The 1887 New York Metropolitans finished with a 44–89 record, seventh place in the American Association. The team folded operations at the conclusion of the season. What was left of the team was purchased by the Brooklyn Grays, who were interested in several of the Metropolitans' players. The Kansas City Cowboys inherited the Metropolitans' place in the American Association for the 1888 season.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1887 New York Metropolitans Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 Bill Holbert 69 255 58 .227 0 32 1B 84 345 127 .368 2 66 2B Joe Gerhardt 85 307 68 .221 0 27 SS Paul Radford 128 486 129 .265 4 45 3B Frank Hankinson 127 512 137 .268 1 71 OF Darby O'Brien 127 522 157 .301 5 73 OF Charley Jones 62 247 63 .255 3 29 OF Chief Roseman 60 241 55 .228 1 27

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 Candy Nelson 68 257 63 .245 0 24 Jim Donahue 60 220 62 .282 1 29 John Meister 39 158 35 .222 1 21 Tom O'Brien 31 129 25 .194 0 18 Mortimer Hogan 32 120 24 .200 0 5 Andy Sommers 33 116 21 .181 1 12 Dude Esterbrook 26 101 17 .168 0 7 Jimmy Knowles 16 60 15 .250 0 6 Clarence Cross 16 55 11 .200 0 5 Jon Morrison 9 34 4 .118 0 3 Sadie Houck 10 33 5 .152 0 0 8 32 7 .219 0 3 Fred O'Neill 6 26 8 .308 0 3 Charlie Hall 3 12 1 .083 0 0 Tom Kinslow 2 6 0 .000 0 0 Bill Collins 1 4 1 .250 0 0 Lip Pike 1 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Al Mays 52 441.1 17 34 4.73 124 26 220.0 10 15 5.97 64 Jack Lynch 21 187.0 7 14 5.10 45 John Shaffer 13 112.0 2 11 6.19 22 Stump Weidman 12 97.0 4 8 4.64 37 Bill Fagan 6 45.0 1 4 4.00 12 Charlie Parsons 4 34.0 1 1 4.50 5 James McMullin 3 21.0 2 1 7.71 2

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 2 2.1 0 1 23.14 0

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Chief Roseman 2 0 0 0 7.88 1 Paul Radford 2 0 0 0 18.00 4 Charley Jones 2 0 0 0 3.00 0 Tom O'Brien 1 0 0 0 7.36 0 Darby O'Brien 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References 1887 New York Metropolitans team page at Baseball Reference