1888 in baseball

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

Champions

Major League Baseball

World Series

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

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]

National League final standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 8447 0.641 44–23 40–24
Chicago White Stockings 7758 0.570 9 43–27 34–31
Philadelphia Quakers 6961 0.531 14½ 37–29 32–32
Boston Beaneaters 7064 0.522 15½ 36–30 34–34
Detroit Wolverines 6863 0.519 16 40–26 28–37
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 6668 0.493 19½ 37–30 29–38
Indianapolis Hoosiers 5085 0.370 36 31–35 19–50
Washington Nationals 4886 0.358 37½ 26–38 22–48

American Association final standings

American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 9243 0.681 60–21 32–22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 8852 0.629 53–20 35–32
Philadelphia Athletics 8152 0.609 10 55–20 26–32
Cincinnati Red Stockings 8054 0.597 11½ 56–25 24–29
Baltimore Orioles 5780 0.416 36 30–26 27–54
Cleveland Blues 5082 0.379 40½ 33–27 17–55
Louisville Colonels 4887 0.356 44 27–29 21–58
Kansas City Cowboys 4389 0.326 47½ 23–34 20–55

Statistical leaders

National League statistical leaders

National League
TypeNameStat
AVGCap Anson CHI.344
HRJimmy Ryan CHI16
RBICap Anson CHI84
WinsTim Keefe NY35
ERATim Keefe NY1.74
StrikeoutsTim Keefe NY335

American Association statistical leaders

American Association
TypeNameStat
AVGTip O'Neill STL.335
HRJohn Reilly CIN13
RBIJohn Reilly CIN103
WinsSilver King STL45
ERASilver King STL1.64
StrikeoutsEd Seward PHA272

Events

January–March

  • January 2 – Fred Dunlap signs a contract paying him a $5,000 salary and a $2,000 signing bonus. It is the largest contract ever given to a player to date.
  • January 15 The Pittsburgh Alleghenys Purchase the contract of Billy Sunday from the Chicago White Stockings for $2,000
  • January 17 – The Kansas City Cowboys are admitted to the American Association.
  • January 27 – The Brooklyn Bridegrooms keep 5 players from the New York Metropolitans that they purchased last October and sell the rest, plus 4 of their own players, to the Kansas City Cowboys for $7,000.
  • February 2 – The Indianapolis Hoosiers announce that they will have 42 private boxes on top of their new grandstand. The boxes will only be available to season subscribers.
  • February 13 - The Kansas City Cowboys purchase the contract of Jumbo Davis from the Baltimore Orioles of the International League.
  • March 2 – The National League reverts to its original policy of a .50¢ admission price with no concessions given to individual clubs.
  • March 5 – The American Association votes to adopt the use of turnstiles at all parks in order to better control entry into games.

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.
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