1888 Chicago White Stockings season

1888 Chicago White Stockings
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
West Side Park (since 1885)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
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	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
Pittsburg 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 Records Sources:
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
Pittsburg	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	—

Roster

1888 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Mark Baldwin George Borchers Tod Brynan Dad Clarke Frank Dwyer Ad Gumbert Gus Krock Willard Mains John Tener		Catchers Tom Daly Dell Darling Duke Farrell Silver Flint Infielders Cap Anson Tom Burns Fred Pfeffer Ned Williamson		Outfielders Hugh Duffy Bob Pettit Jimmy Ryan Marty Sullivan George Van Haltren		Manager Cap Anson

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	Daly, TomTom Daly	65	219	42	.192	0	29
1B	Anson, CapCap Anson	134	515	177	.344	12	84
2B	Pfeffer, FredFred Pfeffer	135	517	129	.250	8	57
OF	Ryan, JimmyJimmy Ryan	129	549	182	.332	16	64

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
Van Haltren, GeorgeGeorge Van Haltren	81	318	90	.283	4	34
Darling, DellDell Darling	20	75	16	.213	2	7

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
Baldwin, MarkMark Baldwin	30	251	13	15	2.76	157
Van Haltren, GeorgeGeorge Van Haltren	30	245.2	13	13	3.52	139
Borchers, GeorgeGeorge Borchers	10	67	4	4	3.49	26
Brynan, TodTod Brynan	3	25	2	1	6.48	11
Clarke, DadDad Clarke	2	16	1	0	5.06	6

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
Ryan, JimmyJimmy Ryan	8	38.1	4	0	3.05	11

References

• 1888 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference