1888 National League (NL) Statistics and Awards

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Expanded Standings

Team W L WL% GB NewYorkG NYG 84 47 .641 -- ChicagoC CHC 77 58 .570 9.0 Phildlpa PHI 69 61 .531 14.5 BostonBr BSN 70 64 .522 15.5 Detroit DTN 68 63 .519 16.0 Pittsbgh PIT 66 68 .493 19.5 Indaplis IND 50 85 .370 36.0 Washngtn WHS 48 86 .358 37.5

At some point in the 1880's the pennant winner in the NL and presumably other leagues was changed from the team with the most wins to the team with the highest winning percentage. We make this changeover in 1883. Postseason

World Series (6-4): New York Giants over St. Louis Browns

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1888 AA | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AA | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AA | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 CHC  5.40   734  136  4616  1201  147  95   77  290   563  .260  .304  .383  287      120  6.27  4.47
 DTN  5.38   721  134  4849  1275  177  72   51  307   396  .263  .307  .361  193      116  5.88  4.86
 BSN  4.88   669  137  4834  1183  167  89   56  282   524  .245  .286  .351  293      107  5.37  4.41
 NYG  4.78   659  138  4747  1149  130  76   55  270   456  .242  .283  .336  314      107  4.47  5.10
 IND  4.43   603  136  4623  1100  180  33   34  236   492  .238  .275  .313  350       93  4.97  3.86
 PHI  4.05   535  132  4528  1021  151  46   16  268   485  .225  .269  .290  246       80  4.74  3.35
 PIT  3.84   534  139  4713  1070  150  49   14  194   583  .227  .258  .289  287       92  4.01  3.68
 WHS  3.54   482  136  4546   944   98  49   30  246   499  .208  .248  .271  331       79  3.94  3.17
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.54  4937 1088 37456  8943 1200 509  333 2093  3998  .239  .285  .325 2301   --

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYG  3.47   479  138  1.96  1208   907   6.6   307  2.2   27   726  133    20     0   1 139  2.60  4.37
 PHI  3.86   509  132  2.38  1167  1072   8.1   196  1.5   26   519  125    16     0   3 124  4.06  3.66
 BSN  4.52   619  137  2.61  1225  1104   8.1   269  2.0   36   484  134     7     0   0 111  4.63  4.42
 PIT  4.17   580  139  2.67  1203  1190   8.6   223  1.6   23   367  135    13     0   0  99  3.33  5.01
 DTN  4.69   629  134  2.74  1199  1115   8.3   183  1.4   44   522  130    10     0   1 100  4.10  5.30
 CHC  4.85   659  136  2.96  1186  1139   8.4   308  2.3   63   588  123    13     0   1 101  4.80  4.89
 WHS  5.38   731  136  3.54  1179  1157   8.5   298  2.2   50   406  133     6     0   0  78  4.83  5.86
 IND  5.38   731  136  3.81  1187  1260   9.3   308  2.3   64   388  132     6     0   0  77  4.58  6.09
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.54  4937 1088  2.83  9554  8944   8.4  2092  2.0  333  4000 1045          91   6

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYG  430       .924   .697                      84-47  44-23 40-24  99  96 27.7 27.6   6   0   0 Mutrie
 CHC  417       .927   .667                      74-61  43-27 34-31 107 106 26.8 22.3   2   0   0 Anson
 BSN  494       .917   .677                      72-62  36-30 34-34 104 102 27.6 25.6   3   0   0 Morrill
 PHI  424       .924   .674                      68-62  37-29 32-32 105 104 26.3 24.6   1   0   0 Wright
 DTN  463       .919   .676                      74-57  40-26 28-37 100  97 28.9 23.0   3   0   0 Watkins and Leadley
 PIT  416       .927   .675                      62-72  37-30 29-38  92  93 25.8 26.4   2   0   0 Phillips
 IND  449       .921   .661                      56-79  31-35 19-50 102 104 27.3 23.7   0   0   0 Spence
 WHS  474       .914   .668                      43-91  26-38 22-48  94  98 25.3 25.7   1   0   0 Hewett and Sullivan
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Triple Crown Winner Tim Keefe
NYG 35-12 1.74 335 SO

