1888 Baltimore Orioles season

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1888  Baltimore Orioles
League American Association
Ballpark Oriole Park
City Baltimore, Maryland
Owner Harry Von der Horst
Manager Billy Barnie
←  1887 Seasons 1889  →

Regular season

Season standings

American Association 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 92430.681—60–2132–22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 88520.6296½53–2035–32
Philadelphia Athletics 81520.6091055–2026–32
Cincinnati Red Stockings 80540.59711½56–2524–29
Baltimore Orioles 57800.4163630–2627–54
Cleveland Blues 50820.37940½33–2717–55
Louisville Colonels 48870.3564427–2921–58
Kansas City Cowboys 43890.32647½23–3420–55

Record vs. opponents

1888 American Association record

Sources:
TeamBALBRCINCLEKCLOUPHISTL
Baltimore —8–126–1410–911–811–95–146–14
Brooklyn 12–8—14–6–116–411–913–712–8–110–10–1
Cincinnati 14–66–14–1—10–7–115–417–3–110–108–10
Cleveland 9–104–167–10–1—10–99–8–27–134–16
Kansas City 8–119–114–159–10—6–123–144–16
Louisville 9–117–133–17–18–9–212–6—5–15–14–16
Philadelphia 14–58–12–110–1013–714–315–5–1—7–10–1
St. Louis 14–610–10–110–816–416–416–410–7–1—

Roster

1888 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

Contents

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Chris Fulmer 5216631.187010
1B Tommy Tucker 136520149.287661
2B Bill Greenwood 11540978.191029
SS Jack Farrell 10339881.204436
3B Billy Shindle 135514107.208153
OF Mike Griffin 137542139.256046
OF Blondie Purcell 10140696.236239
OF Oyster Burns 7932597.298442

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Joe Sommer 7929765.219035
Jack O'Brien 5719644.224018
Walt Goldsby 4616539.236014
Bart Cantz 3712621.16709
Sam Trott 3110830.278022
John Peltz 141.25000
George Bradley 130.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bert Cunningham 51453.122293.39186
Matt Kilroy 40321.017214.04135
Phenomenal Smith 35292.014193.61152
Sam Shaw 653.0243.4022
George Walker 435.0135.9118
Pat Whitaker 214.0115.145
Mike Kilroy 19.0018.001
John Harkins 18.0016.752

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Oyster Burns 50104.262
Tommy Tucker 10003.862

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