1886 Washington Nationals season explained

The 1886 Washington Nationals finished with a 28–92 record in the National League, finishing in last place in their debut season.

Regular season

Roster

1886 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		81	273	52	.190	0	17
1B		81	325	72	.222	1	34
2B		115	443	94	.212	3	35
SS		68	242	44	.182	0	16
3B		44	152	21	.138	1	15
OF		121	487	152	.312	9	56
OF		80	292	50	.171	0	20
OF		111	433	99	.229	2	22

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	52	195	42	.215	0	14
	47	171	41	.240	2	18
	31	122	27	.221	0	17
	27	98	25	.255	1	15
	26	95	28	.295	1	18
	26	89	17	.191	3	9
	21	81	15	.185	0	3
	21	71	10	.141	0	2
	10	36	13	.361	0	5
	7	23	5	.217	0	1
	6	21	0	.000	0	0
	6	18	4	.222	0	1
	4	15	1	.067	0	1
	3	8	2	.250	0	1
	1	5	1	.200	0	0
	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	45	385.2	13	31	3.34	177
	23	191.2	3	18	4.41	80
	14	114.2	1	13	4.87	29
	9	75.0	4	4	2.52	75
	10	70.0	1	7	7.20	39
	6	49.0	2	2	1.65	47
	6	49.0	0	6	7.35	15
	4	31.1	0	3	5.17	5
	4	27.2	1	3	4.23	19
	1	8.0	0	1	9.00	3
	1	6.0	0	1	10.50	4
	1	3.0	0	1	9.00	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	2	14.0	0	1	5.79	3
	2	13.0	0	1	6.92	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

References

• 1886 Washington Nationals team page at Baseball Reference