1886 American Association

The 1886 season of the American Association was the fifth season of the league.

Season summary[edit]

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	St. Louis Browns	139	93	46	0	.669	-.-	944 (6.79)	592 (4.26)	0.273	0.326	0.360	2.49	0.915
2	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	140	80	57	3	.571	12.0	810 (5.79)	647 (4.62)	0.241	0.309	0.329	2.83	0.917
3	Brooklyn Grays	141	76	61	4	.539	16.0	832 (5.90)	832 (5.90)	0.250	0.309	0.330	3.42	0.900
4	Louisville Colonels	138	66	70	2	.478	25.5	833 (6.04)	805 (5.83)	0.263	0.320	0.348	3.07	0.901
5	Cincinnati Red Stockings	141	65	73	3	.461	27.5	883 (6.26)	865 (6.13)	0.249	0.302	0.345	4.18	0.905
6	Philadelphia Athletics	139	63	72	4	.453	28.0	772 (5.55)	942 (6.78)	0.235	0.290	0.321	3.97	0.894
7	New York Metropolitans	137	53	82	2	.387	38.0	628 (4.58)	766 (5.59)	0.224	0.275	0.289	3.50	0.906
8	Baltimore Orioles	139	48	83	8	.345	41.0	625 (4.50)	878 (6.32)	0.204	0.264	0.258	4.08	0.909

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Bill McClellan Bill Phillips George Pinkney	Brooklyn Grays Brooklyn Grays Brooklyn Grays	141
At Bats	George Pinkney	Brooklyn Grays	597
Runs Scored	Arlie Latham	St. Louis Browns	152
Hits	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	193
Doubles	Henry Larkin	Philadelphia Athletics	36
Triples	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	31
Home Runs	Bid McPhee	Cincinnati Red Stockings	8
Total Bases	Dave Orr	New York Metropolitans	301
Runs Batted In	Tip O'Neill	St. Louis Browns	107
Stolen Bases	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	68
Walks	George Pinkney Ed Swartwood	Brooklyn Grays Brooklyn Grays	70
Hit by Pitch	Frank Fennelly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	18
Batting Average	Guy Hecker	Louisville Colonels	0.341
On-Base Percentage	Bob Caruthers	St. Louis Browns	0.448
Slugging Percentage	Bob Caruthers Dave Orr	St. Louis Browns New York Metropolitans	0.527
On-Base plus Slugging	Bob Caruthers	St. Louis Browns	0.975
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Bob Caruthers	St. Louis Browns	200

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Dave Foutz Ed Morris	St. Louis Browns Pittsburgh Alleghenys	41
Losses	Matt Kilroy	Baltimore Orioles	34
Win-Loss Percentage	Dave Foutz	St. Louis Browns	0.719
Appearances	Matt Kilroy	Baltimore Orioles	68
Games Started	Matt Kilroy	Baltimore Orioles	68
Complete Games	Matt Kilroy Toad Ramsey	Baltimore Orioles Louisville Colonels	66
Shutouts	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	12
Games Finished	Tony Mullane	Cincinnati Red Stockings	7
Saves	Bones Ely Dave Foutz Nat Hudson Ed Morris Joe Strauss	Louisville Colonels St. Louis Browns St. Louis Browns Pittsburgh Alleghenys Louisville Colonels/Brooklyn Grays	1
Innings Pitched	Toad Ramsey	Louisville Colonels	588.2
Batters Faced	Toad Ramsey	Louisville Colonels	2477
Hits Allowed	Tony Mullane	Cincinnati Red Stockings	501
Home Runs Allowed	Al Atkinson Tony Mullane	Philadelphia Athletics Cincinnati Red Stockings	11
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Toad Ramsey	Louisville Colonels	207
Hit Batsmen	Al Atkinson	Philadelphia Athletics	22
Strikeouts	Matt Kilroy	Baltimore Orioles	513
Wild Pitches	Tony Mullane	Cincinnati Red Stockings	51
Balks	77 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Matt Kilroy	Baltimore Orioles	350
Earned Runs Allowed	Matt Kilroy Tony Mullane	Baltimore Orioles Cincinnati Red Stockings	218
Earned Run Average	Dave Foutz	St. Louis Browns	2.11
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	1.032

In the World's Series, the American Association champion St. Louis Browns defeated the National League's Chicago White Stockings, 4 games to 2.

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

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