1888 Washington Nationals season

1888 Washington Nationals
Ballpark	Swampdoodle Grounds
City	Washington, D.C.
Managers	Walter Hewett, Ted Sullivan
Seasons

The 1888 Washington Nationals finished with a 48–86 record in the National League, finishing in last place.

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
C	Connie Mack	85	300	56	.187	3	29
1B	Billy O'Brien	133	528	119	.225	9	66
3B	Jim Donnelly	122	428	86	.201	0	23
SS	George Shoch	90	317	58	.183	2	24
OF	Dummy Hoy	136	503	138	.274	2	29
OF	Ed Daily	110	453	102	.225	7	39

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
John Irwin	37	126	28	.222	0	8
Gid Gardner	2	4	1	.250	0	0

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
Hank O'Day	46	403	16	29	3.10	186
Wild Bill Widner	13	115	5	7	2.82	33
George Keefe	13	114	6	7	2.84	52
Frank Gilmore	12	95.2	1	9	6.59	23
Ed Daily	9	73.2	2	7	4.89	20
George Haddock	2	16	0	2	2.25	3
John Greenig	1	9	0	1	11.00	2

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 Shoch	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1888 Washington Nationals team page at Baseball Reference