1886 Kansas City Cowboys season

The 1886 Kansas City Cowboys was a season in American baseball. The team had a 30–91 record in the National League, finishing in seventh place. This was the only season this version of the team existed, as the team went bankrupt before the 1887 season.

1886 Kansas City Cowboys
LeagueNational League
BallparkAssociation Park
CityKansas City, Missouri
ManagerDave Rowe

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Stockings 90 34 .726 52‍–‍10 38‍–‍24
Detroit Wolverines 87 36 .707 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

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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


Roster

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Silver King (left) and Jim Whitney (right) in 1886
1886 Kansas City Cowboys
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Fatty Briody 56 215 51 .237 0 29
1B Mox McQuery 122 449 111 .247 4 38
2B Al Myers 118 473 131 .277 4 51
3B Jim Donnelly 113 438 88 .201 0 38
SS Charley Bassett 90 342 89 .260 2 32
OF Paul Radford 122 493 113 .229 0 20
OF Jim Lillie 114 416 73 .175 0 22
OF Dave Rowe 105 429 103 .240 3 57

Other batters

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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
Mert Hackett 62 230 50 .217 3 25
Pete Conway 51 194 47 .242 1 18
Frank Ringo 16 56 13 .232 0 7
Dan Dugdale 12 40 7 .175 0 2
George Baker 1 4 1 .250 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Stump Weidman 51 427.2 12 36 4.52 168
Jim Whitney 46 393.0 12 32 4.49 167
Pete Conway 23 180.0 5 15 5.75 81
Silver King 5 39.0 1 3 4.85 23
Larry McKeon 3 21.0 0 2 10.71 3

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jim Lillie 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

References

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