 58 | 491.1 | 25 | 30 | 3.79 | 206 |
| Ed Knouff | 9 | 63.0 | 2 | 6 | 7.57 | 27 |
| Lev Shreve | 5 | 38.0 | 3 | 1 | 3.79 | 13 |
| Bob Keating | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Gardner | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.08 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Oyster Burns | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 2 |
| Blondie Purcell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 2 |
| Joe Sommer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |