1886 Kansas City Cowboys season

The 1886 Kansas City Cowboys was a season in American baseball. The team had a 30–91 record in the National League, finishing in seventh place. This was the only season this version of the team existed, as the team went bankrupt before the 1887 season.

1886 Kansas City Cowboys
League	National League
Ballpark	Association Park
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Manager	Dave Rowe

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	90	34	.726	—	52‍–‍10	38‍–‍24
Detroit Wolverines	87	36	.707	2½	49‍–‍13	38‍–‍23
New York Giants	75	44	.630	12½	47‍–‍12	28‍–‍32
Philadelphia Quakers	71	43	.623	14	45‍–‍14	26‍–‍29
Boston Beaneaters	56	61	.479	30½	32‍–‍26	24‍–‍35
St. Louis Maroons	43	79	.352	46	27‍–‍34	16‍–‍45
Kansas City Cowboys	30	91	.248	58½	17‍–‍40	13‍–‍51
Washington Nationals	28	92	.233	60	19‍–‍43	9‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1886 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	KC	NYG	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	6–12	6–11	11–6	6–11	3–10	11–6–1	13–5
Chicago	12–6	—	11–7	17–1	10–8–1	10–7–1	13–4	17–1
Detroit	11–6	7–11	—	16–2	11–7	10–7–1	15–2–1	17–1–1
Kansas City	6–11	1–17	2–16	—	3–15–1	2–14–1	5–12–2	11–6–1
New York	11–6	8–10–1	7–11	15–3–1	—	8–8–1	15–3	11–3–2
Philadelphia	10–3	7–10–1	7–10–1	14–2–1	8–8–1	—	12–6	13–4–1
St. Louis	6–11–1	4–13	2–15–1	12–5–2	3–15	6–12	—	10–8
Washington	5–13	1–17	1–17–1	6–11–1	3–11–2	4–13–1	8–10	—

Roster

Silver King (left) and Jim Whitney (right) in 1886

1886 Kansas City Cowboys
Roster
Pitchers Silver King Larry McKeon Stump Weidman Jim Whitney		Catchers George Baker Fatty Briody Dan Dugdale Mert Hackett Frank Ringo Infielders Charley Bassett Jim Donnelly Mox McQuery Al Myers		Outfielders Pete Conway Jim Lillie Paul Radford Dave Rowe		Manager Dave Rowe

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	Fatty Briody	56	215	51	.237	0	29
1B	Mox McQuery	122	449	111	.247	4	38
2B	Al Myers	118	473	131	.277	4	51
3B	Jim Donnelly	113	438	88	.201	0	38
SS	Charley Bassett	90	342	89	.260	2	32
OF	Paul Radford	122	493	113	.229	0	20
OF	Jim Lillie	114	416	73	.175	0	22
OF	Dave Rowe	105	429	103	.240	3	57

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
Mert Hackett	62	230	50	.217	3	25
Pete Conway	51	194	47	.242	1	18
Frank Ringo	16	56	13	.232	0	7
Dan Dugdale	12	40	7	.175	0	2
George Baker	1	4	1	.250	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
Stump Weidman	51	427.2	12	36	4.52	168
Jim Whitney	46	393.0	12	32	4.49	167
Pete Conway	23	180.0	5	15	5.75	81
Silver King	5	39.0	1	3	4.85	23
Larry McKeon	3	21.0	0	2	10.71	3

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jim Lillie	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

• 1886 Kansas City Cowboys team page at Baseball Reference