Batters Debuting in 1888 Sorted by Debut Date Previous Year / Next Year
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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Skyrocket Smith 1888-1888 58 206 27 49 9 4 1 31 24 0 .238 .349 .335 5 0 Apr 18 20.030 Frank Zinn 1888-1888 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 0 0 Apr 18 22.119 Dick Buckley 1888-1895 524 1833 213 449 72 14 26 216 98 188 .245 .291 .342 25 0 Apr 20 29.212 Kid Gleason 1888-1912 1966 7452 1020 1944 216 80 15 823 500 131 .261 .311 .317 328 0 Apr 20 21.177 Dummy Hoy 1888-1902 1796 7112 1426 2044 248 121 40 726 1004 210 .287 .386 .373 594 0 Apr 20 25.333 Walt Wilmot 1888-1898 960 3981 725 1098 152 92 58 594 349 222 .276 .337 .404 381 0 Apr 20 24.185 Duke Farrell 1888-1905 1563 5679 826 1564 211 123 51 912 477 246 .275 .337 .383 150 0 Apr 21 21.234 Scott Stratton 1888-1895 389 1383 201 379 37 32 8 163 108 93 .274 .335 .364 56 0 Apr 21 18.202 Mickey Hughes 1888-1890 75 249 18 34 5 0 0 17 14 15 .137 .183 .157 3 0 Apr 22 21.180 Lee Viau 1888-1892 184 588 58 82 9 5 0 31 48 108 .139 .207 .172 17 0 Apr 22 21.292 Cupid Childs 1888-1901 1456 5618 1214 1720 205 100 20 743 991 117 .306 .416 .389 269 0 Apr 23 20.253 Dad Clarke 1888-1898 123 364 41 78 5 4 1 28 28 45 .214 .274 .258 1 0 Apr 23 23.107 Bill Hallman 1888-1903 1503 6012 937 1634 234 81 21 769 425 283 .272 .325 .348 200 0 Apr 23 21.023 Gus Krock 1888-1890 60 207 19 34 0 0 1 21 8 47 .164 .199 .179 2 0 Apr 24 21.351 Bill Sowders 1888-1890 75 237 23 44 3 0 0 15 9 43 .186 .215 .198 2 0 Apr 24 23.147 Mike Sullivan 1888-1888 28 112 20 31 5 6 1 19 3 0 .277 .296 .455 10 0 Apr 26 27.321 Ed Silch 1888-1888 14 48 5 13 4 0 0 3 4 0 .271 .327 .354 4 0 Apr 29 23.067 Bill Farmer 1888-1888 5 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0 0 May 1 24.078 Bob Gamble 1888-1888 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 May 2 21.000 Whitey Gibson 1888-1888 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 2 19.209 Sam Shaw 1888-1893 8 27 4 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 .185 .241 .185 1 0 May 3 0.000 Frank Hafner 1888-1888 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 0 0 May 5 20.265 John Greening 1888-1888 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 9 0.000 Doc Oberlander 1888-1888 3 14 3 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 .214 .214 .357 0 0 May 16 24.004 George Borchers 1888-1895 11 33 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 13 .061 .088 .121 1 0 May 18 19.030 Ed Delahanty 1888-1903 1835 7505 1599 2596 522 185 101 1464 741 244 .346 .411 .505 455 0 May 22 20.205 Ben Sanders 1888-1892 247 948 132 257 43 16 5 113 47 62 .271 .310 .366 27 0 Jun 6 23.111 Jake Beckley 1888-1907 2386 9526 1600 2930 473 243 86 1575 616 270 .308 .361 .435 315 0 Jun 20 20.321 Nick Wise 1888-1888 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jun 20 22.005 Billy Klusman 1888-1890 43 172 18 36 8 1 3 22 6 13 .209 .236 .320 4 0 Jun 21 23.089 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Tod Brynan 1888-1891 4 11 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 .182 .182 .364 0 0 Jun 22 24.000 Hugh Duffy 1888-1906 1737 7042 1552 2282 325 119 106 1302 662 211 .324 .384 .449 574 0 Jun 23 21.210 Darby O'Brien 1888-1891 140 473 57 100 4 1 0 43 26 41 .211 .257 .224 7 0 Jun 23 21.069 Harry Staley 1888-1895 288 955 91 174 20 7 7 109 65 160 .182 .237 .240 7 0 Jun 23 21.233 Woody Wagenhorst 1888-1888 2 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 0 0 Jun 25 25.022 Hercules Burnett 1888-1895 6 21 7 7 0 1 2 3 3 2 .333 .417 .714 3 0 Jun 26 22.318 Phil Knell 1888-1895 201 657 79 123 11 12 1 63 23 115 .187 .218 .245 10 0 Jul 6 23.116 Count Campau 1888-1894 147 572 97 153 14 15 10 93 46 40 .267 .322 .397 63 0 Jul 7 24.264 Red Ehret 1888-1898 397 1265 117 274 32 11 4 140 57 124 .217 .252 .269 15 0 Jul 7 19.311 Irv Ray 1888-1891 226 902 154 263 30 11 3 123 86 35 .292 .360 .359 59 0 Jul 7 24.167 John Weyhing 1888-1889 9 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .130 .167 .130 0 0 Jul 13 19.019 Bill Blair 1888-1888 4 13 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 .308 .357 .385 0 0 Jul 19 24.306 Shorty Fuller 1888-1896 964 3679 652 867 97 43 6 350 444 198 .236 .323 .290 260 0 Jul 19 20.283 Bill Burdick 1888-1889 31 85 7 12 0 0 0 2 6 12 .141 .215 .141 0 0 Jul 23 28.286 Bart Cantz 1888-1890 62 217 14 34 4 1 0 18 6 14 .157 .179 .184 2 0 Jul 25 28.178 Sam LaRoque 1888-1891 124 482 66 120 22 5 2 50 41 39 .249 .326 .328 28 0 Jul 30 25.155 Billy Hamilton 1888-1901 1591 6268 1690 2158 242 94 40 736 1187 218 .344 .455 .432 912 0 Jul 31 22.166 George Walker 1888-1888 4 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .077 .077 .077 0 0 Aug 1 0.000 Willard Mains 1888-1896 45 124 17 32 4 2 1 15 6 14 .258 .292 .347 2 0 Aug 3 20.027 Ted Scheffler 1888-1890 146 539 128 128 15 7 3 38 87 9 .237 .360 .308 81 0 Aug 7 24.124 Bill Higgins 1888-1890 82 316 45 76 8 2 0 40 25 3 .241 .296 .278 8 0 Aug 9 26.336 Jake Wells 1888-1890 46 162 22 34 4 0 0 14 10 5 .210 .277 .235 1 0 Aug 10 25.001 Frank Hoffman 1888-1888 12 39 6 6 1 0 0 2 4 0 .154 .267 .179 2 0 Aug 13 0.000 Ed Keas 1888-1888 6 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .087 .125 .087 0 0 Aug 25 25.205 Long 1888-1888 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 Aug 29 0.000 Mike Kilroy 1888-1891 4 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .222 .300 .222 0 0 Sep 1 18.302 Phil Tomney 1888-1890 254 882 148 205 32 12 5 100 96 47 .232 .313 .313 64 0 Sep 7 25.052 Harry Raymond 1888-1892 315 1282 167 301 23 14 2 115 54 61 .235 .270 .279 49 0 Sep 9 26.202 Parson Nicholson 1888-1895 168 646 96 169 20 15 5 86 51 11 .262 .325 .362 58 0 Sep 14 25.153 Ad Gumbert 1888-1896 295 955 155 261 33 19 15 124 80 153 .273 .337 .395 18 0 Sep 15 19.341 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Pete McShannic 1888-1888 26 98 5 19 1 0 0 5 1 9 .194 .218 .204 3 0 Sep 15 24.179 George Proeser 1888-1890 20 76 16 20 3 1 1 7 11 0 .263 .356 .368 1 0 Sep 15 24.108 Farmer Weaver 1888-1894 753 3082 423 856 114 38 9 344 185 86 .278 .330 .348 162 0 Sep 16 23.177 Frank Dwyer 1888-1899 394 1252 178 287 28 21 5 136 70 80 .229 .273 .297 16 0 Sep 20 20.179 Jim Burns 1888-1891 169 727 131 222 29 11 5 111 27 78 .305 .341 .396 64 0 Sep 25 0.000 Jim Banning 1888-1889 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 27 0.000 George Haddock 1888-1894 227 736 114 167 27 6 6 83 89 157 .227 .314 .304 14 0 Sep 27 21.277 Pete Sweeney 1888-1890 134 521 53 109 14 7 1 47 37 35 .209 .280 .269 19 0 Sep 28 24.272 John Grim 1888-1899 706 2638 350 705 119 37 16 330 85 77 .267 .302 .359 82 0 Sep 29 21.051 Henry Yaik 1888-1888 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .429 .333 0 0 Oct 3 24.216 Dick Van Zant 1888-1888 10 31 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 .258 .303 .290 1 0 Oct 4 23.000 Sam Nichol 1888-1890 22 78 10 10 0 0 0 4 4 2 .128 .171 .128 3 0 Oct 5 19.168 Charlie Hoover 1888-1889 74 268 44 67 2 5 1 26 29 38 .250 .328 .306 9 0 Oct 9 23.018 Julie Freeman 1888-1888 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 Oct 10 19.338 Pat Whitaker 1888-1889 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 .100 .100 .100 0 0 Oct 11 22.310 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
Pitchers Debuting in 1888 Sorted by Debut Date
