1888 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1888 throughout the world.

Contents

Champions

Major League Baseball

World Series

New York defeated St. Louis, six games to four.

Statistical leaders

American Association National League
StatPlayerTotalPlayerTotal
AVG Tip O'Neill (STL).335 Cap Anson (CHI).344
HR John Reilly (CIN)13 Jimmy Ryan (CHI)16
RBI John Reilly (CIN)103 Cap Anson (CHI)84
W Silver King (STL)45 Tim Keefe 1 (NY)35
ERA Silver King (STL)1.63 Tim Keefe 1 (NY)1.74
K Ed Seward (PHA)272 Tim Keefe 1 (NY)335

1 National League Triple Crown pitching winner

Major league baseball final standings

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]

American Association final standings

National League final standings

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Births

January–April

May–August

September–December

Deaths

References

  1. Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide 1889. Chicago: A. G. Spalding and Brothers 1889 https://www.loc.gov/resource/spalding.00145/?sp=1
  2. "Rit Harrison Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.