1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season
Brooklyn, New York | |
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Owners | Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell |
President | Charles Byrne |
Manager | Bill McGunnigle |
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With the
American Association
.
Offseason
- October 20, 1887: Jim Donahue was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the New York Metropolitans for $25,000.[1]
- October 20, 1887: Bill Fagan,[2] Frank Hankinson,[3] Bill Holbert,[4] Al Mays,[5] Darby O'Brien[6] and Paul Radford[7] were purchased by the Bridegrooms from the New York Metropolitans.
- November 21, 1887: St. Louis Browns.[8]
- November 26, 1887: Bob Caruthers was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the St. Louis Browns.[9]
- November 29, 1887: Dave Foutz was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the St. Louis Browns.[10]
- January 15, 1888, Jim Donahue,[1] Bill Fagan,[2] Frank Hankinson,[3] Bill Phillips,[11] Henry Porter[12] and Steve Toole[13] were purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Kansas City Cowboys.
- February, 1888: Baltimore Orioles.
- February 15, 1888: Jim McTamany was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Kansas City Cowboys.[16]
Regular season
Season standings
W
|
L
|
Pct. | GB | Home | Road | |
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St. Louis Browns | 92 | 43 | 0.681 | — | 60–21 | 32–22 |
Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 88 | 52 | 0.629 | 6½ | 53–20 | 35–32 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 81 | 52 | 0.609 | 10 | 55–20 | 26–32 |
Cincinnati Red Stockings | 80 | 54 | 0.597 | 11½ | 56–25 | 24–29 |
Baltimore Orioles | 57 | 80 | 0.416 | 36 | 30–26 | 27–54 |
Cleveland Blues | 50 | 82 | 0.379 | 40½ | 33–27 | 17–55 |
Louisville Colonels | 48 | 87 | 0.356 | 44 | 27–29 | 21–58 |
Kansas City Cowboys | 43 | 89 | 0.326 | 47½ | 23–34 | 20–55 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BR | CIN | CLE | KC | LOU | PHI | STL | |||||||||
Baltimore | — | 8–12 | 6–14 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 11–9 | 5–14 | 6–14 | |||||||||
Brooklyn | 12–8 | — | 14–6–1 | 16–4 | 11–9 | 13–7 | 12–8–1 | 10–10–1 | |||||||||
Cincinnati | 14–6 | 6–14–1 | — | 10–7–1 | 15–4 | 17–3–1 | 10–10 | 8–10 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 9–10 | 4–16 | 7–10–1 | — | 10–9 | 9–8–2 | 7–13 | 4–16 | |||||||||
Kansas City | 8–11 | 9–11 | 4–15 | 9–10 | — | 6–12 | 3–14 | 4–16 | |||||||||
Louisville | 9–11 | 7–13 | 3–17–1 | 8–9–2 | 12–6 | — | 5–15–1 | 4–16 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 14–5 | 8–12–1 | 10–10 | 13–7 | 14–3 | 15–5–1 | — | 7–10–1 | |||||||||
St. Louis | 14–6 | 10–10–1 | 10–8 | 16–4 | 16–4 | 16–4 | 10–7–1 | — |
Notable transactions
- August 10, 1888: Oyster Burns was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the Baltimore Orioles.[17]
- September 15, 1888: Cleveland Blues.[18]
- September 23, 1888: Cincinnati Red Stockings.[19]
- September 30, 1888: Hub Collins was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the Louisville Colonels.[20]
Roster
1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms | |||||||||
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Pitchers | Catchers | Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Doc Bushong | 69 | 253 | 23 | 53 | .209 | 0 | 16 | 9 |
1B | Dave Orr | 99 | 394 | 57 | 120 | .305 | 1 | 59 | 11 |
2B | Jack Burdock | 70 | 246 | 15 | 30 | .122 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
3B | Germany Smith | 103 | 402 | 47 | 86 | .214 | 3 | 61 | 27 |
SS | George Pinkney | 143 | 575 | 134 | 156 | .271 | 4 | 52 | 51 |
OF | Darby O'Brien | 136 | 532 | 105 | 149 | .280 | 2 | 65 | 55 |
OF | Paul Radford | 90 | 308 | 48 | 67 | .218 | 2 | 29 | 33 |
OF | Dave Foutz | 140 | 563 | 91 | 156 | .277 | 3 | 99 | 35 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Caruthers | 94 | 335 | 58 | 77 | .230 | 5 | 54 | 23 |
Bill McClellan | 74 | 278 | 33 | 57 | .205 | 0 | 21 | 13 |
Oyster Burns | 52 | 204 | 40 | 58 | .284 | 2 | 25 | 21 |
Bob Clark | 45 | 150 | 23 | 36 | .240 | 1 | 20 | 11 |
Jimmy Peoples | 32 | 103 | 15 | 20 | .194 | 0 | 17 | 10 |
Pop Corkhill | 19 | 71 | 17 | 27 | .380 | 1 | 19 | 3 |
Bill Holbert | 15 | 50 | 4 | 6 | .120 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ed Silch | 14 | 48 | 5 | 13 | .271 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Hub Collins | 12 | 42 | 16 | 13 | .310 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
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Bob Caruthers | 44 | 42 | 391.2 | 29 | 15 | 2.39 | 53 | 140 | 42 |
Mickey Hughes | 40 | 40 | 363.0 | 25 | 13 | 2.13 | 98 | 159 | 40 |
Adonis Terry | 23 | 23 | 195.0 | 13 | 8 | 2.03 | 67 | 138 | 20 |
Dave Foutz | 23 | 19 | 176.0 | 12 | 7 | 2.51 | 35 | 73 | 19 |
Al Mays | 18 | 18 | 160.2 | 9 | 9 | 2.80 | 32 | 67 | 17 |
Notes
- ^ a b Jim Donahue page at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Bill Fagan page at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Frank Hankinson page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Holbert page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Al Mays page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Darby O'Brien page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Paul Radford page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Doc Bushong page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bob Caruthers page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Dave Foutz page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Phillips page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Henry Porter page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Steve Toole page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bert Cunningham page at Baseball Reference
- ^ John Harkins page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jim McTamany page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Oyster Burns page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill McClellan page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Pop Corkhill page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Hub Collins page at Baseball Reference
References
External links
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Dodgers Media Guide History
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet