1887 Indianapolis Hoosiers Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 37-89
Finished 8th in the NL
Ballpark: Athletic Park I
Manager: Watch Burnham (6-22)
Manager: Fred Thomas (11-18)
Manager: Horace Fogel (20-49)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
1887 Indianapolis Hoosiers RosterTeam Record: 37-89
Finished 8th in the NL
Ballpark: Athletic Park I
Manager: Watch Burnham (6-22)
Manager: Fred Thomas (11-18)
Manager: Horace Fogel (20-49)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
1887 Indianapolis Hoosiers Results
The Indianapolis Hoosiers of the National League ended the 1887 season with a record of 37 wins and 89 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.
The Hoosiers plated 628 runs and yielded 965 runs, most in the league. Jerry Denny paced Indianapolis with 11 home runs and drove in 97 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .324 average. Henry Boyle topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.65 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Watch Burnham, Fred Thomas and Horace Fogel coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Boyle | 13 | 24 | .351 | 3.65 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 328.0 | 356 | 204 | 133 | 11 | 69 | 0 | 85 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 1424 |
| Egyptian Healy | 12 | 29 | .293 | 5.17 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 341.0 | 415 | 292 | 196 | 24 | 108 | 0 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 39 | 1535 |
| Lev Shreve | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.72 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 122.0 | 141 | 100 | 64 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 576 |
| Hank Morrison | 3 | 4 | .429 | 7.58 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 79 | 73 | 48 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 285 |
| Doc Leitner | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.68 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 69 | 66 | 41 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 307 |
| Sam Moffet | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.78 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 47 | 45 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 221 |
| John Kirby | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 70 | 64 | 42 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 302 |
| Jack Glasscock | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| John Sowders | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | |
| Frederick Fass | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15.7 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 82 |
| Jack McGeachey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| Larry Corcoran | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 23 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89 |
| John Cahill | 0 | 2 | .000 | 14.32 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 40 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 114 |
| Totals | 37 | 89 | .294 | 5.24 | 137 | 127 | 9 | 118 | 4 | 1 | 1088.0 | 1289 | 965 | 634 | 60 | 431 | 0 | 245 | 44 | 1 | 97 | 5006 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Denny | 122 | 526 | 510 | 86 | 165 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 97 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 22 | .324 | .344 | .502 | .846 | 256 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Glasscock | 122 | 534 | 483 | 91 | 142 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 62 | 0 | 41 | 8 | .294 | .361 | .360 | .722 | 174 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otto Schomberg | 112 | 481 | 419 | 91 | 129 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 83 | 21 | 0 | 56 | 32 | .308 | .397 | .463 | .860 | 194 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack McGeachey | 99 | 411 | 405 | 49 | 109 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .269 | .280 | .333 | .613 | 135 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Bassett | 119 | 482 | 452 | 41 | 104 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 31 | .230 | .278 | .294 | .572 | 133 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmett Seery | 122 | 540 | 465 | 104 | 104 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 28 | 48 | 0 | 71 | 68 | .224 | .331 | .353 | .684 | 164 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Cahill | 68 | 273 | 263 | 22 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .205 | .234 | .243 | .478 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Myers | 69 | 262 | 235 | 25 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 7 | .217 | .298 | .272 | .570 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mert Hackett | 42 | 156 | 147 | 12 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .238 | .282 | .361 | .643 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tug Arundel | 43 | 166 | 157 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .197 | .241 | .223 | .464 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Boyle | 41 | 152 | 141 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .191 | .250 | .312 | .562 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brown | 36 | 149 | 140 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .179 | .228 | .243 | .471 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egyptian Healy | 41 | 144 | 138 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 42 | .174 | .208 | .297 | .505 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Polhemus | 20 | 77 | 75 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .240 | .260 | .253 | .513 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lev Shreve | 14 | 52 | 49 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .265 | .308 | .286 | .593 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gid Gardner | 18 | 75 | 63 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .175 | .307 | .238 | .545 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Jackson | 10 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .263 | .263 | .289 | .553 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Johnson | 11 | 43 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .190 | .209 | .190 | .400 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Moffet | 11 | 42 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .122 | .143 | .146 | .289 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Leitner | 8 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .148 | .148 | .148 | .296 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kirby | 8 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .138 | .138 | .207 | .345 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Morrison | 7 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .115 | .179 | .115 | .294 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Corcoran | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederick Fass | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sowders | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1151 | 4712 | 4368 | 628 | 1080 | 162 | 70 | 33 | 488 | 334 | 0 | 300 | 379 | .247 | .302 | .339 | .641 | 1481 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Schomberg | 1B | 112 | 0 | 956.0 | 1216 | 28 | 55 | 76 | .958 | 11.711 | 11.107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Jackson | 1B | 10 | 0 | 87.0 | 108 | 3 | 8 | 7 | .933 | 11.483 | 11.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Myers | 1B | 6 | 0 | 33.0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 11.182 | 6.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tug Arundel | 1B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.250 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mert Hackett | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Bassett | 2B | 119 | 0 | 1013.0 | 273 | 444 | 53 | 62 | .931 | 6.370 | 6.025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gid Gardner | 2B | 7 | 0 | 56.0 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .875 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Denny | 2B | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.923 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Denny | 3B | 116 | 0 | 1003.0 | 201 | 262 | 58 | 21 | .889 | 4.155 | 3.991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cahill | 3B | 9 | 0 | 61.0 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .800 | 2.951 | 2.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack McGeachey | 3B | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 1.385 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Myers | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Myers | C | 50 | 0 | 409.0 | 176 | 58 | 18 | 8 | .929 | 5.149 | 4.680 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tug Arundel | C | 42 | 0 | 363.0 | 153 | 64 | 34 | 5 | .865 | 5.380 | 5.167 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mert Hackett | C | 40 | 0 | 309.0 | 128 | 52 | 12 | 4 | .938 | 5.243 | 4.500 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emmett Seery | OF | 122 | 0 | 1063.0 | 220 | 25 | 30 | 2 | .891 | 2.074 | 2.008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack McGeachey | OF | 98 | 0 | 855.0 | 231 | 22 | 30 | 3 | .894 | 2.663 | 2.582 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cahill | OF | 56 | 0 | 494.0 | 84 | 11 | 20 | 1 | .826 | 1.731 | 1.696 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Brown | OF | 36 | 0 | 309.0 | 58 | 7 | 15 | 2 | .813 | 1.893 | 1.806 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Polhemus | OF | 20 | 0 | 165.0 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .744 | 1.582 | 1.450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Myers | OF | 15 | 0 | 88.0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 2.250 | 1.467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lefty Johnson | OF | 11 | 0 | 81.0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 1.444 | 1.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gid Gardner | OF | 11 | 0 | 73.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.726 | 1.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Boyle | OF | 4 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .286 | .600 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Moffet | OF | 5 | 0 | 20.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.350 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Corcoran | OF | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tug Arundel | OF | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .750 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Morrison | OF | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Denny | OF | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mert Hackett | OF | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederick Fass | OF | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kirby | OF | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Sowders | OF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Otto Schomberg | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Egyptian Healy | P | 41 | 0 | 341.0 | 7 | 51 | 12 | 0 | .829 | 1.531 | 1.415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Boyle | P | 38 | 0 | 328.0 | 11 | 41 | 5 | 2 | .912 | 1.427 | 1.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lev Shreve | P | 14 | 0 | 122.0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | .792 | 1.402 | 1.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Leitner | P | 8 | 0 | 65.0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .692 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kirby | P | 8 | 0 | 62.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.452 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Morrison | P | 7 | 0 | 57.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .789 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Moffet | P | 6 | 0 | 50.0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 2.160 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cahill | P | 6 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .818 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederick Fass | P | 4 | 0 | 16.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Corcoran | P | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack McGeachey | P | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Sowders | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Glasscock | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Glasscock | SS | 122 | 0 | 1040.0 | 211 | 493 | 73 | 58 | .906 | 6.092 | 5.770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Denny | SS | 4 | 0 | 39.0 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.615 | 8.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emmett Seery | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Cahill | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1173 | 0 | 9746.0 | 3243 | 1701 | 479 | 262 | .912 | 4.566 | 4.215 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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