# 1886 Kansas City Cowboys season

The 1886 Kansas City Cowboys was a season in American baseball. The team had a 30–91 record in the National League, finishing in seventh place. This was the only season this version of the team existed, as the team went bankrupt before the 1887 season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| 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 | Fatty Briody | 56 | 215 | 51 | .237 | 0 | 29 |
| 1B | Mox McQuery | 122 | 449 | 111 | .247 | 4 | 38 |
| 2B | Al Myers | 118 | 473 | 131 | .277 | 4 | 51 |
| 3B | Jim Donnelly | 113 | 438 | 88 | .201 | 0 | 38 |
| SS | Charley Bassett | 90 | 342 | 89 | .260 | 2 | 32 |
| OF | Paul Radford | 122 | 493 | 113 | .229 | 0 | 20 |
| OF | Jim Lillie | 114 | 416 | 73 | .175 | 0 | 22 |
| OF | Dave Rowe | 105 | 429 | 103 | .240 | 3 | 57 |

#### 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 |
| Mert Hackett | 62 | 230 | 50 | .217 | 3 | 25 |
| Pete Conway | 51 | 194 | 47 | .242 | 1 | 18 |
| Frank Ringo | 16 | 56 | 13 | .232 | 0 | 7 |
| Dan Dugdale | 12 | 40 | 7 | .175 | 0 | 2 |
| George Baker | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Stump Weidman | 51 | 427.2 | 12 | 36 | 4.52 | 168 |
| Jim Whitney | 46 | 393.0 | 12 | 32 | 4.49 | 167 |
| Pete Conway | 23 | 180.0 | 5 | 15 | 5.75 | 81 |
| Silver King | 5 | 39.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.85 | 23 |
| Larry McKeon | 3 | 21.0 | 0 | 2 | 10.71 | 3 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Jim Lillie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |