1888 Kansas City Cowboys season

1888 Kansas City Cowboys
Major league affiliations
American Association (Since 1888)
Location
Exposition Park (Since 1888) Kansas City, Missouri (Since 1888)
1888 Information
Owner(s)
Manager(s)	Dave Rowe, Sam Barkley, Bill Watkins
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The 1888 Kansas City Cowboys baseball team finished with a 43-89 record, last place in the American Association during their debut season.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Opening Day lineup 1.3 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Starters by position 2.1.2 Other batters 2.2 Pitching 2.2.1 Starting pitchers 3 References

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Browns	92	43	--	.681
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	88	52	6.5	.629
Philadelphia Athletics	81	52	10	.609
Cincinnati Red Stockings	80	54	11.5	.597
Baltimore Orioles	57	80	36	.416
Cleveland Blues	50	82	40.5	.379
Louisville Colonels	48	87	44	.356
Kansas City Cowboys	43	89	47.5	.326

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1888 Kansas City Cowboys
Roster
Pitchers Bill Fagan Frank Hafner Frank Hoffman John Kirby Henry Porter Tom Sullivan Steve Toole		Catchers Jack Brennan Fatty Briody Jim Donahue Charlie Hoover Infielders Sam Barkley Jumbo Davis Henry Easterday Frank Hankinson Bill Phillips		Outfielders Myron Allen Jim Burns Monk Cline Law Daniels Red Ehret Ed Glenn Billy Hamilton Charley Jones Jim McTamany Dave Rowe		Manager Dave Rowe Sam Barkley Bill Watkins

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	Donahue, JimJim Donahue	88	337	79	.234	1	28
1B	Phillips, BillBill Phillips	129	509	120	.236	1	56
2B	Barkley, SamSam Barkley	116	482	104	.216	4	51
3B	Davis, JumboJumbo Davis	121	491	131	.267	3	61
SS	Easterday, HenryHenry Easterday	115	401	76	.190	3	37
OF	Allen, MyronMyron Allen	37	136	29	.213	0	10
OF	McTamany, JimJim McTamany	130	516	127	.246	4	41
OF	Cline, MonkMonk Cline	73	293	69	.235	0	19

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
Daniels, LawLaw Daniels	61	218	45	.206	2	28
Hankinson, FrankFrank Hankinson	37	155	27	.174	1	20
Hamilton, BillyBilly Hamilton	35	129	34	.264	0	11
Rowe, DaveDave Rowe	32	122	21	.172	0	13
Brennan, JackJack Brennan	34	118	20	.169	0	6
Burns, JimJim Burns	16	66	20	.303	0	4
Ehret, RedRed Ehret	17	63	12	.190	0	4
Briody, FattyFatty Briody	13	48	10	.208	0	8
Jones, CharleyCharley Jones	6	25	4	.160	0	5
Hoover, CharlieCharlie Hoover	3	10	3	.300	0	1
Glenn, EdEd Glenn	3	8	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
Porter, HenryHenry Porter	55	474	18	37	4.16	145
Sullivan, TomTom Sullivan	24	214.2	8	16	3.40	84
Fagan, BillBill Fagan	17	142.1	5	11	5.69	49
Hoffman, FrankFrank Hoffman	12	104	3	9	5.69	49
Toole, SteveSteve Toole	12	91.2	5	6	6.68	35
Ehret, RedRed Ehret	7	52	3	2	3.98	12
Kirby, JohnJohn Kirby	5	43	1	4	4.19	11
Allen, MyronMyron Allen	2	18	0	2	2.50	2
Hafner, FrankFrank Hafner	2	18	0	2	7.00	5

References

• 1888 Kansas City Cowboys team page at Baseball Reference

1888 MLB season by team National League Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Indianapolis • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington American Association Baltimore • Brooklyn • Cincinnati • Cleveland • Kansas City • Louisville • Philadelphia • St. Louis 1888 World Series