1888 Baltimore Orioles season

1888 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Oriole Park (since 1883)
Baltimore, Maryland (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Harry Von der Horst
Manager(s)	Billy Barnie
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Regular season

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 Records Sources:
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 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Bert Cunningham John Harkins Matt Kilroy Mike Kilroy Sam Shaw Phenomenal Smith George Walker Pat Whitaker		Catchers Bart Cantz Chris Fulmer Jack O'Brien Sam Trott Infielders George Bradley Jack Farrell Bill Greenwood Billy Shindle Tommy Tucker		Outfielders Oyster Burns Walt Goldsby Mike Griffin John Peltz Blondie Purcell Joe Sommer		Manager Billy Barnie

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
1B	Tucker, TommyTommy Tucker	136	520	149	.287	6	61
OF	Griffin, MikeMike Griffin	137	542	139	.256	0	46

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
Goldsby, WaltWalt Goldsby	46	165	39	.236	0	14

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
Cunningham, BertBert Cunningham	51	453.1	22	29	3.39	186
Kilroy, MattMatt Kilroy	40	321	17	21	4.04	135
Harkins, JohnJohn Harkins	1	8	0	1	6.75	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
Tucker, TommyTommy Tucker	1	0	0	0	3.86	2

References

• 1888 Baltimore Orioles season
• 1888 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com