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1888 St. Louis Browns

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889

92-43, Finished 1st in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Charlie Comiskey (92-43)
Scored 789 runs, Allowed 501 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-41

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park I ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 106

Postseason:  Lost World Series (6-4) to New York Giants

American Association Champs


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1887 / 1889 Roster (40-man)

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
Jack Boyle 22 R R 6' 4" 190 Mar 22, 1866 3 71 71 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.6
Ice Box Chamberlain 20 R R 5' 9" 168 Nov 5, 1867 3 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.1
Charlie Comiskey HOF 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 15, 1859 7 137 137 0 0 133 3 0 0 0 2 3 5 1.6
Jim Devlin 22 L 5' 7" 135 Apr 16, 1866 3 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Tom Dolan 33 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 10, 1855 7 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Julie Freeman 19 R Nov 7, 1868 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Joseph Herr 23 R R 5' 9" 179 Mar 4, 1865 2 43 43 0 0 0 0 4 28 4 4 3 11 0.6
Nat Hudson 19 R R Jan 12, 1869 3 56 56 39 0 3 0 0 1 3 9 4 16 5.1
Silver King 20 R R 6' 0" 170 Jan 11, 1868 3 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 15.8 $1,800
Ed Knouff 21 R R 160 Jun, 1867 4 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Arlie Latham 28 R R 5' 8" 150 Mar 15, 1860 7 133 133 0 0 0 0 133 1 0 0 0 0 3.3
Harry Lyons 22 R R 5' 10" 157 Mar 25, 1866 2 123 123 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 112 10 122 -2.1
Tommy McCarthy HOF 24 R R 5' 7" 170 Jul 24, 1863 5 131 131 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 119 131 2.8
Chippy McGarr 25 R R 5' 9" 168 May 10, 1863 4 34 34 0 0 0 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Jocko Milligan 26 R R 6' 0" 192 Aug 8, 1861 5 63 63 0 58 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Tip O'Neill 30 R R 6' 1" 167 May 25, 1858 6 130 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 130 4.2
Yank Robinson 28 R R 5' 6" 170 Sep 19, 1859 6 134 134 0 0 0 102 0 34 0 0 0 0 3.5
Bill White 28 5' 11" 160 May 1, 1860 5 76 76 0 0 0 2 0 74 0 0 0 0 -0.7
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
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1887 / 1889 Roster (40-man)

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