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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

1887 seasonWWikipedia↗

16 teams in AA, NL · 1058 regular-season games · 1887-04-16 to 1887-10-10

◀ 1886 1888 ▶

World Series champion

Detroit Wolverines

Standings

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Detroit Wolverines	79	45	.637	—	710		Bill Watkins	World Series
2	Philadelphia Quakers	75	48	.610	3.5	702		Harry Wright
3	Chicago White Stockings	71	50	.587	6.5	716		Cap Anson
4	New York Giants	68	55	.553	10.5	723		Jim Mutrie
5	Boston Beaneaters	61	60	.504	16.5	792		King Kelly, John Morrill
6	Pittsburg Alleghenys	55	69	.444	24	750		Horace Phillips
7	Washington Nationals	46	76	.377	32	825		John Gaffney
8	Indianapolis Hoosiers	37	89	.294	43	965		Watch Burnham, Fred Thomas, Horace Fogel

American Association

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Browns	95	40	.704	—	761		Charlie Comiskey	Pennant
2	Cincinnati Red Stockings	81	54	.600	14	745		Gus Schmelz
3	Baltimore Orioles	77	58	.570	18	861		Billy Barnie
4	Louisville Colonels	76	60	.559	19.5	854		John Kelly
5	Philadelphia Athletics	64	69	.481	30	890		Frank Bancroft, Charlie Mason
6	Brooklyn Grays	60	74	.448	34.5	918		Charlie Byrne
7	New York Metropolitans	44	89	.331	50	1093		Bob Ferguson, Dave Orr, Ollie Caylor
8	Cleveland Blues	39	92	.298	54	1112		Jimmy Williams

Leaders

NL

HR

1. 19Billy O'Brien
2. 17Roger Connor
3. 16Fred Pfeffer

RBI

1. 166Sam Thompson
2. 104Roger Connor
3. 102Cap Anson

AVG

1. .372Sam Thompson
2. .347Cap Anson
3. .338Dan Brouthers

SB

1. 111John Ward
2. 102Jim Fogarty
3. 84King Kelly

W

1. 38John Clarkson
2. 35Tim Keefe
3. 29Pretzels Getzien

ERA

1. 2.86Dan Casey
2. 2.90Pete Conway
3. 3.00Charlie Ferguson

SO

1. 237John Clarkson
2. 189Tim Keefe
3. 164Mark Baldwin

SV

1. 1George Van Haltren
2. 1Larry Twitchell
3. 1Mike Tiernan

AA

HR

1. 14Tip O'Neill
2. 10John Reilly
3. 9Oyster Burns

RBI

1. 123Tip O'Neill
2. 118Pete Browning
3. 109Jumbo Davis

AVG

1. .435Tip O'Neill
2. .402Pete Browning
3. .367Denny Lyons

SB

1. 138Hugh Nicol
2. 129Arlie Latham
3. 117Charlie Comiskey

W

1. 46Matt Kilroy
2. 37Toad Ramsey
3. 34Elmer Smith

ERA

1. 2.94Elmer Smith
2. 3.07Matt Kilroy
3. 3.24Tony Mullane

SO

1. 355Toad Ramsey
2. 217Matt Kilroy
3. 206Phenomenal Smith

SV

1. 3Adonis Terry
2. 1Cub Stricker
3. 1Billy Serad