# 1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

The 1887 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the sixth season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise and its first in the National League, where they remain to this day. The Alleghenys finished sixth in the standings with a record of 55–69.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Wolverines | 79 | 45 | .637 | — | 44‍–‍17 | 35‍–‍28 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 75 | 48 | .610 | 3½ | 38‍–‍23 | 37‍–‍25 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 71 | 50 | .587 | 6½ | 44‍–‍18 | 27‍–‍32 |
| New York Giants | 68 | 55 | .553 | 10½ | 36‍–‍26 | 32‍–‍29 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 61 | 60 | .504 | 16½ | 38‍–‍22 | 23‍–‍38 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 55 | 69 | .444 | 24 | 31‍–‍33 | 24‍–‍36 |
| Washington Nationals | 46 | 76 | .377 | 32 | 26‍–‍33 | 20‍–‍43 |
| Indianapolis Hoosiers | 37 | 89 | .294 | 43 | 24‍–‍39 | 13‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1887 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH |
| Boston | — | 6–9–3 | 17–11–1 | 11–7 | 7–10–1 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 10–7–1 |
| Chicago | 9–6–3 | — | 10–8 | 13–5 | 11–6–1 | 12–6–1 | 5–12–1 | 11–7 |
| Detroit | 11–7–1 | 8–10 | — | 14–4–1 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 13–4 | 13–4–1 |
| Indianapolis | 7–11 | 5–13 | 4–14–1 | — | 3–15 | 1–17 | 7–11 | 10–8 |
| New York | 10–7–1 | 6–11–1 | 8–10 | 15–3 | — | 7–10–3 | 12–6 | 10–8–1 |
| Philadelphia | 9–9 | 6–12–1 | 8–10 | 17–1 | 10–7–3 | — | 12–6 | 13–3–1 |
| Pittsburgh | 7–11 | 12–5–1 | 4–13 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 6–12 | — | 9–9 |
| Washington | 7–10–1 | 7–11 | 4–13–1 | 8–10 | 8–10–1 | 3–13–1 | 9–9 | — |

### 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 | Doggie Miller | 87 | 342 | 83 | .243 | 1 | 34 |
| 1B | Sam Barkley | 89 | 340 | 76 | .224 | 1 | 35 |
| 2B | Pop Smith | 122 | 456 | 98 | .215 | 2 | 54 |
| SS | Bill Kuehne | 102 | 402 | 120 | .299 | 1 | 41 |
| 3B | Art Whitney | 119 | 431 | 112 | .260 | 0 | 51 |
| OF | John Coleman | 115 | 475 | 139 | .293 | 2 | 54 |
| OF | Abner Dalrymple | 92 | 358 | 76 | .212 | 2 | 31 |
| OF | Tom Brown | 47 | 192 | 47 | .245 | 0 | 6 |

#### 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 Carroll | 102 | 421 | 138 | .328 | 6 | 54 |
| Alex McKinnon | 48 | 200 | 68 | .340 | 1 | 30 |
| Ed Beecher | 41 | 169 | 41 | .243 | 2 | 22 |
| Jocko Fields | 43 | 164 | 44 | .268 | 0 | 17 |

### 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 |
| Pud Galvin | 49 | 440.2 | 28 | 21 | 3.29 | 76 |
| Jim McCormick | 36 | 322.1 | 13 | 23 | 4.30 | 77 |
| Ed Morris | 38 | 317.2 | 14 | 22 | 4.31 | 91 |
| Bill Bishop | 3 | 27.0 | 0 | 3 | 13.33 | 4 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jocko Fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |