1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

66-68, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Horace Phillips (66-68)
Scored 534 runs, Allowed 580 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-72

Ballparks: Recreation Park ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95

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1887 / 1889 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	66-68, Final Rank:6, GB: 19.5
Days in First	3	last on Monday, Apr 23, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	6	last on Apr 23, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	19.5	last on Saturday, Oct 13, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	3	last on Monday, Apr 23
Most Games under .500	16	last on Tuesday, Jul 17
Longest Winning Streak	7	Thursday, Jul 26 to Saturday, Aug 4
Longest Losing Streak	7	Friday, Jun 8 to Saturday, Jun 16
Most Runs Allowed	18	Thursday, May 3
Most Runs Scored	14	Wednesday, Jul 4
Times Shutout by Opponent	20
Times Opponent Shutout	14

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	66	68	531	576	.493
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	37	30	277	230	.552
Road	29	38	254	346	.433
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	5	3	47	42	.625
May	7	13	93	128	.350
June	5	15	56	99	.250
July	13	9	96	61	.591
August	16	9	131	109	.640
September	16	12	74	84	.571
October	4	7	34	53	.364

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	23	38	242	297	.377
Second Half	43	30	289	279	.589
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	17	15	97	95	.531
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	17	25	205	262	.405

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BSN	8	10	71	91	.444
CHC	11	9	100	110	.550
DTN	10	10	93	124	.500
IND	14	6	103	72	.700
NYG	7	10	45	54	.412
PHI	6	14	39	54	.300
WHS	10	9	80	71	.526

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	Friday, Apr 20	PIT		DTN	W	5	2		1-0	1	Tied				2:05		3,000	`+`
2	2	Saturday, Apr 21	PIT		DTN	W	10	3		2-0	1	Tied				1:55			`++`
3	3	Monday, Apr 23	PIT		DTN	W	10	9		3-0	1	Tied				2:05			`+++`
4	4	Tuesday, Apr 24	PIT		DTN	L	4	6		3-1	3	1.0				1:40			`-`
5	5	Thursday, Apr 26	PIT		CHC	L	1	9		3-2	3	2.5				1:30			`--`
6	6	Friday, Apr 27	PIT		CHC	L	2	7		3-3	4	3.5				1:55			`---`
7	7	Saturday, Apr 28	PIT		CHC	W	7	4		4-3	4	3.5				2:10			`+`
8	8	Monday, Apr 30	PIT		CHC	W	8	2		5-3	3	3.5				1:40			`++`
9	9	Tuesday, May 1	PIT	@	DTN	L	1	10		5-4	4	3.5							`-`
10	10	Wednesday, May 2	PIT	@	DTN	L	1	16		5-5	4	3.5				1:55			`--`
11	11	Thursday, May 3	PIT	@	DTN	L	13	18		5-6	5	4.5				2:25			`---`
12	12	Friday, May 4	PIT	@	DTN	L	2	8		5-7	5	5.0				1:50			`----`
13	13	Monday, May 7	PIT		PHI	L	1	4		5-8	5	6.0				1:35			`-----`
14	14	Wednesday, May 9	PIT		PHI	L	1	2		5-9	6	7.0				1:25			`------`
15	15	Thursday, May 10	PIT		BSN	W	11	10		6-9	6	6.0				1:50			`+`
16	16	Friday, May 11	PIT		BSN	L	0	2		6-10	6	6.5				1:25			`-`
17	17	Saturday, May 12	PIT		BSN	W	7	4		7-10	5	6.5				1:30			`+`
18	18	Monday, May 14	PIT		BSN	L	5	6		7-11	6	7.5				1:40			`-`
19	19	Tuesday, May 15	PIT		NYG	T	3	3		7-11	6	7.0				2:15			`-`
20	20	Wednesday, May 16	PIT		NYG	W	6	1		8-11	5	7.0							`+`
21	21	Thursday, May 17	PIT		NYG	T	4	4		8-11	5	7.5				2:15			`+`
22	22	Saturday, May 19	PIT		WHS	W	2	1		9-11	5	8.0							`++`
23	23	Monday, May 21	PIT		WHS	W	5	0		10-11	5	7.0				1:35			`+++`
24	24	Tuesday, May 22	PIT		WHS	L	3	6		10-12	5	7.0							`-`
25	25	Wednesday, May 23	PIT		WHS	L	4	5		10-13	5	8.0				1:50			`--`
26	26	Thursday, May 24	PIT		IND	L	6	11		10-14	5	9.0							`---`
27	27	Saturday, May 26	PIT		IND	W	9	2		11-14	6	8.5				1:25			`+`
28	28	Wednesday, May 30	PIT	@	NYG	L	1	11		11-15	6	7.5				1:10			`-`
29	29	Wednesday, May 30	PIT	@	NYG	W	8	4		12-15	6	7.5							`+`
30	30	Thursday, May 31	PIT	@	NYG	L *H	0	0		12-16	6	8.0							`-`
31	31	Friday, Jun 1	PIT	@	NYG	L	0	2		12-17	6	9.0				1:40			`--`
32	32	Saturday, Jun 2	PIT	@	BSN	L	1	6		12-18	6	9.0				1:40			`---`
33	33	Monday, Jun 4	PIT	@	BSN	W	3	2		13-18	6	9.0				1:50			`+`
34	34	Tuesday, Jun 5	PIT	@	BSN	L	5	10		13-19	6	10.0				2:00			`-`
35	35	Wednesday, Jun 6	PIT	@	BSN	W	9	4		14-19	6	10.0							`+`
36	36	Friday, Jun 8	PIT	@	PHI	L	0	3		14-20	6	10.0				1:40			`-`
37	37	Saturday, Jun 9	PIT	@	PHI	L	1	2		14-21	6	11.0				1:40			`--`
38	38	Monday, Jun 11	PIT	@	PHI	L	1	7		14-22	6	12.0							`---`
39	39	Tuesday, Jun 12	PIT	@	PHI	L	3	4		14-23	6	13.0				1:40			`----`
40	40	Wednesday, Jun 13	PIT	@	WHS	L	0	4		14-24	6	13.5				1:30			`-----`
41	41	Friday, Jun 15	PIT	@	WHS	L	3	7		14-25	6	13.5				1:30			`------`
42	42	Saturday, Jun 16	PIT	@	WHS	L	1	5		14-26	6	14.5							`-------`
43	43	Wednesday, Jun 20	PIT	@	CHC	W	5	0		15-26	6	13.5				1:50			`+`
44	44	Thursday, Jun 21	PIT	@	CHC	L	0	1		15-27	6	14.5							`-`
45	45	Friday, Jun 22	PIT	@	CHC	L	6	12		15-28	6	15.5							`--`
46	46	Saturday, Jun 23	PIT	@	CHC	L	1	12		15-29	6	16.5				2:20			`---`
47	47	Monday, Jun 25	PIT	@	IND	W	6	3		16-29	6	15.5				1:40			`+`
48	48	Tuesday, Jun 26	PIT	@	IND	L	5	7		16-30	6	16.5							`-`
