1887 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1887 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

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1887 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American Association -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	0	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	138	95	40	.704	--	1131	761	370	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
2	2	0	Cincinnati Red Stockings	T - S - R	136	81	54	.600	14.0	892	745	147	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
3	3	0	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R	141	77	58	.570	18.0	975	861	114	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
4	4	0	Louisville Colonels	T - S - R	139	76	60	.559	19.5	956	854	102	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
5	5	0	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	137	64	69	.481	30.0	893	890	3	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
6	6	0	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	T - S - R	138	60	74	.448	34.5	904	918	-14	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
7	7	0	Metropolitans (New York)	T - S - R	138	44	89	.331	50.0	754	1093	-339	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
8	8	0	Cleveland Blues	T - S - R	133	39	92	.298	54.0	729	1112	-383	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Detroit Wolverines	T - S - R	127	79	45	.637	--	969	710	259	dnq	0	0	---	---	Recreation Park
2	2	2	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	128	75	48	.610	3.5	901	702	199	dnq	0	0	---	Harry Wright	Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds
3	3	3	Chicago White Stockings	T - S - R	127	71	50	.587	6.5	813	716	97	dnq	0	0	---	Cap Anson	West Side Park
4	4	4	New York Giants	T - S - R	129	68	55	.553	10.5	816	723	93	dnq	0	0	---	Jim Mutrie	Polo Grounds
5	5	5	Boston Beaneaters	T - S - R	127	61	60	.504	16.5	831	792	39	dnq	0	0	---	---	South End Grounds
6	6	6	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	T - S - R	125	55	69	.444	24.0	621	750	-129	dnq	0	0	---	---	Recreation park
7	7	7	Washington Nationals	T - S - R	126	46	76	.377	32.0	601	825	-224	dnq	0	0	---	---	Swampoodle Grounds
8	8	8	Indianapolis Hoosiers	T - S - R	127	37	89	.294	43.0	628	965	-337	dnq	0	0	---	---	Seventh Street Park III
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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