1888 Cleveland Blues season

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1888 Cleveland Blues
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkNational League Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnerFrank Robison
ManagersJimmy Williams, Tom Loftus
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The 1888 Cleveland Blues baseball team finished with a 50–82 record, sixth place in the American Association.

Regular season

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1888 Cleveland Blues

Season standings

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American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 92 43 .681 60‍–‍21 32‍–‍22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 88 52 .629 53‍–‍20 35‍–‍32
Philadelphia Athletics 81 52 .609 10 55‍–‍20 26‍–‍32
Cincinnati Red Stockings 80 54 .597 11½ 56‍–‍25 24‍–‍29
Baltimore Orioles 57 80 .416 36 30‍–‍26 27‍–‍54
Cleveland Blues 50 82 .379 40½ 33‍–‍27 17‍–‍55
Louisville Colonels 48 87 .356 44 27‍–‍29 21‍–‍58
Kansas City Cowboys 43 89 .326 47½ 23‍–‍34 20‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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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

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1888 Cleveland Blues
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Pop Snyder 64 237 51 .215 0 14
1B Jay Faatz 120 470 124 .264 0 51
2B Cub Stricker 127 493 115 .233 1 33
SS Ed McKean 131 548 164 .299 6 68
3B John McGlone 55 203 37 .182 1 22
OF Pete Hotaling 98 403 101 .251 0 55
OF Bob Gilks 119 484 111 .229 1 63
OF Mortimer Hogan 78 269 61 .227 0 24

Other batters

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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
Gus Alberts 102 364 75 .206 1 48
Mike Goodfellow 68 269 66 .245 0 29
Chief Zimmer 65 212 51 .241 0 22
Deacon McGuire 26 94 24 .255 1 13
Bill McClellan 22 72 16 .222 0 5
Dick Van Zant 10 31 8 .258 0 1

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jersey Bakley 61 532.2 25 33 2.97 212
Cinders O'Brien 30 259.0 11 19 3.30 135
Billy Crowell 18 150.2 5 13 5.79 61
George Proeser 7 59.0 3 4 3.81 20
Ed Keas 6 51.0 3 3 2.29 18
Mike Morrison 4 35.0 1 3 5.40 14
Doc Oberlander 3 25.2 1 2 5.26 23
Bill Stemmyer 2 16.0 0 2 9.00 7
Ed Knouff 2 9.0 0 1 1.00 2

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Gilks 4 21.0 0 2 8.14 3

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Cub Stricker 2 1 0 0 4.50 5

References

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  • "1888 Cleveland Blues Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

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