1887 Chicago White Stockings Roster by Baseball Almanac

1887 Chicago White Stockings Roster

The 1887 Chicago White Stockings team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1887 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1887 Chicago White Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1887 Chicago White Stockings salary list, a 1887 Chicago White Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1887 Chicago White Stockings primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Mark Baldwin

6-00

190

Right

1863-10-29

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John Clarkson

5-10

155

Right

1861-07-01

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Shadow Pyle

5-08

136

Left

Unknown

1861-11-29

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Charlie Sprague

5-11

150

Left

1864-10-10

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Tom Daly

5-07

170

Right

Both

1866-02-07

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Silver Flint

6-00

180

Right

1855-08-03

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Cap Anson

6-00

227

Right

1852-04-17

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Tom Burns

5-07

152

Right

1857-03-30

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Fred Pfeffer

5-10½

184

Right

1860-03-17

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Patsy Tebeau

5-08

163

Right

1864-12-05

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Ned Williamson

5-11

210

Right

1857-10-24

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Dell Darling

5-08

170

Right

1861-12-21

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Jocko Flynn

5-06½

143

Right

1864-06-30

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Bob Pettit

5-09

160

Right

Left

1861-07-19

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Jimmy Ryan

5-09

162

Left

Right

1863-02-11

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Marty Sullivan

Unknown

Right

1862-10-20

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Billy Sunday

5-10

160

Right

Left

1862-11-19

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George Van Haltren

5-11

170

Left

1866-03-30

The 1887 Chicago White Stockings played 121 games during the regular season, won 71 games, lost 50 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at West Side Park (Park Factors: 113/110) where 217,070 fans witnessed their 1887 White Stockings finish the season with a .587 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1887 Chicago White Stockings Opening Day starters list, a 1887 Chicago White Stockings salary list, a 1887 Chicago White Stockings uniform number breakdown and a 1887 Chicago White Stockings primary starters list:

1887 Chicago White Stockings
Opening Day Starters

Cap Anson
Tom Burns
John Clarkson
Tom Daly
Fred Pfeffer
Jimmy Ryan
Marty Sullivan
Billy Sunday
Ned Williamson
1887 Chicago White Stockings
Most Games by Position
C Tom Daly (64)
1B Cap Anson (122)
2B Fred Pfeffer (123)
3B Tom Burns (107)
SS Ned Williamson (127)
LF Marty Sullivan (111)
CF Jimmy Ryan (97)
RF Bob Pettit (32)

SP Mark Baldwin
SP John Clarkson
SP George Van Haltren

CL Bob Pettit

1887 Chicago White Stockings
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1887 Chicago White Stockings
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1887 Chicago White Stockings Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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