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1887. Won Lost Per cent. + + + Detroit 79 45 .637 Philadelphia 75 48 .610 Chicago 71 50 .587 New York 68 55 .553 Boston 61 60 .504 Pittsburg 55 69 .444 Indianapolis 46 76 .377 Washington 37 89 .294
1888. Won Lost Per cent. + + + New York 84 47 .641 Chicago 77 58 .510 Philadelphia 69 61 .531 Boston 70 64 .522 Detroit 68 63 .519 Pittsburg 66 68 .493 Indianapolis 50 85 .370 Washington 48 86 .358
A summary of the above shows that the Chicago club won the championship six times; the Boston club three times; the Providence club twice, and the Detroit and New York clubs once each. The Chicago club has the best record of a single season—90 victories and 34 defeats-and the highest percentage of victories .798. The only clubs which played in every single season were the Chicago and Boston clubs.
THE LEAGUE AVERAGES FOR 1888.
The following is the official batting record of players members of League Clubs who have taken part in fifteen or more championship games.
SEASON OF 1888.
[**Proofreaders note: Table has been split into two parts in order to fit on page.**] G T a i R m m u e e n s s s P a S l t c R a o a y B r n e a e Ave. k d t d per . NAME. CLUB . . . Game. - - - - 1 Anson Chicago 134 515 101 0.75 2 Beckley Pittsburg 71 283 35 0.49 3 Ryan Chicago 130 549 115 0.88 4 Kelly Boston 105 440 85 0.81 5 {Ewing New York 103 415 83 0.80 {Brouthers Detroit 129 522 118 0.91 6 Quinn Boston 38 156 19 0.50 7 White Detroit 125 527 75 0.60 8 Johnston Boston 135 585 102 0.75 9 Tiernan New York 113 443 75 0.66 10 Connor New York 134 481 98 0.63 11 Richardson Detroit 57 266 60 1.05 12 {Van Haltren Chicago 81 318 46 0.56 {Nash Boston 135 526 71 0.52 13 Duffy Chicago 71 298 60 0.84 14 Thompson Detroit 55 238 51 0.92 15 Hines Indianapolis 132 513 84 0.63 16 {Rowe Detroit 105 451 62 0.59 {Miller Pittsburg 103 404 50 0.48 17 Conway Detroit 44 167 28 0.63 18 Hoy Washington 136 503 77 0.56 19 {Buckley Indianapolis 71 260 27 0.38 {O'Rourke New York 107 409 50 0.46 20 Brown New York 17 59 4 0.23 21 Glasscock Indianapolis 112 442 63 0.56 22 {Hanlon Detroit 108 459 64 0.59 {McGuire Phil. & 15 64 17 0.46 Detr't. 23 Bennett Detroit 72 258 32 0.44 24 {Dunlap Pittsburg 81 317 41 0.50 {Denny Indianapolis 126 524 92 0.73 25 Nicholson Detroit 24 85 11 0.46 26 Sutcliffe Detroit 49 191 17 0.34 27 Pettit Chicago 43 169 24 0.56 28 Ward New York 122 510 70 0.57 29 {Williamson Chicago 132 452 75 0.57 {Beaton Detroit 16 56 8 0.50 30 Pfeffer Chicago 135 517 90 0.66 31 Ganzell Detroit 93 386 45 0.48 32 {Clements Philadelphia 85 323 26 0.30 {Brown Boston 107 426 62 0.58 {Ray Boston 50 206 26 0.52 33 Farrar Philadelphia 130 504 53 0.40 34 {Sanders Philadelphia 57 236 27 0.47 {Getzein Detroit 45 167 14 0.31 {Slattery NewYork 103 391 49 0.47 35 Twitchell Detroit 130 524 71 0.54 36 Carroll Pittsburg 90 362 61 0.63 37 Bassett Indianapolis 128 481 57 0.44 38 {Hornung Boston 107 431 61 0.57 {Wise Boston 104 417 66 0.63 39 {Burns Chicago 134 483 60 0.44 {Andrews Philadelphia 123 524 74 0.60 {Myers Indianapolis 66 248 35 0.53 40 Shoeneck Indianapolis 48 169 15 0.31 41 {Sullivan Chicago 75 314 40 0.53 {Fogarty Philadelphia 120 451 71 0.59 42 Kuhne Pittsburg 137 520 60 0.44 43 Sunday Pittsburg 119 501 68 0.57 44 Farrell Chicago 63 241 34 0.54 45 {Wood Philadelphia 105 429 67 0.63 {Coleman Pittsburg 115 434 48 0.41 46 {Tate Boston 40 148 18 0.45 {Healy Indianapolis 37 131 14 0.38 47 Delehanty Philadelphia 74 290 40 0.54 48 Richardson New York 135 561 82 0.60 49 {Daily Washington 110 453 56 0.50 {O'Brien Washington 133 528 42 0.31 50 {Wilmot Washington 119 473 61 0.51 {Dalrymple Pittsburg 56 223 19 0.33 51 Irwin Washington 37 126 14 0.38 52 {Irwin Philadelphia 124 444 51 0.41 {Seery Indianapolis 133 500 87 0.65 {Gore New York 64 254 37 0.57 53 {McGeachy Indianapolis 118 452 45 0.38 {Esterbrook Indianapolis 64 246 21 0.32 {Whitney NewYork 90 328 28 0.31 54 {Sutton Boston 28 110 16 0.57 {Daily Indianapolis 57 202 14 0.24 55 {Mulvey Philadelphia 99 394 37 0.37 {Radbourne Boston 24 79 6 0.25 56 {Cleveland N.Y.& Pitts. 40 145 17 0.42 {Shomberg Indianapolis 29 112 11 0.38 57 Darling Chicago 20 75 13 0.65 58 Maul Pittsburg 73 255 21 0.29 59 {Myers Washington 132 502 47 0.35 {Smith Pittsburg 130 477 61 0.44 60 Hallman Philadelphia 16 63 5 0.31 61 Gleason Philadelphia 23 83 4 0.17 62 Campau Detroit 70 251 28 0.40 63 {Scheffler Detroit 27 94 17 0.63 {Burdock Boston 21 79 5 0.24 64 Donnelly Washington 122 428 43 0.35 65 Widner Washington 15 60 4 0.26 66 Morrill Boston 134 486 60 0.44 67 Arundel Washington 16 51 2 0.12 68 {Clarkson Boston 54 205 20 0.37 {Fields Pittsburg 44 169 22 0.50 69 {Schriver Philadelphia 39 134 15 0.38 {McShannic Pittsburg 26 98 5 0.19 70 Bastian Philadelphia 80 275 31 0.38 71 Daily Chicago 65 219 34 0.52 72 Welch New York 47 169 16 0.34 73 Mack Washington 85 300 49 0.57 74 Schock Washington 90 317 46 0.51 75 {Fuller Washington 49 170 11 0.22 {Shreve Indianapolis 36 115 10 0.28 76 {Flint Chicago 22 77 6 0.27 {Hatfield New York 27 105 7 0.26 77 O'Rourke Boston 20 74 3 0.15 78 Buffinton Philadelphia 44 156 13 0.29 79 Whitney Washington 42 141 13 0.31 80 Murphy New York 28 106 11 0.39 81 Klusman Boston 28 107 9 0.32 82 {Madden Boston 19 67 7 0.36 {Krock Chicago 39 134 9 0.23 83 {Deasley Washington 34 127 6 0.17 {Wells Detroit 16 57 5 0.31 84 Glenn Boston 19 65 8 0.42 85 Casey Philadelphia 33 118 11 0.33 86 Baldwin Chicago 30 106 11 0.37 87 {Sowders Boston 35 122 14 0.40 {Burdick Indianapolis 20 68 6 0.30 {Foster New York 37 136 15 0.40 88 Boyle Indianapolis 37 125 13 0.35 89 Galvin Pittsburg 50 175 6 0.12 90 Gruber Detroit 27 92 8 0.29 91 O'Day Washington 47 166 6 0.12 92 Staley Pittsburg 24 85 6 0.25 93 Keefe New York 51 181 10 0.19 94 Titcomb New York 23 82 6 0.26 95 Morris Pittsburg 54 186 12 0.22
F I r s B t T a P o s B e t e a r a s s c l e e S n B t R H t a o a i a s l n t g e Ave. e Ave. k s e s per n per . NAME. . . . Game. . Game. + + -+ + -+ -+ -+ - 1 Anson 177 .343 252 1.88 28 0.20 2 Beckley 97 .342 121 1.70 20 0.28 3 Ryan 182 .331 285 2.19 60 0.46 4 Kelly 140 .318 205 1.95 56 0.53 5 {Ewing 127 .306 195 1.89 53 0.51 {Brouthers 160 .306 270 1.86 34 0.26 6 Quinn 47 .301 43 1.92 12 0.31 7 White 157 .298 200 1.60 12 0.09 8 Johnston 173 .295 276 2.04 35 0.26 9 Tiernan 130 .293 182 1.61 52 0.46 10 Connor 140 .291 224 1.67 27 0.20 11 Richardson 77 .289 117 2.05 13 0.23 12 {Van Haltren 90 .283 130 1.60 21 0.26 {Nash 149 .283 209 1.54 20 0.15 13 Duffy 84 .282 121 1.70 13 0.18 14 Thompson 67 .281 111 2.02 5 0.09 15 Hines 144 .280 186 1.40 31 0.23 16 {Rowe 125 .277 168 1.60 10 0.09 {Miller 112 .277 139 1.35 27 0.26 17 Conway 46 .275 59 1.34 1 0.02 18 Hoy 138 .274 171 1.26 82 0.60 19 {Buckley 71 .273 95 1.33 4 0.05 {O'Rourke 112 .273 154 1.44 25 0.23 20 Brown 16 .271 17 1.00 1 0.06 21 Glasscock 119 .269 145 1.29 48 0.43 22 {Hanlon 122 .265 157 1.45 38 0.35 {McGuire 17 .265 23 1.35 0 0.00 23 Bennett 68 .263 102 1.41 4 0.05 24 {Dunlap 83 .261 106 1.30 24 0.29 {Denny 137 .261 220 1.74 32 0.25 25 Nicholson 22 .259 33 1.37 6 0.25 26 Sutcliffe 49 .257 59 1.20 6 0.12 27 Pettit 43 .254 62 1.44 7 0.16 28 Ward 128 .251 154 1.26 38 0.31 29 {Williamson 113 .250 175 1.32 25 0.19 {Beaton 14 .250 25 1.56 1 0.06 30 Pfeffer 129 .249 193 1.43 64 0.47 31 Ganzell 96 .248 119 1.28 12 0.13 32 {Clements 80 .247 100 1.17 3 0.03 {Brown 104 .247 155 1.45 46 0.43 {Ray 51 .247 65 1.30 7 0.14 33 Farrar 124 .246 155 1.19 21 0.17 34 {Sanders 58 .245 74 1.29 13 0.22 {Getzein 41 .245 50 1.11 6 0.13 {Slattery 96 .245 122 1.18 26 0.25 35 Twitchell 128 .244 167 1.28 14 0.10 36 Carroll 88 .243 117 1.22 18 0.19 37 Bassett 116 .241 147 1.15 24 0.19 38 {Hornung 103 .239 134 1.25 29 0.27 {Wise 100 .239 155 1.49 33 0.31 39 {Burns 115 .238 152 1.13 34 0.25 {Andrews 125 .238 157 1.27 35 0.28 {Myers 59 .238 72 1.09 28 0.42 40 Shoeneck 40 .237 44 0.91 11 0.23 41 {Sullivan 74 .235 117 1.56 9 0.12 {Fogarty 106 .235 137 1.14 58 0.48 42 Kuhne 122 .234 175 1.28 34 0.25 43 Sunday 117 .233 140 1.18 71 0.59 44 Farrell 56 .232 80 1.27 8 0.12 45 {Wood 99 .230 154 1.46 20 0.19 {Coleman 100 .230 118 1.02 15 0.13 46 {Tate 34 .229 44 1.10 3 0.07 {Healy 30 .229 42 1.10 5 0.13 47 Delehanty 66 .227 82 1.10 38 0.51 48 Richardson 127 .226 176 1.30 35 0.26 49 {Daily 102 .225 139 1.26 44 0.40 {O'Brien 119 .225 167 1.25 10 0.08 50 {Wilmot 106 .224 146 1.22 46 0.38 {Dalrymple 50 .224 64 1.14 7 0.12 51 Irwin 28 .222 36 0.97 15 0.40 52 {Irwin 98 .220 115 0.92 19 0.15 {Seery 110 .220 163 1.23 80 0.60 {Gore 56 .220 72 1.12 11 0.17 53 {McGeachy 99 .219 115 0.97 49 0.41 {Esterbrook 54 .219 61 0.95 11 0.17 {Whitney 72 .219 87 0.96 7 0.07 54 {Sutton 24 .218 32 1.14 10 0.35 {Daily 44 .218 52 0.91 15 0.26 55 {Mulvey 85 .215 105 1.06 18 0.12 {Radbourne 17 .215 18 0.75 4 0.16 56 {Cleveland 31 .214 51 1.27 4 0.10 {Shomberg 24 .214 33 1.13 6 0.20 57 Darling 16 .213 27 1.35 0 0.00 58 Maul 54 .211 71 0.97 9 0.12 59 {Myers 104 .207 139 1.05 20 0.15 {Smith 99 .207 131 1.00 37 0.27 60 Hallman 13 .206 19 1.19 1 0.06 61 Gleason 17 .205 20 0.87 3 0.13 62 Campau 51 .203 65 0.93 27 0.38 63 {Scheffler 19 .202 24 0.89 4 0.15 {Burdock 16 .202 16 0.76 1 0.05 64 Donnelly 86 .201 104 0.85 44 0.36 65 Widner 12 .200 12 0.80 1 0.06 66 Mo*rill 96 .197 135 1.00 21 0.15 67 Arundel 10 .196 12 0.75 1 0.06 68 {Clarkson 40 .195 53 0.98 5 0.09 {Fields 33 .195 47 1.07 9 0.20 69 {Schriver 26 .194 36 0.92 2 0.05 {McShannic 19 .194 20 0.77 3 0.11 70 Bastian 53 .192 62 0.77 12 0.15 71 Daily 42 .191 54 0.83 10 0.15 72 Welch 32 .189 42 0.89 4 0.08 73 Mack 56 .186 77 0.90 31 0.36 74 Schock 58 .183 77 0.85 23 0.25 75 {Fuller 31 .182 38 0.77 6 0.12 {Shreve 21 .182 24 0.66 5 0.14 76 {Flint 14 .181 17 0.77 1 0.04 {Hatfield 19 .181 20 0.74 8 0.29 77 O'Rourke 13 .175 13 0.65 2 0.10 78 Buffinton 27 .173 32 0.72 1 0.02 79 Whitney 24 .170 27 0.64 3 0.07 80 Murphy 18 .169 20 0.71 3 0.10 81 Klusman 18 .168 28 1.00 3 0.11 82 {Madden 11 .164 11 0.58 4 0.21 {Krock 22 .164 25 0.64 1 0.02 83 {Deasley 20 .157 23 0.67 2 0.06 {Wells 9 .157 10 0.63 0 0.00 84 Glenn 10 .154 12 0.63 0 0.00 85 Casey 18 .152 22 0.66 2 0.06 86 Baldwin 16 .151 24 0.80 4 0.13 87 {Sowders 18 .147 20 0.57 1 0.03 {Burdick 10 .147 11 0.55 0 0.00 {Foster 20 .147 27 0.73 13 0.35 88 Boyle 18 .144 21 0.57 1 0.03 89 Galvin 25 .143 31 0.62 4 0.08 90 Gruber 13 .141 17 0.63 0 0.00 91 O'Day 23 .138 25 0.53 3 0.06 92 Staley 11 .129 12 0.50 2 0.08 93 Keefe 23 .127 33 0.64 3 0.06 94 Titcomb 10 .122 13 0.56 5 0.21 95 Morris 19 .102 23 0.42 2 0.04
FIELDING RECORD.
Of Players, Members of League Clubs, who have taken part in fifteen or more Championship Games, Season of 1888.
FIRST BASEMEN. T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l o c a b s d t e m e i a n e r A n l t s s g a A P s C g c P u i E h e c l t s r a e R a t r n p a y O i o c t n e u n r e e k d t g s s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . . - - - - - 1 Anderson Chicago 134 1314 65 20 1399 .985 2 Connor New York 133 1337 43 26 1406 .981 3 Beckley Pittsburg 71 744 19 16 779 .979 Farrar Philadelphia 130 1345 53 30 1428 .979 Morrill Boston 134 1398 72 31 1501 .979 4 Esterbrook Indianapolis 61 628 20 16 654 .976 5 Coleman Pittsburg 25 235 4 6 245 .975 O'Brien Washington 132 1272 38 33 1343 .975 6 Shoeneck Indianapolis 48 501 16 14 531 .973 7 Brouthers Detroit 129 1345 48 42 1435 .970 8 Maul Pittsburg 37 392 9 13 414 .968 9 Shomberg Indianapolis 15 136 0 5 141 .964
SECOND BASEMEN. T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l o c a b s d t e m e i a n e r A n l t s s g a A P s C g c P u i E h e c l t s r a e R a t r n p a y O i o c t n e u n r e e k d t g s s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . . - - - - - 1 Bastian Philidelphia 65 145 258 23 427 .946 2 Richardson New York 135 321 423 46 790 .942 3 Danlap Pittsburg 81 237 276 33 546 .939 4 Nicholson Detroit 24 44 71 8 123 .935 5 Pfeffer Chicago 135 421 457 65 943 .931 6 Richardson Detroit 57 173 185 29 387 .925 7 Bassett Indianapolis 128 250 423 57 730 .921 8 Meyers Washington 132 271 399 60 730 .918 9 Kinsman Boston 28 63 75 13 151 .914 10 Quinn " 38 97 115 20 232 .913 11 Smith Pittsburg 56 131 184 33 348 .905 12 Nash Boston 31 90 108 21 219 .904 13 Burdock " 21 53 68 13 134 .903 14 Ganzell Detroit 51 110 168 31 309 .899 15 Delehanty Philadelphia 56 129 170 44 343 .871
THIRD BASEMEN. T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l o c a b s d t e m e i a n e r A n l t s s g a A P s C g c P u i E h e c l t s r a e R a t r n p a y O i o c t n e u n r e e k d t g s s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . . - - - - - 1 Nash Boston 104 139 250 37 426 .913 2 Kuhne Pittsburg 74 95 166 26 287 .909 3 McShannie " 26 39 49 9 97 .907 4 Burns Chicago 134 194 273 49 516 .905 5 Denny Indianapolis 96 158 214 44 416 .894 6 Mulvey Philadelphia 99 87 174 32 293 .890 7 Whitney New York 90 90 184 35 309 .886 8 Donnelly Washington 117 126 230 51 407 .874 9 Sutton Boston 27 82 47 13 92 .858 10 White Detroit 125 146 244 65 455 .857 11 Ewing New York 21 32 29 15 76 .802 12 Buckley Indianapolis 21 17 28 12 57 .789 13 Cleveland NY & Pitts'g 40 27 57 23 107 .785
SHORT STOPS. T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l o c a b s d t e m e i a n e r A n l t s s g a A P s C g c P u i E h e c l t s r a e R a t r n p a y O i o c t n e u n r e e k d t g s s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . . - - - - - 1 Denny Indianapolis 23 65 88 14 167 .916 2 Kuhne Pittsburgh 63 112 159 25 296 .915 3 Smith Pittsburgh 74 90 246 37 373 .900 3 {Glasscock Indianapolis 109 201 334 59 594 .900 {Irwin Philadelphia 121 204 374 64 642 .900 {Shock Washington 52 84 168 28 280 .900 {Sutcliffe Detroit 24 39 88 14 141 .900 4 Williamson Chicago 132 120 375 62 557 .888 5 Wise Boston 89 179 271 57 507 .887 6 Ray Boston 47 58 130 26 214 .878 7 Rowe Detroit 103 133 312 72 517 .860 8 Irwin Washington 27 54 87 23 164 .859 9 Ward New York 122 185 331 86 602 .857 10 Fuller Washington 47 67 140 38 245 .854
FIELDERS T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l o c a b s d t e m e i a n e r A n l t s s g a A P s C g c P u i E h e c l t s r a e R a t r n p a y O i o c t n e u n r e e k d t g s s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . . - - - - 1 {O'Rourke New York 87 136 13 6 149 .959 {Tiernan New York 113 174 16 8 198 .959 2 Glenn Boston 19 42 2 2 46 .956 3 Sanders Philadelphia 25 38 5 2 46 .955 4 Hornung Boston 107 151 10 9 170 .947 5 Maul Pittsburgh 34 59 8 4 71 .943 6 Seery Indianapolis 133 258 19 18 295 .939 7 Sunday Pittsburgh 119 292 27 21 340 .938 8 {Campau Detroit 70 101 10 8 119 .932 {McGeachy Indianapolis 117 194 27 16 237 .932 9 Petit Chicago 43 46 8 4 58 .931 10 Fogarty Philadelphia 116 239 26 20 285 .929 11 {Sullivan Chicago 75 114 13 10 137 .927 {Coleman Pittsburgh 90 160 20 14 194 .927 12 {Slattery New York 103 187 16 18 221 .918 {Hanlon Detroit 108 230 7 21 258 .918 13 Miller Pittsburgh 32 58 7 6 71 .915 14 Daily Washington 100 179 19 19 217 .912 15 Hines Indianapolis 124 255 13 26 294 .911 15 Delehanty Philadelphia 17 28 3 3 34 .911 16 Duffy Chicago 67 103 19 12 134 .910 17 Dalrymple Pittsburgh 57 80 9 9 98 .908 18 Wood Philadelphia 103 175 15 20 210 .904 19 Andrews Philadelphia 123 210 23 25 258 .903 20 Johnston Boston 135 286 30 36 352 .897 20 Hoy Washington 136 296 26 37 359 .897 21 Brown Boston 107 172 18 22 212 .896 22 Shock Washington 35 59 7 8 74 .892 23 Fields Pittsburgh 29 49 6 7 62 .887 24 Twitchell Detroit 129 195 13 27 235 .885 25 Farrell Chicago 31 50 3 7 60 .883 26 Thompson Detroit 55 86 4 12 102 .882 27 Ryan Chicago 125 217 84 35 286 .877 28 Van Haltren Chicago 54 73 9 12 94 .872 28 Wilmot Washington 119 260 19 41 320 .872 29 Foster New York 37 64 5 12 81 .851 30 Scheffler Detroit 27 49 1 9 59 .847 31 Gore New York 64 88 4 18 110 .836 32 Carroll Pittsburg 38 45 2 10 57 .824 33 Kelly Boston 31 28 4 12 44 .727
CATCHERS' AVERAGES.
T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l P o c a b s d a t e m e i s a n e r A n s l t s s g e a A P s d C g c P u i E h e c l t s r B a e R a t r A n p a y O i o L c t n e u n r L e e k d t g s S s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . . . + + + + -+ -+ + + -+ - 1 Bennett Detroit 72 424 94 18 14 550 .941 2 Ganzell Detroit 25 156 41 9 15 221 .891 3 Daily Chicago 69 400 107 33 36 576 .880 4 Clements Philadelphia 84 494 104 47 39 684 .874 5 Ewing New York 78 480 143 35 65 723 .861 6 Wells Detroit 16 96 25 11 9 141 .858 7 Myers Indianapolis 46 211 63 21 27 322 .851 8 Flint Chicago 22 96 42 11 14 163 .846 9 Mack Washington 79 361 152 47 48 608 .843 10 {Deasley Washington 31 177 60 20 25 282 .840 {Murphy New York 28 186 56 23 23 288 .840 11 Darling Chicago 20 139 26 12 21 198 .833 12 Buckley Indianapolis 48 213 60 31 28 332 .822 13 Miller Pittsburg 68 268 76 35 48 427 .805 14 O'Rourke Boston 20 89 37 17 14 157 .803 15 Tate Boston 40 188 64 43 19 314 .802 16 Kelly Boston 74 367 146 77 54 644 .796 17 Carroll Pittsburg 53 265 58 37 46 406 .795 18 Daily Indianapolis 42 215 69 34 41 359 .791 19 Brown New York 17 134 24 19 26 203 .778 20 Farrell Chicago 31 171 50 32 34 287 .770 21 Schriver Philadelphia 27 148 39 28 29 244 .760 22 Arundel Washington 16 63 16 15 21 115 .687
PITCHERS' RECORD IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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T R R F M I u u i a m n n r d e s s s e s t G o S b E b b a a f C y a y B y m t o r a P e O r O n O s O e s B p e p e p e p r a p d p d p p c P t o o o H o e l n n n i n n a e e e t e t y n n n s n a e t t Ave. t Ave. t g d s s per s per s e NAME. CLUB. . . Game. . Game. . . -+ -+ + -+ + -+ + -+ + Buffinton Philadelphia 44 1492 134 3.04 72 1.63 321 .215 Baldwin Chicago 28 960 125 4.46 65 2.32 233 .242 Burdick Indianapolis 20 700 88 4.40 52 2.60 167 .238 Boyle " " 37 1294 181 4.89 90 2.43 317 .245 Conway Detroit 44 1508 168 3.82 84 1.81 315 .208 Clarkson Boston 53 1885 239 4.51 120 2.26 436 .231 Casey Philadelphia 32 1141 153 4.78 86 2.69 296 .259 Getzein Detroit 45 1626 224 4.98 137 3.04 402 .247 Gleason Philadelphia 23 791 106 4.61 57 2.48 200 .252 Galvin Pittsburg 50 1760 193 3.86 123 2.46 437 .248 Gruber Detroit 27 934 124 4.59 57 2.11 199 .213 Healy Indianapolis 37 1326 204 5.51 128 3.46 357 .269 Krock Chicago 39 1294 143 3.66 74 1.89 293 .226 Keefe New York 50 1643 149 2.99 75 1.50 329 .200 Madden Boston 19 648 84 4.42 53 2.79 154 .237 Morris Pittsburg 54 1911 213 3 94 114 2.11 459 .240 O'Day Washington 46 1545 215 4.67 108 2.34 374 .242 Radbourne Boston 24 791 110 4.58 67 2.79 192 .242 Shreve Indianapolis 35 1235 210 6.00 134 3.82 356 .2*8 Sowders Boston 35 1219 155 4.43 69 1.97 283 .232 Staley Pittsburg 24 774 103 4.29 58 2.41 186 .240 Sanders Philadelphia 31 1097 113 3.64 57 1.84 247 .225 Titcomb New York 23 756 97 4.21 41 1.78 159 .210 Van Haltren Chicago 27 967 160 5.92 81 3 00 264 .273 Welch New York 47 1592 156 3.32 80 1.70 330 .207 Whitney Washington 39 1309 181 4.64 94 2.41 317 .242
T F B P N i i a e u m e s o T r m e l W e p c o c b s d i s p a t e e i l o l a n r A n d g n l l t s g i e e a A P s P v n d C g c u i E i e t h e c t s r t n s b a e t r c a n p O i o h o l c t u n r e n l e e t g s s s s d NAME CLUB . . . . . . . - - - - - Buffinton Philadelphia 31 322 10 12 62 437 .808 Baldwin Chicago 11 208 5 18 99 341 .642 Burdick Indianapolis 14 87 5 14 44 164 .616 Boyle " " 14 180 7 20 59 280 .692 Conway Detroit 10 267 7 12 57 353 .784 Clarkson Boston 24 351 22 37 119 553 .678 Casey Philadelphia 15 176 9 15 48 263 .726 Getzein Detroit 29 276 16 24 52 397 .768 Gleason Philadelphia 6 128 13 14 53 214 .626 Galvin Pittsburg 23 224 10 11 58 326 .758 Gruber Detroit 4 121 8 14 42 189 .661 Healy Indianapolis 5 206 15 22 81 329 .641 Krock Chicago 4 217 12 18 45 296 .746 Keefe New York 29 410 17 24 86 566 .775 Madden Boston 4 95 4 8 28 139 .712 Morris Pittsburg 20 240 8 17 70 355 .732 O'Day Washington 19 252 7 23 123 424 .639 Radbourne Boston 14 104 6 9 44 177 .666 Shreve Indianapolis 7 173 16 31 94 321 .560 Sowders Boston 23 192 8 16 71 310 .693 Staley Pittsburg 8 127 5 8 52 200 .675 Sanders Philadelphia 17 194 7 10 34 262 .805 Titcomb New York 1 157 8 9 48 223 .708 Van Haltren Chicago 25 181 5 24 53 288 .715 Welch New York 16 248 17 20 113 414 .637 Whitney Washington 24 145 11 10 60 250 .676
BATTING AND FIELDING RECORD
Of Clubs, Members of the National League of Professional B. B. Clubs.
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SEASON OF 1888.
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R BATTING a Times Ave. Ave. n Games Games at Runs per Runs per k CLUB Played Won Bat Scored Game Earned Game - - - 1 New York 137 84 4751 659 4.81 334 2.44 2 Chicago 135 77 4616 734 5.43 441 3.26 [1] 3 Philadelphia 130 69 4496 535 4.11 272 2.09 4 Boston 137 70 4835 669 4.88 355 2.59 5 Detroit 134 68 4859 721 5.38 423 3.15 6 Indianapolis 137 66 4678 531 3.87 308 2.27 [2] 7 Pittsburg 136 50 4626 600 4.41 269 1.97 8 Washington 136 48 4548 482 3.54 225 1.65
[Footnote 1: 1 game forfeited to Philadelphia] [Footnote 2: 1 game forfeited to New York]
BATTING First Ave. Ave. Base Per- Total per Bases per CLUB Hits centage Bases Game Stolen Game - - - New York 1150 .242 1581 11.54 314 2.29 Chicago 1202 .260 1753 12.98 292 2.16 Philadelphia 1017 .226 1298 9.98 246 1.89 Boston 1180 .244 1673 12.21 292 2.13 Detroit 1268 .261 1724 12.86 192 1.43 Indianapolis 1061 .226 1359 9.92 287 2.09 Pittsburg 1112 .240 1443 10.61 351 2.58 Washington 944 .207 1233 9.06 336 2.47
FIELDING T F P i i e m e r e A l c A s s d e c s i n c i n E t e s g r Passed Bases a p t r Balls given g t Number i o and Opponents e e Put n r Wild on Called Total d CLUB Out g s Pitches Balls Chances + + + -+ -+ -+ -+ - New York 3633 2349 432 205 302 6921 .864 Chicago 3549 2305 409 200 289 6752 .867 Philadelphia 3469 2189 429 144 200 6431 .879 Boston 3652 2288 520 162 270 6892 .861 Detroit 3579 2172 474 128 181 6534 .880 Indianapolis 3581 2048 408 159 225 6421 .876 Pittsburg 3545 2097 453 189 296 6580 .857 Washington 3497 2062 522 173 313 6567 .846
TIE GAMES.—New York 7, Chicago 1, Philadelphia 1, Boston 3, Detroit 3, Pittsbnrg 4, Indianapolis 1, Washington 2.
THE VETERANS OF THE LEAGUE.
Those of the players who have taken part in League contests for not less than ten years are entitled to the honor of belonging to the ranks of the veterans of the League, and they include the following representative players, the majority of whom are now in League Clubs:
Number Number of of First Seasons Games Times Base Perc- Name. played. played. at bat. hits. entage -+ -+ -+ -+ + - Adrian C. Anson 13 1173 4904 1751 .357 James O'Rourke 13 1133 4832 1519 .314 James L. White 13 1101 4610 1439 .312 Paul Hines 13 1184 5112 1591 .311 E. B. Sutton 13 1007 4196 1216 .289 John F. Morrill 13 1194 4685 1253 .267 John J. Burdock 13 871 3584 911 .254 M. J. Kelly 11 1080 4370 1421 .325 A. Dalrymple 11 909 4041 1198 .296 Joseph Start 11 776 3366 995 .295 E. N. Williamson 11 1071 4163 1133 .274 Geo. F. Gore 10 886 3689 1157 .313 Hardy Richardson 10 910 3974 1230 .309 John W. Glasscock 10 952 3847 1089 .283 Chas. W. Bennett 10 709 2720 761 .279 Joseph Hornung 10 858 3706 988 .266 F. S. Flint 10 708 2759 669 .242 Jas. McCormick 10 499 1957 464 .237 D. W. Force 10 746 2873 598 .208
Of these Sutton, Dalrymple, Burdock, and Force are in the service of minor League Clubs, while the retired players include Start and McCormick.
Those who have played for less than ten years and not less than seven include the following second class of veterans, the first class being limited to players who have a credit of a decade of service:
Number Number of of First Seasons Games Times Base Perc- Name. played. played. at bat. hits. entage -+ -+ -+ -+ + - Dennis Brouthers 9 845 3578 1267 .354 Rodger Connor 9 943 3870 1309 .338 J. C. Howe 9 827 3548 1067 .300 Geo. A. Wood 9 854 3677 1024 .278 M. C. Dorgan 9 660 2719 756 .277 Thomas Burns 9 900 3597 990 .275 Edwin Hanlon 9 893 3629 972 .267 Jno. M. Ward 9 1046 4403 1169 .265 A. A. Irwin 9 796 3136 796 .254 Jno. Farrell 9 729 3048 776 .254 M. Welch 9 491 1817 433 .238 B. Gilligan 9 510 1848 380 .209 Jos. F. Galvin 9 524 2000 418 .208 Wm. Ewing 8 640 2708 812 .299 Fred Dunlap 8 707 2972 867 .292 P. Gillespie 8 703 2907 817 .278 Thomas York 8 566 2291 617 .269 Robert Ferguson 8 538 2209 596 .269 Jas. E. Whitney 8 525 2085 555 .266 Jeremiah Denny 8 824 3308 881 .266 Chas. Radbourn 8 530 2092 517 .247 George Shaffer 7 521 2137 602 .281 Sam W. Wise 7 698 2826 785 .277 Jno. E. Clapp 7 398 1688 465 .275 W. A. Purcell 7 500 2136 559 .261 J P. Cassidy 7 416 1718 433 .252 J. J. Gerhardt 7 565 2182 489 .224 Geo. E. Weidman 7 338 1273 22* .1*4 [A] [A] [**Proofreaders note A: * Indecipherable number**]
Of the above Gillespie, Dorgan, Clapp, York, Ferguson and Cassidy have retired from field service.
One of the most interesting records of the games played in the professional arena during the past eighteen years of the existence, first of the old National Association from 1871 to 1875 inclusive, and then of the National League from 1876 to 1888 inclusive, is that of the contests each year between the rival Boston and Chicago clubs, the former winning the pennant in 1872, '73, '74, '75, '77 and '78, and also in 1883; while Chicago won it in 1876 and in 1880, '81, '82, '85 and '86. As a matter for interesting reference, we give below the full record of victories and defeats scored by the two clubs from 1871 to 1888 inclusive. The Chicago Club did not play in 1872 and 1873, having been burned out in the great fire of '71.
1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ - W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. -+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Boston 22 10 39 8 43 16 52 18 71 8 39 31 31 17 41 19 49 20 Chicago 20 9 - - - - 27 31 30 37 52 14 18 30 30 30 44 32
1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ - W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. -+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Boston 40 44 38 45 45 39 63 35 73 38 46 66 56 61 61 60 70 64 Chicago 67 17 56 28 55 29 59 39 62 50 87 25 90 31 71 50 77 58
THE LEAGUE'S PRESIDENT.
The close of the League campaign of 1888 saw the President of the League, Mr. N. E. Young, enter upon a new era in the history of his official duties, first as Secretary, then as President-Secretary, two positions he has so faithfully and efficiently filled since the organization of the League. Mr. Young was prominent in organizing the first professional National Association; and but for him Mr. Chadwick would not have been able to have carried out his project of dividing the baseball fraternity into the two officially recognized classes which he did when he started the first professional Association in 1871. From that year to 1875 inclusive, Mr. Young acted as Secretary of the old National Association, and when it was superseded by the National League in 1876 he was elected Secretary of the new organization, Mr. Bulkely, the present Governor of Connecticut, being the League's first President. Mr. Young was also Secretary under the Presidency of Mr. A. G. Mills, and when that gentleman resigned, the worthy Secretary was elected to the joint offices of President, Secretary and Treasurer of the League, and this position he has most capably filled ever since.
A Washington journalist has this well-merited compliment to say of the veteran:
"The rugged honesty of the League president is a matter with which those interested in base ball have long been familiar. His residence is in Washington, and he was for years a player and umpire, having all the ups and downs usual to their lot, but he is now in very comfortable circumstances. The duties of his office require a cool-headed man, able to do justice to all without fear or favor. It is singularly trying at times, but though the intense rivalry of the different clubs sometimes causes the managers to lose their heads and charge unfairness against the umpires, not a word has ever been said that would in any way compromise Nick Young. It is an honor and credit to the baseball magnates that they have such a man at the head of the League."
THE JOINT RULES COMMITTEE AND THEIR WORK.
The work accomplished by the Joint Rules Committee of the National League and the American Association at their meeting in New York in November, 1888, ranks with the best on record in the revision of the playing rules of the game, and the successful results achieved in improving the code was largely due to the marked efficiency evinced by the chairman of the Committee, Mr. Chas. H. Byrne, the president of the Brooklyn club, who was indefatigable in doing the large amount of revisory work which was thrown upon the committee. In the face of a very noisy and sensational demand for radical changes in the rules governing the game, the committee, as a whole, manifested a wise conservatism in several respects, which cannot help but be of material assistance in advancing the welfare of the game at large. In the first place, by reducing the powers of the attack nearer to an equality with those of the defence—which result was accomplished when they reduced the number of called balls from five to four—they not only adopted a rule which will moderate the dangerous speed in delivering the ball to the bat, but they thereby afforded the batsman an additional chance for more effective work at the bat. This latter point, too, has been aided by reducing the number of outs the batsman has hitherto been unfairly subjected to. The rule which puts batsmen out on catches of foul balls, which, since the game originated, has been an unfair rule of play, has seen its best day; and this year the entering wedge to its ultimate disappearance has been driven in, with the practical result of the repeal of the foul tip catch. This improvement, too, is in the line of aiding the batting side, as it gets rid of one of the numerous ways of putting the batsman out.
The argument brought to bear in favor of the elimination of outs from foul balls from the code was in the main as follows:
When the batsman hits a fair ball, while at the same time that he gives the fielders a chance to put him out, he himself is also given an equal chance of making a base or of scoring a run; but when he hits a foul ball, while he affords the fielders an opportunity to catch him out, no such compensating advantage is given him in the way of earning a base or a run as in the case of a fair hit ball; and it is in this that the working of the foul ball rule becomes so palpably unjust. It is sufficient punishment for hitting a foul ball that he, as batsman, be deprived of making a base, without adding the unjust penalty of an out. This one sided condition of things, too, is increased when a double play is made on the catch of a foul ball, for not only is the batsman unfairly punished, but also the base runner who may have made the base by a clean hit.
It is this latter unfair rule which the committee repealed in getting rid of the foul fly tip; and now a batsman who has earned his base by a safe hit and who runs to the next base on a foul fly tip ball caught by the catcher, can no longer be put out on the double play, as he is now allowed to return to the base he left on the hit, as in the case of a foul ball not caught.
Another step in advance was made by the committee when they officially recognized a sacrifice hit as a factor in team work at the bat. Hitherto far too great stress has been laid upon the alleged skill of the batsman in making extra hits—two and three baggers and home runs—at the cost of giving due credit to the batting which forwards base runners and sends in runs. The work of the slugging batsman who, nearly every time he goes to the bat when no one is on the bases, makes an extra hit, does not compare with that of the team worker who either by a single base hit or a sacrifice hit forwards a runner round the bases, or sends a run in. Here is where the batting averages prove to be complete failures so far as affording a criterion of a batsman's value in team work is concerned; which work, by the way, is neither more nor less than that of forwarding base runners or sending runs in by batting—for one batsman may make four extra base hits in a game without forwarding a runner or sending in a run in a single instance, while another batsman may make but one safe hit and three sacrifice hits, and yet either forward as many runners or send in as many runs.
Probably the best piece of work done by the committee was the amendment they made to the rules governing the umpire, wherein, in defining the powers of an umpire to impose a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $25 for abusive, threatening or improper language to the umpire, an amendment was made as follows:
"A repetition of the offence shall subject such player to a removal from the game, and the immediate substitution of another player then in uniform."
Lastly, the rule admitting of an extra substitute being allowed to play in the game, at the option of the captain of either of the contesting teams, though an experiment, gives promise of being a desirable amendment. The classifying of the code of rules so as to facilitate the finding of any special rule during the hurry of a contest in progress, was also a desirable improvement. Take it altogether, the present committee did excellent work at their Fall meeting of 1888.
OVERRUNNING THE BASES.
Twenty odd years ago George Wright suggested to the Chairman of the old National Association's Committee of Rules that it would be a good plan to allow base runners to overrun first base, giving them the privilege to return and touch the base again without being put out, before attempting to make another base. The suggestion was adopted, and the rule went into effect in 1870, and it has been in operation ever since. When the amendment was presented at the convention of 1869, a delegate wanted the rule applied to all bases, but the majority preferred to test the experiment as proposed at first base. The rule of extending the over-running to all the bases was advocated at the last meeting in 1888 of the Joint Committee of Rules, but it was not adopted. The rule is worthy of consideration, in view of the constant sprains and injuries of one kind and another arising from sliding to bases. There has not been a single instance of an injury occurring from the working of the rule of overrunning first base since the rule was adopted, while serious injuries are of daily occurrence in match games, arising from collisions at other bases than first, and these are due entirely to the absence of the overrunning rule. The most irritating disputes caused by questions involved in sliding to bases and in running up against base players, are also due to the same cause. Why not put a stop to these injuries and these disputes by giving the base runner the same privileges in overrunning second, third and home bases that he now has in overrunning first base? In every way will the adoption of the rule suggested be an improvement, and not the least of its advantages will be its gain to base running, which is, next to fielding, the most attractive feature of our game.
THE PATRONS OF BALL GROUNDS.
There are two classes of the patrons of professional baseball grounds which club Presidents and Directors have their choice in catering to for each season, and these are, first, the reputable class, who prefer to see the game played scientifically and by gentlemanly exemplars of the beauties of the game; and second, the hoodlum element, who revel in noisy coaching, "dirty ball playing," kicking against the umpires, and exciting disputes and rows in every inning. The Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston Clubs in the League have laid out nearly $200,000 within the past two years in constructing their grounds for the express purpose of eliciting the very best patronage of their respective cities. The Brooklyn Club have excelled in this respect in the American Association by constructing their grounds for a similar class of patrons. But all of the clubs have not followed this example, the majority committing the blunder of considering only the tastes and requirements of the hoodlum class apparently in catering for patronage. This is a great financial mistake. Experience has shown conclusively that it pays best to cater solely for the best class of patronage. The work in doing this is so much more satisfactory for one thing, and it is sure to be the most remunerative. If there is any sport which yields a fair equivalent in the special attractions it presents for an admission fee of half a dollar, it is such ball playing as was exhibited during the past season on the grounds of the leading clubs of the National League. A feature of the attendance at the League games of 1888 was the presence of the fair sex in such goodly numbers. Where the ladies congregate as spectators of sports a refining influence is brought to bear which is valuable to the welfare of the game. Besides which, the patronage of ladies improves the character of the assemblages and helps to preserve the order without which first-class patronage cannot be obtained.
THE VALUE OF TEAM WORK.
Nothing has been more gratifying to the admirers of the game in the practical experience of improved points of play realized during the season of 1888, than the growing appreciation, by the most intelligent patrons of the game, of the value of team work at the bat, and its great superiority as an element of success in winning pennants, to the old school plan of record batting as shown in the efforts to excel solely in home run hitting and the slugging style of batting.
So intent have been the general class of batsmen on making big batting averages that the science of batting and the advantages to be derived from "playing for the side of the bat" have been entirely lost sight of until within the past year. Now, however, the best judges of play in the game have begun to "tumble to" the benefits and to the attractions of team work at the bat, as illustrated by skillful sacrifice hits, batting to help base-runners around and to bring runs in, and not that of going to the bat with the sole idea of trying to "hit the ball out of the lot," or "knock the stuffing out of it," in the effort to get in the coveted home run. with its costly expenditure of physical strength in the 120 yards spurt in running which it involves.
There is one thing the season's experience has shown, and that is that field captains of intelligence and judgment, like Anson, Comiskey, Ward, Irwin, et al. have come to realize the fact that team batting is a very important element in bringing about pennant winning, and by team batting is meant the rule which makes everything secondary in the work of the batsman to the important point to forward men around the bases and to bring runs in. The batsman who excels in the essentials of the art of batting is the true leader, though he may not make a three-bagger or a home run more than half a dozen times in a season's batting. And a part of team work at the bat is sacrifice hitting—sacrifice hits being hits which, while they result in the striker's retirement, nevertheless either forward runners to the bases or bring runs in. After a batsman has become a base-runner, whether by a hit, a fielding error, or a battery error, if he be forwarded to second by a safe bunt or a neat tap of the ball, both being base hits; or by a sacrifice hit, the batsman is equally entitled to credit if he forward a runner by such hit.
In regard to the slugging tactics which the batsman goes in for extra hits at all costs, it may partly be regarded as a very stupid piece of play at the bat to endeavor to make a home run when there is no one on the bases to benefit by it, and for the reason that it subjects the batsman to a violent sprinting of 120 yards, and professional sprint-runners who enter for runs of that distance, even when in training for the effort, require a half-hour's good rest before making another such effort. And yet there are batsmen who strive to make hits which necessitate a 120 yards run two or three times in a single game. Do field captains who go in for this sluggish style of batting ever think of the wear and tear of a player's physical strength in this slugging business?
EVILS IN THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA.
The two great obstacles in the way of the success of the majority of professional ball players are wine and women. The saloon and the brothel are the evils of the baseball world at the present day; and we see it practically exemplified in the failure of noted players to play up to the standard they are capable of were they to avoid these gross evils. One day it is a noted pitcher who fails to serve his club at a critical period of the campaign. Anon, it is the disgraceful escapade of an equally noted umpire. And so it goes from one season to another, at the cost of the loss of thousands of dollars to clubs who blindly shut their eyes to the costly nature of intemperance and dissipation in their ranks. We tell you, gentlemen of the League and Association, the sooner you introduce the prohibition plank in your contracts the sooner you will get rid of the costly evil of drunkenness and dissipation among your players. Club after club have lost championship honors time and again by this evil, and yet they blindly condone these offences season after season. The prohibition rule from April to October is the only practical rule for removing drunkenness in your teams.
PRIVATE SIGNALS IN COACHING.
The coaching of base runners by private signals is an improvement in the game which is bound to come into vogue eventually. The noisy method of coaching which disgraced most of the American Association club teams in 1888 is doomed to die out. In the case of the coaching of deaf mutes, like Hoy and others, private signals had to be employed, and it can readily be seen how effective these can be made to be when properly systematized. There is not a single point in noisy verbal coaching which aids base-runners. In fact, in five cases out of six, it is a detriment to the runner. The fact is, the whole object of rowdy coaching is to annoy and confuse the battery players and not to help base-running. The way to rattle both the catcher and pitcher with the best effect, and to do it legitimately, is by private coaching. In this way a pitcher is more likely to get bothered in his endeavors to interpret the private signals than by the noisiest of verbal coaching.
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP CAMPAIGN OF 1888.
The championship campaign of the American Association in 1888 proved to be exceptionally interesting in one respect, and that was in the close contest for the lead between the St. Louis, Brooklyn, Athletic and Cincinnati Clubs. Another feature was the fact that the best managed and most ably captained team of the eight clubs deservedly bore off the championship honors of the season; and that, too, against the strong team of picked star players which the Brooklyn Club gathered together at such cost to oppose the champions. The season was also made specially noteworthy by the fact that the St. Louis Club came in victors in the race for the fourth consecutive season, a record no other club except the Boston has ever been able to equal, and in the case of the Boston Club it was done before the organization of the National League. The pennant race was commenced on April 18, on which date the Louisville team began play at St. Louis, and the Cincinnatis at Kansas City in the West; while the Cleveland team opened at Brooklyn, and the Baltimore at Philadelphia in the East, the victors being the St. Louis, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, and Baltimore teams. By the end of April the Cincinnati and Athletic teams led in the West and East, with St. Louis and Brooklyn occupying fourth and fifth positions respectively, in the race. Before the end of May, while Cincinnati stood in the van, St. Louis had pulled up to second place, and Brooklyn had secured third position, the Athletics being fourth. In June Cincinnati fell off and St. Louis went to the front, with Brooklyn a close second, and the Athletics third. In July, Cincinnati rallied well and pushed the Athletics down to fourth place, while St. Louis and Brooklyn still occupied the leading positions. It was during the week ending July 15 that Brooklyn held first place with a percentage of .676 to St. Louis .639; before the month ended, however, St. Louis pulled up to .662, while Brooklyn stood at .641.
August proved to be a fatal month for Brooklyn, they only winning 8 games out of 22 won and lost this month, the result of their tumble being their retirement to fourth place, Cincinnati rallying well this month, while St. Louis began to look sure for the pennant, the Athletics ending the month a good third in the race. In September the Athletics pressed the Cincinnatis hard, and drove them out of second place, and before the month ended it was made evident that the closing part of the campaign would see a hot fight for the second position in the race between the Athletic and Brooklyn teams, September seeing the St. Louis team a fixture for first place, while Cincinnati was kept back in fourth position. By the close of September, St. Louis held first with a percentage of .691; the Athletics were second, with .615; Brooklyn third with .606, and Cincinnati fourth with .574. October saw a close struggle between the Athletic and Brooklyn teams for second place, and had the former team been kept temperate they would have finished second; but they "boozed" too much in October, and this gave Brooklyn the chance to take the position from them, and when the campaign ended on the 17th of October the record left the eight clubs occupying the following relative positions:
Won. Lost. Per Ct. + + -+ - St. Louis 92 43 .681 Brooklyn 88 52 .629 Athletic 81 52 .609 Cincinnati 80 54 .597 Baltimore 57 80 .416 Cleveland 50 82 .378 Louisville 48 87 .355 Kans. City 43 89 .326
In the above record the Athletic Club is credited with one victory and Baltimore with one defeat less than they were given credit for in the records published at the close of the season. The game was taken out of the record by the following order of President Wikoff:
NEW YORK, October 16. W.S. KAMES, Esq, Secretary Athletic Base Ball Club, Philadelphia:
Dear Sir:—I find on examination that the Baltimore Athletic game of June 10, 1888, played at Gloucester, N.J., and won by your club, and which has been counted in the regular championship series as a postponed game of April 21, was irregular, for the reason that the said postponed game of April 21 was played off by your club in Philadelphia as per authority of my official circular No. 36, on May 16, 1888. Therefore, the game won by the Athletic Club on June 10 cannot be counted in the regular championship series. Yours truly, WHEELER C. WIKOFF, Secy.
It will be seen that the St. Louis Club won the championship, and for the fourth consecutive time, thus breaking the record. The Brooklyns, by a liberal expenditure of money toward the close of the season, succeeded in strengthening sufficiently to head off the Athletics for second place, and the latter had to be content with third position. The Cincinnatis did good work toward the close, despite the sale of several valuable players, and almost succeeded in closing the gap between fourth and third places; as it was, they ended a close fourth. Baltimore secured fifth place by a goodly margin over the sixth club, Cleveland. Louisville finished seventh, the lowest position the club ever occupied. Kansas City, though the tail-ender, nevertheless made an excellent first-season record. Neither the St. Louis nor Brooklyn Clubs lost a series. They split even with ten victories each in their games, and Brooklyn stood alone in winning the series from every other club. The Brooklyn Club alone played its full schedule of 140 games.
The following is a full and complete summary of the work done by the eight clubs in the championship arena during 1888:
K C L a S I B C o n t B A n a l u s . r t c l e i a o h i t v s s L o l n i e v o k e n m l i C u l t a o a l i i y i t r n l t s n c i e d e y . . . . . . . . - Victories 92 88 81 80 57 50 48 43 Defeats 43 52 52 54 80 82 87 89 Drawn Games 2 3 3 3 0 3 4 0 Total Played 137 143 136 137 137 135 139 132 Per Cent. of Victories .681 .629 .609 .597 .416 .378 .355 .326 Series Won 4 6 4 3 2 0 1 0 Series Lost 0 0 1 1 4 3 5 6 Series Tied 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Series Unfinished 2 0 1 2 1 4 1 1 "Chicago" Victories 12 9 13 9 3 5 6 4 "Chicago" Defeats 4 9 5 7 8 12 6 10 Home Victories 60 52 51 56 30 32 26 25 Home Defeats 21 20 20 24 26 27 29 33 Victories Abroad 29 36 30 24 27 18 22 18 Defeats Abroad 22 32 32 50 31 23 58 56 Extra Innings Victories 3 7 5 8 3 1 2 1 Extra Innings Defeats 6 3 7 4 3 1 5 2 Extra Innings Drawn 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 Single Figure Victories 73 74 57 56 48 37 37 32 Single Figure Defeats 38 46 46 44 59 58 62 65 Double Figure Victories 19 14 24 24 9 13 11 11 Double Figure Defeats 5 6 6 10 21 24 25 24 Batting Average .250 .243 .263 .240 .231 .235 .248 .221 Fielding Average .930 .924 .934 .940 .928 .941 .913 .921 Highest Score in a Game 18 18 28 18 12 23 18 26 Worst Defeat 5-0 7-0 8-0 12-0 14-0 15-0 9-0 14-0 Won by One Run 15 20 11 19 16 14 11 16 Lost by One Run 18 15 15 14 10 19 10 15 Total Runs Scored 790 757 828 734 653 641 .678 578 Total Stolen Bases 526 413 568 464 374 399 368 266
THE CHAMPION CLUB TEAM OF 1888.
There were fourteen players of the St. Louis team who took part in forty games and over, the first nine being as follows:
King, pitcher, 65 games; Boyle, catcher, 71 games; Comiskey, first baseman, 137 games; Robinson, second baseman, 134 games; Latham, third baseman, 133 games; White, shortstop, 109 games; O'Neill, left field, 130 games; Lyons, center field, 123 games; and McCarthy, right field, 131 games. The other battery players were Hudson, pitcher, 55 games; Milligan, catcher, 63 games; Chamberlain, pitcher, 40 games; Herr, shortstop, 43 games, and McGarr, second base, 35 games. The other players are not named in the official averages. The first nine who played in one hundred games and over, and who led in batting averages, were O'Neill, McCarthy, Comiskey, Latham, Robinson, White, and Lyons; Hudson, Milligan, Boyle, King and Chamberlain, all of whom played in less than one hundred games, following in order.
In fielding averages, Comiskey, Milligan, O'Neill, Boyle, McCarthy, Lyons, Robinson and Latham.
The feature of the work of the team in winning the pennant was the ability shown by Captain Comiskey in his position; the fine infield work, too, of Latham and Robinson, and the outfielding of O'Neill and McCarthy greatly aiding the batteries of the team. The full summary of the team's work is given below:
K C L a i B C o n B A n a l u s r t c l e i a o h i t v s s T l l n i e v o k e n m l i C t l t a o a l I a y i t r n l t l n c i e d e y s . . . . . . . . - - Victories 10 10 10 14 16 16 16 92 Defeats 10 7 8 6 4 4 4 43 Drawn Games 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Series Won 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 Series Tied 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Series Unfinished 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 "Chicago" Victories 3 2 0 2 4 1 0 12 "Chicago" Defeats 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 Single Figure Victories 9 10 8 11 13 10 14 75 Single Figure Defeats 9 5 7 6 4 3 4 38 Double Figure Victories 1 0 2 3 4 6 2 18 Double Figure Defeats 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 Extra Innings Games 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 Victories at Home 6 6 6 8 9 11 14 60 Defeats at Home 4 3 4 3 1 2 3 21 Victories Abroad 4 4 4 6 7 5 2 32 Defeats Abroad 6 4 4 2 3 2 1 22 Won by One Run 2 3 2 0 3 4 1 15 Lost by One Run 5 1 4 4 1 1 2 18 Highest Score in a Game 13-4 8-1 17-5 16-9 14-4 18-1 14-5 Worst Defeat 2-11 0-5 1-10 2-6 2-8 4-10 7-9
The pitching record of the champion team for 1888 is appended:
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K C L a i B C o n B A n a l u s r t c l e i a o h i t v s s l l n i e v k e n m l i C l t a o a l i y i t r n l t n c i e d e y . . . . . . . + -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ -+ - W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + King 8 4 6 3 5 4 6 5 1 6 3 6 1 1 Hudson 1 3 3 2 2 0 5 1 7 2 6 0 2 2 Chamberlain 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 Devlin 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 Knauff 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 Freeman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Totals 10 10 10 7 10 8 14 6 16 4 16 4 16 4
Per Cent of Totals. Victories. - W. L. P. - King 44 21 65 .671 Hudson 26 10 36 .722 Chamberlain 11 2 13 .853 Devlin 6 5 11 .545 Knauff 5 4 9 .555 Freeman 0 1 1 .000 - Totals 92 43 135
The appended record of the six years' work in the American Association championship arena, showing the winning clubs and their managers, as also their victories, defeats and percentage of victories, will be found interesting:
WINNING YEAR. CLUB. MANAGER. Victories. Defeats. Games. Percentage. - - 1882 Cincinnati Thorner 55 25 80 .680 1883 Athletic Simmons 66 32 98 .670 1884 Metropolitan Mutrie 75 32 107 .700 1885 St. Louis Comiskey 79 33 112 .705 1886 St. Louis Comiskey 93 46 139 .669 1887 St. Louis Comiskey 95 40 135 .704 1888 St. Louis Comiskey 92 43 135 .681
THE MONTHLY RECORD.
The record of the victories and defeats scored each month of the championship campaign is appended, by which it will be seen that the record of the Brooklyn team for October surpassed that of any other club's monthly record of the season. Cincinnatis led in April, Brooklyn in May, the Athletics in June, Cincinnatis in July, St. Louis in August, while in September St. Louis and Brooklyn tied, Brooklyn leading in October. St. Louis's best month's work was done in August, Brooklyn's in October, the Athletics' in June, the Cincinnatis' in July, the Baltimores' in September, the Clevelands' in September, the Louisvilles' in July, and the Kansas Citys' in August. Kansas City was the only club which failed in at least one month to score more victories than defeats, their best record for any month being a tie in victories and defeats. Here is the table in full:
April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Totals. - - - - - - - - W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. - - - - - - St. Louis 5 3 14 5 16 7 15 12 18 3 18 8 6 5 92 43 Brooklyn 7 5 18 4 14 9 12 11 8 14 18 8 11 1 88 52 Athletic 7 4 7 11 18 4 12 11 16 6 14 12 7 4 81 52 Cincinnati 8 3 15 6 9 13 16 7 12 9 11 14 9 2 80 54 Baltimore 6 4 7 11 12 12 9 17 7 17 13 12 3 8 57 80 Cleveland 2 9 9 11 6 15 12 13 6 12 12 12 3 10 50 82 Louisville 4 7 5 16 7 15 13 10 8 14 7 18 4 7 47 87 Kansas City 2 6 5 16 7 14 9 17 11 11 8 15 2 8 43 89 - - - - - - Totals 41 41 80 80 89 89 98 98 86 86 100 100 45 45 539 539
The Athletics' victory over Baltimore on June 10, is not counted in the above table.
The official record of the American Association for the season of 1888 as sent us by President Wikoff, will be found in full below:
BATTING RECORD.
(In the following, no in or outfielders' record is given unless twenty games have been played in the position, and no pitcher or catcher's record is given unless fifteen games have been played.)
[**Proofreaders note: Table split into two parts to fit on page] No. of Rank Name. Club. Games. + -+ + 1 O'Neill St. Louis 130 2 Stovey Athletic 130 3 Lyons Athletic 111 4 Reilly Cincinnati 126 5 Collins Louisville and Brooklyn 126 6 Browning Louisville 99 7 Orr Brooklyn 95 8 Burns Baltimore and Brooklyn 129 9 Wolf Louisville 127 10 McKean Cleveland 130 11 {Tucker Baltimore 136 {Welch Athletic 136 12 Corkhill Cincinnati and Brooklyn 137 13 {Foutz Brooklyn 140 {Larkin Athletic 135 14 Bierbauer Athletic 134 15 Sullivan Athletic 28 16 McCarthy St. Louis 131 17 {Trott Baltimore 31 {O'Brien Brooklyn 136 18 Weaver Louisville 26 19 Comiskey St. Louis 137 20 Carpenter Cincinnati 135 21 {Robinson Athletic 67 {Mattimore Athletic 41 22 {Davis Kansas City 122 {Herr St. Louis 43 {Stratton Louisville 65 23 Smith Athletic and 35 Baltimore 24 {Latham St. Louis 133 {Fantz Cleveland 120 25 Hudson St. Louis 55 26 Griffin Baltimore 137 27 Pinkney Brooklyn 143 28 Hecker Louisville 55 29 {Kappell Cincinnati 35 {Terry Brooklyn 30 30 Milligan St. Louis 63 31 {McTamany Kansas City 110 {Mullane Cincinnati 51 32 {Hamilton Kansas City 35 {Zimmer Cleveland 63 {Goodfellow Cleveland 69 {Hotaling Cleveland 97 33 Smith Louisville 56 34 {Boyle St. Louis 71 {Clark Brooklyn 45 35 Cline Kansas City 73 36 Donohue Kansas City 87 37 Kerins Louisville 81 38 {Nicol Cincinnati 134 {Hogan Cleveland 77 39 Phillips Kansas City 129 40 Gilks Cleveland 118 41 {Robinson St. Louis 134 {Stricker Cleveland 126 42 {McPhee Cincinnati 110 {Carruthers Brooklyn 94 43 Keenan Cincinnati 84 44 {Tebean Cincinnati 121 {Mack Louisville 110 45 {Goldsby Baltimore 44 {Poorman Athletic 85 46 Esterbrook Louisville 23 47 {O'Brien Baltimore 57 {Radford Brooklyn 91 48 {Gleason Athletic 123 {Purcell Baltimore 119 and Athletic 49 White Louisville 109 and St Louis. 50 {Barkley Kansas City 116 {Smith Cincinnati 40 {Bushong Brooklyn 69 {Baldwin Cincinnati 66 51 {Weybing Athletic 49 {Fagan Kansas City 18 52 Gunning Athletic 23 53 {Shindle Baltimore 135 {Snyder Cleveland 63 54 {McClellan Brooklyn and 97 Cleveland {Sommer Baltimore 79 {Allen Kansas City 37 55 Smith Brooklyn 103 56 Cross Louisville 47 57 King St. Louis 65 58 Werrick Louisville 109
No. of No. of Base Stolen Av. B.H. Rank Name. Hit. Bases. to A.B. - - 1 O'Neill 176 24 .332 2 Stovey 171 156 .318 3 Lyons 145 45 .325 4 Reilly 167 80 .324 5 Collins 164 91 .318 6 Browning 120 39 .313 7 Orr 119 16 .303 8 Burns 158 48 .298 9 Wolf 159 40 .298 10 McKean 161 66 .297 11 {Tucker 152 49 .291 {Welch 160 121 .291 12 Corkhill 159 41 .285 13 {Foutz 159 40 .283 {Larkin 154 19 .283 14 Bierbauer 148 56 .279 15 Sullivan 31 8 .277 16 McCarthy 141 109 .276 17 {Trott 30 3 .275 {O'Brien 147 68 .275 18 Weaver 31 12 .274 19 Comiskey 156 77 .271 20 Carpenter 147 56 .269 21 {Robinson 67 15 .268 {Mattimore 38 14 .268 22 {Davis 131 45 .266 {Herr 46 9 .266 {Stratton 64 15 .266 23 Smith 31 3 .265 24 {Latham 150 124 .264 {Fantz 124 68 .264 25 Hudson 51 6 .262 26 Griffin 141 53 .261 27 Pinkney 150 56 .260 28 Hecker 53 23 .255 29 {Kappell 35 22 .254 {Terry 29 13 .254 30 Milligan 55 8 .252 31 {McTamany 130 56 .251 {Mullane 44 13 .251 32 {Hamilton 32 23 .250 {Zimmer 53 18 .250 {Goodfellow 68 7 .250 {Hotaling 103 33 .250 33 Smith 48 48 .246 34 {Boyle 63 15 .245 {Clark 37 12 .245 35 Cline 71 30 .243 36 Donohue 80 12 .241 37 Kerins 74 20 .239 38 {Nicol 128 104 .236 {Hogan 63 35 .236 39 Phillips 120 11 .235 40 Gilks 110 19 .232 41 {Robinson 106 62 .231 {Stricker 113 68 .231 42 {McPhee 104 53 .230 {Carruthers 77 33 .230 43 Keenan 72 8 .225 44 {Tebean 95 33 .228 {Mack 100 23 .228 45 {Goldsby 37 19 .227 {Poorman 87 43 .227 46 Esterbrook 21 6 .226 47 {O'Brien 44 15 .224 {Radford 70 36 .224 48 {Gleason 112 37 .224 {Purcell 105 25 .224 49 White 104 30 .221 50 {Barkley 106 16 .220 {Smith 29 3 .220 {Bushong 55 11 .220 {Baldwin 58 2 .220 51 {Weybing 40 8 .219 {Fagan 14 0 .219 52 Gunning 20 15 .217 53 {Shindle 111 59 .216 {Snyder 50 10 .216 54 {McClellan 75 29 .215 {Sommer 64 15 .215 {Allen 29 5 .215 55 Smith 86 31 .214 56 Cross 39 9 .213 57 King 42 5 .212 58 Werrick 86 21 .210
A mistake is made in the above record in placing the names of batsmen whose averages are alike, in the wrong order. Thus, Pratt who played in but 31 games is placed ahead of O'Brien, who played in 136, both making the same batting averages.
The official record of the American Association for the season of 1888 as sent us by President Wikoff, will be found in full below:
BATTING RECORD.
(In the following, no in or outfielders' record is given unless twenty games have been played in the position, and no pitcher or catcher's record is given unless fifteen games have been played.)
R Av. a No. of No. of B.H. n No. of Base Stolen to k Name. Club. Games. Hit. Bases. A.B. - - - 1 O'Neill St. Louis 130 176 24 .332 2 Stovey Athletic 130 171 156 .318 3 Lyons Athletic 111 145 45 .325 4 Reilly Cincinnati 126 167 80 .324 5 Collins Louisville 126 164 91 .318 and Brooklyn 6 Browning Louisville 99 120 39 .313 7 Orr Brooklyn 95 119 16 .303 8 Burns Baltimore 129 158 48 .298 and Brooklyn 9 Wolf Louisville 127 159 40 .298 10 McKean Cleveland 130 161 66 .297 11 {Tucker Baltimore 136 152 49 .291 {Welch Athletic 136 160 121 .291 12 Corkhill Cincinnati 137 159 41 .285 and Brooklyn 13 {Foutz Brooklyn 140 159 40 .283 {Larkin Athletic 135 154 19 .283 14 Bierbauer Athletic 134 148 56 .279 15 Sullivan Athletic 28 31 8 .277 16 McCarthy St. Louis 131 141 109 .276 17 {Trott Baltimore 31 30 3 .275 {O'Brien Brooklyn 136 147 68 .275 18 Weaver Louisville 26 31 12 .274 19 Comiskey St. Louis 137 156 77 .271 20 Carpenter Cincinnati 135 147 56 .269 21 {Robinson Athletic 67 67 15 .268 {Mattimore Athletic 41 38 14 .268 22 {Davis Kansas City 122 131 45 .266 {Herr St. Louis 43 46 9 .266 {Stratton Louisville 65 64 15 .266 23 Smith Athletic 35 31 3 .265 and Baltimore 24 {Latham St. Louis 133 150 124 .264 {Fantz Cleveland 120 124 68 .264 25 Hudson St. Louis 55 51 6 .262 26 Griffin Baltimore 137 141 53 .261 27 Pinkney Brooklyn 143 150 56 .260 28 Hecker Louisville 55 53 23 .255 29 {Kappell Cincinnati 35 35 22 .254 {Terry Brooklyn 30 29 13 .254 30 Milligan St. Louis 63 55 8 .252 31 {McTamany Kansas City 110 130 56 .251 {Mullane Cincinnati 51 44 13 .251 32 {Hamilton Kansas City 35 32 23 .250 {Zimmer Cleveland 63 53 18 .250 {Goodfellow Cleveland 69 68 7 .250 {Hotaling Cleveland 97 103 33 .250 33 Smith Louisville 56 48 48 .246 34 {Boyle St. Louis 71 63 15 .245 {Clark Brooklyn 45 37 12 .245 35 Cline Kansas City 73 71 30 .243 36 Donohue Kansas City 87 80 12 .241 37 Kerins Louisville 81 74 20 .239 38 {Nicol Cincinnati 134 128 104 .236 {Hogan Cleveland 77 63 35 .236 39 Phillips Kansas City 129 120 11 .235 40 Gilks Cleveland 118 110 19 .232 41 {Robinson St. Louis 134 106 62 .231 {Stricker Cleveland 126 113 68 .231 42 {McPhee Cincinnati 110 104 53 .230 {Carruthers Brooklyn 94 77 33 .230 43 Keenan Cincinnati 84 72 8 .225 44 {Tebean Cincinnati 121 95 33 .228 {Mack Louisville 110 100 23 .228 45 {Goldsby Baltimore 44 37 19 .227 {Poorman Athletic 85 87 43 .227 46 Esterbrook Louisville 23 21 6 .226 47 {O'Brien Baltimore 57 44 15 .224 {Radford Brooklyn 91 70 36 .224 48 {Gleason Athletic 123 112 37 .224 {Purcell Baltimore 119 105 25 .224 and Athletic 49 White Louisville 109 104 30 .221 and St. Louis 50 {Barkley Kansas City 116 106 16 .220 {Smith Cincinnati 40 29 3 .220 {Bushong Brooklyn 69 55 11 .220 {Baldwin Cincinnati 66 58 2 .220 51 {Weybing Athletic 49 40 8 .219 {Fagan Kansas City 18 14 0 .219 52 Gunning Athletic 23 20 15 .217 53 {Shindle Baltimore 135 111 59 .216 {Snyder Cleveland 63 50 10 .216 54 {McClellan Brooklyn 97 75 29 .215 and Cleveland {Sommer Baltimore 79 64 15 .215 {Allen Kansas City 37 29 5 .215 55 Smith Brooklyn 103 86 31 .214 56 Cross Louisville 47 39 9 .213 57 King St. Louis 65 42 5 .212 58 Werrick Louisville 109 86 21 .210 59 Raymond Louisville 32 26 6 .208 60 McGuire Cleveland 25 18 1 .207 61 Ewing Louisville 21 16 6 .205 62 Daniels Kansas City 61 46 19 .205 63 Vaughn Louisville 49 37 5 .203 64 Greenwood Baltimore 113 82 54 .202 64 Andrews Louisville 27 20 5 .202 65 O'Connor Cincinnati 36 28 13 .201 66 Cook Louisville 53 35 15 .200 67 Peoples Brooklyn 33 21 9 .198 68 Farrell Baltimore 103 79 32 .197 69 Fennelly Cincinnati 127 96 49 .196 and Athletic 70 Esterday Kansas City 114 78 18 .195 70 Rowe Kansas City 32 24 1 .195 71 Albert Cleveland 101 69 32 .192 72 Lyons St. Louis 123 95 42 .190 73 Cunningham Baltimore 51 33 2 .198 74 McGarr St. Louis 35 25 25 .187 75 O'Brien Cleveland 31 20 2 .185 76 McGlone Cleveland 55 37 26 .183 77 Fulmer Baltimore 51 30 17 .179 78 Hankinson Kansas City 37 27 2 .175 79 Brennan Kansas City 34 20 6 .174 80 Kilroy Baltimore 43 24 12 .166 81 Cantz Baltimore 37 21 1 .165 82 Chamberlain Louisville 40 23 12 .161 and St. Louis 83 Seward Athletic 64 35 12 .154 84 Townsend Athletic 43 24 1 .150 84 Hughes Brooklyn 39 20 3 .150 85 Tomney Louisville 34 18 12 .149 86 Porter Kansas City 55 27 1 .137 87 Bakely Cleveland 60 25 1 .131 88 Burdock Brooklyn 60 30 9 .125 89 Ramsey Louisville 41 17 0 .123 90 Holbert Brooklyn 15 6 1 .115 91 Sullivan Kansas City 28 10 7 .109 92 Mays Brooklyn 18 6 2 .095 93 Viau Cincinnati 41 12 3 .085 94 Crowell Louisville 19 5 2 .080 and Cleveland
FIELDING RECORD.
CATCHERS.
Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent. Games. Offered Accepted. + + -+ + -+ - 1 Donohue Kansas City 66 395 .965 2 (Robinson Athletic 66 595 .955 {Keenan Cincinnati 70 536 .955 3 Milligan St. Louis 58 429 .944 4 Holbert Brooklyn 15 106 .934 5 Boyle St. Louis 70 539 .933 6 Cross Louisville 38 292 .928 7 Snyder Cleveland 43 334 .922 8 Zimmer Cleveland 56 443 .921 9 Trott Baltimore 27 205 .917 10 {Vaughn Louisville 25 184 .913 {Baldwin Cincinnati 64 483 .913 11 Bushong Brooklyn 68 489 .9** [A] 12 Townsend Athletic 43 330 .906 13 O'Brien Baltimore 38 274 .905 14 Fulmer Baltimore 46 309 .903 15 Cook Louisville 50 316 .902 16 Gunning Athletic 23 192 .896 17 Cantz Baltimore 33 227 .890 18 Kerins Louisville 30 320 .888 19 Brennan Kansas City 25 176 .887 20 McGuire Cleveland 16 131 .885 21 Daniels Kansas City 31 232 .875 22 Clark Brooklyn 36 307 .857 23 Peoples Brooklyn 26 252 .841
[*Proofreaders Note A: * number indecipherable.]
PITCHERS. Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent. Games. Offered Accepted. + + -+ + -+ 1 Chamberlain Louisville 37 255 .988 and St. Louis 2 Ewing Louisville 21 135 .985 3 Terry Brooklyn 24 186 .978 4 Mays Brooklyn 18 12O .975 5 Foutz Brooklyn 19 115 .974 6 Sullivan Kansas City 24 167 .970 7 Stratton Louisville 34 184 .968 8 (Hudson St. Louis 37 230 .962 {Kilroy Baltimore 42 229 .965 9 {Hughes Brooklyn 39 261 .962 {King St. Louis 65 397 .962 10 {Crowell Cleveland and Louisville 19 103 .961 {Bakely Cleveland 60 359 .961 {Mullane Cincinnati 44 284 .961 {Viau Cincinnati 41 257 .961 11 Seward Athletic 57 428 .957 12 O'Brien Cleveland 29 213 .953 13 Porter Kansas City 55 507 .951 14 {Weyhing Athletic 48 328 .948 {Smith Cincinnati 4O 211 .948 15 Carruthers Brooklyn 45 273 .945 16 Hecker Louisville 28 154 .942 17 Smith Athletic 38 248 .940 and Baltimore 19 Cunningham Baltimore 51 335 .934 20 Ramsey Louisville 37 290 .924 21 Mattimore Athletic 26 162 .914 81 Fagan Kansas City 17 92 .913 {sic.}
This table is rendered useless as a criterion of a pitcher's skill as a fielder, on account of the mixing up of assistances on strikes with fielding assistances, which are distinct and separate figures for data.
FIRST BASEMEN.
Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent. Games. Offered Accepted. + + -+ + -+ 1 Andrews Louisville. 27 302 .993 2 {Foutz Brooklyn 42 371 .986 {Faatz Cleveland 120 1247 .986 3 Orr Brooklyn 95 1044 .980 4 Reilly Cincinnati 116 1313 .979 5 Phillips Kansas City 119 1500 .977 6 Tucker Baltimore 129 1441 .975 7 Smith Louisville 56 578 .974 8 {Larkin Athletic 121 1294 .972 {Comiskey St. Louis 133 1379 .972 9 Esterbrook Louisville 23 238 .958 10 Hecker Louisville 27 294 .952
SECOND BASEMEN.
Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent. Games. Offered Accepted. + + -+ + -+ 1 Berkley Kansas City 116 683 .941 2 {Striekler Cleveland 122 791 .938 {McPhee Cincinnati 110 776 .938 3 Bierbauer Athletics 122 795 .935 4 Collins Louisville 30 170 .926 and Brooklyn 5 McClellan Brooklyn 62 346 .920 and Cleveland. 6 Burdock Brooklyn 69 431 .919 7 Mack Louisville 110 703 .915 8 {Greenwood Baltimore 87 442 .914 {Farrell Baltimore 47 174 .913 9 McGarr St. Louis 34 193 .915 10 Robinson St. Louis 100 496 .904
SHORT STOPS.
Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent. Games. Offered Accepted. + -+ -+ + -+ 1 Farell Baltimore 56 395 .937 2 Tomney Louisville 34 174 .914 3 Esterday Kansas City 114 640 .900 4 McKean Cleveland 75 380 .895 5 Sommer Baltimore 32 161 .885 6 Herr St.Louis 28 133 .872 7 Fenelly Cincinnati 120 723 .871 and Athletic 8 Gleason Athletic 121 565 .865 9 Wolf Louisville 38 222 .860 10 Alberts Cleveland 52 272 .857 11 Burns Baltimore 53 277 .848 and Brooklyn 12 Smith Brooklyn 103 600 .847 13 Robinson St. Louis 34 168 .845 14 Greenwood Baltimore 26 118 .831 15 White Louisville 96 596 .827 and St. Louis 16 Kapell Cincinnati 21 107 .785
LEFT FIELDERS.
Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent. Games. Offered Accepted. + + -+ + -+ 1 Stovey Athletic 117 226 .950 2 Browning Louisville 21 35 .943 3 Allen Kansas City 33 80 .938 4 O'Neill St. Louis 130 257 .934 5 O'Brien Brooklyn 136 261 .931 6 Collins Louisville 57 152 .921 and Brooklyn 7 {Sommer Baltimore 30 56 .911 {Tebeau Cincinnati 121 235 .911 8 Vaughn Louisville 20 40 .900 9 Goldsby Baltimore 42 58 .893 10 McKean Cleveland 43 88 .886 11 {Hogan Cleveland 26 41 .878 {Gilks Cleveland 58 115 .878 12 Burns Baltimore 47 120 .833 and Brooklyn 13 Cline Kansas City 26 46 .826 14 Sullivan Kansas City 16 25 .800 15 Stratton Louisville 23 37 .730
THIRD BASEMEN.
Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent. Games. Offered Accepted. + -+ -+ + -+ 1 Shindle Baltimore 135 606 .919 2 Pinkney Brooklyn 143 470 .896 3 Albert Cleveland 48 198 .894 4 Lyons Athletic 111 397 .889 5 Latham St. Louis 132 525 .882 6 Carpenter Cincinnati 135 491 .878 7 Raymond Louisville 31 129 .876 8 Davis Kansas City 114 576 .849 9 Werrick Louisville 89 321 .822 10 Gilks Cleveland 26 109 .798 11 McGlone Cleveland 48 198 .793
RIGHT FIELDERS
Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent. Games. Offered Accepted. + + -+ + -+ - 1 Hogan Cleveland 51 90 .988 2 McClellan Brooklyn 32 52 .962 and Cleveland 3 Nicol Cincinnati 124 218 .959 4 Hamilton Kansas City 29 35 .943 5 Foutz Brooklyn 78 251 .932 6 McCarthy St. Louis 118 276 .924 7 Purcell Athletic 111 182 .923 and Baltimore 8 Carruthers Brooklyn 31 80 .900 8 Cline Kansas City 44 80 .900 9 Poorman Athletic 85 134 .896 10 Wolf Louisville 83 158 .892 11 McTamany Kansas City 48 92 .891 12 Goodfellow Cleveland 51 100 .850 13 Kerins Louisville 35 61 .820
CENTER FIELDERS.
Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent. Games. Offered Accepted. + + -+ -+ + - 1 Welch Athletic 135 309 .968 2 Corkhill Cincinnati 131 320 .966 and Brooklyn 3 Gilks Cleveland 26 50 .960 4 Radford Brooklyn 84 208 .947 5 Griffin Baltimore 137 323 .941 6 McTamany Kansas City 68 206 .932 7 Lyons St. Louis 108 267 .910 8 Weaver Louisville 26 49 .898 8 Rowe Kansas City 32 68 .897 9 Browning Louisville 78 181 .884 10 Hotaling Cleveland 97 200 .875 11 Collins Louisville 24 61 .852 and Brooklyn 12 O'Connor Cincinnati 19 39 .846
CLUB BATTING RECORD
Rank Clubs Number Times Runs Number Stolen Per cent of Games at Bat of Base Bases B. H. to Hits A. B. + -+ + + + -+ + 1 Athletic 136 4801 828 1262 568 .263 2 St. Louis 137 4753 790 1188 526 .250 3 Louisville 137 4807 678 1190 368 .248 4 Brooklyn 143 4868 757 1183 413 .243 5 Cincinnati 136 4762 734 1143 464 .240 6 Cleveland 134 4560 641 1073 399 .235 7 Baltimore 137 4654 653 1073 379 .231 8 Kansas City 132 4582 578 1011 266 .221 + + + + -+ + Total 1092 37787 5659 9123 3383 .241 |
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