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1888 Major League Baseball Died this Year

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Batting

Pitchers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR/pos G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Date of Death Died
1 Frank Bahret 1 1884 1884 0 -0.18 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Mar 30 Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
2 Studs Bancker 1 1875 1875 0 -0.19 19 72 72 3 11 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 .153 .153 .153 .306 Oct 7 Philadelphia, PA, USA
3 John Bass 3 1871 1877 0 0.43 25 103 100 19 29 2 10 3 19 0 1 3 4 .290 .311 .600 .911 Sep 25 Denver, CO, USA
4 Asa Brainard 4 1871 1874 0 -0.29 108 477 467 71 116 11 0 0 45 4 3 10 7 .248 .264 .272 .536 Dec 29 Denver, CO, USA
5 Joe Brown 2 1884 1885 0 -0.61 20 80 80 8 16 1 0 0 3 0 15 .200 .200 .213 .413 Jun 28 Warren, PA, USA
6 Ed Cogswell 3 1879 1882 0 2.80 109 521 496 102 146 16 4 1 32 25 21 .294 .328 .349 .677 Jul 27 Fitchburg, MA, USA
7 Bill Collver 1 1885 1885 0 -0.09 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Mar 24 Detroit, MI, USA
8 Amos Cross 3 1885 1887 0 1.39 117 488 441 62 118 16 7 1 56 13 45 0 .268 .338 .342 .681 Jul 16 Cleveland, OH, USA
9 Ed Duffy 1 1871 1871 0 -0.29 26 124 121 30 28 5 0 0 15 11 4 3 2 .231 .250 .273 .523 Oct 16 Brooklyn, NY, USA
10 Charlie Ferguson 4 1884 1887 0 6.58 257 1078 963 191 277 37 13 6 157 22 113 119 .288 .364 .372 .735 Apr 29 Philadelphia, PA, USA
11 John Glenn 7 1871 1877 0 2.44 315 1407 1372 235 366 44 7 1 157 16 7 35 33 .267 .285 .311 .596 Nov 10 Sandy Hill, NY, USA
12 Rit Harrison 1 1875 1875 0 -0.02 1 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 Nov 7 Bridgeport, CT, USA
13 Denny Mack 8 1871 1883 0 3.38 373 1598 1505 309 343 42 10 1 102 31 7 93 40 .228 .273 .271 .544 Apr 10 Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
14 Martin Powell 4 1881 1884 0 3.37 279 1238 1163 213 329 43 11 3 115 75 59 .283 .326 .347 .673 Feb 5 Fitchburg, MA, USA
15 Len Sowders 1 1886 1886 0 0.18 23 88 76 10 20 3 1 0 14 6 12 .263 .364 .329 .693 Nov 19 Indianapolis, IN, USA
16 Live Oak Taylor 3 1877 1884 0 -0.77 67 267 257 32 56 8 1 0 8 7 10 .218 .247 .257 .504 Feb 19 San Francisco, CA, USA
17 Favel Wordsworth 1 1873 1873 0 -0.09 12 42 40 5 10 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 .250 .286 .250 .536 Aug 12 New York, NY, USA

Pitching

Batters Above / Managers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Date of Death Died
1 Asa Brainard 4 1871 1874 0 -5.68 24 53 .312 4.40 85 82 4 77 0 0 699.2 1109 917 342 6 78 25 0 41 3625 Dec 29 Denver, CO, USA
2 Joe Brown 2 1884 1885 0 -0.53 4 6 .400 5.11 11 10 1 9 0 0 88.0 108 69 50 4 11 36 0 1 1 398 Jun 28 Warren, PA, USA
3 Charlie Ferguson 4 1884 1887 0 25.54 99 64 .607 2.67 183 170 12 165 13 4 1514.2 1402 793 450 42 290 728 11 3 64 6310 Apr 29 Philadelphia, PA, USA
4 Denny Mack 8 1871 1883 0 -0.53 0 1 .000 3.46 3 1 1 1 0 0 13.0 20 30 5 0 3 1 0 1 70 Apr 10 Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
Totals 18 1871 1887 0 18.8 127 124 .506 3.29 282 263 18 252 13 4 2315.1 2639 1809 847 52 382 790 11 4 107 10403

Managers

Batting / Pitchers Above
Rk Mgr Yrs From To G W L W-L% G>.500 BestFin WrstFin AvRk Date of Death Died
1 Denny Mack 1 1882 1882 80 42 38 .525 4 3 3 3.0
2 Felix Moses 1 1884 1884 46 12 30 .286 -18 10 10 10.0
Totals 2 1882 1884 126 54 68 .443 -14 3 10 5.6


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