1886 Cincinnati Red Stockings season

1886  Cincinnati Red Stockings
League	American Association
Ballpark	American Park
City	Cincinnati
Owner	John Hauck [1]
Manager	O. P. Caylor
←  1885 1887  →

The 1886 Cincinnati Red Stockings season was a season in American baseball. The Red Stockings finished in fifth place in the American Association, 27.5 games behind the St. Louis Browns.

Regular season

Pop Corkhill had a breakout season, hitting .265 with five home runs and a team high 97 RBI, while Bid McPhee hit .268 with a team highs in home runs with eight, stolen bases with 40, and runs with 139. Fred Lewis had a team high .318 batting average.

On the mound, Mullane was the ace of the staff, as he had a 33–27 record with a 3.70 ERA in 56 starts, as he struck out 250 batters in 529.2 innings pitched.

Season summary

The Red Stockings were coming off a second-place finish in the 1885 season, which was their highest placing since winning the 1882 American Association pennant. Cincinnati was relatively quiet during the off-season; however, Tony Mullane, who had been suspended for the 1885 season for defying his contract, returned and made his Cincinnati debut in 1886.

The Red Stockings started the season off slowly, winning only four of their first twelve games to sit in seventh place. Cincinnati would continue to play mediocre baseball, and would be in eighth place with a 24–35 record, 12.5 games out of first place. The Red Stockings then went on a seven-game winning streak to climb into sixth place to bring their record to 31–35, however, they remained 12.5 games out of first. The team eventually broke over the .500 level, reaching a season best three games over .500 with a 50–47 record. However, Cincinnati faded down the stretch, and finished with a losing record for the first time in team history, as they were 65–73, which was good for fifth place 27.5 games behind the St. Louis Browns.

Season standings

v t e American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	93	46	0.669	—	52–18	41–28
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	80	57	0.584	12	45–28	35–29
Brooklyn Grays	76	61	0.555	16	44–25	32–36
Louisville Colonels	66	70	0.485	25½	37–30	29–40
Cincinnati Red Stockings	65	73	0.471	27½	40–31	25–42
Philadelphia Athletics	63	72	0.467	28	38–31	25–41
New York Metropolitans	53	82	0.393	38	30–33	23–49
Baltimore Orioles	48	83	0.366	41	30–32	18–51

Record vs. opponents

1886 American Association record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	LOU	NY	PHI	PIT	STL
Baltimore	—	6–14–1	5–13–2	7–12–2	8–9	8–10–1	7–12–2	7–13
Brooklyn	14–6–1	—	13–7	13–7	10–9–1	11–7–2	8–12	7–13
Cincinnati	13–5–2	7–13	—	10–10	13–7–1	10–10	7–13	5–15
Louisville	12–7–2	7–13	10–10	—	11–8	9–11	7–12	10–9
New York	9–8	9–10–1	7–13–1	8–11	—	8–12	8–12	4–16
Philadelphia	10–8–1	7–11–2	10–10	11–9	12–8	—	8–11–1	5–15
Pittsburgh	12–7–2	12–8	13–7	12–7	12–8	11–8–1	—	8–12
St. Louis	13–7	13–7	15–5	9–10	16–4	15–5	12–8	—

Game log

Legend
Red Stockings Win	Red Stockings Loss	Game Tied/Postponed

1886 Game Log: 65–73 (Home: 40–31; Away: 25–42)
April: 4–8 (Home: 3–3; Away: 1–5) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 April 17 Colonels 1–5 American Park 6,000 0–1 L1 2 April 18 @ Colonels 3–4 Eclipse Park 10,000 0–2 L2 - April 19 @ Colonels Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: May 2 3 April 20 @ Colonels 9–2 Eclipse Park N/A 1–2 W1 4 April 21 Alleghenys 7–13 American Park N/A 1–3 L1 5 April 22 Alleghenys 9–8 American Park N/A 2–3 W1 6 April 23 Alleghenys 13–7 American Park N/A 3–3 W2 7 April 24 Alleghenys 14–10 American Park N/A 4–3 W3 8 April 26 @ Browns 12–14 Sportsman's Park N/A 4–4 L1 9 April 27 @ Browns 3–20 Sportsman's Park N/A 4–5 L2 10 April 28 @ Browns 3–7 Sportsman's Park N/A 4–6 L3 11 April 29 @ Browns 4–9 Sportsman's Park N/A 4–7 L4 12 April 30 Colonels 1–7 American Park N/A 4–8 L5
May: 11–13 (Home: 5–2; Away: 6–11) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 13 May 1 Colonels 8–1 American Park N/A 5–8 W1 14 May 2 @ Colonels 10–5 Eclipse Park N/A 6–8 W2 15 May 4 Colonels 5–2 American Park N/A 7–8 W3 16 May 5 Colonels 5–6 American Park N/A 7–9 L1 - May 7 @ Alleghenys Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 12 17 May 8 @ Alleghenys 6–9 Recreation Park N/A 7–10 L1 18 May 10 @ Alleghenys 4–2 Recreation Park N/A 8–10 W1 19 May 11 @ Alleghenys 7–9 Recreation Park N/A 8–11 L1 20 May 12 @ Alleghenys 7–9 Recreation Park N/A 8–12 L2 21 May 13 Browns 7–3 American Park N/A 9–12 W1 22 May 14 Browns 1–2 American Park N/A 9–13 L1 23 May 15 Browns 8–2 American Park N/A 10–13 W1 24 May 16 Browns 7–6 American Park N/A 11–13 W2 25 May 18 @ Orioles 4–6 Oriole Park N/A 11–14 L1 26 May 19 @ Orioles 6–11 Oriole Park N/A 11–15 L2 27 May 20 @ Orioles 8–7 Oriole Park N/A 12–15 W1 28 May 21 @ Orioles 6–5 Oriole Park N/A 13–15 W2 29 May 22 @ Athletics 7–8 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 13–16 L1 30 May 24 @ Athletics 4–10 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 13–17 L2 31 May 25 @ Athletics 10–18 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 13–18 L3 32 May 26 @ Athletics 6–9 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 13–19 L4 33 May 27 @ Grays 6–4 Washington Park N/A 14–19 W1 - May 28 @ Grays Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: May 31 34 May 29 @ Metropolitans 6–11 St. George Cricket Grounds N/A 14–20 L1 35 May 31 1 @ Grays 6–8 Washington Park N/A 14–21 L2 36 May 31 2 @ Metropolitans 12–5 St. George Cricket Grounds N/A 15–21 W1
June: 12–14 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 37 June 1 @ Metropolitans 12–7 St. George Cricket Grounds N/A 16–21 W2 38 June 2 @ Grays 6–2 Washington Park N/A 17–21 W3 39 June 3 @ Metropolitans 11–12 St. George Cricket Grounds N/A 17–22 L1 40 June 4 @ Grays 4–7 Washington Park N/A 17–23 L2 41 June 5 @ Alleghenys 1–3 Recreation Park N/A 17–24 L3 42 June 7 @ Alleghenys 0–3 Recreation Park N/A 17–25 L4 43 June 8 @ Alleghenys 10–9 Recreation Park N/A 18–25 W1 - June 9 Alleghenys Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 11 44 June 10 Alleghenys 1–5 American Park N/A 18–26 L1 45 June 11 Alleghenys 5–3 American Park N/A 19–26 W1 46 June 12 Alleghenys 5–6 American Park N/A 19–27 L1 47 June 13 @ Colonels 2–4 Eclipse Park N/A 19–28 L2 48 June 14 @ Colonels 1–4 Eclipse Park N/A 19–29 L3 - June 15 Colonels Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 18 49 June 16 Colonels 5–4 American Park N/A 20–29 W1 50 June 17 Colonels 4–3 American Park N/A 21–29 W2 51 June 18 @ Browns 0–11 Sportsman's Park N/A 21–30 L1 52 June 19 @ Browns 7–12 Sportsman's Park N/A 21–31 L2 53 June 20 @ Browns 0–8 Sportsman's Park N/A 21–32 L3 54 June 21 Browns 5–6 American Park N/A 21–33 L4 - June 22 @ Colonels Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 24 55 June 23 @ Colonels 9–4 Eclipse Park N/A 22–33 W1 56 June 24 @ Colonels 12–5 Eclipse Park N/A 23–33 W2 57 June 25 Browns 2–1 American Park N/A 24–33 W3 58 June 26 Browns 0–1 American Park N/A 24–34 L1 59 June 27 @ Browns 1–9 Sportsman's Park 8,000 24–35 L2 60 June 28 Orioles 12–4 American Park N/A 25–35 W1 61 June 29 Orioles 12–1 American Park N/A 26–35 W2 62 June 30 Orioles 18–7 American Park N/A 27–35 W3
July: 16–9 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 63 July 1 Orioles 7–5 American Park N/A 28–35 W4 - July 2 Athletics Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 4 64 July 3 Athletics 8–2 American Park N/A 29–35 W5 65 July 4 Athletics 8–0 American Park N/A 30–35 W6 66 July 5 1 Athletics 14–7 American Park N/A 31–35 W7 67 July 5 2 Athletics 1–5 American Park N/A 31–36 L1 68 July 7 Metropolitans 6–4 American Park N/A 32–36 W1 69 July 8 Metropolitans 5–8 American Park N/A 32–37 L1 70 July 9 Metropolitans 7–2 American Park N/A 33–37 W1 71 July 10 Metropolitans 3–0 American Park N/A 34–37 W2 72 July 11 Grays 7–11 American Park 7,000 34–38 L1 - July 12 Grays Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: July 11 73 July 13 Grays 9–4 American Park N/A 35–38 W1 74 July 14 Grays 5–1 American Park N/A 36–38 W2 75 July 15 Grays 7–4 American Park N/A 37–38 W3 76 July 17 @ Athletics 10–15 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 37–39 L2 77 July 19 @ Athletics 14–8 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 38–39 W1 78 July 20 @ Athletics 9–13 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 38–40 L1 79 July 22 @ Orioles 11–10 Oriole Park N/A 39–40 W1 80 July 23 @ Orioles 8–10 Oriole Park N/A 39–41 L1 81 July 24 @ Orioles 10–4 Oriole Park N/A 40–41 W1 82 July 26 @ Metropolitans 4–1 St. George Cricket Grounds N/A 41–41 W2 83 July 27 @ Grays 2–10 Washington Park N/A 41–42 L1 84 July 28 @ Metropolitans 4–1 St. George Cricket Grounds N/A 42–42 W1 85 July 29 @ Grays 4–6 Washington Park N/A 42–43 L1 86 July 30 @ Metropolitans 8–1 St. George Cricket Grounds N/A 43–43 W1 87 July 31 @ Grays 0–4 Washington Park N/A 43–44 L1
August: 9–14 (Home: 9–9; Away: 0–5) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 88 August 3 Orioles 6–5 American Park N/A 44–44 W1 89 August 4 Orioles 13–16 American Park N/A 44–45 L1 90 August 5 Orioles 4–3 American Park N/A 45–45 W1 - August 6 Grays Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 8 91 August 7 Grays 1–6 American Park N/A 45–46 L1 92 August 8 Grays 2–4 American Park N/A 45–47 L2 93 August 9 Grays 7–2 American Park N/A 46–47 W1 - August 10 Metropolitans Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: October 6 94 August 11 Metropolitans 11–5 American Park N/A 47–47 W2 95 August 12 Metropolitans 19–3 American Park N/A 48–47 W3 96 August 13 Athletics 12–11 American Park N/A 49–47 W4 97 August 14 Athletics 4–3 American Park N/A 50–47 W5 98 August 15 Athletics 1–3 American Park N/A 50–48 L1 - August 16 Athletics Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 15 99 August 18 Colonels 9–4 American Park N/A 51–48 W1 100 August 19 @ Colonels 3–6 Eclipse Park N/A 51–49 L1 101 August 21 @ Colonels 1–6 Eclipse Park N/A 51–50 L2 102 August 22 @ Colonels 3–5 Eclipse Park N/A 51–51 L3 - August 23 Browns Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 26 103 August 24 Browns 0–4 American Park N/A 51–52 L4 104 August 25 Browns 3–6 American Park N/A 51–53 L5 105 August 26 Browns 9–3 American Park N/A 52–53 W1 106 August 27 Alleghenys 8–11 American Park N/A 52–54 L1 107 August 28 Alleghenys 2–10 American Park N/A 52–55 L2 108 August 29 Alleghenys 9–11 American Park N/A 52–56 L3 - August 30 Alleghenys Postponed (schedule change); Makeup: August 29 109 August 30 @ Browns 3–10 Sportsman's Park N/A 52–57 L4 110 August 31 @ Browns 4–10 Sportsman's Park N/A 52–58 L5
September: 8–10 (Home: 2–4; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak - September 1 @ Browns Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: June 27 - September 2 @ Browns Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 30 111 September 3 @ Alleghenys 5–3 Recreation Park N/A 53–58 W1 112 September 4 @ Alleghenys 0–1 Recreation Park N/A 53–59 L1 113 September 6 @ Alleghenys 4–13 Recreation Park N/A 53–60 L2 114 September 7 Colonels 4–9 American Park N/A 53–61 L3 115 September 8 Colonels 4–3 American Park N/A 54–61 W1 116 September 10 @ Grays 4–8 Washington Park N/A 54–62 L1 117 September 11 @ Metropolitans 2–8 St. George Cricket Grounds N/A 54–63 L2 - September 12 @ Grays Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 13 118 September 13 @ Grays 6–0 Washington Park N/A 55–63 W1 119 September 14 @ Metropolitans 4–3 St. George Cricket Grounds N/A 56–63 W2 120 September 15 @ Metropolitans 3–3 St. George Cricket Grounds N/A 56–63 W2 121 September 16 @ Grays 10–12 Washington Park N/A 56–64 L1 122 September 17 @ Athletics 8–9 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 56–65 L2 123 September 18 @ Athletics 2–1 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 57–65 W1 124 September 20 @ Athletics 14–4 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A 58–65 W2 125 September 21 @ Orioles 1–1 Oriole Park N/A 58–65 W2 126 September 22 @ Orioles 11–1 Oriole Park N/A 59–65 W3 127 September 23 @ Orioles 3–3 Oriole Park N/A 59–65 W3 128 September 25 Grays 5–8 American Park N/A 59–66 L1 129 September 26 Grays 4–5 American Park N/A 59–67 L2 - September 27 Grays Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 26 - September 28 Grays Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 29 - September 29 Athletics Postponed (schedule change); Makeup: October 3 130 September 29 Grays 9–10 American Park N/A 59–68 L3 131 September 30 Athletics 15–8 American Park N/A 60–68 W1
October: 5–5 (Home: 5–5; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 132 October 2 Athletics 13–1 American Park N/A 61–68 W2 133 October 3 Athletics 6–7 American Park N/A 61–69 L1 134 October 4 Metropolitans 4–6 American Park N/A 61–70 L2 135 October 5 Metropolitans 4–3 American Park N/A 62–70 W1 136 October 6 1 Metropolitans 12–6 American Park N/A 63–70 W2 137 October 6 2 Metropolitans 3–8 American Park N/A 63–71 L1 138 October 7 Metropolitans 4–9 American Park N/A 63–72 L2 139 October 8 Orioles 14–8 American Park N/A 64–72 W1 140 October 9 Orioles 4–6 American Park N/A 64–73 L1 141 October 10 Orioles 12–4 American Park N/A 65–73 W1 - October 11 Orioles Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: October 10

