1888 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1888
League:	American Association (19th century)American Association
Ballpark:	Jefferson Street Grounds
City:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners:	Bill Sharsig, H. C. Pennypacker, William Whittaker
Manager:	Bill Sharsig

The 1888 Philadelphia Athletics finished with an 81–52 record and finished in third place in the American Association.

Regular season

Roster

1888 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		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		66	254	62	.244	1	31
1B		135	546	147	.269	7	101
2B		134	535	143	.267	0	80
SS		123	499	112	.224	0	61
3B		111	456	135	.296	6	83
OF		130	530	152	.287	9	65
OF		136	549	155	.282	1	61
OF		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
	42	161	25	.155	0	12
	28	112	31	.277	1	19
	23	92	18	.196	0	5
	18	66	11	.167	0	6
	15	47	11	.234	1	12
	3	12	2	.167	0	1
	2	7	0	.000	0	0
	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
	57	518.2	35	19	2.01	272
	47	404.0	28	18	2.25	204
	26	221.0	15	10	3.38	80
	4	31.0	1	3	2.61	16
	3	22.0	2	1	2.86	19
	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

References

• 1888 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference