1888 Cleveland Blues season

1888 Cleveland Blues
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1887)
Location
National League Park (since 1887)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison
Manager(s)	Jimmy Williams, Tom Loftus
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The 1888 Cleveland Blues baseball team finished with a 50–82 record, sixth place in the American Association.

Team photograph

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 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers Jersey Bakely Billy Crowell Ed Keas Ed Knouff Mike Morrison Cinders O'Brien Doc Oberlander George Proeser Bill Stemmyer		Catchers Deacon McGuire Pop Snyder Chief Zimmer Infielders Gus Alberts Jay Faatz John McGlone Ed McKean Cub Stricker Dick Van Zant		Outfielders Bob Gilks Mike Goodfellow Ed Hogan Pete Hotaling Bill McClellan		Manager Tom Loftus Jimmy Williams

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
2B	Stricker, CubCub Stricker	127	493	115	.233	1	33

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

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
Bakely, JerseyJersey Bakely	61	532.2	25	33	2.97	212
O'Brien, CindersCinders O'Brien	30	259	11	19	3.30	135
Crowell, BillyBilly Crowell	18	150.2	5	13	5.79	61

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
Stricker, CubCub Stricker	2	1	0	0	4.50	5

References

• 1888 Cleveland Blues team page at Baseball Reference