1888 Boston Beaneaters
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record70–64 (.522)
League place4th
OwnerArthur Soden
ManagerJohn Morrill
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The 1888 Boston Beaneaters season was the 18th season of the franchise.

Regular season

1888 Boston Beaneaters

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 84 47 0.641 — 44–23 40–24
Chicago White Stockings 77 58 0.570 9 43–27 34–31
Philadelphia Quakers 69 61 0.531 14½ 37–29 32–32
Boston Beaneaters 70 64 0.522 15½ 36–30 34–34
Detroit Wolverines 68 63 0.519 16 40–26 28–37
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 66 68 0.493 19½ 37–30 29–38
Indianapolis Hoosiers 50 85 0.370 36 31–35 19–50
Washington Nationals 48 86 0.358 37½ 26–38 22–48

Record vs. opponents

1888 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CHI DET IND NYG PHI PIT WSH
Boston — 7–12 10–8–1 11–9 8–12 9–10 10–8–2 15–5
Chicago 12–7 — 10–10 14–6 11–8–1 8–10 9–11 13–6
Detroit 8–10–1 10–10 — 11–8 7–11–2 11–7 10–10 11–7
Indianapolis 9–11 6–14 8–11 — 5–14 4–13 6–14 12–8–1
New York 12–8 8–11–1 11–7–2 14–5 — 14–5–1 10–7–2 15–4–1
Philadelphia 10–9 10–8 7–11 13–4 5–14–1 — 14–6–1 10–9
Pittsburgh 8–10–2 11–9 10–10 14–6 7–10–2 6–14–1 — 10–9
Washington 5–15 6–13 7–11 8–12–1 4–15–1 9–10 9–10 —


Roster

1888 Boston Beaneaters roster
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 King Kelly 107 440 140 .318 9 71
1B John Morrill 135 486 96 .198 4 36
2B Joe Quinn 38 156 47 .301 4 29
SS Sam Wise 105 417 100 .240 4 40
3B Billy Nash 135 526 149 .283 4 75
OF Joe Hornung 107 431 103 .239 3 53
OF Tom Brown 107 420 104 .248 9 49
OF Dick Johnston 135 585 173 .296 12 68

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
Irv Ray 50 206 51 .248 2 26
Pop Tate 41 148 34 .230 1 6
Ezra Sutton 28 110 24 .218 1 16
Billy Klusman 28 107 18 .168 2 11
Jack Burdock 22 79 16 .203 0 4
Tom O'Rourke 20 74 13 .176 0 4
Ed Glenn 20 65 10 .154 0 3
Bill Higgins 14 54 10 .185 0 4
Mike Hines 4 16 2 .125 0 2
Andy Sommers 4 13 3 .231 0 0
Nick Wise 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
John Clarkson 54 483.1 33 20 2.76 223
Bill Sowders 36 317.0 19 15 2.07 132
Old Hoss Radbourn 24 207.0 7 16 2.87 64
Kid Madden 20 168.0 7 11 2.95 53
Dick Conway 6 53.0 4 2 2.38 12

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