Roster

1886 Cincinnati Red Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Dan Bickham Bill Irwin Larry McKeon Tony Mullane Joe Murphy George Pechiney Jeremiah Reardon Mike Smith Rex Smith Clarence Stephens Will White		Catchers Kid Baldwin Jack Boyle Jim Keenan Pop Snyder Farmer Vaughn Infielders Hick Carpenter Frank Fennelly Bid McPhee John Reilly		Outfielders Pop Corkhill Charley Jones Fred Lewis Lefty Marr Leech Maskrey Abner Powell Lee Richmond Lou Sylvester		Manager O. P. Caylor

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	Kid Baldwin	87	315	72	.229	3	32
1B	John Reilly	115	441	117	.265	6	79
2B	Bid McPhee	140	560	150	.268	8	70
SS	Frank Fennelly	132	497	124	.249	6	72
3B	Hick Carpenter	111	458	101	.221	2	61
OF	Fred Lewis	77	324	103	.318	2	32
OF	Pop Corkhill	129	540	143	.265	5	97
OF	Charley Jones	127	500	135	.270	6	68

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
Pop Snyder	60	220	41	.186	0	28
Jim Keenan	44	148	40	.270	3	24
Leech Maskrey	27	98	19	.194	0	10
Abner Powell	19	74	17	.230	0	8
Lou Sylvester	17	55	10	.182	3	8
Lee Richmond	8	29	8	.276	0	3
Lefty Marr	8	29	8	.276	0	2
Jack Boyle	1	5	1	.200	0	0
Jeremiah Reardon	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Farmer Vaughn	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
Tony Mullane	63	529.2	33	27	3.70	250
George Pechiney	40	330.1	15	21	4.14	110
Larry McKeon	19	156.0	8	8	5.08	46
Mike Smith	9	72.2	4	4	3.72	14
Joe Murphy	5	46.0	2	3	4.89	11
Will White	3	26.0	1	2	4.15	6
Bill Irwin	2	17.0	0	2	5.82	6
Dan Bickham	1	9.0	1	0	3.00	6
Rex Smith	1	9.0	0	1	4.00	1
Clarence Stephens	1	8.0	1	0	5.62	6
Jeremiah Reardon	1	2.0	0	1	18.00	0

Other 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
Lee Richmond	3	18.0	0	2	8.00	6
Abner Powell	4	15.1	0	1	4.70	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
Jim Keenan	2	0	1	0	3.38	2
Pop Corkhill	1	0	0	0	13.50	1

References

1. "Reds owners". The Cincinnati Enquirer . November 3, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2020– via newspapers.com.

External links

• 1886 Cincinnati Red Stockings season at Baseball Reference