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
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park I (ballparks.com) ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 106
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Lost World Series (6-4) to New York Giants |

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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Jack Boyle | 22 | 71 | 273 | 257 | 33 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 13 | .241 | .286 | .292 | .578 | 77 | 75 | 3 | ||||||
| 2 | 1B | Charlie Comiskey | 28 | 137 | 592 | 576 | 102 | 157 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 83 | 72 | 12 | .273 | .292 | .359 | .652 | 99 | 207 | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | 2B | Yank Robinson | 28 | 134 | 583 | 455 | 111 | 105 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 56 | 116 | .231 | .400 | .314 | .714 | 120 | 143 | 12 | ||||||
| 4 | SS | Bill White? | 28 | 76 | 298 | 275 | 31 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 21 | .175 | .238 | .225 | .464 | 42 | 62 | 2 | ||||||
| 5 | 3B | Arlie Latham | 28 | 133 | 621 | 570 | 119 | 151 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 109 | 43 | .265 | .325 | .326 | .652 | 100 | 186 | 8 | ||||||
| 6 | OF | Harry Lyons | 22 | 123 | 522 | 499 | 66 | 97 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 36 | 20 | .194 | .230 | .259 | .488 | 49 | 129 | 3 | ||||||
| 7 | OF | Tip O'Neill | 30 | 130 | 577 | 529 | 96 | 177 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 98 | 26 | 44 | .335 | .390 | .446 | .836 | 156 | 236 | 4 | ||||||
| 8 | OF | Tommy McCarthy | 24 | 131 | 552 | 511 | 107 | 140 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 93 | 38 | .274 | .328 | .331 | .659 | 102 | 169 | 3 | ||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | C | Jocko Milligan | 26 | 63 | 238 | 219 | 19 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 17 | .251 | .311 | .365 | .676 | 107 | 80 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | SS | Ed Herr | 23 | 43 | 186 | 172 | 21 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 9 | 11 | .267 | .323 | .372 | .695 | 112 | 64 | 3 | ||||||
| 11 | 2B | Chippy McGarr | 25 | 34 | 138 | 132 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 6 | .235 | .268 | .242 | .511 | 57 | 32 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | C | Tom Dolan | 33 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .194 | .216 | .222 | .438 | 34 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 13 | P | Silver King | 20 | 66 | 248 | 207 | 25 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 40 | .208 | .339 | .300 | .638 | 96 | 62 | 1 | ||||||
| 14 | P | Nat Hudson | 29 | 56 | 216 | 196 | 27 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 18 | .255 | .324 | .321 | .646 | 98 | 63 | 2 | ||||||
| 15 | P | Elton Chamberlain | 20 | 14 | 55 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .100 | .182 | .160 | .342 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||||||
| 16 | P | Jim Devlin? | 22 | 11 | 41 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .297 | .366 | .324 | .690 | 112 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | P | Ed Knouff | 20 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .097 | .200 | .097 | .297 | -8 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | P | Julie Freeman | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 104 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 26.0 | 137 | 5215 | 4755 | 789 | 1189 | 149 | 47 | 36 | 591 | 468 | 410 | .250 | .316 | .324 | .640 | 96 | 1540 | 50 | ||||||||
| Rank in 8 AA teams | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Silver King | 20 | 45 | 21 | .682 | 1.64 | 66 | 65 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 585.2 | 437 | 205 | 107 | 6 | 76 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2294 | 197 | 0.876 | 6.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 3.39 | |
| 2 | SP | Nat Hudson | 29 | 25 | 10 | .714 | 2.54 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 333.0 | 283 | 155 | 94 | 8 | 59 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1334 | 128 | 1.027 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 2.20 | |
| 3 | SP | Elton Chamberlain | 20 | 11 | 2 | .846 | 1.61 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 112.0 | 61 | 34 | 20 | 1 | 27 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 0.786 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 2.11 | |
| 4 | SP | Jim Devlin* | 22 | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.19 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 90.1 | 82 | 54 | 32 | 3 | 20 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 1.129 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 2.25 | |
| 5 | SP | Ed Knouff | 20 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.67 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 66 | 45 | 24 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 1.272 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 0.68 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | Julie Freeman? | 19 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 1.737 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 0.25 | ||
| 7 | Tommy McCarthy | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1.154 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.50 | |||
| Team Totals | 22.6 | 92 | 43 | .681 | 2.09 | 137 | 137 | 5 | 132 | 12 | 0 | 1212.2 | 939 | 501 | 282 | 19 | 225 | 517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3628 | 155 | 0.960 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 2.30 | |||
| Rank in 8 AA teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4235 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Boyle | 22 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 542 | 382 | 123 | 37 | 11 | .932 | 7.11 | 51 | C-OF |
| Elton Chamberlain | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.60 | P-OF | |
| Charlie Comiskey | 28 | 141 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1392 | 1298 | 50 | 44 | 52 | .968 | 9.56 | 1B-OF-2B | |
| Jim Devlin | 22 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 2.27 | P | ||||
| Tom Dolan | 33 | 11 | 70 | 50 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .914 | 5.82 | 7 | C | |||
| Julie Freeman | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Ed Herr | 23 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 163 | 66 | 77 | 20 | 4 | .877 | 3.33 | SS-OF-3B | |
| Nat Hudson | 29 | 59 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 153 | 89 | 55 | 9 | 4 | .941 | 2.44 | P-OF-1B-SS | |
| Silver King | 20 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 164 | 33 | 119 | 12 | 4 | .927 | 2.24 | P-OF | |
| Ed Knouff | 20 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.78 | P | ||||
| Arlie Latham | 28 | 134 | 527 | 178 | 287 | 62 | 19 | .882 | 3.47 | 3B-SS | ||||
| Harry Lyons | 22 | 126 | 0 | 112 | 10 | 308 | 237 | 35 | 36 | 4 | .883 | 2.16 | OF-3B-2B-SS | |
| Tommy McCarthy | 24 | 133 | 0 | 12 | 119 | 308 | 243 | 44 | 21 | 12 | .932 | 2.16 | OF-P | |
| Chippy McGarr | 25 | 34 | 194 | 70 | 102 | 22 | 11 | .887 | 5.06 | 2B-SS | ||||
| Jocko Milligan | 26 | 63 | 466 | 355 | 86 | 25 | 12 | .946 | 7.00 | 40 | C-1B | |||
| Tip O'Neill | 30 | 130 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 231 | 8 | 16 | 1 | .937 | 1.84 | OF | |
| Yank Robinson | 28 | 136 | 673 | 251 | 350 | 72 | 24 | .893 | 4.42 | 2B-SS | ||||
| Bill White | 28 | 76 | 388 | 136 | 211 | 41 | 10 | .894 | 4.57 | SS-2B | ||||
| Team Totals | 25.9 | 137 | 5676 | 3634 | 1612 | 430 | 168 | .924 | 4.16 | 98 | ||||
| Rank in 8 AA teams | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |