1887 Cleveland Blues

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

39-92, Finished 8th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Williams (39-92)
Scored 729 runs, Allowed 1112 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 41-90

Ballparks: National League Park II & Cedar Avenue Driving Park ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 102

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1888 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	39-92, Final Rank:8, GB: 54.0
Days in First	never

Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	55.5	last on Saturday, Sep 24, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	never
Most Games under .500	56	last on Saturday, Sep 24
Longest Winning Streak	4	Sunday, Sep 25 to Thursday, Sep 29
Longest Losing Streak	7	Wednesday, Apr 27 to Saturday, May 7 and Wednesday, Jul 6 to Thursday, Jul 14
Most Runs Allowed	28	Saturday, Apr 30
Most Runs Scored	16	Saturday, Aug 20 and Saturday, Aug 27
Times Shutout by Opponent	6
Times Opponent Shutout	2

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	39	92	729	1105	.298
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	22	36	373	463	.379
Road	17	56	356	642	.233
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	1	9	68	147	.100
May	6	15	141	210	.286
June	7	16	131	214	.304
July	5	18	100	154	.217
August	10	18	158	196	.357
September	8	13	113	157	.381
October	2	3	18	27	.400

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	17	50	412	672	.254
Second Half	22	42	317	433	.344
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	12	15	162	165	.444
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	13	52	336	678	.200

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BAL	3	17	58	163	.150
BRO	6	13	114	161	.316
CIN	6	11	109	150	.353
LOU	8	11	122	165	.421
NYP	11	8	111	93	.579
PHA	4	14	117	158	.222
STL	1	18	98	215	.053

