1887 St. Louis Cardinals roster

15 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1887 MLB season.

1887 Cardinals roster: batting

1887 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Arlie Latham13662716319820129.316.366.779
Bill Gleason1355981351720023.288.342.664
Curt Welch131544981513089.278.322.701
Charlie Comiskey12553813918040117.335.374.790
Tip O'Neill12451716722514030.435.4901.180
Yank Robinson1254301021311075.305.445.850
Dave Foutz102423791514022.357.393.901
Bob Caruthers983641021308049.357.4631.010
Jack Boyle883504866207.189.237.457
Doc Bushong5320135510014.254.299.573
Lou Sylvester2911220251013.223.310.649
Mike Goodfellow1400000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1887 Cardinals roster: pitching

1887 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Silver KingP464432123.78390.01281.311
Nat HudsonP99444.9767.0151.660
Joe MurphyP11105.009.051.890

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.