1888 Indianapolis Hoosiers season

1888 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1885)
Location
Athletic Park (since 1887)
Indianapolis, Indiana (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s)	John T. Brush
Manager(s)	Harry Spence
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The 1888 Indianapolis Hoosiers finished with a 50–85 record in the National League, finishing in seventh place.

Offseason

October 20, 1887: Gid Gardner and cash were traded by the Hoosiers to the Washington Nationals for Paul Hines.^[1]

Regular season

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 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Roster
Pitchers Henry Boyle Bill Burdick Egyptian Healy Sam Moffet Lev Shreve		Catchers Dick Buckley Con Daily George Myers Infielders Charley Bassett Jerry Denny Dude Esterbrook Jack Glasscock Jumbo Schoeneck		Outfielders Paul Hines Jack McGeachey Otto Schomberg Emmett Seery		Manager Harry Spence

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	Buckley, DickDick Buckley	71	260	71	.273	5	22
1B	Esterbrook, DudeDude Esterbrook	64	246	54	.220	0	17
2B	Bassett, CharleyCharley Bassett	128	481	116	.241	2	60
3B	Denny, JerryJerry Denny	126	524	137	.261	12	63
SS	Glasscock, JackJack Glasscock	113	442	119	.269	1	45
OF	Seery, EmmettEmmett Seery	133	500	110	.220	5	50
OF	Hines, PaulPaul Hines	133	513	144	.281	4	58
OF	McGeachey, JackJack McGeachey	118	452	99	.219	0	30

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
Myers, GeorgeGeorge Myers	66	248	59	.238	2	16
Daily, ConCon Daily	57	202	44	.218	0	14
Schoeneck, JumboJumbo Schoeneck	48	169	40	.237	0	20
Schomberg, OttoOtto Schomberg	30	112	24	.214	1	10

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
Boyle, HenryHenry Boyle	37	323	15	22	3.26	98
Healy, EgyptianEgyptian Healy	37	321.1	12	24	3.89	124
Shreve, LevLev Shreve	35	297.2	11	24	4.63	101
Burdick, BillBill Burdick	20	176	10	10	2.81	55
Moffet, SamSam Moffet	7	56	2	5	4.66	7

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
McGeachey, JackJack McGeachey	1	0	0	0	7.20	0
Schoeneck, JumboJumbo Schoeneck	2	0	0	0	0.00	1
Denny, JerryJerry Denny	1	0	0	0	9.00	1
Glasscock, JackJack Glasscock	1	0	0	0	54.00	1

Notes

1. 1888 Indianapolis Hoosiers transactions

References

• 1888 Indianapolis Hoosiers team page at Baseball Reference