1888 St. Louis Browns season

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1888 St. Louis Browns
American Association Champions
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record92–43 (.681)
League place1st
OwnerChris von der Ahe
ManagerCharlie Comiskey
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
← 1887 Seasons 1889 →

The 1888 St. Louis Browns season was the team's seventh season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its seventh season in the American Association. The Browns went 92–43 during the season and finished first in the American Association, claiming their fourth pennant in a row. In the 1888 World Series, the Browns faced the National League champion New York Giants, losing the series 6 games to 4.

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

1888 St. Louis Browns
American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 92 43 0.681 60–21 32–22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 88 52 0.629 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[edit]


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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[edit]

1888 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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
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[edit]

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
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[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tommy McCarthy 2 5.1 0 1 5.06 1

References[edit]