1888 Philadelphia Athletics season

1888 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s) Bill Sharsig, H. C. Pennypacker, William Whittaker
Manager(s) Bill Sharsig
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The 1888 Philadelphia Athletics finished with an 81–52 record and finished in third place in the American Association.

Regular season

Season standings

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 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

Roster

1888 Philadelphia Athletics
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 Robinson, WilbertWilbert Robinson 66 254 62 .244 1 31
2B Bierbauer, LouLou Bierbauer 134 535 143 .267 0 80
3B Lyons, DennyDenny Lyons 111 456 135 .296 6 83
OF Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey 130 530 152 .287 9 65

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
Townsend, GeorgeGeorge Townsend 42 161 25 .155 0 12
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan 28 112 31 .277 1 19
Gunning, TomTom Gunning 23 92 18 .196 0 5
Farmer, BillBill Farmer 3 12 2 .167 0 1

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
Seward, EdEd Seward 57 518.2 35 19 2.01 272
Mattimore, MikeMike Mattimore 26 221 15 10 3.38 80
Blair, BillBill Blair 4 31 1 3 2.61 16
Smith, PhenomenalPhenomenal Smith 3 22 2 1 2.86 19
Gamble, BobBob Gamble 1 9 0 1 8.00 2

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bierbauer, LouLou Bierbauer 1 0 0 0 0.00 3

References