1888 St. Louis Browns season
St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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Record | 92–43 (.681) | |
League place | 1st | |
Owner | Chris von der Ahe | |
Manager | Charlie Comiskey | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1888
Regular season
Season standings
W
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L
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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
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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 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jack Boyle | 71 | 257 | 62 | .241 | 1 | 23 |
1B | Charlie Comiskey | 137 | 576 | 157 | .273 | 6 | 83 |
2B | Yank Robinson | 134 | 455 | 105 | .231 | 3 | 53 |
SS | Bill White | 76 | 275 | 48 | .175 | 2 | 30 |
3B | Arlie Latham | 133 | 570 | 151 | .265 | 2 | 31 |
OF | Tip O'Neill | 130 | 529 | 177 | .335 | 5 | 98 |
OF | Harry Lyons | 123 | 499 | 97 | .194 | 4 | 63 |
OF | Tommy McCarthy | 131 | 511 | 140 | .274 | 1 | 68 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Jocko Milligan | 63 | 219 | 55 | .251 | 5 | 37 |
Joseph Herr |
43 | 172 | 46 | .267 | 3 | 43 |
Chippy McGarr | 34 | 132 | 31 | .235 | 0 | 13 |
Tom Dolan | 11 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Silver King | 66 | 584.2 | 45 | 20 | 1.63 | 258 |
Nat Hudson | 39 | 333.0 | 25 | 10 | 2.54 | 130 |
Ice Box Chamberlain | 14 | 112.0 | 11 | 2 | 1.61 | 57 |
Jim Devlin | 11 | 90.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.19 | 45 |
Ed Knouff | 9 | 81.0 | 5 | 4 | 2.67 | 25 |
Julie Freeman | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.26 | 1 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tommy McCarthy | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.06 | 1 |
References
- 1888 St. Louis Browns at Baseball Reference
- 1888 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com