49	49	Friday, Jun 29	PIT		CHC	L	0	4		16-31	6	17.0				1:40			`--`
50	50	Saturday, Jun 30	PIT		CHC	W	6	4		17-31	6	16.0				2:00			`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Monday, Jul 2	PIT		CHC	L	0	2		17-32	6	17.0				1:20			`-`
52	52	Wednesday, Jul 4	PIT		WHS	W	14	0		18-32	6	16.5				1:45		2,500	`+`
53	53	Thursday, Jul 5	PIT		WHS	L	2	3		18-33	6	17.5				2:00			`-`
54	54	Friday, Jul 6	PIT		WHS	W	3	2		19-33	6	17.0				1:55			`+`
55	55	Saturday, Jul 7	PIT		NYG	L	4	6		19-34	6	17.0				2:00			`-`
56	56	Tuesday, Jul 10	PIT		NYG	L	0	2		19-35	6	17.5				1:35			`--`
57	57	Wednesday, Jul 11	PIT		BSN	W	8	6		20-35	6	17.5							`+`
58	58	Friday, Jul 13	PIT		BSN	W	4	0		21-35	6	16.5				1:50			`++`
59	59	Friday, Jul 13	PIT		BSN	W	6	0		22-35	6	16.5				1:30			`+++`
60	60	Saturday, Jul 14	PIT		PHI	L	0	1		22-36	6	17.5							`-`
61	61	Monday, Jul 16	PIT		PHI	L	0	1		22-37	6	17.5				1:25			`--`
62	62	Tuesday, Jul 17	PIT		PHI	L	0	2		22-38	7	17.5				1:25			`---`
63	63	Thursday, Jul 19	PIT	@	IND	W	5	3		23-38	6	17.0				1:25			`+`
64	64	Friday, Jul 20	PIT	@	IND	W	4	0		24-38	6	17.0				1:30			`++`
65	65	Saturday, Jul 21	PIT	@	IND	W	13	4		25-38	6	16.0				1:40			`+++`
66	66	Monday, Jul 23	PIT	@	DTN	W	5	1		26-38	6	15.0				1:40			`++++`
67	67	Tuesday, Jul 24	PIT	@	DTN	L	2	7		26-39	6	16.5				1:40			`-`
68	68	Tuesday, Jul 24	PIT	@	DTN	L	5	13		26-40	6	16.5				2:10			`--`
69	69	Thursday, Jul 26	PIT		IND	W	3	1		27-40	6	16.5				1:30			`+`
70	70	Friday, Jul 27	PIT		IND	W	2	0		28-40	6	16.5				1:30			`++`
71	71	Saturday, Jul 28	PIT		IND	W	8	0		29-40	6	15.5				1:35		5,000	`+++`
72	72	Monday, Jul 30	PIT	@	CHC	W	8	7		30-40	6	14.5				2:15			`++++`
73	73	Wednesday, Aug 1	PIT	@	CHC	W	6	4		31-40	6	15.0				2:15			`+++++`
74	74	Thursday, Aug 2	PIT	@	DTN	W	6	5		32-40	6	15.0				1:55			`++++++`
75	75	Saturday, Aug 4	PIT	@	DTN	W	5	3		33-40	5	15.5							`+++++++`
76	76	Tuesday, Aug 7	PIT	@	BSN	L	1	6		33-41	6	17.0							`-`
77	77	Wednesday, Aug 8	PIT	@	BSN	T	3	3		33-41	6	17.5				2:10			`-`
78	78	Thursday, Aug 9	PIT	@	NYG	L	3	5		33-42	6	18.5				1:55			`--`
79	79	Friday, Aug 10	PIT	@	NYG	L	1	2		33-43	6	19.5				1:45			`---`
80	80	Saturday, Aug 11	PIT	@	NYG	W	3	2		34-43	6	18.5				1:45			`+`
81	81	Monday, Aug 13	PIT	@	WHS	W	3	2		35-43	6	18.0				1:55			`++`
82	82	Tuesday, Aug 14	PIT	@	WHS	W	8	5		36-43	6	17.0				2:15			`+++`
83	83	Wednesday, Aug 15	PIT	@	WHS	L	2	7		36-44	6	17.0							`-`
84	84	Thursday, Aug 16	PIT	@	PHI	W	6	1		37-44	6	17.0				1:40			`+`
85	85	Friday, Aug 17	PIT	@	PHI	L	0	4		37-45	6	17.5				1:35			`-`
86	86	Saturday, Aug 18	PIT	@	PHI	W	8	1		38-45	6	17.5				1:40			`+`
87	87	Monday, Aug 20	PIT		CHC	W	12	8		39-45	6	17.5				2:15			`++`
88	88	Wednesday, Aug 22	PIT		CHC	L	3	6		39-46	6	18.0				1:50			`-`
89	89	Wednesday, Aug 22	PIT		CHC	W	10	7		40-46	6	18.0				2:10			`+`
90	90	Thursday, Aug 23	PIT		IND	W	7	0		41-46	6	17.0							`++`
91	91	Friday, Aug 24	PIT		IND	W	6	4		42-46	6	17.0				1:53			`+++`
92	92	Saturday, Aug 25	PIT		IND	W	6	3		43-46	6	17.5				2:00			`++++`
93	93	Saturday, Aug 25	PIT		IND	L	6	7		43-47	6	17.5				1:35			`-`
94	94	Monday, Aug 27	PIT	@	CHC	W	11	7		44-47	6	17.0				1:40			`+`
95	95	Monday, Aug 27	PIT	@	CHC	L	1	10		44-48	6	17.0				2:15			`-`
96	96	Tuesday, Aug 28	PIT	@	CHC	W	9	2		45-48	6	16.0				1:40			`+`
97	97	Wednesday, Aug 29	PIT	@	CHC	W	4	2		46-48	6	15.0				1:20			`++`
98	98	Thursday, Aug 30	PIT		DTN	L	1	3		46-49	6	15.0				1:40			`-`
99	99	Saturday, Sep 1	PIT		DTN	W	7	3		47-49	6	16.0				2:00			`+`
100	100	Saturday, Sep 1	PIT		DTN	L	2	8		47-50	6	16.0				1:55			`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Monday, Sep 3	PIT	@	IND	L	1	5		47-51	6	16.0				1:35			`--`
102	102	Monday, Sep 3	PIT	@	IND	W	5	4		48-51	6	16.0							`+`
103	103	Tuesday, Sep 4	PIT	@	IND	W	5	4		49-51	6	16.0							`++`
104	104	Wednesday, Sep 5	PIT	@	IND	L	2	4		49-52	6	17.0				1:35			`-`
105	105	Thursday, Sep 6	PIT	@	IND	L	1	8		49-53	6	17.5				1:55			`--`
106	106	Saturday, Sep 8	PIT		PHI	W	2	0		50-53	6	18.5				1:30			`+`
107	107	Saturday, Sep 8	PIT		PHI	L	2	3		50-54	6	18.5				1:40			`-`
108	108	Monday, Sep 10	PIT		PHI	W	1	0		51-54	6	18.0							`+`
109	109	Monday, Sep 10	PIT		PHI	L	0	1		51-55	6	18.0				1:25			`-`
110	110	Tuesday, Sep 11	PIT		WHS	W	7	2		52-55	6	17.0				1:40			`+`
111	111	Wednesday, Sep 12	PIT		WHS	W	2	0		53-55	6	16.0				1:20			`++`
112	112	Thursday, Sep 13	PIT		WHS	L	3	8		53-56	6	16.0				1:55			`-`
113	113	Saturday, Sep 15	PIT		NYG	W	1	0		54-56	6	15.5				1:45			`+`
114	114	Monday, Sep 17	PIT		NYG	L	0	1		54-57	6	16.5				1:25			`-`
115	115	Tuesday, Sep 18	PIT		NYG	L	1	5		54-58	6	17.5				1:40			`--`
116	116	Wednesday, Sep 19	PIT		NYG	W	4	1		55-58	6	16.5				1:40			`+`
117	117	Thursday, Sep 20	PIT		BSN	L	0	4		55-59	6	17.5							`-`
118	118	Friday, Sep 21	PIT		BSN	W	2	1		56-59	6	17.0							`+`
119	119	Saturday, Sep 22	PIT		BSN	L	1	7		56-60	6	17.0							`-`
120	120	Monday, Sep 24	PIT		DTN	W	5	1		57-60	6	17.0				1:35			`+`
121	121	Tuesday, Sep 25	PIT		DTN	L	0	4		57-61	6	17.0							`-`
122	122	Tuesday, Sep 25	PIT		DTN	W	6	3		58-61	6	17.0							`+`
123	123	Wednesday, Sep 26	PIT		DTN	W	3	1		59-61	6	17.5							`++`
124	124	Thursday, Sep 27	PIT		IND	W	3	2		60-61	6	17.5							`+++`
125	125	Friday, Sep 28	PIT	@	PHI	W	4	2		61-61	6	17.0				1:40			`++++`
126	126	Saturday, Sep 29	PIT	@	PHI	W	4	2		62-61	5	16.0				1:25			`+++++`
127	127	Monday, Oct 1	PIT	@	PHI	L	3	8		62-62	6	17.0				1:40			`-`
128	128	Tuesday, Oct 2	PIT	@	PHI	L	2	6		62-63	6	18.0				1:45			`--`
129	129	Wednesday, Oct 3	PIT	@	WHS	W	13	8		63-63	6	18.0				1:45			`+`
130	130	Thursday, Oct 4	PIT	@	WHS	L	0	5		63-64	6	19.0				1:30			`-`
131	131	Friday, Oct 5	PIT	@	WHS	W	5	1		64-64	6	19.0				1:30			`+`
132	132	Monday, Oct 8	PIT	@	NYG	W	3	2		65-64	6	18.0				1:30			`++`
133	133	Tuesday, Oct 9	PIT	@	NYG	W	3	2		66-64	6	17.0				1:45			`+++`
134	134	Wednesday, Oct 10	PIT	@	NYG	L	0	1		66-65	6	18.0				1:50			`-`
135	135	Thursday, Oct 11	PIT	@	BSN	L	0	8		66-66	6	19.5				1:55			`--`
136	136	Thursday, Oct 11	PIT	@	BSN	L	1	4		66-67	6	19.5				1:07			`---`
137	137	Saturday, Oct 13	PIT	@	BSN	L	1	5		66-68	6	19.5							`----`
138	138	Saturday, Oct 13	PIT	@	BSN	T	3	3		66-68	6	19.5							`----`
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

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