1888_Pittsburgh_Alleghenys_season
1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the seventh season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise and their second in the National League. The Alleghenys finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 66–68.
1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Recreation Park |
City | Allegheny, Pennsylvania |
Owner | William A. Nimick |
Manager | Horace B. Phillips |
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 84 | 47 | 0.641 | — | 44–23 | 40–24 |
Chicago White Stockings | 77 | 58 | 0.570 | 9 | 43–27 | 34–31 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 69 | 61 | 0.531 | 14½ | 37–29 | 32–32 |
Boston Beaneaters | 70 | 64 | 0.522 | 15½ | 36–30 | 34–34 |
Detroit Wolverines | 68 | 63 | 0.519 | 16 | 40–26 | 28–37 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 66 | 68 | 0.493 | 19½ | 37–30 | 29–38 |
Indianapolis Hoosiers | 50 | 85 | 0.370 | 36 | 31–35 | 19–50 |
Washington Nationals | 48 | 86 | 0.358 | 37½ | 26–38 | 22–48 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH | |||||||||
Boston | — | 7–12 | 10–8–1 | 11–9 | 8–12 | 9–10 | 10–8–2 | 15–5 | |||||||||
Chicago | 12–7 | — | 10–10 | 14–6 | 11–8–1 | 8–10 | 9–11 | 13–6 | |||||||||
Detroit | 8–10–1 | 10–10 | — | 11–8 | 7–11–2 | 11–7 | 10–10 | 11–7 | |||||||||
Indianapolis | 9–11 | 6–14 | 8–11 | — | 5–14 | 4–13 | 6–14 | 12–8–1 | |||||||||
New York | 12–8 | 8–11–1 | 11–7–2 | 14–5 | — | 14–5–1 | 10–7–2 | 15–4–1 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 10–9 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 13–4 | 5–14–1 | — | 14–6–1 | 10–9 | |||||||||
Pittsburgh | 8–10–2 | 11–9 | 10–10 | 14–6 | 7–10–2 | 6–14–1 | — | 10–9 | |||||||||
Washington | 5–15 | 6–13 | 7–11 | 8–12–1 | 4–15–1 | 9–10 | 9–10 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 | Doggie Miller | 103 | 404 | 112 | .277 | 0 | 36 |
1B | Jake Beckley | 71 | 283 | 97 | .343 | 0 | 27 |
2B | Fred Dunlap | 82 | 321 | 84 | .262 | 1 | 36 |
SS | Pop Smith | 131 | 481 | 99 | .206 | 4 | 52 |
3B | Bill Kuehne | 138 | 524 | 123 | .235 | 3 | 62 |
OF | John Coleman | 116 | 438 | 101 | .231 | 0 | 26 |
OF | Abner Dalrymple | 57 | 227 | 50 | .220 | 0 | 14 |
OF | Billy Sunday | 120 | 505 | 119 | .236 | 0 | 15 |
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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Fred Carroll | 97 | 366 | 91 | .249 | 2 | 48 |
Al Maul | 74 | 259 | 54 | .208 | 0 | 31 |
Jocko Fields | 45 | 169 | 33 | .195 | 1 | 15 |
Elmer Cleveland | 30 | 108 | 24 | .222 | 2 | 9 |
Pete McShannic | 26 | 98 | 19 | .194 | 0 | 5 |
Sam Nicholl | 8 | 22 | 1 | .045 | 0 | 0 |
Cliff Carroll | 5 | 20 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Henry Yaik | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Farmer | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Ed Morris | 55 | 480.0 | 29 | 23 | 2.31 | 135 |
Pud Galvin | 50 | 437.1 | 23 | 25 | 2.63 | 107 |
Hardie Henderson | 5 | 35.1 | 1 | 3 | 5.35 | 9 |
Phil Knell | 3 | 26.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.76 | 15 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
- 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys team page at Baseball Reference
- 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Page at Baseball Almanac
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