1888 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1888 Philadelphia Athletics finished with an 81–52 record and finished in third place in the American Association.

1888 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Jefferson Street Grounds (since 1883) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Sharsig, H. C. Pennypacker, William Whittaker
Manager(s)	Bill Sharsig
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Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1888 American Association Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	CLE	KC	LOU	PHI	STL
Baltimore	—	8–12	6–14	10–9	11–8	11–9	5–14	6–14
Brooklyn	12–8	—	14–6–1	16–4	11–9	13–7	12–8–1	10–10–1
Cincinnati	14–6	6–14–1	—	10–7–1	15–4	17–3–1	10–10	8–10
Cleveland	9–10	4–16	7–10–1	—	10–9	9–8–2	7–13	4–16
Kansas City	8–11	9–11	4–15	9–10	—	6–12	3–14	4–16
Louisville	9–11	7–13	3–17–1	8–9–2	12–6	—	5–15–1	4–16
Philadelphia	14–5	8–12–1	10–10	13–7	14–3	15–5–1	—	7–10–1
St. Louis	14–6	10–10–1	10–8	16–4	16–4	16–4	10–7–1	—

Roster

1888 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Bill Blair Bob Gamble Mike Mattimore Ed Seward Phenomenal Smith Gus Weyhing		Catchers Bill Farmer Whitey Gibson Tom Gunning Wilbert Robinson George Townsend Frank Zinn Infielders Lou Bierbauer Frank Fennelly Bill Gleason Henry Larkin Denny Lyons		Outfielders Tom Poorman Blondie Purcell Harry Stovey Mike Sullivan Curt Welch		Manager Bill Sharsig

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	Wilbert Robinson	66	254	62	.244	1	31
1B	Henry Larkin	135	546	147	.269	7	101
2B	Lou Bierbauer	134	535	143	.267	0	80
SS	Bill Gleason	123	499	112	.224	0	61
3B	Denny Lyons	111	456	135	.296	6	83
OF	Harry Stovey	130	530	152	.287	9	65
OF	Curt Welch	136	549	155	.282	1	61
OF	Tom Poorman	97	383	87	.227	2	44

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
George Townsend	42	161	25	.155	0	12
Mike Sullivan	28	112	31	.277	1	19
Tom Gunning	23	92	18	.196	0	5
Blondie Purcell	18	66	11	.167	0	6
Frank Fennelly	15	47	11	.234	1	12
Bill Farmer	3	12	2	.167	0	1
Frank Zinn	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Whitey Gibson	1	3	0	.000	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
Ed Seward	57	518.2	35	19	2.01	272
Gus Weyhing	47	404	28	18	2.25	204
Mike Mattimore	26	221	15	10	3.38	80
Bill Blair	4	31	1	3	2.61	16
Phenomenal Smith	3	22	2	1	2.86	19
Bob Gamble	1	9	0	1	8.00	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
Lou Bierbauer	1	0	0	0	0.00	3

References

• 1888 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference