1888_Pittsburgh_Alleghenys_season Knowpia

1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
League	National League
Ballpark	Recreation Park
City	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owner	William A. Nimick
Manager	Horace B. Phillips
	← 1887 1889 →

The 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the seventh season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise and their second in the National League. The Alleghenys finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 66–68.

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	84	47	0.641	—	44–23	40–24
Chicago White Stockings	77	58	0.570	9	43–27	34–31
Philadelphia Quakers	69	61	0.531	14½	37–29	32–32
Boston Beaneaters	70	64	0.522	15½	36–30	34–34
Detroit Wolverines	68	63	0.519	16	40–26	28–37
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	66	68	0.493	19½	37–30	29–38
Indianapolis Hoosiers	50	85	0.370	36	31–35	19–50
Washington Nationals	48	86	0.358	37½	26–38	22–48

Record vs. opponents edit

1888 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	IND	NYG	PHI	PIT	WSH
Boston	—	7–12	10–8–1	11–9	8–12	9–10	10–8–2	15–5
Chicago	12–7	—	10–10	14–6	11–8–1	8–10	9–11	13–6
Detroit	8–10–1	10–10	—	11–8	7–11–2	11–7	10–10	11–7
Indianapolis	9–11	6–14	8–11	—	5–14	4–13	6–14	12–8–1
New York	12–8	8–11–1	11–7–2	14–5	—	14–5–1	10–7–2	15–4–1
Philadelphia	10–9	10–8	7–11	13–4	5–14–1	—	14–6–1	10–9
Pittsburgh	8–10–2	11–9	10–10	14–6	7–10–2	6–14–1	—	10–9
Washington	5–15	6–13	7–11	8–12–1	4–15–1	9–10	9–10	—

Opening Day lineup edit

Roster edit

1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Horace B. Phillips

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Doggie Miller	103	404	112	.277	0	36
1B	Jake Beckley	71	283	97	.343	0	27
2B	Fred Dunlap	82	321	84	.262	1	36
SS	Pop Smith	131	481	99	.206	4	52
3B	Bill Kuehne	138	524	123	.235	3	62
OF	John Coleman	116	438	101	.231	0	26
OF	Abner Dalrymple	57	227	50	.220	0	14
OF	Billy Sunday	120	505	119	.236	0	15

Other batters edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Fred Carroll	97	366	91	.249	2	48
Al Maul	74	259	54	.208	0	31
Jocko Fields	45	169	33	.195	1	15
Elmer Cleveland	30	108	24	.222	2	9
Pete McShannic	26	98	19	.194	0	5
Sam Nicholl	8	22	1	.045	0	0
Cliff Carroll	5	20	0	.000	0	0
Henry Yaik	2	6	2	.333	0	1
Bill Farmer	2	4	0	.000	0	0