1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

The 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the 7th season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise and their 2nd in the National League. The Alleghenys finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 66–68.

1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Recreation Park (since 1884) Allegheny, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	William A. Nimick
Manager(s)	Horace B. Phillips
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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

Record vs. opponents

1888 National League Records Sources:
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

Roster

1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Roster
Pitchers Pud Galvin Hardie Henderson Phil Knell Ed Morris Harry Staley		Catchers Fred Carroll Bill Farmer Doggie Miller Infielders Jake Beckley Elmer Cleveland Fred Dunlap Bill Kuehne Al Maul Pete McShannic Pop Smith		Outfielders Cliff Carroll John Coleman Abner Dalrymple Jocko Fields Sam Nicholl Billy Sunday Henry Yaik		Manager Horace B. Phillips

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	John Coleman	116	438	101	.231	0	26

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
Al Maul	74	259	54	.208	0	31

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 Morris	55	480	29	23	2.31	135
Pud Galvin	50	437.1	23	25	2.63	107
Hardie Henderson	5	35.1	1	3	5.35	9
Phil Knell	3	26.1	1	2	3.76	15

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
Al Maul	3	17	0	2	6.35	12

References

• 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys team page at Baseball Reference
• 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Page at Baseball Almanac