1886 Cincinnati Red Stockings season

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1886  Cincinnati Red Stockings
League American Association
Ballpark American Park
City Cincinnati
Record65–73 (.471)
League place5th
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.

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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

American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 9346.66952184128
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 8057.5841245283529
Brooklyn Grays 7661.5551644253236
Louisville Colonels 6670.48525½37302940
Cincinnati Red Stockings 6573.47127½40312542
Philadelphia Athletics 6372.4672838312541
New York Metropolitans 5382.3933830332349
Baltimore Orioles 4883.3664130321851

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBRCINLOUNYPHIPITSTL
Baltimore 6–14–15–13–27–12–28–98–10–17–12–27–13
Brooklyn 14–6–113–713–710–9–111–7–28–127–13
Cincinnati 13–5–27–1310–1013–7–110–107–135–15
Louisville 12–7–27–1310–1011–89–117–1210–9
New York 9–89–10–17–13–18–118–128–124–16
Philadelphia 10–8–17–11–210–1011–912–88–11–15–15
Pittsburgh 12–7–212–813–712–712–811–8–18–12
St. Louis 13–713–715–59–1016–415–512–8

Game log

Legend
Red Stockings WinRed Stockings LossGame Tied/Postponed
1886 Game Log: 65–73 (Home: 40–31; Away: 25–42)
April: 4–8 (Home: 3–3; Away: 1–5)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 17 Colonels 1–5 American Park 6,0000–1L1
2April 18@ Colonels 3–4 Eclipse Park 10,0000–2L2
-April 19@ Colonels Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: May 2
3April 20@ Colonels 9–2Eclipse ParkN/A1–2W1
4April 21 Alleghenys 7–13American ParkN/A1–3L1
5April 22 Alleghenys 9–8American ParkN/A2–3W1
6April 23 Alleghenys 13–7American ParkN/A3–3W2
7April 24 Alleghenys 14–10American ParkN/A4–3W3
8April 26@ Browns 12–14 Sportsman's Park N/A4–4L1
9April 27@ Browns 3–20Sportsman's ParkN/A4–5L2
10April 28@ Browns 3–7Sportsman's ParkN/A4–6L3
11April 29@ Browns 4–9Sportsman's ParkN/A4–7L4
12April 30 Colonels 1–7American ParkN/A4–8L5
May: 11–13 (Home: 5–2; Away: 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
13May 1 Colonels 8–1American ParkN/A5–8W1
14May 2@ Colonels 10–5Eclipse ParkN/A6–8W2
15May 4 Colonels 5–2American ParkN/A7–8W3
16May 5 Colonels 5–6American ParkN/A7–9L1
-May 7@ Alleghenys Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 12
17May 8@ Alleghenys 6–9 Recreation Park N/A7–10L1
18May 10@ Alleghenys 4–2Recreation ParkN/A8–10W1
19May 11@ Alleghenys 7–9Recreation ParkN/A8–11L1
20May 12@ Alleghenys 7–9Recreation ParkN/A8–12L2
21May 13 Browns 7–3American ParkN/A9–12W1
22May 14 Browns 1–2American ParkN/A9–13L1
23May 15 Browns 8–2American ParkN/A10–13W1
24May 16 Browns 7–6American ParkN/A11–13W2
25May 18@ Orioles 4–6 Oriole Park N/A11–14L1
26May 19@ Orioles 6–11Oriole ParkN/A11–15L2
27May 20@ Orioles 8–7Oriole ParkN/A12–15W1
28May 21@ Orioles 6–5Oriole ParkN/A13–15W2
29May 22@ Athletics 7–8 Jefferson Street Grounds N/A13–16L1
30May 24@ Athletics 4–10Jefferson Street GroundsN/A13–17L2
31May 25@ Athletics 10–18Jefferson Street GroundsN/A13–18L3
32May 26@ Athletics 6–9Jefferson Street GroundsN/A13–19L4
33May 27@ Grays 6–4 Washington Park N/A14–19W1
-May 28@ Grays Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: May 31
34May 29@ Metropolitans 6–11 St. George Cricket Grounds N/A14–20L1
35May 31 1@ Grays 6–8Washington ParkN/A14–21L2
36May 31 2@ Metropolitans 12–5St. George Cricket GroundsN/A15–21W1
June: 12–14 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
37June 1@ Metropolitans 12–7St. George Cricket GroundsN/A16–21W2
38June 2@ Grays 6–2Washington ParkN/A17–21W3
39June 3@ Metropolitans 11–12St. George Cricket GroundsN/A17–22L1
40June 4@ Grays 4–7Washington ParkN/A17–23L2
41June 5@ Alleghenys 1–3Recreation ParkN/A17–24L3
42June 7@ Alleghenys 0–3Recreation ParkN/A17–25L4
43June 8@ Alleghenys 10–9Recreation ParkN/A18–25W1
-June 9 Alleghenys Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 11
44June 10 Alleghenys 1–5American ParkN/A18–26L1
45June 11 Alleghenys 5–3American ParkN/A19–26W1
46June 12 Alleghenys 5–6American ParkN/A19–27L1
47June 13@ Colonels 2–4Eclipse ParkN/A19–28L2
48June 14@ Colonels 1–4Eclipse ParkN/A19–29L3
-June 15 Colonels Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 18
49June 16 Colonels 5–4American ParkN/A20–29W1
50June 17 Colonels 4–3American ParkN/A21–29W2
51June 18@ Browns 0–11Sportsman's ParkN/A21–30L1
52June 19@ Browns 7–12Sportsman's ParkN/A21–31L2
53June 20@ Browns 0–8Sportsman's ParkN/A21–32L3
54June 21 Browns 5–6American ParkN/A21–33L4
-June 22@ Colonels Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 24
55June 23@ Colonels 9–4Eclipse ParkN/A22–33W1
56June 24@ Colonels 12–5Eclipse ParkN/A23–33W2
57June 25 Browns 2–1American ParkN/A24–33W3
58June 26 Browns 0–1American ParkN/A24–34L1
59June 27@ Browns 1–9Sportsman's Park8,00024–35L2
60June 28 Orioles 12–4American ParkN/A25–35W1
61June 29 Orioles 12–1American ParkN/A26–35W2
62June 30 Orioles 18–7American ParkN/A27–35W3
July: 16–9 (Home: 10–3; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
63July 1 Orioles 7–5American ParkN/A28–35W4
-July 2 Athletics Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 4
