1888 Philadelphia Quakers season

1888 Philadelphia Quakers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds (since 1887)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Al Reach, John Rogers
Manager(s)	Harry Wright
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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 Philadelphia Quakers
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Buffinton Dan Casey Kid Gleason Ben Sanders Jim Tyng Catchers Jack Clements Bill Hallman Deacon McGuire Pop Schriver		Infielders Charlie Bastian Cupid Childs Ed Delahanty Sid Farrar Gid Gardner Arthur Irwin Joe Mulvey Woody Wagenhorst		Outfielders Ed Andrews Jim Fogarty John Grim George Wood		Manager Harry Wright

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
OF	Andrews, EdEd Andrews	124	528	126	.239	3	44
OF	Wood, GeorgeGeorge Wood	106	433	99	.229	6	51

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
Delahanty, EdEd Delahanty	74	290	66	.228	1	31
Childs, CupidCupid Childs	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Gardner, GidGid Gardner	1	3	2	.667	0	1

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
Buffinton, CharlieCharlie Buffinton	46	400.1	28	17	1.91	199
Casey, DanDan Casey	33	285.2	14	18	3.15	108
Sanders, BenBen Sanders	31	275.1	19	10	1.90	121
Gleason, KidKid Gleason	24	199.2	7	16	2.84	89

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
Wood, GeorgeGeorge Wood	2	0	0	2	4.50	0

References

• 1888 Philadelphia Quakers season at Baseball Reference