1887 MLB Innings Pitched by Team
Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Innings pitched
The Baltimore Orioles led all of MLB in innings pitched in 1887, with 1220.0, 14.1 ahead of the Louisville Colonels. The average across 16 MLB teams is 1148.0.
Led all of MLB in 1887
Baltimore Orioles
141 games
1220.0
Innings Pitched
14.1 clear of Louisville Colonels
| # | Team | League | G | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Orioles | AA | 141 | 1220.0 |
| 2 | Louisville Colonels | AA | 137 | 1205.2 |
| 3 |
 St. Louis Browns
|
AA | 137 | 1199.1 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Athletics | AA | 137 | 1186.1 |
| 5 |
 Brooklyn Grays
|
AA | 138 | 1185.1 |
| 6 |
 Cincinnati Red Stockings
|
AA | 135 | 1182.2 |
| 7 | New York Metropolitans | AA | 138 | 1180.1 |
| MLB average | 1148.0 | |||
| 8 | Cleveland Blues | AA | 133 | 1136.0 |
| 9 |
 Philadelphia Quakers
|
NL | 128 | 1132.2 |
| 10 |
 Chicago White Stockings
|
NL | 127 | 1126.0 |
| 11 | Detroit Wolverines | NL | 127 | 1116.1 |
| 12 |
 New York Giants
|
NL | 129 | 1111.2 |
| 13 |
 Pittsburg Alleghenys
|
NL | 125 | 1108.2 |
| 14 |
 Boston Beaneaters
|
NL | 127 | 1100.2 |
| 15 | Washington Nationals | NL | 126 | 1090.1 |
| 16 | Indianapolis Hoosiers | NL | 127 | 1088.0 |
A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.