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average

Anson-CHC .344

Ryan-CHC .332

Kelly-BSN .318

Brouthers-DTN .307

Ewing-NYG .306

On-base %

Anson-CHC .400

Brouthers-DTN .399

Connor-NYG .389

Ryan-CHC .377

Hoy-WHS .374

Slugging %

Ryan-CHC .515

Anson-CHC .499

Connor-NYG .480

Kelly-BSN .480

Johnston-BSN .472

OPS

Anson-CHC .899

Ryan-CHC .892

Connor-NYG .869

Brouthers-DTN .862

Kelly-BSN .848

Games

Kuehne-PIT 138

Hoy-WHS 136

Johnston-BSN 135

Morrill-BSN 135

Nash-BSN 135

Pfeffer-CHC 135

Richardson-NYG 135

At Bats

Johnston-BSN 585

Richardson-NYG 561

Ryan-CHC 549

Andrews-PHI 528

O'Brien-WHS 528

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Brouthers-DTN 602

Johnston-BSN 601

Ryan-CHC 589

Hoy-WHS 583

Nash-BSN 580

Runs

Brouthers-DTN 118

Ryan-CHC 115

Johnston-BSN 102

Anson-CHC 101

Connor-NYG 98

Hits

Ryan-CHC 182

Anson-CHC 177

Johnston-BSN 173

Brouthers-DTN 160

White-DTN 157

Total Bases

Ryan-CHC 283

Johnston-BSN 276

Anson-CHC 257

Brouthers-DTN 242

Connor-NYG 231

Doubles

Brouthers-DTN 33

Ryan-CHC 33

Johnston-BSN 31

Denny-IND 27

Hines-IND 26

Triples

Johnston-BSN 18

Connor-NYG 17

Ewing-NYG 15

Nash-BSN 15

Van Haltren-CHC 14

Williamson-CHC 14

Home Runs

Ryan-CHC 16

Connor-NYG 14

Anson-CHC 12

Denny-IND 12

Johnston-BSN 12

RBI

Anson-CHC 84

Nash-BSN 75

Rowe-DTN 74

Williamson-CHC 73

Connor-NYG 71

Kelly-BSN 71

White-DTN 71

Bases on Balls

Connor-NYG 73

Hoy-WHS 69

Brouthers-DTN 68

Williamson-CHC 65

Seery-IND 64

Strikeouts

Denny-IND 79

Smith-PIT 78

Seery-IND 73

Williamson-CHC 71

O'Brien-WHS 70

Stolen Bases

Hoy-WHS 82

Seery-IND 80

Sunday-PIT 71

Pfeffer-CHC 64

Ryan-CHC 60

Singles

Anson-CHC 133

White-DTN 126

Ryan-CHC 123

Hoy-WHS 118

Johnston-BSN 112

Nash-BSN 112

Adjusted OPS+

Connor-NYG 176

Anson-CHC 176

Brouthers-DTN 174

Ryan-CHC 174

Kelly-BSN 164

Runs Created

Ryan-CHC 105

Anson-CHC 102

Brouthers-DTN 94

Connor-NYG 89

Johnston-BSN 86

Adjusted Batting Runs

Brouthers-DTN 48

Ryan-CHC 47

Anson-CHC 46

Connor-NYG 44

Kelly-BSN 32

Batting Wins

Brouthers-DTN 5.5

Ryan-CHC 5.3

Anson-CHC 5.2

Connor-NYG 5.0

Kelly-BSN 3.6

Extra-Base Hits

Johnston-BSN 61

Ryan-CHC 59

Brouthers-DTN 53

Connor-NYG 46

Denny-IND 46

Times on Base

Brouthers-DTN 240

Anson-CHC 225

Ryan-CHC 222

Hoy-WHS 218

Connor-NYG 217

Offensive Win%

Anson-CHC .837

Ryan-CHC .823

Connor-NYG .798

Brouthers-DTN .796

Kelly-BSN .793

Hit By Pitch

Farrar-PHI 13

Brouthers-DTN 12

Hoy-WHS 11

Carroll-PIT 10

Shoch-WHS 9

White-DTN 9

Power/Speed Number

Ryan-CHC 25.3

Connor-NYG 18.4

Johnston-BSN 17.9

Denny-IND 17.5

Anson-CHC 16.8

At Bats per Strikeout

Brouthers-DTN 40.2

Ward-NYG 39.2

Donnelly-WHS 26.8

Glasscock-IND 26.0

Ganzel-DTN 25.7

At Bats per Home Run

Ryan-CHC 34.3

Connor-NYG 34.4

Anson-CHC 42.9

Denny-IND 43.7

Brown-BSN 46.7

Outs

Richardson-NYG 434

Johnston-BSN 412

O'Brien-WHS 409

