1887 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1887 throughout the world.

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1869 • 1845-1868
See also

Baseball
Major League Baseball
Minor league baseball
Negro league baseball
Japanese baseball
1887 in sports
Sources

[Baseball Hall of Fame]
[Baseball Almanac]
[Baseball Library]
[Baseball Reference]
[National Pastime]
[The Deadball Era]

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1880s
1889 • 1888 • 1887 • 1886 • 1885 1884 • 1883 • 1882 • 1881 • 1880
1870s
1879 • 1878 • 1877 • 1876 • 1875 1874 • 1873 • 1872 • 1871 • 1870
Early Years
1869 • 1845-1868
See also
Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball 1887 in sports
Sources
[Baseball Hall of Fame] [Baseball Almanac] [Baseball Library] [Baseball Reference] [National Pastime] [The Deadball Era]

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Contents

1 Champions
2 Major League Baseball final standings

2.1 National League final standings
2.2 American Association final standings

3 Events
4 Births
5 Deaths

Champions

World Series Detroit Wolverines 10, St. Louis Browns 5 (15 game series)
National League: Detroit Wolverines
American Association: St. Louis Browns

Major League Baseball final standings

National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Detroit Wolverines	79	45	.637	--
Philadelphia Phillies	75	48	.610	3.5
Chicago White Stockings	71	50	.587	6.5
New York Giants	68	55	.553	10.5
Boston Beaneaters	61	60	.504	16.5
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	55	69	.444	24
Washington Nationals	46	76	.377	32
Indianapolis Hoosiers	37	89	.294	43

American Association final standings

American Association
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
St. Louis Browns	95	40	.704	--
Cincinnati Red Stockings	81	54	.600	14
Baltimore Orioles	77	58	.570	18
Louisville Colonels	76	60	.559	19.5
Philadelphia Athletics	64	69	.481	30
Brooklyn Grays	60	74	.448	34.5
New York Metropolitans	44	89	.331	50
Cleveland Blues	39	92	.298	54

Events

Births

January 19 - Chick Gandil
February 9 - Heinie Zimmerman
February 13 - Eddie Foster
February 26 - Grover Cleveland Alexander
March 19 - José Méndez
March 25 - Clyde Milan
April 21 - Joe McCarthy
April 26 - Jack Barry
May 2 - Eddie Collins
May 28 - Jim Thorpe
June 27 - Rube Benton
July 29 - George Cutshaw
August 24 - Harry Hooper
September 4 - Tilly Walker
October 8 - Ping Bodie
October 8 - Donie Bush
October 8 - Doc Crandall
October 10 - Bill Killefer
October 19 - Fred Snodgrass
November 6 - Walter Johnson
December 9 - Spot Poles
December 21 - Cy Williams

Deaths

July 24 - Alex McKinnon, 30, first baseman who was batting .340 in his first season with Pittsburgh; previously with New York and St. Louis teams

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