1888 St. Louis Browns season

1888 St. Louis Browns
1888 American Association Champions
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1882) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	92–43 (.681)
League place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s)	Charlie Comiskey
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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 World Series, the Browns faced the National League champion New York Giants, losing the series 6 games to 4.

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  1 Regular season
  
  
  
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    1.1 Season standings
    
  
  
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    1.2 Record vs. opponents
    
  
  
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    1.3 Roster
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Player stats
  
  
  
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    2.1 Batting
    
    
    
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      2.1.1 Starters by position
      
    
    
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      2.1.2 Other batters
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    2.2 Pitching
    
    
    
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      2.2.1 Starting pitchers
      
    
    
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      2.2.2 Other pitchers
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 References
  

Regular season

Season standings

The 1888 St. Louis Browns

v t e 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

Record vs. opponents

1888 American Association Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1888 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Ice Box Chamberlain Jim Devlin Julie Freeman Nat Hudson Silver King Ed Knouff		Catchers Jack Boyle Tom Dolan Jocko Milligan Infielders Charlie Comiskey Joseph Herr Arlie Latham Chippy McGarr Yank Robinson Bill White		Outfielders Harry Lyons Tommy McCarthy Tip O'Neill		Manager Charlie Comiskey

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	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

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

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
Silver King	66	584.2	45	20	1.63	258
Nat Hudson	39	333	25	10	2.54	130
Ice Box Chamberlain	14	112	11	2	1.61	57
Jim Devlin	11	90.1	6	5	3.19	45
Ed Knouff	9	81	5	4	2.67	25
Julie Freeman	1	6.1	0	1	4.26	1

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
Tommy McCarthy	2	5.1	0	1	5.06	1

References

• 1888 St. Louis Browns


• 1888 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v t e American Association champions
1882: Cincinnati Red Stockings 1883: Philadelphia Athletics 1884: New York Metropolitans 1885: St. Louis Browns 1886: St. Louis Browns 1887: St. Louis Browns 1888: St. Louis Browns 1889: Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1890: Louisville Colonels 1891: Boston Reds

v t e 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

v t e St. Louis Browns 1888 American Association Champions
Jack Boyle Ice Box Chamberlain Charles Comiskey Jim Devlin Ed Herr Nat Hudson Silver King Ed Knouff Arlie Latham Harry Lyons Tommy McCarthy Chippy McGarr Jocko Milligan Tip O'Neill Yank Robinson Bill White
Manager: Charles Comiskey

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