John Clarkson vs Dave Foutz 10/21/1886, @, Sportsman’s Park
BROWNS WIN PITCHER’S DUEL FOR 2ND DMB CHAMPIONSHIP
SPORTSMAN’S PARK
The Browns took home their 2nd straight DMB Championship edging out a weary but gutsy John Clarkson and his Chicago White Stockings by a score of 2-1.
In the 3rd inning 2nd baseman Fred Pfeffer booted 2 groundballs to allow Browns’ pitcher Dave Foutz to reach 3rd base. A Bob Caruthers ground out would score him with the 1st run of the game. In the 4th the eventual winning run would score on a Curt Welch triple and a Bill Gleason groundout.
Dave Foutz would pitch shutout ball into the 8th, but after 1 run scored on a Cap Anson single, Foutz would get Jimmy Ryan to ground out with 2 men on to end the inning.
In the 9th the 1st batter would reach on a Yank Robinson error, but Foutz would get the next 3 outs easily, ending the game by getting Clarkson to ground out.
10/21/1886, CHI86-STL86, Sportsman’s Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1886 White Stockings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 5 8 1
1886 Browns 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 x 2 6 3 8 2
White Stockings AB R H BI AVG Browns AB R H BI AVG
Kelly c 4 1 2 0 .412 Latham 3b 4 0 2 0 .368
Gore cf 4 0 1 0 .385 Comiskey 1b 4 0 0 0 .316
Anson 1b 3 0 2 1 .267 Caruthers rf 3 0 1 1 .313
Pfeffer 2b 4 0 1 0 .250 O’Neill lf 3 0 0 0 .250
Ryan rf 4 0 1 0 .316 Robinson 2b 4 0 0 0 .176
Williamson ss 4 0 0 0 .200 Welch cf 4 1 3 0 .444
Burns 3b 4 0 1 0 .056 Gleason ss 4 0 0 1 .125
Dalrymple lf 4 0 0 0 .176 Bushong c 3 0 0 0 .143
Clarkson p 4 0 0 0 .250 Foutz p 3 1 0 0 .182
35 1 8 1 32 2 6 2
White Stockings INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Clarkson L 0-3 8.0 6 2 1 1 0 116 75 4.50
8.0 6 2 1 1 0 116 75
Browns INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Foutz W 2-0 9.0 8 1 1 1 2 124 76 1.50
9.0 8 1 1 1 2 124 76
E-Pfeffer 3, Ryan, Williamson, Caruthers, Robinson 2. 3B-Welch. SB-Burns(1),
Latham 2(3), Foutz(1). CS-Latham. K-Pfeffer, Williamson. BB-Anson, Caruthers.
HBP-O’Neill. HB-Clarkson. WP-Foutz 2.
GWRBI: Caruthers
Temperature: 57, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 2 MPH.
DMB team batting — 1886 Chicago White Stockings
League championship — as of 10/21/1886
S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS
Kelly rf .412 .421 .647 4 17 7 2 1 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Gore* cf .385 .556 .615 4 13 5 1 1 0 3 4 5 0 0 0 0 0
McCormick sp .333 .333 .333 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan of .316 .316 .368 4 19 6 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
Anson 1b .267 .421 .267 4 15 4 0 0 0 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
Clarkson sp .250 .250 .250 3 12 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
Pfeffer 2b .250 .316 .438 4 16 4 0 0 1 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 0
Williamsn ss .200 .333 .333 4 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 0 1 0
Dalrymple*lf .176 .222 .235 4 17 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Burns 3b .056 .056 .056 4 18 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0
Flint c .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sunday* rf .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total .253 .323 .349 4 146 37 7 2 1 19 18 16 19 0 0 2 0
DMB team batting — 1886 St. Louis Browns
League championship — as of 10/21/1886
S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS
Welch cf .444 .444 .722 4 18 8 0 1 1 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 1
Latham 3b .368 .400 .368 4 19 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 1
Comiskey 1b .316 .316 .368 4 19 6 1 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 3 0
Caruthers*sp .313 .353 .625 4 16 5 0 1 1 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0
O’Neill lf .250 .333 .375 4 16 4 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
Hudson sp .250 .250 .250 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foutz sp .182 .250 .182 3 11 2 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Robinson 2b .176 .222 .353 4 17 3 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bushong c .143 .188 .143 4 14 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gleason ss .125 .176 .313 4 16 2 0 0 1 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0
Total .267 .302 .393 4 150 40 1 3 4 31 29 6 8 2 0 7 3
DMB team pitching — 1886 Chicago White Stockings
League championship — as of 10/21/1886
S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR
Clarkson sp 4.50 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 26.0 26 18 13 1 5 3
McCormick sp 7.00 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 9.0 14 13 7 5 3 1
Total 5.14 0 4 0 4 4 4 0 35.0 40 31 20 6 8 4 -
DMB team pitching — 1886 St. Louis Browns
League championship — as of 10/21/1886
S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR
Foutz sp 1.50 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 18.0 17 5 3 5 9 0 -
Caruthers sp 5.00 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 18.0 20 14 10 11 10 1
Total 3.25 4 0 0 4 4 4 0 36.0 37 19 13 16 19 1
SUMMARY: The White Stockings entered this series with a depleted pitching staff. With Clarkson pitching in 3 games in 4 days in 1886 as well as in this replay they really didn’t have a chance. The Browns just simply outscored them.
The MVP is a tough on. Dave Foutz won 2 games and put together a fine 1.50 ERA. But Bob Caruthers also won 2 games, despite a 5.00 ERA. He hit .313 and led all players with 8 rbis.
MVP-Bob Caruthers: 2-0, .313, HR, 8rbis
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