# 1886 Baltimore Orioles season
## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 1886: Milt Scott was assigned to the Orioles by the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.

### 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 | Chris Fulmer | 80 | 270 | 66 | .244 | 1 | 30 |
| 1B | Milt Scott | 137 | 484 | 92 | .190 | 2 | 52 |
| 2B | Mike Muldoon | 101 | 381 | 76 | .199 | 0 | 23 |
| SS | Jimmy Macullar | 85 | 268 | 55 | .205 | 0 | 26 |
| 3B | Jumbo Davis | 60 | 216 | 42 | .194 | 1 | 20 |
| OF | Jack Manning | 137 | 556 | 124 | .223 | 1 | 45 |
| OF | Buster Hoover | 40 | 157 | 34 | .217 | 0 | 10 |
| OF | Joe Sommer | 139 | 560 | 117 | .209 | 1 | 52 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Farrell | 73 | 301 | 63 | .209 | 1 | 31 |
| Sadie Houck | 61 | 260 | 50 | .192 | 0 | 17 |
| Pat O'Connell | 42 | 166 | 30 | .181 | 0 | 8 |
| Tom Dolan | 38 | 125 | 19 | .152 | 0 | 12 |
| Blondie Purcell | 26 | 85 | 19 | .224 | 0 | 8 |
| Bill Traffley | 25 | 85 | 18 | .212 | 0 | 7 |
| Jim Clinton | 23 | 83 | 15 | .181 | 0 | 6 |
| Len Sowders | 23 | 76 | 20 | .263 | 0 | 14 |
| Billy Taylor | 10 | 39 | 12 | .308 | 0 | 8 |
| Ed Greer | 11 | 38 | 5 | .132 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Conway | 7 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 3 |
| Ned Bligh | 3 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Barnie | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandy Nava | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Hellman | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| William Zay | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Matt Kilroy | 68 | 583.0 | 29 | 34 | 3.37 | 513 |
| Jumbo McGinnis | 26 | 209.1 | 11 | 13 | 3.48 | 70 |
| Hardie Henderson | 19 | 171.1 | 3 | 15 | 4.62 | 88 |
| Dick Conway | 9 | 76.2 | 2 | 7 | 6.81 | 64 |
| Billy Taylor | 8 | 72.1 | 1 | 6 | 5.72 | 37 |
| Abner Powell | 7 | 60.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.10 | 15 |
| Ed Knouff | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | 8 |
| William Houseman | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 5 |
| William Zay | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Sommer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
| Pat O'Connell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |
| Milt Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Chris Fulmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
| Jimmy Macullar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Blondie Purcell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |