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1888 Cleveland Blues

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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 - 95, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 101


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1887 / 1889 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs  · Mouseover bar for details  · Click for box score  · Grouped by Month

Game Results

Season Summary 50-82, Final Rank:6, GB: 40.5
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind40.5last on Wednesday, Oct 17, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500never
Most Games under .50032last on Wednesday, Oct 17
Longest Winning Streak9Thursday, Aug 30 to Saturday, Sep 8
Longest Losing Streak7Wednesday, Apr 18 to Wednesday, Apr 25 and Wednesday, May 16 to Thursday, May 24
Most Runs Allowed28Monday, Apr 23
Most Runs Scored23Wednesday, Jun 6
Times Shutout by Opponent12 
Times Opponent Shutout6 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 50 82 652 839 .379
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 33 27 359 311 .550
Road 17 55 293 528 .236
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 2 9 49 110 .182
May 9 11 102 127 .450
June 6 15 132 182 .286
July 12 13 130 124 .480
August 7 12 56 85 .368
September 11 12 133 127 .478
October 3 10 50 84 .231
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 23 44 350 506 .343
Second Half 27 38 302 333 .415
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 18 19 140 141 .486
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 15 28 252 379 .349
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BAL 9 10 100 101 .474
BRO 4 16 68 134 .200
CIN 7 10 60 85 .412
KCC 10 9 106 108 .526
LOU 9 8 146 108 .529
PHA 7 13 118 186 .350
STL 4 16 54 117 .200

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 Wednesday, Apr 18 CLE @ BRO L 1 10 0-1 5 1.0 1:48 3,000 -
2 2 Thursday, Apr 19 CLE @ BRO L 3 14 0-2 7 2.0 1:50 --
3 3 Saturday, Apr 21 CLE @ BRO L 0 2 0-3 7 3.0 1:13 ---
4 4 Sunday, Apr 22 CLE @ BRO L 1 5 0-4 7 4.0 1:24 ----
5 5 Monday, Apr 23 CLE @ PHA L 7 28 0-5 7 5.0 2:20 -----
6 6 Tuesday, Apr 24 CLE @ PHA L 5 8 0-6 8 5.0 1:45 ------
7 7 Wednesday, Apr 25 CLE @ PHA L 6 16 0-7 8 5.5 2:15 -------
8 8 Thursday, Apr 26 CLE @ PHA W 10 9 1-7 8 5.0 1:50 +
9 9 Friday, Apr 27 CLE @ BAL L 7 11 1-8 8 5.5 1:55 -
10 10 Saturday, Apr 28 CLE @ BAL L 3 4 1-9 8 5.5 1:50 --
11 11 Monday, Apr 30 CLE @ BAL W 6 3 2-9 8 6.0 1:30 +
12 12 Tuesday, May 1 CLE @ BAL W 12 7 3-9 8 6.0 2:15 ++
13 13 Wednesday, May 2 CLE PHA W 10 1 4-9 7 5.5 1:50 1,000 +++
14 14 Thursday, May 3 CLE PHA W 6 4 5-9 7 5.5 ++++
15 15 Saturday, May 5 CLE PHA L 5 14 5-10 6 6.0 2:15 -
16 16 Monday, May 7 CLE PHA W 8 4 6-10 6 6.0 1:55 +
17 17 Thursday, May 10 CLE BAL W 3 1 7-10 6 5.5 1:50 ++
18 18 Friday, May 11 CLE BAL L 1 2 7-11 6 6.5 1:35 -
19 19 Saturday, May 12 CLE BAL L 4 5 7-12 6 7.5 --
20 20 Monday, May 14 CLE BRO L 3 7 7-13 6 8.5 1:15 300 ---
21 21 Tuesday, May 15 CLE BRO W 7 3 8-13 6 8.5 1:50 +
22 22 Wednesday, May 16 CLE BRO L 9 12 8-14 6 9.5 2:10 -
23 23 Thursday, May 17 CLE BRO L 0 15 8-15 6 10.0 2:00 --
24 24 Saturday, May 19 CLE CIN L 0 5 8-16 7 11.0 1:50 ---
25 25 Sunday, May 20 CLE @ CIN L 4 8 8-17 7 12.0 ----
26 26 Tuesday, May 22 CLE CIN L 4 6 8-18 7 13.0 -----
27 27 Wednesday, May 23 CLE CIN L 5 6 8-19 7 14.0 2:00 ------
28 28 Thursday, May 24 CLE STL L 5 17 8-20 7 14.5 -------
29 29 Saturday, May 26 CLE STL W 8 5 9-20 7 13.5 2:00 +
30 30 Wednesday, May 30 CLE KCC W 5 3 10-20 6 12.5 1:35 200 ++
31 31 Wednesday, May 30 CLE KCC W 3 2 11-20 6 12.5 1:55 +++
32 32 Friday, Jun 1 CLE KCC L 6 8 11-21 6 13.5 1:55 -
33 33 Saturday, Jun 2 CLE KCC L 15 16 11-22 6 14.5 2:15 --
34 34 Monday, Jun 4 CLE LOU W 8 5 12-22 6 13.5 1:30 +
35 35 Tuesday, Jun 5 CLE LOU W 6 5 13-22 6 13.5 2:10 ++
36 36 Wednesday, Jun 6 CLE LOU W 23 19 14-22 6 13.5 2:30 +++
37 37 Thursday, Jun 7 CLE LOU W 13 4 15-22 6 13.5 2:07 ++++
38 38 Saturday, Jun 9 CLE @ BRO L 5 9 15-23 6 14.5 1:45 -
39 39 Sunday, Jun 10 CLE @ BRO L 2 10 15-24 6 15.5 2:00 --
40 40 Tuesday, Jun 12 CLE @ BRO L 5 8 15-25 6 16.5 1:52 1,200 ---
41 41 Friday, Jun 15 CLE PHA W 11 8 16-25 6 15.5 2:15 +
42 42 Saturday, Jun 16 CLE PHA L 1 11 16-26 6 15.5 1:45 -
43 43 Monday, Jun 18 CLE @ PHA L 2 3 16-27 6 15.5 --
44 44 Tuesday, Jun 19 CLE @ PHA L 10 15 16-28 6 16.5 ---
45 45 Wednesday, Jun 20 CLE @ PHA L 10 12 16-29 6 17.0 2:00 ----
46 46 Thursday, Jun 21 CLE @ BAL L 1 11 16-30 6 17.0 2:10 -----
47 47 Friday, Jun 22 CLE @ BAL W 6 5 17-30 6 16.0 2:15 +
48 48 Saturday, Jun 23 CLE @ BAL L 2 10 17-31 6 17.0 -
49 49 Tuesday, Jun 26 CLE @ STL L 2 10 17-32 6 17.5 1:50 --
50 50 Wednesday, Jun 27 CLE @ STL L 3 7 17-33 6 18.0 1:45 ---
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
51 51 Thursday, Jun 28 CLE @ STL L 0 4 17-34 6 19.0 1:40 ----
52 52 Saturday, Jun 30 CLE @ STL L 1 2 17-35 6 19.5 1:40 -----
53 53 Sunday, Jul 1 CLE @ KCC W 6 5 18-35 6 19.0 1:40 +
54 54 Tuesday, Jul 3 CLE @ KCC W 9 2 19-35 6 18.5 ++
55 55 Wednesday, Jul 4 CLE @ KCC L 5 8 19-36 6 20.0 1:50 -
56 56 Wednesday, Jul 4 CLE @ KCC L 10 14 19-37 6 20.0 --
57 57 Friday, Jul 6 CLE @ LOU L 3 6 19-38 6 20.5 2:00 ---
58 58 Saturday, Jul 7 CLE @ LOU L 0 9 19-39 6 21.5 2:00 ----
59 59 Sunday, Jul 8 CLE @ LOU L 0 3 19-40 8 22.5 2:00 -----
60 60 Tuesday, Jul 10 CLE @ LOU L 4 7 19-41 8 23.5 1:45 ------
61 61 Thursday, Jul 12 CLE @ CIN W 2 1 20-41 7 22.5 +
62 62 Friday, Jul 13 CLE @ CIN L 3 4 20-42 7 23.5 1:40 -
63 63 Saturday, Jul 14 CLE @ CIN L 0 10 20-43 8 23.5 1:50 --
64 64 Sunday, Jul 15 CLE @ CIN L 7 12 20-44 8 24.5 ---
65 65 Tuesday, Jul 17 CLE BRO W 2 1 21-44 7 23.5 1:45 +
66 66 Wednesday, Jul 18 CLE BRO W 7 2 22-44 7 22.5 1:55 ++
67 67 Thursday, Jul 19 CLE BRO W 9 3 23-44 7 21.5 2:00 +++
68 68 Friday, Jul 20 CLE BAL L 2 3 23-45 7 22.0 1:55 -
69 69 Saturday, Jul 21 CLE BAL W 17 11 24-45 7 22.0 2:15 +
70 70 Sunday, Jul 22 CLE BAL W 6 2 25-45 6 21.5 1:45 ++
71 71 Monday, Jul 23 CLE BAL W 6 2 26-45 6 20.5 1:50 +++
72 72 Thursday, Jul 26 CLE LOU L 2 3 26-46 7 22.0 2:10 -
73 73 Friday, Jul 27 CLE LOU L 5 6 26-47 7 23.0 2:00 --
74 74 Saturday, Jul 28 CLE LOU W 12 1 27-47 7 22.0 2:00 +
75 75 Sunday, Jul 29 CLE STL L 4 7 27-48 7 23.0 1:40 -
76 76 Monday, Jul 30 CLE STL W 1 0 28-48 7 22.0 1:55 +
77 77 Tuesday, Jul 31 CLE STL W 8 2 29-48 6 21.0 1:50 ++
78 78 Wednesday, Aug 1 CLE STL L 3 4 29-49 7 22.0 1:50 -
79 79 Friday, Aug 3 CLE @ CIN W 9 8 30-49 6 22.0 2:15 +
80 80 Saturday, Aug 4 CLE @ CIN T 4 4 30-49 6 22.0 2:10 500 +
81 81 Sunday, Aug 5 CLE @ CIN L 5 6 30-50 6 23.0 2:58 -
82 82 Tuesday, Aug 7 CLE KCC L 1 2 30-51 6 24.0 1:35 --
83 83 Wednesday, Aug 8 CLE KCC W 1 0 31-51 6 23.0 +
84 84 Friday, Aug 10 CLE @ KCC L 4 6 31-52 6 24.0 2:00 -
85 85 Saturday, Aug 11 CLE @ KCC L 3 12 31-53 7 24.5 2:00 --
86 86 Sunday, Aug 12 CLE @ KCC W 6 5 32-53 6 24.5 +
87 87 Monday, Aug 13 CLE @ STL L 3 8 32-54 7 25.5 1:50 -
88 88 Tuesday, Aug 14 CLE @ STL L 0 5 32-55 7 26.5 --
89 89 Wednesday, Aug 15 CLE @ STL L 0 3 32-56 7 27.5 1:45 ---
90 90 Wednesday, Aug 22 CLE @ CIN W 3 0 33-56 7 29.0 1:40 +
91 91 Thursday, Aug 23 CLE @ CIN W 1 0 34-56 7 28.5 2:00 ++
92 92 Friday, Aug 24 CLE STL L 2 6 34-57 7 29.5 2:00 -
93 93 Saturday, Aug 25 CLE STL L 0 1 34-58 7 30.5 2:00 --
94 94 Sunday, Aug 26 CLE STL L 2 5 34-59 7 31.5 ---
95 95 Tuesday, Aug 28 CLE STL L 2 5 34-60 7 32.5 ----
96 96 Thursday, Aug 30 CLE KCC W 5 4 35-60 7 31.5 1:50 +
97 97 Friday, Aug 31 CLE KCC W 2 1 36-60 6 31.0 1:45 ++
98 98 Saturday, Sep 1 CLE KCC W 16 4 37-60 6 31.0 1:45 +++
99 99 Sunday, Sep 2 CLE LOU W 11 4 38-60 6 30.5 2:20 ++++
100 100 Monday, Sep 3 CLE LOU W 18 9 39-60 5 29.0 2:15 +++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak
101 101 Tuesday, Sep 4 CLE LOU W 12 3 40-60 5 28.0 ++++++
102 102 Wednesday, Sep 5 CLE LOU W 14 3 41-60 5 28.0 2:00 +++++++
103 103 Thursday, Sep 6 CLE CIN W 3 2 42-60 5 27.0 1:50 ++++++++
104 104 Saturday, Sep 8 CLE CIN W 2 1 43-60 5 26.5 2:00 +++++++++
105 105 Monday, Sep 10 CLE BRO L 1 2 43-61 5 27.0 -
106 106 Tuesday, Sep 11 CLE BRO L 0 2 43-62 5 28.0 1:30 --
107 107 Wednesday, Sep 12 CLE BRO L 3 8 43-63 5 29.0 ---
108 108 Friday, Sep 14 CLE BAL L 5 9 43-64 6 30.5 2:00 ----
109 109 Saturday, Sep 15 CLE BAL W 6 5 44-64 5 30.5 1:45 +
110 110 Tuesday, Sep 18 CLE @ KCC L 3 11 44-65 5 32.0 2:10 -
111 111 Wednesday, Sep 19 CLE @ KCC W 2 0 45-65 5 32.0 +
112 112 Thursday, Sep 20 CLE @ KCC L 4 5 45-66 5 32.5 2:00 -
113 113 Saturday, Sep 22 CLE @ STL L 2 11 45-67 5 32.5 1:30 --
114 114 Saturday, Sep 22 CLE @ STL W 4 1 46-67 5 32.5 2:30 +
115 115 Sunday, Sep 23 CLE @ STL L 4 14 46-68 6 33.5 -
116 116 Tuesday, Sep 25 CLE @ CIN W 2 1 47-68 6 33.0 +
117 117 Wednesday, Sep 26 CLE @ CIN L 1 5 47-69 6 34.0 -
118 118 Thursday, Sep 27 CLE @ CIN L 5 6 47-70 6 34.0 --
119 119 Friday, Sep 28 CLE @ LOU L 1 4 47-71 6 35.0 2:15 ---
120 120 Saturday, Sep 29 CLE @ LOU T 4 4 47-71 6 35.5 2:15 ---
121 121 Sunday, Sep 30 CLE @ LOU L 3 6 47-72 6 36.5 2:15 ----
122 122 Sunday, Sep 30 CLE @ LOU T 7 7 47-72 6 36.5 2:00 ----
123 123 Wednesday, Oct 3 CLE @ PHA L 1 8 47-73 6 38.0 1:50 -----
124 124 Thursday, Oct 4 CLE @ PHA W 8 6 48-73 6 37.0 1:50 +
125 125 Friday, Oct 5 CLE @ PHA L 0 8 48-74 6 37.5 1:45 -
126 126 Sunday, Oct 7 CLE @ BRO L 4 8 48-75 6 39.0 1:50 --
127 127 Monday, Oct 8 CLE @ BRO L 1 7 48-76 6 39.0 1:21 ---
128 128 Tuesday, Oct 9 CLE @ BRO L 5 6 48-77 6 40.0 1:25 ----
129 129 Thursday, Oct 11 CLE @ BAL L 4 7 48-78 6 39.5 1:30 -----
130 130 Friday, Oct 12 CLE @ BAL L 1 3 48-79 6 40.0 1:40 ------
131 131 Saturday, Oct 13 CLE @ BAL W 8 0 49-79 6 39.5 +
132 132 Sunday, Oct 14 CLE @ PHA L 3 7 49-80 6 40.0 1:10 -
133 133 Monday, Oct 15 CLE @ PHA L 5 7 49-81 6 40.5 1:25 --
134 134 Tuesday, Oct 16 CLE @ PHA W 6 3 50-81 6 40.0 1:35 +
135 135 Wednesday, Oct 17 CLE @ PHA L 4 14 50-82 6 40.5 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time D/N Attendance Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1887 / 1889 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits