1888 Washington Nationals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSwampdoodle Grounds
CityWashington, D.C.
ManagersWalter Hewett, Ted Sullivan
← 1887 Seasons 1889 →

The 1888 Washington Nationals finished with a 48–86 record in the National League, finishing in last place.

Regular season

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 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1888 Washington Nationals
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 Connie Mack 85 300 56 .187 3 29
1B Billy O'Brien 133 528 119 .225 9 66
2B Al Myers 132 502 104 .207 2 46
3B Jim Donnelly 122 428 86 .201 0 23
SS George Shoch 90 317 58 .183 2 24
OF Walt Wilmot 119 473 106 .224 4 43
OF Dummy Hoy 136 503 138 .274 2 29
OF Ed Daily 110 453 102 .225 7 39

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
Shorty Fuller 49 170 31 .182 0 12
Pat Deasley 34 127 20 .157 0 4
John Irwin 37 126 28 .222 0 8
Tug Arundel 17 51 10 .196 0 3
Pete Sweeney 11 44 8 .182 0 5
Miah Murray 12 42 4 .095 0 3
Perry Werden 3 10 3 .300 0 2
Gid Gardner 2 4 1 .250 0 0
Jim Banning 1 0 0 ---- 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
Hank O'Day 46 403.0 16 29 3.10 186
Jim Whitney 39 325.0 18 21 3.05 79
Wild Bill Widner 13 115.0 5 7 2.82 33
George Keefe 13 114.0 6 7 2.84 52
Frank Gilmore 12 95.2 1 9 6.59 23
Ed Daily 9 73.2 2 7 4.89 20
Dupee Shaw 3 25.0 0 3 6.48 8
George Haddock 2 16.0 0 2 2.25 3
John Greenig 1 9.0 0 1 11.00 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
George Shoch 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

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