1887 Major League Team Starting Lineups

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1887 Most Common Starters

Players listed have the most games at that position
(WAR)

1887 Most Common Starters
Rk	Tm	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF
1	Baltimore Orioles	S.Trott (1.09)	T.Tucker (2.91)	B.Greenwood (1.69)	J.Davis (3.32)	T.Burns (4.57)	J.Sommer (0.69)	M.Griffin (2.76)	B.Purcell (0.02)
2	Brooklyn	J.Peoples (0.00)	B.Phillips (0.44)	B.McClellan (0.62)	G.Pinkney (2.10)	G.Smith (2.10)	E.Greer (0.14)	J.McTamany (1.40)	E.Swartwood (0.04)
3	Boston	E.Tate (0.62)	J.Morrill (1.56)	J.Burdock (0.05)	B.Nash (3.89)	S.Wise (4.68)	J.Hornung (0.70)	D.Johnston (1.65)	K.Kelly (2.99)
4	Chicago White Stockings	T.Daly (-0.27)	C.Anson (5.20)	F.Pfeffer (2.41)	T.Burns (1.38)	E.Williamson (2.97)	M.Sullivan (0.29)	J.Ryan (1.30)	B.Pettit (-0.66)
5	Cincinnati Reds	K.Baldwin (-0.45)	J.Reilly (3.47)	B.McPhee (3.37)	H.Carpenter (-0.79)	F.Fennelly (3.16)	G.Tebeau (0.86)	J.Corkhill (1.51)	H.Nicol (0.07)
6	Cleveland Blues	P.Snyder (0.11)	J.Toy (-2.31)	C.Stricker (-0.36)	P.Reccius (-0.45)	E.McKean (0.94)	M.Allen (1.02)	P.Hotaling (1.70)	J.Carroll (-1.53)
7	Detroit Wolverines	C.Ganzel (0.61)	D.Brouthers (5.28)	F.Dunlap (1.89)	D.White (2.31)	J.Rowe (4.15)	H.Richardson (3.81)	N.Hanlon (0.73)	S.Thompson (5.33)
8	Indianapolis Hoosiers	G.Myers (0.52)	O.Schomberg (2.71)	C.Bassett (0.95)	J.Denny (4.45)	J.Glasscock (5.32)	E.Seery (0.78)	J.McGeachey (-0.55)	J.Cahill (-2.64)
9	Louisville Colonels	P.Cook (-0.47)	J.Kerins (2.37)	R.Mack (3.02)	J.Werrick (1.83)	B.White (0.41)	H.Collins (0.38)	P.Browning (6.03)	C.Wolf (0.96)
10	New York Giants	W.Brown (-0.42)	R.Connor (6.22)	D.Richardson (3.67)	B.Ewing (2.97)	J.Ward (6.60)	P.Gillespie (0.14)	G.Gore (1.76)	M.Dorgan (0.08)
11	New York Metropolitans	B.Holbert (-0.18)	D.Orr (2.48)	J.Gerhardt (-1.65)	F.Hankinson (0.78)	P.Radford (1.49)	D.O'Brien (2.29)	C.Jones (-0.23)	C.Nelson (0.93)
12	Philadelphia Athletics	W.Robinson (-1.16)	J.Milligan (1.41)	L.Bierbauer (0.14)	D.Lyons (5.08)	C.McGarr (1.63)	H.Larkin (2.17)	F.Mann (0.20)	T.Poorman (0.89)
13	Philadelphia Phillies	J.Clements (1.13)	S.Farrar (2.53)	B.McLaughlin (-0.91)	J.Mulvey (1.04)	A.Irwin (1.10)	G.Wood (1.67)	E.Andrews (1.60)	J.Fogarty (3.97)
14	Allegheny City	G.Miller (1.54)	S.Barkley (-0.53)	P.Smith (0.18)	A.Whitney (1.93)	B.Kuehne (2.31)	A.Dalrymple (0.31)	T.Brown (-0.34)	J.Coleman (1.30)
15	St. Louis Browns	J.Boyle (-1.78)	C.Comiskey (2.70)	W.Robinson (3.55)	A.Latham (3.31)	B.Gleason (0.12)	T.O'Neill (6.90)	C.Welch (0.96)	B.Caruthers (10.67)
16	Washington Nationals	C.Mack (-1.27)	B.O'Brien (2.93)	A.Myers (0.13)	J.Donnelly (-0.31)	J.Farrell (0.48)	C.Carroll (-0.29)	P.Hines (2.71)	E.Daily (-0.48)