1886 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1886 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

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1886 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American Association -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	0	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	139	93	46	.669	--	944	592	352	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
2	2	0	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	T - S - R	140	80	57	.584	12.0	810	647	163	dnq	0	0	---	Horace Phillips	---
3	3	0	Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers	T - S - R	141	76	61	.555	16.0	832	832	0	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
4	4	0	Louisville Colonels	T - S - R	138	66	70	.485	25.5	833	805	28	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
5	5	0	Cincinnati Red Stockings	T - S - R	141	65	73	.471	27.5	883	869	14	dnq	0	0	---	Ollie Caylor	---
6	6	0	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	139	63	72	.467	28.0	772	942	-170	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
7	7	0	Metropolitans (New York)	T - S - R	137	53	82	.393	38.0	628	766	-138	dnq	0	0	---	Jim Gifford, Bob Ferguson	---
8	8	0	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R	139	48	83	.366	41.0	625	878	-253	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Chicago White Stockings	T - S - R	126	90	34	.726	--	900	555	345	dnq	0	0	---	Cap Anson	West Side Park
2	2	2	Detroit Wolverines	T - S - R	126	87	36	.707	2.5	829	538	291	dnq	0	0	---	Bill Watkins	Recreation Park
3	3	3	New York Giants	T - S - R	124	75	44	.630	12.5	692	558	134	dnq	0	0	---	Jim Mutrie	Polo Grounds
4	4	4	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	119	71	43	.623	14.0	621	498	123	dnq	0	0	---	Harry Wright	Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds
5	5	5	Boston Beaneaters	T - S - R	118	56	61	.479	30.5	657	661	-4	dnq	0	0	---	---	South End Grounds
6	6	6	St. Louis Maroons	T - S - R	126	43	79	.352	46.0	547	714	-167	dnq	0	0	---	---	Seventh Street Park III
7	7	7	Kansas City Cowboys	T - S - R	126	30	91	.248	58.5	494	872	-378	dnq	0	0	---	---	Association Park
8	8	8	Washington Nationals	T - S - R	125	28	92	.233	60.0	445	792	-347	dnq	0	0	---	---	Swampoodle Grounds
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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