# 1887 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1887 Philadelphia Athletics had a 64–69 record and finished in fifth place in the American Association.

## 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 | Wilbert Robinson | 68 | 264 | 60 | .227 | 1 | 24 |
| 1B | Jocko Milligan | 95 | 377 | 114 | .302 | 2 | 50 |
| 2B | Lou Bierbauer | 126 | 530 | 144 | .272 | 1 | 82 |
| SS | Chippy McGarr | 137 | 536 | 158 | .295 | 1 | 63 |
| 3B | Denny Lyons | 137 | 570 | 209 | .367 | 6 | 102 |
| OF | Harry Stovey | 124 | 497 | 142 | .286 | 4 | 77 |
| OF | Tom Poorman | 135 | 585 | 155 | .265 | 4 | 61 |
| OF | Henry Larkin | 126 | 497 | 154 | .310 | 3 | 88 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Mann | 55 | 229 | 63 | .275 | 0 | 32 |
| George Townsend | 31 | 109 | 21 | .193 | 0 | 14 |
| Ed Flanagan | 19 | 80 | 20 | .250 | 1 | 10 |
| Chief Roseman | 21 | 73 | 16 | .219 | 0 | 8 |
| Ed Greer | 3 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Roxburgh | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 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 |
| Ed Seward | 55 | 470.2 | 25 | 25 | 4.13 | 155 |
| Gus Weyhing | 55 | 466.1 | 26 | 28 | 4.27 | 193 |
| Al Atkinson | 15 | 124.2 | 6 | 8 | 5.92 | 34 |
| Bobby Mathews | 7 | 58.0 | 3 | 4 | 6.67 | 9 |
| Bill Hart | 3 | 26.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 4 |
| Ledell Titcomb | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.75 | 16 |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Frank Chapman | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Tommy Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Tom Poorman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 1 |