1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms | |
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League | American Association |
Ballpark | Washington Park |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell |
President | Charles Byrne |
Manager | Bill McGunnigle |
With the 1888 season, the Brooklyn Grays underwent a name change to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, a nickname that resulted from several team members getting married around the same time. Also, owner Charles Byrne decided to withdraw from managing the team's on field activities and turned the reins over to more experienced baseball manager Bill McGunnigle. That, along with the Bridegrooms' purchase of several top players from the defunct New York Metropolitans, led to a dramatic on field improvement as the team finished in second place in the American Association.
American Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers | Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Doc Bushong | 69 | 253 | 23 | 53 | .209 | 0 | 16 | 9 |
1B | Dave Orr | 99 | 394 | 57 | 120 | .305 | 1 | 59 | 11 |
2B | Jack Burdock | 70 | 246 | 15 | 30 | .122 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
3B | Germany Smith | 103 | 402 | 47 | 86 | .214 | 3 | 61 | 27 |
SS | George Pinkney | 143 | 575 | 134 | 156 | .271 | 4 | 52 | 51 |
OF | Darby O'Brien | 136 | 532 | 105 | 149 | .280 | 2 | 65 | 55 |
OF | Paul Radford | 90 | 308 | 48 | 67 | .218 | 2 | 29 | 33 |
OF | Dave Foutz | 140 | 563 | 91 | 156 | .277 | 3 | 99 | 35 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Bob Caruthers | 94 | 335 | 58 | 77 | .230 | 5 | 54 | 23 |
Bill McClellan | 74 | 278 | 33 | 57 | .205 | 0 | 21 | 13 |
Oyster Burns | 52 | 204 | 40 | 58 | .284 | 2 | 25 | 21 |
Bob Clark | 45 | 150 | 23 | 36 | .240 | 1 | 20 | 11 |
Jimmy Peoples | 32 | 103 | 15 | 20 | .194 | 0 | 17 | 10 |
Pop Corkhill | 19 | 71 | 17 | 27 | .380 | 1 | 19 | 3 |
Bill Holbert | 15 | 50 | 4 | 6 | .120 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ed Silch | 14 | 48 | 5 | 13 | .271 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Hub Collins | 12 | 42 | 16 | 13 | .310 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
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Bob Caruthers | 44 | 42 | 391.2 | 29 | 15 | 2.39 | 53 | 140 | 42 |
Mickey Hughes | 40 | 40 | 363.0 | 25 | 13 | 2.13 | 98 | 159 | 40 |
Adonis Terry | 23 | 23 | 195.0 | 13 | 8 | 2.03 | 67 | 138 | 20 |
Dave Foutz | 23 | 19 | 176.0 | 12 | 7 | 2.51 | 35 | 73 | 19 |
Al Mays | 18 | 18 | 160.2 | 9 | 9 | 2.80 | 32 | 67 | 17 |