The following are the baseball events of the year 1888 throughout the world.
New York defeated St. Louis, six games to four.
Note: team nicknames are given here according to the modern retroactive convention. According to the 1889 Spalding Official Guide, however, which covered the 1888 season, no nicknames were used for any team - aside from Athletic - with the exception of "Giants" (always within quotation marks). [1]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 84 | 47 | .641 | — | 44–23 | 40–24 |
Chicago White Stockings | 77 | 58 | .570 | 9 | 43–27 | 34–31 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 69 | 61 | .531 | 14½ | 37–29 | 32–32 |
Boston Beaneaters | 70 | 64 | .522 | 15½ | 36–30 | 34–34 |
Detroit Wolverines | 68 | 63 | .519 | 16 | 40–26 | 28–37 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 66 | 68 | .493 | 19½ | 37–30 | 29–38 |
Indianapolis Hoosiers | 50 | 85 | .370 | 36 | 31–35 | 19–50 |
Washington Nationals | 48 | 86 | .358 | 37½ | 26–38 | 22–48 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Browns | 92 | 43 | .681 | — | 60–21 | 32–22 |
Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 88 | 52 | .629 | 6½ | 53–20 | 35–32 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 81 | 52 | .609 | 10 | 55–20 | 26–32 |
Cincinnati Red Stockings | 80 | 54 | .597 | 11½ | 56–25 | 24–29 |
Baltimore Orioles | 57 | 80 | .416 | 36 | 30–26 | 27–54 |
Cleveland Blues | 50 | 82 | .379 | 40½ | 33–27 | 17–55 |
Louisville Colonels | 48 | 87 | .356 | 44 | 27–29 | 21–58 |
Kansas City Cowboys | 43 | 89 | .326 | 47½ | 23–34 | 20–55 |
National League | |||
Type | Name | Stat | |
AVG | Cap Anson CHI | .344 | |
HR | Jimmy Ryan CHI | 16 | |
RBI | Cap Anson CHI | 84 | |
Wins | Tim Keefe NY | 35 | |
ERA | Tim Keefe NY | 1.74 | |
Strikeouts | Tim Keefe NY | 335 |
American Association | |||
Type | Name | Stat | |
AVG | Tip O'Neill STL | .335 | |
HR | John Reilly CIN | 13 | |
RBI | John Reilly CIN | 103 | |
Wins | Silver King STL | 45 | |
ERA | Silver King STL | 1.64 | |
Strikeouts | Ed Seward PHA | 272 |
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