1887 New York Metropolitans Roster

The 1887 New York Metropolitans 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 New York Metropolitans Opening Day starters list, a 1887 New York Metropolitans salary list, a 1887 New York Metropolitans uniform number breakdown and a 1887 New York Metropolitans primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1887 New York Metropolitans

Complete Roster  
 

n/a Ed Cushman 6-00 177 Left Right 1852-03-27
n/a Bill Fagan 5-11 165 Left Unknown 1865-02-15
n/a Jack Lynch 5-08 185 Right Right 1857-02-05
n/a Al Mays Unknown Unknown Unknown Right 1865-05-17
n/a George McMullen Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 0000-00-00
n/a Charlie Parsons 5-10 160 Left Left 1863-07-18
n/a John Shaffer 5-10 Unknown Right Unknown 1864-02-18
n/a Stump Wiedman 5-07½ 165 Right Right 1861-02-17
n/a Bill Collins Unknown 150 Unknown Right 1863-00-00
n/a Jim Donahue 6-00 175 Right Right 1862-01-08
n/a Bill Holbert Unknown 197 Right Right 1855-03-14
n/a Tom Kinslow 5-10 160 Right Right 1866-01-12
n/a Andy Sommers 5-11½ 181 Right Right 1865-10-26
n/a Clarence Cross 5-07 178 Unknown Unknown 1856-03-04
n/a Dude Esterbrook 5-11 167 Right Right 1857-06-20
n/a Joe Gerhardt 6-00 160 Right Right 1855-02-14
n/a Frank Hankinson 5-11 168 Right Right 1856-04-29
n/a Sadie Houck 5-07 151 Right Right 0000-00-00
n/a Jimmy Knowles 5-09 160 Unknown Right 1856-09-05
n/a Tom O'Brien 6-01 185 Right Right 1860-06-22
n/a Dave Orr 5-11 250 Right Right 1859-09-29
n/a Paul Radford 5-06 148 Right Right 1861-10-14
n/a Cyclone Ryan 6-00 200 Right Unknown 0000-00-00
n/a Charlie Hall 5-10 158 Unknown Left 1863-08-24
n/a Ed Hogan Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 1862-00-00
n/a Charley Jones 5-11½ 202 Right Right 1850-04-30
n/a John Meister 5-08 175 Unknown Unknown 1863-05-10
n/a Jon Morrison 5-09½ 167 Unknown Unknown 1859-00-00
n/a Candy Nelson 5-06 145 Right Left 1849-03-14
n/a Darby O'Brien 6-01 186 Right Right 1863-09-01
n/a Fred O'Neill 5-07 142 Unknown Right 1865-00-00
n/a Lip Pike 5-08 158 Left Left 1845-05-25
n/a Chief Roseman 5-07 167 Right Right 0000-00-00


The 1887 New York Metropolitans played 133 games during the regular season, won 44 games, lost 89 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at St. George Cricket Grounds (Park Factors: 96/99) where 105,000 fans witnessed their 1887 Metropolitans finish the season with a .331 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 New York Metropolitans Opening Day starters list, a 1887 New York Metropolitans salary list, a 1887 New York Metropolitans uniform number breakdown and a 1887 New York Metropolitans primary starters list:

1887 New York Metropolitans
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1887 New York Metropolitans
Most Games by Position

C Bill Holbert (60)
1B Dave Orr (81)
2B Joe Gerhardt (84)
3B Frank Hankinson (127)
SS Paul Radford (76)
LF Darby O'Brien (121)
CF Charley Jones (50)
RF Candy Nelson (36)
RF Paul Radford (36)
  
SP Ed Cushman
SP Jack Lynch
  
CL Al Mays


1887 New York Metropolitans
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1887 New York Metropolitans
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1887 New York Metropolitans 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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