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The following are the baseball events of the year 1887 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 Detroit Wolverines 10, St. Louis Browns 5 (15 game series)
  • National League: Detroit Wolverines
  • American Association: St. Louis Browns

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Detroit Wolverines 79 45 .637 --
Philadelphia Phillies 75 48 .610 3.5
Chicago White Stockings 71 50 .587 6.5
New York Giants 68 55 .553 10.5
Boston Beaneaters 61 60 .504 16.5
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 55 69 .444 24
Washington Nationals 46 76 .377 32
Indianapolis Hoosiers 37 89 .294 43

[edit] American Association final standings

American Association
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
St. Louis Browns 95 40 .704 --
Cincinnati Red Stockings 81 54 .600 14
Baltimore Orioles 77 58 .570 18
Louisville Colonels 76 60 .559 19.5
Philadelphia Athletics 64 69 .481 30
Brooklyn Grays 60 74 .448 34.5
New York Metropolitans 44 89 .331 50
Cleveland Blues 39 92 .298 54

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

  • January 19 - Chick Gandil
  • February 9 - Heinie Zimmerman
  • February 13 - Eddie Foster
  • February 26 - Grover Cleveland Alexander
  • March 19 - José Méndez
  • March 25 - Clyde Milan
  • April 21 - Joe McCarthy
  • April 26 - Jack Barry
  • May 2 - Eddie Collins
  • May 28 - Jim Thorpe
  • June 27 - Rube Benton
  • July 29 - George Cutshaw
  • August 24 - Harry Hooper
  • September 4 - Tilly Walker
  • October 8 - Ping Bodie
  • October 8 - Donie Bush
  • October 8 - Doc Crandall
  • October 10 - Bill Killefer
  • October 19 - Fred Snodgrass
  • November 6 - Walter Johnson
  • December 9 - Spot Poles
  • December 21 - Cy Williams

[edit] Deaths

  • July 24 - Alex McKinnon, 30, first baseman who was batting .340 in his first season with Pittsburgh; previously with New York and St. Louis teams

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