1888 Washington Nationals season

1888 Washington Nationals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1886)
Location
Swampdoodle Grounds (since 1886)
Washington, D.C. (since 1886)
Other information
Manager(s)	Walter Hewett, Ted Sullivan
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The 1888 Washington Nationals finished with a 48–86 record in the National League, finishing in last place.

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 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Frank Gilmore John Greenig George Haddock George Keefe Hank O'Day Dupee Shaw Jim Whitney Wild Bill Widner		Catchers Tug Arundel Jim Banning Pat Deasley Connie Mack Miah Murray Infielders Jim Donnelly Shorty Fuller Gid Gardner John Irwin Al Myers Billy O'Brien George Shoch Pete Sweeney		Outfielders Ed Daily Dummy Hoy Perry Werden Walt Wilmot		Manager Walter Hewett Ted Sullivan

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	Mack, ConnieConnie Mack	85	300	56	.187	3	29
1B	O'Brien, BillyBilly O'Brien	133	528	119	.225	9	66
3B	Donnelly, JimJim Donnelly	122	428	86	.201	0	23
SS	Shoch, GeorgeGeorge Shoch	90	317	58	.183	2	24
OF	Hoy, DummyDummy Hoy	136	503	138	.274	2	29
OF	Daily, EdEd Daily	110	453	102	.225	7	39

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
Irwin, JohnJohn Irwin	37	126	28	.222	0	8
Gardner, GidGid Gardner	2	4	1	.250	0	0

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
O'Day, HankHank O'Day	46	403	16	29	3.10	186
Widner, Wild BillWild Bill Widner	13	115	5	7	2.82	33
Keefe, GeorgeGeorge Keefe	13	114	6	7	2.84	52
Gilmore, FrankFrank Gilmore	12	95.2	1	9	6.59	23
Daily, EdEd Daily	9	73.2	2	7	4.89	20
Haddock, GeorgeGeorge Haddock	2	16	0	2	2.25	3
Greenig, JohnJohn Greenig	1	9	0	1	11.00	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
Shoch, GeorgeGeorge Shoch	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1888 Washington Nationals at Baseball Reference