1888 Chicago White Stockings season

1888 Chicago White Stockings
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Owner(s) Albert Spalding
Manager(s) Cap Anson
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The 1888 Chicago White Stockings season was the 17th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 13th in the National League and the 4th at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings finished second in the National League with a record of 77–58, 9 games behind the New York Giants.

Regular season

The 1888 Chicago White Stockings – Top Row: ?, Fred Pfeffer, Cap Anson, George Van Haltren. Bottom Row: ?, Jimmy Ryan, Ned Williamson, Duke Farrell, Digby Bell (in white bowler with black band), Clarence Duval (mascot), DeWolf Hopper (in dark bowler), George Borchers, Tom Burns, Tom Daly. DeWolf Hopper is the vaudeville comedian who made "Casey at the Bat" famous, adopting the classic poem as his "signature" piece.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 8447 0.641 — 44–23 40–24
Chicago White Stockings 7758 0.570 9 43–27 34–31
Philadelphia Quakers 6961 0.531 14½ 37–29 32–32
Boston Beaneaters 7064 0.522 15½ 36–30 34–34
Detroit Wolverines 6863 0.519 16 40–26 28–37
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 6668 0.493 19½ 37–30 29–38
Indianapolis Hoosiers 5085 0.370 36 31–35 19–50
Washington Nationals 4886 0.358 37½ 26–38 22–48

Record vs. opponents

1888 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CHI DET IND NYG PHI PIT WSH
Boston —7–1210–8–111–98–129–1010–8–215–5
Chicago 12–7—10–1014–611–8–18–109–1113–6
Detroit 8–10–110–10—11–87–11–211–710–1011–7
Indianapolis 9–116–148–11—5–144–136–1412–8–1
New York 12–88–11–111–7–214–5—14–5–110–7–215–4–1
Philadelphia 10–910–87–1113–45–14–1—14–6–110–9
Pittsburgh 8–10–211–910–1014–67–10–26–14–1—10–9
Washington 5–156–137–118–12–14–15–19–109–10—

Roster

1888 Chicago White Stockings
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
CTom Daly6521942.192029
1BCap Anson134515177.3441284
2BFred Pfeffer135517129.250857
OFJimmy Ryan129549182.3321664

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 Van Haltren8131890.283434
Dell Darling207516.21327

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
Mark Baldwin3025113152.76157
George Van Haltren30245.213133.52139
George Borchers1067443.4926
Tod Brynan325216.4811
Dad Clarke216105.066

Other 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
Jimmy Ryan838.1403.0511

References


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