1886 Philadelphia Quakers season

The 1886 Philadelphia Quakers season was a season in American baseball. The Quakers finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 71–43, 14 games behind the Chicago White Stockings. Arthur Irwin served as team captain.

1886 Philadelphia Quakers
League	National League
Ballpark	Recreation Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Al Reach, John Rogers
Manager	Harry Wright

Regular season

Philadelphia Baseball Club, 1886, Deacon McGuire, George Wood, Joe Mulvey, Charlie Bastian, Andy Cusick, Sid Farrar, Ed Daily, Jim Fogarty, Harry Wright, Ed Andrews, Charlie Ferguson, Arthur Irwin, Dan Casey, Jack Clements.

Season standings

National 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 record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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	Deacon McGuire	50	167	33	.198	2	18
1B	Sid Farrar	118	439	109	.248	5	50
2B	Charlie Bastian	105	373	81	.217	2	38
SS	Arthur Irwin	101	373	87	.233	0	34
3B	Joe Mulvey	107	430	115	.267	2	53
OF	Jim Fogarty	77	280	82	.293	3	47
OF	Ed Andrews	107	437	109	.249	2	28
OF	George Wood	106	450	123	.273	4	50

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
Ed Daily	79	309	70	.227	4	50
Jack Clements	54	185	38	.205	0	11
Andy Cusick	29	104	23	.221	0	4
Jack Farrell	17	60	11	.183	0	3
Tommy McCarthy	8	27	5	.185	0	3
Charlie Ganzel	1	3	0	.000	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
Charlie Ferguson	48	395.2	30	9	1.98	212
Dan Casey	44	369.0	24	18	2.41	193
Ed Daily	27	218.0	16	9	3.06	95
Ledell Titcomb	5	41.0	0	5	3.73	24
John Strike	2	15.0	1	1	4.80	11

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
Jim Fogarty	1	0	1	0	0.00	4
Tommy McCarthy	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

References

• 1886 Philadelphia Quakers season at Baseball Reference