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Kid Gleason 1888-1912 138 131 .513 3.79 299 266 240 10 6 2389.3 2552 1007 75 906 744 Apr 20 21.177 Scott Stratton 1888-1895 97 114 .460 3.87 230 213 198 10 1 1883.3 2170 809 44 432 569 Apr 21 18.202 Mickey Hughes 1888-1890 39 28 .582 3.22 75 70 63 2 0 623.7 594 223 12 235 250 Apr 22 21.180 Lee Viau 1888-1892 83 77 .519 3.33 178 162 146 5 1 1442.0 1441 533 37 526 554 Apr 22 21.292 Dad Clarke 1888-1898 44 51 .463 4.17 120 92 77 2 3 848.3 1061 393 24 191 174 Apr 23 23.107 Bill Hallman 1888-1903 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 4 0 2 0 Apr 23 21.023 Gus Krock 1888-1890 32 26 .552 3.49 60 59 56 4 0 505.3 537 196 34 110 209 Apr 24 21.351 Bill Sowders 1888-1890 29 30 .492 3.34 71 61 55 2 2 517.7 542 192 8 149 205 Apr 24 23.147 Bob Gamble 1888-1888 0 1 .000 8.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 10 8 0 3 2 May 02 21.000 Sam Shaw 1888-1893 3 4 .429 3.91 8 8 7 0 0 69.0 77 30 4 28 23 May 03 0.000 Frank Hafner 1888-1888 0 2 .000 7.00 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 24 14 2 16 5 May 05 20.265 John Greening 1888-1888 0 1 .000 11.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 17 11 2 4 2 May 09 0.000 Doc Oberlander 1888-1888 1 2 .333 5.26 3 3 3 0 0 25.7 27 15 2 18 23 May 16 24.004 George Borchers 1888-1895 4 5 .444 3.72 11 11 7 1 0 67.7 68 28 2 32 26 May 18 19.030 Ben Sanders 1888-1892 80 70 .533 3.24 168 157 144 14 2 1385.0 1496 498 34 297 468 Jun 06 23.111 Jake Beckley 1888-1907 0 1 .000 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 9 3 0 1 2 Jun 20 20.321 Tod Brynan 1888-1891 2 2 .500 8.31 4 4 2 0 0 26.0 33 24 2 10 11 Jun 22 24.000 Darby O'Brien 1888-1891 59 65 .476 3.68 136 126 113 2 2 1080.7 1119 442 36 486 398 Jun 23 21.069 Harry Staley 1888-1895 136 119 .533 3.80 283 257 231 10 1 2269.0 2468 959 92 601 746 Jun 23 21.233 Phil Knell 1888-1895 79 90 .467 4.05 192 163 141 8 0 1452.3 1478 654 38 705 575 Jul 06 23.116 Red Ehret 1888-1898 139 167 .454 4.02 362 309 260 14 4 2754.3 3172 1229 63 841 848 Jul 07 19.311 John Weyhing 1888-1889 3 4 .429 1.62 9 8 7 0 0 66.7 53 12 0 21 30 Jul 13 19.019 Bill Blair 1888-1888 1 3 .250 2.61 4 4 3 0 0 31.0 29 9 0 8 16 Jul 19 24.306 Bill Burdick 1888-1889 12 14 .462 3.17 30 24 22 0 1 221.7 226 78 19 56 71 Jul 23 28.286 George Walker 1888-1888 1 3 .250 5.91 4 4 4 1 0 35.0 36 23 2 14 18 Aug 01 0.000 Willard Mains 1888-1896 16 17 .485 3.53 42 32 24 0 1 267.7 261 105 5 154 96 Aug 03 20.027 Frank Hoffman 1888-1888 3 9 .250 2.77 12 12 12 0 0 104.0 102 32 3 42 38 Aug 13 0.000 Ed Keas 1888-1888 3 3 .500 2.29 6 6 6 0 0 51.0 53 13 1 12 18 Aug 25 25.205 Mike Kilroy 1888-1891 0 3 .000 9.00 4 2 1 0 0 19.0 27 19 2 9 4 Sep 01 18.302 Harry Raymond 1888-1892 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 8 1 0 11 1 Sep 09 26.202 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Ad Gumbert 1888-1896 123 102 .547 4.27 262 234 191 7 1 1985.3 2321 942 81 634 546 Sep 15 19.341 George Proeser 1888-1890 3 4 .429 3.81 7 7 7 1 0 59.0 53 25 4 30 20 Sep 15 24.108 Frank Dwyer 1888-1899 176 152 .537 3.85 365 318 270 12 6 2810.0 3301 1202 109 764 563 Sep 20 20.179 George Haddock 1888-1894 95 87 .522 4.07 204 189 160 8 2 1580.0 1650 715 56 714 599 Sep 27 21.277 John Grim 1888-1899 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.3 3 0 0 4 3 Sep 29 21.051 Julie Freeman 1888-1888 0 1 .000 4.26 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 7 3 0 4 1 Oct 10 19.338 Pat Whitaker 1888-1889 2 1 .667 3.91 3 3 3 0 0 23.0 23 10 0 10 6 Oct 11 22.310 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
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