Andrews-PHI 402

Kuehne-PIT 401

ERA

Keefe-NYG 1.74

Sanders-PHI 1.90

Buffinton-PHI 1.91

Welch-NYG 1.93

Sowders-BSN 2.07

Wins

Keefe-NYG 35

Clarkson-BSN 33

Conway-DTN 30

Morris-PIT 29

Buffinton-PHI 28

Won-Loss %

Keefe-NYG .745

Conway-DTN .682

Sanders-PHI .655

Krock-CHC .641

Titcomb-NYG .636

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Keefe-NYG 0.937

Conway-DTN 0.951

Buffinton-PHI 0.957

Gruber-DTN 0.988

Titcomb-NYG 0.990

Hits Allowed/9IP

Keefe-NYG 6.57

Titcomb-NYG 6.81

Welch-NYG 6.94

Conway-DTN 7.25

Buffinton-PHI 7.28

Bases on Balls/9IP

Sanders-PHI 1.08

Galvin-PIT 1.09

Krock-CHC 1.19

Getzien-DTN 1.20

Madden-BSN 1.31

Strikeouts/9IP

Keefe-NYG 6.94

Titcomb-NYG 5.89

Baldwin-CHC 5.63

Van Haltren-CHC 5.09

Getzien-DTN 4.50

Games

Morris-PIT 55

Clarkson-BSN 54

Keefe-NYG 51

Galvin-PIT 50

Welch-NYG 47

Saves

Wood-PHI 2

Crane-NYG 1

Twitchell-DTN 1

Tyng-PHI 1

Van Haltren-CHC 1

Innings

Clarkson-BSN 483.3

Morris-PIT 480.0

Galvin-PIT 437.3

Keefe-NYG 434.3

Welch-NYG 425.3

Strikeouts

Keefe-NYG 335

Clarkson-BSN 223

Getzien-DTN 202

Buffinton-PHI 199

O'Day-WHS 186

Games Started

Morris-PIT 55

Clarkson-BSN 54

Keefe-NYG 51

Galvin-PIT 50

Welch-NYG 47

Comp. Games

Morris-PIT 54

Clarkson-BSN 53

Galvin-PIT 49

Keefe-NYG 48

Welch-NYG 47

Shutouts

Keefe-NYG 8

Sanders-PHI 8

Buffinton-PHI 6

Galvin-PIT 6

Morris-PIT 5

Welch-NYG 5

Home Runs Allow.

Shreve-IND 23

Krock-CHC 20

O'Day-WHS 19

Clarkson-BSN 17

Van Haltren-CHC 15

Bases On Balls Allow.

Clarkson-BSN 119

O'Day-WHS 117

Welch-NYG 108

Baldwin-CHC 99

Shreve-IND 93

Hits Allowed

Morris-PIT 470

Clarkson-BSN 448

Galvin-PIT 446

Getzien-DTN 411

O'Day-WHS 359

SO to Walk

Getzien-DTN 3.74

Keefe-NYG 3.72

Sanders-PHI 3.67

Krock-CHC 3.58

Buffinton-PHI 3.37

Losses

O'Day-WHS 29

Galvin-PIT 25

Getzien-DTN 25

Healy-IND 24

Shreve-IND 24

Earned Runs Allow.

Shreve-IND 153

Clarkson-BSN 148

Healy-IND 139

O'Day-WHS 139

Getzien-DTN 137

Wild Pitches

Clarkson-BSN 33

Shreve-IND 24

Getzien-DTN 23

Boyle-IND 22

Keefe-NYG 21

Van Haltren-CHC 21

Hit Batsmen

O'Day-WHS 16

Healy-IND 15

Madden-BSN 15

Welch-NYG 14

Baldwin-CHC 13

Conway-DTN 13

Van Haltren-CHC 13

Batters Faced

Clarkson-BSN 2029

Morris-PIT 2002

Galvin-PIT 1809

Keefe-NYG 1723

Welch-NYG 1710

Games Finished

Van Haltren-CHC 6

Ryan-CHC 5

Ewing-NYG 2

Gruber-DTN 2

Madden-BSN 2

Maul-PIT 2

Sanders-PHI 2

Schoeneck-IND 2

Wood-PHI 2

Adjusted ERA+

Keefe-NYG 156

Sanders-PHI 155

Buffinton-PHI 154

Welch-NYG 141

Sowders-BSN 139

Oldest Player

White-DTN 1847-12-07 (40)

Greening-WHS 1848 (40)

O'Rourke-NYG 1850-09-01 (37)

Sutton-BSN 1850-09-17 (37)

Burdock-BSN 1852-03 (36)

Youngest Player

Nichol-PIT 1869-04-20 (19)

Borchers-CHC 1869-04-18 (19)

Shreve-IND 1869-01-14 (19)

Gumbert-CHC 1868-10-10 (19)

Mains-CHC 1868-07-07 (19)

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