1888 Boston Beaneaters season

1888  Boston Beaneaters
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	70–64 (.522)
League place	4th
Owner	Arthur Soden
Manager	John Morrill
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The 1888 Boston Beaneaters season was the 18th season of the franchise.

Regular season

1888 Boston Beaneaters

Season standings

v t e 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 v t e Sources:
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	—

Roster

1888 Boston Beaneaters roster
Roster
Pitchers John Clarkson Dick Conway Kid Madden Old Hoss Radbourn Bill Sowders Catchers King Kelly Tom O'Rourke Andy Sommers Pop Tate		Infielders Jack Burdock Bill Higgins Billy Klusman John Morrill Billy Nash Joe Quinn Irv Ray Ezra Sutton Sam Wise		Outfielders Tom Brown Ed Glenn Mike Hines Joe Hornung Dick Johnston Nick Wise		Manager John Morrill

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	King Kelly	107	440	140	.318	9	71
1B	John Morrill	135	486	96	.198	4	36
2B	Joe Quinn	38	156	47	.301	4	29
SS	Sam Wise	105	417	100	.240	4	40
3B	Billy Nash	135	526	149	.283	4	75
OF	Joe Hornung	107	431	103	.239	3	53
OF	Tom Brown	107	420	104	.248	9	49
OF	Dick Johnston	135	585	173	.296	12	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
Irv Ray	50	206	51	.248	2	26
Pop Tate	41	148	34	.230	1	6
Ezra Sutton	28	110	24	.218	1	16
Billy Klusman	28	107	18	.168	2	11
Jack Burdock	22	79	16	.203	0	4
Tom O'Rourke	20	74	13	.176	0	4
Ed Glenn	20	65	10	.154	0	3
Bill Higgins	14	54	10	.185	0	4
Mike Hines	4	16	2	.125	0	2
Andy Sommers	4	13	3	.231	0	0
Nick Wise	1	3	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
John Clarkson	54	483.1	33	20	2.76	223
Bill Sowders	36	317.0	19	15	2.07	132
Old Hoss Radbourn	24	207.0	7	16	2.87	64
Kid Madden	20	168.0	7	11	2.95	53
Dick Conway	6	53.0	4	2	2.38	12

References

• 1888 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference