1888 Philadelphia Quakers season

1888 Philadelphia Quakers
Ballpark	Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Al Reach, John Rogers
Managers	Harry Wright

Regular season

Season standings

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

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
OF	Ed Andrews	124	528	126	.239	3	44
OF	George Wood	106	433	99	.229	6	51

Other batters

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
Ed Delahanty	74	290	66	.228	1	31
Cupid Childs	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Gid Gardner	1	3	2	.667	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Charlie Buffinton	46	400.1	28	17	1.91	199
Dan Casey	33	285.2	14	18	3.15	108
Ben Sanders	31	275.1	19	10	1.90	121
Kid Gleason	24	199.2	7	16	2.84	89

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
George Wood	2	0	0	2	4.50	0

References

• 1888 Philadelphia Quakers season at Baseball Reference