1886 Boston Beaneaters season

1886 Boston Beaneaters
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	56–61 (.479)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Soden
Manager(s)	John Morrill
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Regular season

Opening Day team photo, Boston Beaneaters and New York Giants

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago White Stockings	90	34	--	.726
Detroit Wolverines	87	36	2.5	.707
New York Giants	75	44	12.5	.630
Philadelphia Quakers	71	43	14	.623
Boston Beaneaters	56	61	30.5	.479
St. Louis Maroons	43	79	46	.352
Kansas City Cowboys	30	91	58.5	.248
Washington Nationals	28	92	60	.233

Record vs. opponents

1886 National League Records 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

1886 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Parsons Old Hoss Radbourn Bill Stemmyer Catchers Con Daily Pat Dealy Tom Gunning Pop Tate		Infielders Myron Allen Charlie Buffinton Jack Burdock John Morrill Billy Nash Sam Wise		Outfielders Joe Hornung Dick Johnston Tom Poorman Ezra Sutton		Manager John Morrill

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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	Con Daily	50	180	43	.239	0	21
SS	John Morrill	117	430	106	.247	7	69

Other batters

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
Charlie Buffinton	44	176	51	.290	1	30
Pop Tate	31	106	24	.226	0	3
Tom Gunning	27	98	22	.224	0	7
Pat Dealy	15	46	15	.326	0	3
Myron Allen	1	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Old Hoss Radbourn	58	509.1	27	31	3.00	218
Bill Stemmeyer	41	348.2	22	18	3.02	239
Charlie Buffinton	18	151	7	10	4.59	47
Charlie Parsons	2	16	0	2	3.94	5

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
John Morrill	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

References

• 1886 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference