1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

Major League Baseball team season
1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
LeagueNational League
BallparkRecreation Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
OwnerWilliam A. Nimick
ManagerHorace B. Phillips
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1889 →

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.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1888 National League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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
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
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
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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Al Maul 3 17.0 0 2 6.35 12

References

  • 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Page at Baseball Almanac
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