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.
1888 St. Louis Browns | ||
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American Association Champions | ||
League | American Association | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 92–43 (.681) | |
League place | 1st | |
Owner | Chris von der Ahe | |
Manager | Charlie Comiskey | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American Association | 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 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
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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 |
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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 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 |
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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 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 |
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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 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 |
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Tommy McCarthy | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.06 | 1 |
References edit
- 1888 St. Louis Browns at Baseball Reference
- 1888 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com