1888 St. Louis Browns season

1888 St. Louis Browns 1888 American Association Champions
Major league affiliations
American Association (Since 1882)
Location
Sportsman's Park (Since 1882) St. Louis, Missouri (Since 1882)
1888 Information
Owner(s)	Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s)	Charlie Comiskey
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1888 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 7th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 7th season in the American Association. The Browns went 92-43 during the season and finished first in the American Association, claiming their fourth pennant in a row. In the World Series, the Browns faced the National League champion New York Giants, losing the series 6 games to 4.

Regular season

Season standings

The 1888 St. Louis Browns

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	92	43	0.681	—	60–21	32–22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	88	52	0.629	6½	53–20	35–32
Philadelphia Athletics	81	52	0.609	10	55–20	26–32
Cincinnati Red Stockings	80	54	0.597	11½	56–25	24–29
Baltimore Orioles	57	80	0.416	36	30–26	27–54
Cleveland Blues	50	82	0.379	40½	33–27	17–55
Louisville Colonels	48	87	0.356	44	27–29	21–58
Kansas City Cowboys	43	89	0.326	47½	23–34	20–55

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
1B	Comiskey, CharlieCharlie Comiskey	137	576	157	.273	6	83
SS	White, BillBill White	76	275	48	.175	2	30
OF	McCarthy, TommyTommy McCarthy	131	511	140	.274	1	68

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

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
Chamberlain, Ice BoxIce Box Chamberlain	14	112	11	2	1.61	57
Devlin, JimJim Devlin	11	90.1	6	5	3.19	45

Other 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
McCarthy, TommyTommy McCarthy	2	5.1	0	1	5.06	1

References

• 1888 St. Louis Browns
• 1888 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Preceded by St. Louis Browns 1887

American Association Championship Season 1888

Succeeded by Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1889