1888 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkOriole Park
CityBaltimore, Maryland
OwnerHarry Von der Horst
ManagerBilly Barnie
← 1887 Seasons 1889 →

Regular season

Season standings

American Association 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 92 43 0.681 — 60–21 32–22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 88 52 0.629 6½ 53–20 35–32
Philadelphia Athletics 81 52 0.609 10 55–20 26–32
Cincinnati Red Stockings 80 54 0.597 11½ 56–25 24–29
Baltimore Orioles 57 80 0.416 36 30–26 27–54
Cleveland Blues 50 82 0.379 40½ 33–27 17–55
Louisville Colonels 48 87 0.356 44 27–29 21–58
Kansas City Cowboys 43 89 0.326 47½ 23–34 20–55

Record vs. opponents

1888 American Association record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BR CIN CLE KC LOU PHI STL
Baltimore — 8–12 6–14 10–9 11–8 11–9 5–14 6–14
Brooklyn 12–8 — 14–6–1 16–4 11–9 13–7 12–8–1 10–10–1
Cincinnati 14–6 6–14–1 — 10–7–1 15–4 17–3–1 10–10 8–10
Cleveland 9–10 4–16 7–10–1 — 10–9 9–8–2 7–13 4–16
Kansas City 8–11 9–11 4–15 9–10 — 6–12 3–14 4–16
Louisville 9–11 7–13 3–17–1 8–9–2 12–6 — 5–15–1 4–16
Philadelphia 14–5 8–12–1 10–10 13–7 14–3 15–5–1 — 7–10–1
St. Louis 14–6 10–10–1 10–8 16–4 16–4 16–4 10–7–1 —


Roster

1888 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Chris Fulmer 52 166 31 .187 0 10
1B Tommy Tucker 136 520 149 .287 6 61
2B Bill Greenwood 115 409 78 .191 0 29
SS Jack Farrell 103 398 81 .204 4 36
3B Billy Shindle 135 514 107 .208 1 53
OF Mike Griffin 137 542 139 .256 0 46
OF Blondie Purcell 101 406 96 .236 2 39
OF Oyster Burns 79 325 97 .298 4 42

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
Joe Sommer 79 297 65 .219 0 35
Jack O'Brien 57 196 44 .224 0 18
Walt Goldsby 46 165 39 .236 0 14
Bart Cantz 37 126 21 .167 0 9
Sam Trott 31 108 30 .278 0 22
John Peltz 1 4 1 .250 0 0
George Bradley 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
Bert Cunningham 51 453.1 22 29 3.39 186
Matt Kilroy 40 321.0 17 21 4.04 135
Phenomenal Smith 35 292.0 14 19 3.61 152
Sam Shaw 6 53.0 2 4 3.40 22
George Walker 4 35.0 1 3 5.91 18
Pat Whitaker 2 14.0 1 1 5.14 5
Mike Kilroy 1 9.0 0 1 8.00 1
John Harkins 1 8.0 0 1 6.75 2

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Oyster Burns 5 0 1 0 4.26 2
Tommy Tucker 1 0 0 0 3.86 2

References

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