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The following are the baseball events of the year 1886 throughout the world.  


Contents

  • 1 Champions
  • 2 Major League Baseball final standings
    • 2.1 National League final standings
    • 2.2 American Association final standings
  • 3 Events
  • 4 Births
  • 5 Deaths

[edit] Champions

  • World Series St. Louis Browns 4, Chicago White Stockings 2
  • National League: Chicago White Stockings
  • American Association: St. Louis Browns

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Chicago White Stockings 90 34 .726 --
Detroit Wolverines 87 36 .707 2.5
New York Giants 75 44 .630 12.5
Philadelphia Phillies 71 43 .623 14
Boston Beaneaters 56 61 .479 30.5
St. Louis Maroons 43 79 .352 46
Kansas City Cowboys 30 91 .248 58.5
Washington Nationals 28 92 .233 60

[edit] American Association final standings

American Association
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
St. Louis Browns 93 46 .669 --
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 80 57 .584 12
Brooklyn Grays 76 61 .555 16
Louisville Colonels 66 70 .485 25.5
Cincinnati Red Stockings 65 73 .471 27.5
Philadelphia Athletics 63 72 .467 28
New York Metropolitans 53 82 .393 38
Baltimore Orioles 48 83 .366 41

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

  • March 13 - Frank Baker
  • April 6 - Smokey Joe Williams
  • May 2 - Larry Cheney
  • May 13 - Larry Gardner
  • June 10 - Jack Graney
  • July 31 - Larry Doyle
  • August 7 - Bill McKechnie
  • September 9 - Dots Miller
  • October 9 - Rube Marquard
  • December 18 - Ty Cobb

[edit] Deaths

  • June 27 - George Creamer, 30?, second baseman for four teams who led league in fielding with Pittsburgh in his final 1884 season

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