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Saturday, Apr 16	CLE	@	CIN	L	6	16		0-1	5	1.0							`-`
2	2	Tuesday, Apr 19	CLE	@	CIN	L	6	13		0-2	8	2.0				2:20			`--`
3	3	Wednesday, Apr 20	CLE	@	CIN	L	6	14		0-3	8	3.0				2:00			`---`
4	4	Thursday, Apr 21	CLE	@	LOU	L	7	14		0-4	8	3.5							`----`
5	5	Saturday, Apr 23	CLE	@	LOU	L	10	11		0-5	8	5.0							`-----`
6	6	Sunday, Apr 24	CLE	@	LOU	L	2	15		0-6	8	5.0						4,000	`------`
7	7	Tuesday, Apr 26	CLE	@	LOU	W	6	4		1-6	7	4.5							`+`
8	8	Wednesday, Apr 27	CLE	@	STL	L	3	19		1-7	7	5.5				1:50			`-`
9	9	Thursday, Apr 28	CLE	@	STL	L	11	13		1-8	7	6.0				2:00			`--`
10	10	Saturday, Apr 30	CLE	@	STL	L	11	28		1-9	7	6.0				2:40			`---`
11	11	Sunday, May 1	CLE	@	STL	L	13	14		1-10	7	7.0				2:00			`----`
12	12	Wednesday, May 4	CLE		CIN	L	6	10		1-11	7	8.0				2:12		4,000	`-----`
13	13	Thursday, May 5	CLE		CIN	L	2	6		1-12	7	9.0						1,500	`------`
14	14	Saturday, May 7	CLE		CIN	L	2	6		1-13	8	10.0				2:15			`-------`
15	15	Sunday, May 8	CLE	@	CIN	W	7	6		2-13	7	10.0				2:05		7,000	`+`
16	16	Monday, May 9	CLE	@	CIN	L	2	18		2-14	8	10.5				1:50			`-`
17	17	Tuesday, May 10	CLE		BRO	W	8	7		3-14	7	10.5				2:10		2,000	`+`
18	18	Wednesday, May 11	CLE		BRO	L	7	12		3-15	7	11.0				2:05		2,000	`-`
19	19	Thursday, May 12	CLE		BRO	L	12	17		3-16	8	12.0				2:20		1,200	`--`
20	20	Saturday, May 14	CLE		BRO	L	4	5		3-17	8	13.5				2:05			`---`
21	21	Monday, May 16	CLE		NYP	L	8	9		3-18	8	14.5				1:50			`----`
22	22	Wednesday, May 18	CLE		NYP	W	6	5		4-18	8	14.0				2:00			`+`
23	23	Thursday, May 19	CLE		NYP	W	6	1		5-18	7	14.0				1:55		1,500	`++`
24	24	Friday, May 20	CLE		PHA	L	3	10		5-19	8	15.0				2:25			`-`
25	25	Saturday, May 21	CLE		PHA	W	15	12		6-19	7	15.0				2:35			`+`
26	26	Monday, May 23	CLE		PHA	L	6	13		6-20	7	15.0				1:55			`-`
27	27	Tuesday, May 24	CLE		PHA	L	12	13		6-21	8	16.0							`--`
28	28	Wednesday, May 25	CLE		BAL	L	7	13		6-22	8	17.0				2:15			`---`
29	29	Saturday, May 28	CLE		BAL	L	3	14		6-23	7	19.0				2:10			`----`
30	30	Monday, May 30	CLE		NYP	W	10	1		7-23	7	20.0				1:50			`+`
31	31	Monday, May 30	CLE		NYP	L	2	18		7-24	7	20.0				1:50		5,000	`-`
32	32	Friday, Jun 3	CLE	@	NYP	W	6	3		8-24	7	20.5				2:10			`+`
33	33	Saturday, Jun 4	CLE	@	BRO	L	8	11		8-25	7	21.5				1:55			`-`
34	34	Sunday, Jun 5	CLE	@	BRO	L	9	10		8-26	7	22.0				2:10			`--`
35	35	Tuesday, Jun 7	CLE	@	BRO	W	3	2		9-26	7	20.5				1:40			`+`
36	36	Wednesday, Jun 8	CLE	@	BRO	L	5	11		9-27	7	21.5				2:10			`-`
37	37	Thursday, Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L	5	14		9-28	8	22.5				1:40			`--`
38	38	Friday, Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	L	2	8		9-29	8	23.5							`---`
39	39	Saturday, Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	L	4	12		9-30	8	23.5				1:30			`----`
40	40	Monday, Jun 13	CLE	@	BAL	L	0	7		9-31	8	23.5				2:10			`-----`
41	41	Tuesday, Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	W	6	3		10-31	8	22.5				1:35			`+`
42	42	Wednesday, Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	L	6	18		10-32	8	23.5				2:25			`-`
43	43	Thursday, Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	L	6	11		10-33	8	24.0							`--`
44	44	Friday, Jun 17	CLE	@	PHA	L	2	9		10-34	8	25.0							`---`
45	45	Saturday, Jun 18	CLE		LOU	W	4	3		11-34	8	24.5							`+`
46	46	Monday, Jun 20	CLE		LOU	W	11	10		12-34	8	24.0				2:00			`++`
47	47	Tuesday, Jun 21	CLE		LOU	L	1	21		12-35	8	24.0				2:15			`-`
48	48	Wednesday, Jun 22	CLE		LOU	L	10	11		12-36	8	24.0				2:40			`--`
49	49	Thursday, Jun 23	CLE		STL	L	3	11		12-37	8	25.0				2:05			`---`
50	50	Friday, Jun 24	CLE		STL	L	7	17		12-38	8	26.0				2:10			`----`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Saturday, Jun 25	CLE		STL	L	0	3		12-39	8	27.0				1:45			`-----`
52	52	Tuesday, Jun 28	CLE		CIN	W	12	6		13-39	8	27.0				2:15			`+`
53	53	Wednesday, Jun 29	CLE		CIN	L	8	9		13-40	8	28.0				2:00			`-`
54	54	Thursday, Jun 30	CLE		CIN	W	13	4		14-40	8	27.0				2:15			`+`
55	55	Friday, Jul 1	CLE	@	CIN	L	5	10		14-41	8	27.0				2:00			`-`
56	56	Saturday, Jul 2	CLE	@	CIN	L	7	12		14-42	8	28.0				2:15			`--`
57	57	Monday, Jul 4	CLE		BRO	T	7	7		14-42	8	28.0							`--`
58	58	Monday, Jul 4	CLE		BRO	W	8	2		15-42	8	28.0							`+`
59	59	Wednesday, Jul 6	CLE		BRO	L	3	10		15-43	8	28.0							`-`
60	60	Thursday, Jul 7	CLE		PHA	L	6	7		15-44	8	28.5							`--`
61	61	Friday, Jul 8	CLE		PHA	L	3	8		15-45	8	28.5				2:10			`---`
62	62	Saturday, Jul 9	CLE		PHA	L	7	9		15-46	8	29.5							`----`
63	63	Tuesday, Jul 12	CLE		BAL	L	1	5		15-47	8	30.0				2:10			`-----`
64	64	Wednesday, Jul 13	CLE		BAL	L	1	8		15-48	8	31.0				1:45			`------`
65	65	Thursday, Jul 14	CLE		BAL	L	2	5		15-49	8	32.0				2:00			`-------`
66	66	Friday, Jul 15	CLE		NYP	W	7	6		16-49	8	32.0							`+`
67	67	Saturday, Jul 16	CLE		NYP	W	10	1		17-49	8	32.0				1:55			`++`
68	68	Monday, Jul 18	CLE	@	NYP	L	5	11		17-50	8	33.0							`-`
69	69	Tuesday, Jul 19	CLE	@	NYP	L	4	5		17-51	8	33.5				2:25			`--`
70	70	Wednesday, Jul 20	CLE	@	PHA	L	1	6		17-52	8	33.5							`---`
71	71	Friday, Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	L *H	6	4		17-53	8	34.0				1:45			`----`
72	72	Monday, Jul 25	CLE	@	BAL	W	4	2		18-53	8	33.5							`+`
73	73	Tuesday, Jul 26	CLE	@	BAL	L	0	8		18-54	8	35.0				2:00			`-`
74	74	Tuesday, Jul 26	CLE	@	BAL	L	1	9		18-55	8	35.0				1:50			`--`
75	75	Wednesday, Jul 27	CLE	@	NYP	L	1	4		18-56	8	36.0				2:00			`---`
76	76	Thursday, Jul 28	CLE	@	NYP	W	4	3		19-56	8	36.0				2:00			`+`
77	77	Friday, Jul 29	CLE	@	NYP	L	3	4		19-57	8	37.0				2:00			`-`
78	78	Saturday, Jul 30	CLE	@	BRO	L	4	8		19-58	8	38.0				2:15			`--`
79	79	Monday, Aug 1	CLE	@	BRO	W	4	3		20-58	8	37.0				2:00			`+`
80	80	Tuesday, Aug 2	CLE	@	BRO	L	1	4		20-59	8	38.0				1:50			`-`
81	81	Thursday, Aug 4	CLE	@	LOU	L	1	2		20-60	8	39.0				2:00			`--`
82	82	Friday, Aug 5	CLE	@	LOU	W	13	10		21-60	8	38.0				1:40			`+`
83	83	Saturday, Aug 6	CLE	@	LOU	L	1	7		21-61	8	39.0				2:05			`-`
84	84	Sunday, Aug 7	CLE	@	STL	L	7	10		21-62	8	40.0				1:50			`--`
85	85	Monday, Aug 8	CLE	@	STL	L	4	8		21-63	8	41.0				2:00			`---`
86	86	Tuesday, Aug 9	CLE	@	STL	L	8	11		21-64	8	42.0				2:00			`----`
87	87	Wednesday, Aug 10	CLE	@	STL	L	4	12		21-65	8	43.0				2:40			`-----`
88	88	Thursday, Aug 11	CLE	@	CIN	W	12	10		22-65	8	42.5				2:20			`+`
89	89	Friday, Aug 12	CLE	@	CIN	W	4	3		23-65	8	42.5							`++`
90	90	Saturday, Aug 13	CLE	@	CIN	L	4	5		23-66	8	42.5				2:15			`-`
