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1888 Cleveland Blues

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889

50-82, Finished 6th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Williams (20-44) and Tom Loftus (30-38)
Scored 651 runs, Allowed 839 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-81

Ballparks: National League Park II & Geagua Lake Grounds ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101


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1887 / 1889 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Gus Alberts 27 R R 5' 6" 180 Sep, 1860 2 102 102 0 0 0 0 49 53 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Jersey Bakley 24 R R 5' 8" 170 Apr 17, 1864 3 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.4 $1,500
Billy Crowell 22 R R 5' 8" 160 Nov 6, 1865 2 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -4.3 $
Jay Faatz 27 R R 6' 4" 196 Oct 24, 1860 2 120 120 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $1,800
Bob Gilks 23 R R 5' 8" 178 Jul 2, 1864 2 119 119 4 0 0 1 28 4 57 27 3 87 -2.5 $
Mike Goodfellow 21 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 3, 1866 2 68 68 0 4 3 0 0 1 11 0 52 62 -0.9 $
Mortimer Hogan 26 1862 3 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 52 78 0.9 $
Pete Hotaling 31 L R 5' 8" 166 Dec 16, 1856 9 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 98 -0.8 $
Ed Keas 25 Jan 2, 1863 1st 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Ed Knouff 21 R R 160 Jun, 1867 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Bill McClellan 32 B L 5' 5" 156 Mar 22, 1856 8 22 22 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 15 15 -0.7 $
John McGlone 24 R 5' 10" 165 1864 3 55 55 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 7 0 7 -1.2 $
Deacon McGuire 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 18, 1863 5 26 26 0 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.2 $
Ed McKean 24 R R 5' 9" 160 Jun 6, 1864 2 131 131 0 0 0 9 1 78 43 4 1 48 3.8 $1,800
Mike Morrison 21 R R 5' 8" 156 Feb 6, 1867 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Cinders O'Brien 21 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 15, 1867 1st 32 32 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.5 $900
Doc Oberlander 24 L 5' 10" 165 May 12, 1864 1st 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
George Proeser 24 L L 5' 10" 190 May 30, 1864 1st 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Pop Snyder 33 R R 5' 11" 184 Oct 6, 1854 15 64 64 0 58 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 -0.8 $2,000
Bill Stemmyer 23 R R 6' 2" 190 May 6, 1865 4 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.6 $
Cub Stricker 29 R R 5' 3" 138 Jun 8, 1859 6 127 127 2 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5 $1,800
Dick Van Zant 23 5' 10" 175 Nov, 1864 1st 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Chief Zimmer 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 23, 1860 4 65 65 0 59 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0.9 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1887 / 1889 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers