1888 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkJefferson Street Grounds
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersBill Sharsig, H. C. Pennypacker, William Whittaker
ManagerBill Sharsig
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The 1888 Philadelphia Athletics finished with an 81–52 record and finished in third place in the American Association.

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

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 Philadelphia Athletics
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 Wilbert Robinson 66 254 62 .244 1 31
1B Henry Larkin 135 546 147 .269 7 101
2B Lou Bierbauer 134 535 143 .267 0 80
SS Bill Gleason 123 499 112 .224 0 61
3B Denny Lyons 111 456 135 .296 6 83
OF Harry Stovey 130 530 152 .287 9 65
OF Curt Welch 136 549 155 .282 1 61
OF Tom Poorman 97 383 87 .227 2 44

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
George Townsend 42 161 25 .155 0 12
Mike Sullivan 28 112 31 .277 1 19
Tom Gunning 23 92 18 .196 0 5
Blondie Purcell 18 66 11 .167 0 6
Frank Fennelly 15 47 11 .234 1 12
Bill Farmer 3 12 2 .167 0 1
Frank Zinn 2 7 0 .000 0 0
Whitey Gibson 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
Ed Seward 57 518.2 35 19 2.01 272
Gus Weyhing 47 404.0 28 18 2.25 204
Mike Mattimore 26 221.0 15 10 3.38 80
Bill Blair 4 31.0 1 3 2.61 16
Phenomenal Smith 3 22.0 2 1 2.86 19
Bob Gamble 1 9.0 0 1 8.00 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
Lou Bierbauer 1 0 0 0 0.00 3

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