91	91	Sunday, Aug 14	CLE	@	STL	L	1	8		23-67	8	43.5				1:25			`--`
92	92	Monday, Aug 15	CLE		STL	L	3	15		23-68	8	44.5				2:10			`---`
93	93	Tuesday, Aug 16	CLE		STL	L	4	11		23-69	8	45.5				2:00			`----`
94	94	Thursday, Aug 18	CLE		BAL	W	10	3		24-69	8	45.0				2:10			`+`
95	95	Friday, Aug 19	CLE		NYP	W	5	2		25-69	8	45.0				1:50			`++`
96	96	Saturday, Aug 20	CLE		NYP	W	16	4		26-69	8	44.0				2:30			`+++`
97	97	Sunday, Aug 21	CLE		NYP	L	5	7		26-70	8	44.0				2:05			`-`
98	98	Monday, Aug 22	CLE		BRO	L	4	15		26-71	8	44.5				2:00			`--`
99	99	Tuesday, Aug 23	CLE		BRO	L	6	10		26-72	8	45.5							`---`
100	100	Wednesday, Aug 24	CLE		BRO	W	7	3		27-72	8	45.5				2:00			`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Thursday, Aug 25	CLE		PHA	L	6	8		27-73	8	46.5				2:10			`-`
102	102	Friday, Aug 26	CLE		PHA	L	1	7		27-74	8	47.5				1:50			`--`
103	103	Saturday, Aug 27	CLE		PHA	W	16	2		28-74	8	47.5				2:15			`+`
104	104	Monday, Aug 29	CLE		BAL	W	8	6		29-74	8	48.0							`++`
105	105	Tuesday, Aug 30	CLE		BAL	L	2	8		29-75	8	49.0				1:55			`-`
106	106	Wednesday, Aug 31	CLE		BAL	L	1	2		29-76	8	50.0				1:40			`--`
107	107	Friday, Sep 2	CLE	@	BAL	L	0	15		29-77	8	51.0				2:00			`---`
108	108	Saturday, Sep 3	CLE	@	BAL	L	0	8		29-78	8	52.5				1:40			`----`
109	109	Monday, Sep 5	CLE	@	BAL	L	3	11		29-79	8	53.0				2:00			`-----`
110	110	Monday, Sep 5	CLE	@	BAL	L	4	5		29-80	8	53.0				1:40			`------`
111	111	Tuesday, Sep 6	CLE	@	PHA	W	9	6		30-80	8	52.0				2:00			`+`
112	112	Thursday, Sep 8	CLE	@	PHA	L	6	12		30-81	8	53.5				2:00			`-`
113	113	Friday, Sep 9	CLE	@	BRO	L	3	16		30-82	8	54.5							`--`
114	114	Saturday, Sep 10	CLE	@	BRO	W	11	3		31-82	8	53.5				2:00			`+`
115	115	Sunday, Sep 11	CLE	@	BRO	L	0	5		31-83	8	54.0							`-`
116	116	Tuesday, Sep 13	CLE	@	NYP	L	6	9		31-84	8	54.0				2:00			`--`
117	117	Wednesday, Sep 14	CLE	@	NYP	W	4	0		32-84	8	53.0				1:50			`+`
118	118	Thursday, Sep 15	CLE	@	NYP	W	3	0		33-84	8	53.5				2:00			`++`
119	119	Saturday, Sep 17	CLE	@	STL	L	7	9		33-85	8	54.5							`-`
120	120	Sunday, Sep 18	CLE	@	STL	L	4	6		33-86	8	55.5							`--`
121	121	Wednesday, Sep 21	CLE	@	LOU	L	8	16		33-87	8	55.5				2:20			`---`
122	122	Thursday, Sep 22	CLE	@	LOU	L	4	6		33-88	8	55.5							`----`
123	123	Saturday, Sep 24	CLE	@	LOU	L	1	8		33-89	8	55.5				2:10			`-----`
124	124	Sunday, Sep 25	CLE	@	LOU	W	14	4		34-89	8	54.5				2:00			`+`
125	125	Tuesday, Sep 27	CLE		LOU	W	4	3		35-89	8	54.0							`++`
126	126	Wednesday, Sep 28	CLE		LOU	W	3	2		36-89	8	53.5							`+++`
127	127	Thursday, Sep 29	CLE		LOU	W	10	4		37-89	8	53.5				1:50			`++++`
128	128	Friday, Sep 30	CLE		LOU	T	9	9		37-89	8	53.5							`++++`
129	129	Saturday, Oct 1	CLE		LOU	L	3	5		37-90	8	53.5							`-`
130	130	Monday, Oct 3	CLE		CIN	W	7	2		38-90	8	53.0							`+`
131	131	Friday, Oct 7	CLE	@	STL	L	2	12		38-91	8	54.0							`-`
132	132	Saturday, Oct 8	CLE	@	STL	W	4	2		39-91	8	53.0							`+`
133	133	Sunday, Oct 9	CLE	@	STL	L	2	6		39-92	8	54.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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1888 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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