# 1886 Washington Nationals season

The 1886 Washington Nationals finished with a 28–92 record in the National League, finishing in last place in their debut season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| 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 | Barney Gilligan | 81 | 273 | 52 | .190 | 0 | 17 |
| 1B | Phil Baker | 81 | 325 | 72 | .222 | 1 | 34 |
| 2B | Jimmy Knowles | 115 | 443 | 94 | .212 | 3 | 35 |
| SS | Davy Force | 68 | 242 | 44 | .182 | 0 | 16 |
| 3B | Buck Gladmon | 44 | 152 | 21 | .138 | 1 | 15 |
| OF | Paul Hines | 121 | 487 | 152 | .312 | 9 | 56 |
| OF | Ed Crane | 80 | 292 | 50 | .171 | 0 | 20 |
| OF | Cliff Carroll | 111 | 433 | 99 | .229 | 2 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| Sadie Houck | 52 | 195 | 42 | .215 | 0 | 14 |
| Jack Farrell | 47 | 171 | 41 | .240 | 2 | 18 |
| Joe Start | 31 | 122 | 27 | .221 | 0 | 17 |
| Bill Krieg | 27 | 98 | 25 | .255 | 1 | 15 |
| George Shoch | 26 | 95 | 28 | .295 | 1 | 18 |
| Jackie Hayes | 26 | 89 | 17 | .191 | 3 | 9 |
| Larry Corcoran | 21 | 81 | 15 | .185 | 0 | 3 |
| Dave Oldfield | 21 | 71 | 10 | .141 | 0 | 2 |
| Connie Mack | 10 | 36 | 13 | .361 | 0 | 5 |
| Harry Decker | 7 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 1 |
| Henry Zeiher | 6 | 21 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Goldsby | 6 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| John McGlone | 4 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Kinslow | 3 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Galligan | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| George Joyce | 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 |
| Dupee Shaw | 45 | 385.2 | 13 | 31 | 3.34 | 177 |
| Bob Barr | 23 | 191.2 | 3 | 18 | 4.41 | 80 |
| Tony Madigan | 14 | 114.2 | 1 | 13 | 4.87 | 29 |
| Frank Gilmore | 9 | 75.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.52 | 75 |
| Ed Crane | 10 | 70.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.20 | 39 |
| Hank O'Day | 6 | 49.0 | 2 | 2 | 1.65 | 47 |
| Hugh Daily | 6 | 49.0 | 0 | 6 | 7.35 | 15 |
| George Keefe | 4 | 31.1 | 0 | 3 | 5.17 | 5 |
| John Henry | 4 | 27.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.23 | 19 |
| John Fox | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 3 |
| George Winkelman | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.50 | 4 |
| Bill Wise | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 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 |
| Larry Corcoran | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 3 |
| Ed Fuller | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.92 | 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 |
| Joe Yingling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 |