Second Season
Kilroy followed the success of his rookie season with another productive year in 1887. Baltimore began to score more runs, finishing in a respectable third place; in addition, Kilroy lowered his earned run average from 3.37 to 3.07, resulting in an outstanding win/loss record of 46 and 19. During his sophomore year he started 69 games, completing 66 while throwing 589⅓ innings with 6 shutouts. He had this success even though his strikeout total dropped dramatically to 217. He pitched and won both games of a doubleheader twice during the 1887 season, once on July 26 and the other on October 1. On September 2, he umpired his only game.
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