64July 3 Athletics 8–2American ParkN/A29–35W5
65July 4 Athletics 8–0American ParkN/A30–35W6
66July 5 1 Athletics 14–7American ParkN/A31–35W7
67July 5 2 Athletics 1–5American ParkN/A31–36L1
68July 7 Metropolitans 6–4American ParkN/A32–36W1
69July 8 Metropolitans 5–8American ParkN/A32–37L1
70July 9 Metropolitans 7–2American ParkN/A33–37W1
71July 10 Metropolitans 3–0American ParkN/A34–37W2
72July 11 Grays 7–11American Park7,00034–38L1
-July 12 Grays Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: July 11
73July 13 Grays 9–4American ParkN/A35–38W1
74July 14 Grays 5–1American ParkN/A36–38W2
75July 15 Grays 7–4American ParkN/A37–38W3
76July 17@ Athletics 10–15Jefferson Street GroundsN/A37–39L2
77July 19@ Athletics 14–8Jefferson Street GroundsN/A38–39W1
78July 20@ Athletics 9–13Jefferson Street GroundsN/A38–40L1
79July 22@ Orioles 11–10Oriole ParkN/A39–40W1
80July 23@ Orioles 8–10Oriole ParkN/A39–41L1
81July 24@ Orioles 10–4Oriole ParkN/A40–41W1
82July 26@ Metropolitans 4–1St. George Cricket GroundsN/A41–41W2
83July 27@ Grays 2–10Washington ParkN/A41–42L1
84July 28@ Metropolitans 4–1St. George Cricket GroundsN/A42–42W1
85July 29@ Grays 4–6Washington ParkN/A42–43L1
86July 30@ Metropolitans 8–1St. George Cricket GroundsN/A43–43W1
87July 31@ Grays 0–4Washington ParkN/A43–44L1
August: 9–14 (Home: 9–9; Away: 0–5)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
88August 3 Orioles 6–5American ParkN/A44–44W1
89August 4 Orioles 13–16American ParkN/A44–45L1
90August 5 Orioles 4–3American ParkN/A45–45W1
-August 6 Grays Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 8
91August 7 Grays 1–6American ParkN/A45–46L1
92August 8 Grays 2–4American ParkN/A45–47L2
93August 9 Grays 7–2American ParkN/A46–47W1
-August 10 Metropolitans Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: October 6
94August 11 Metropolitans 11–5American ParkN/A47–47W2
95August 12 Metropolitans 19–3American ParkN/A48–47W3
96August 13 Athletics 12–11American ParkN/A49–47W4
97August 14 Athletics 4–3American ParkN/A50–47W5
98August 15 Athletics 1–3American ParkN/A50–48L1
-August 16 Athletics Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 15
99August 18 Colonels 9–4American ParkN/A51–48W1
100August 19@ Colonels 3–6Eclipse ParkN/A51–49L1
101August 21@ Colonels 1–6Eclipse ParkN/A51–50L2
102August 22@ Colonels 3–5Eclipse ParkN/A51–51L3
-August 23 Browns Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 26
103August 24 Browns 0–4American ParkN/A51–52L4
104August 25 Browns 3–6American ParkN/A51–53L5
105August 26 Browns 9–3American ParkN/A52–53W1
106August 27 Alleghenys 8–11American ParkN/A52–54L1
107August 28 Alleghenys 2–10American ParkN/A52–55L2
108August 29 Alleghenys 9–11American ParkN/A52–56L3
-August 30 Alleghenys Postponed (schedule change); Makeup: August 29
109August 30@ Browns 3–10Sportsman's ParkN/A52–57L4
110August 31@ Browns 4–10Sportsman's ParkN/A52–58L5
September: 8–10 (Home: 2–4; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
-September 1@ Browns Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: June 27
-September 2@ Browns Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 30
111September 3@ Alleghenys 5–3Recreation ParkN/A53–58W1
112September 4@ Alleghenys 0–1Recreation ParkN/A53–59L1
113September 6@ Alleghenys 4–13Recreation ParkN/A53–60L2
114September 7 Colonels 4–9American ParkN/A53–61L3
115September 8 Colonels 4–3American ParkN/A54–61W1
116September 10@ Grays 4–8Washington ParkN/A54–62L1
117September 11@ Metropolitans 2–8St. George Cricket GroundsN/A54–63L2
-September 12@ Grays Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 13
118September 13@ Grays 6–0Washington ParkN/A55–63W1
119September 14@ Metropolitans 4–3St. George Cricket GroundsN/A56–63W2
120September 15@ Metropolitans 3–3St. George Cricket GroundsN/A56–63W2
121September 16@ Grays 10–12Washington ParkN/A56–64L1
122September 17@ Athletics 8–9Jefferson Street GroundsN/A56–65L2
123September 18@ Athletics 2–1Jefferson Street GroundsN/A57–65W1
124September 20@ Athletics 14–4Jefferson Street GroundsN/A58–65W2
125September 21@ Orioles 1–1Oriole ParkN/A58–65W2
126September 22@ Orioles 11–1Oriole ParkN/A59–65W3
127September 23@ Orioles 3–3Oriole ParkN/A59–65W3
128September 25 Grays 5–8American ParkN/A59–66L1
129September 26 Grays 4–5American ParkN/A59–67L2
-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
130September 29 Grays 9–10American ParkN/A59–68L3
131September 30 Athletics 15–8American ParkN/A60–68W1
October: 5–5 (Home: 5–5; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
132October 2 Athletics 13–1American ParkN/A61–68W2
133October 3 Athletics 6–7American ParkN/A61–69L1
134October 4 Metropolitans 4–6American ParkN/A61–70L2
135October 5 Metropolitans 4–3American ParkN/A62–70W1
136October 6 1 Metropolitans 12–6American ParkN/A63–70W2
137October 6 2 Metropolitans 3–8American ParkN/A63–71L1
138October 7 Metropolitans 4–9American ParkN/A63–72L2
139October 8 Orioles 14–8American ParkN/A64–72W1
140October 9 Orioles 4–6American ParkN/A64–73L1
141October 10 Orioles 12–4American ParkN/A65–73W1
-October 11 Orioles Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: October 10

Roster

1886 Cincinnati Red Stockings
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Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Kid Baldwin 8731572.229332
1B John Reilly 115441117.265679
2B Bid McPhee 140560150.268870
SS Frank Fennelly 132497124.249672
3B Hick Carpenter 111458101.221261
OF Fred Lewis 77324103.318232
OF Pop Corkhill 129540143.265597
OF Charley Jones 127500135.270668

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Pop Snyder 6022041.186028
Jim Keenan 4414840.270324
Leech Maskrey 279819.194010
Abner Powell 197417.23008
Lou Sylvester 175510.18238
Lee Richmond 8298.27603
Lefty Marr 8298.27602
Jack Boyle 151.20000
Jeremiah Reardon 130.00000
Farmer Vaughn 130.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Tony Mullane 63529.233273.70250
George Pechiney 40330.115214.14110
Larry McKeon 19156.0885.0846
Mike Smith 972.2443.7214
Joe Murphy 546.0234.8911
Will White 326.0124.156
Bill Irwin 217.0025.826
Dan Bickham 19.0103.006
Rex Smith 19.0014.001
Clarence Stephens 18.0105.626
Jeremiah Reardon 12.00118.000

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Lee Richmond 318.0028.006
Abner Powell 415.1014.704

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jim Keenan 20103.382
Pop Corkhill 100013.501

References

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