1887

1887 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1887.

Club competitions

Professional

North America

• World Series: Detroit Wolverines (NL) over the St. Louis Brown Stockings (AA), 10 - 5 (Details)
  • American Association: St. Louis Brown Stockings (Details)
  • National League: Detroit Wolverines (Details)
• League of Colored Baseball Clubs: No champion; season only lasted a couple weeks before the league folded
• Minor Leagues
  • California League: San Francisco Pioneers
  • Central Pennsylvania League: Shamokin Maroons
  • International Association: Toronto Canucks
  • New England League: Lowell Browns
  • Northwestern League: Oshkosh
  • Ohio State League: Kalamazoo Kazoos
  • Southern League: New Orleans Pelicans
  • Western League: Topeka Golden Giants
  • Eastern League: Bridgeport Giants
  • Kansas State League: Wellington Browns
  • Northeastern League: Rutland (also known as Vermont State League)
  • Northern Michigan League: Greenville
  • Pennsylvania State Association: Allentown Peanut Eaters
  • Southwestern League: Fort Smith Indians

Winter Leagues

• Cuban Winter League: Habana

Births

Further information: Births in 1887

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1887

Further Reading

• Woody Eckard: "The Impact of the One-off 1887 Four-strike Strikeout", Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 51, Number 2 (Fall 2022), pp. 70-73.