1888 Cleveland Blues season

1888 Cleveland Blues

League| American Association
Ballpark| National League Park
City| Cleveland, Ohio
Owner| Frank Robison
Managers| Jimmy 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[edit]

1888 Cleveland Blues

### Season standings[edit]

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American Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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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[edit]

1888 American Association record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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[edit]

1888 Cleveland Blues

Roster
Pitchers

* Jersey Bakley
* Billy Crowell
* Ed Keas
* Ed Knouff
* Mike Morrison
* Cinders O'Brien
* Doc Oberlander
* George Proeser
* Bill Stemmyer

|  | Catchers

* Deacon McGuire
* Pop Snyder
* Chief Zimmer

Infielders

* Gus Alberts
* Jay Faatz
* John McGlone
* Ed McKean
* Cub Stricker
* Dick Van Zant

|  | Outfielders

* Bob Gilks
* Mike Goodfellow
* Mortimer Hogan
* Pete Hotaling
* Bill McClellan

|  | Manager

* Tom Loftus
* Jimmy Williams

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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

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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[edit]

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

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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[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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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[edit]

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Bob Gilks | 4 | 21.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.14 | 3

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Cub Stricker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 5

## References[edit]

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

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1888 MLB season by team

National League|

* Boston
* Chicago
* Detroit
* Indianapolis
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* Washington

American Association|

* Baltimore
* Brooklyn
* Cincinnati
* Cleveland
* Kansas City
* Louisville
* Philadelphia
* St. Louis

1888 World Series

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Cleveland Spiders

* Defunct; existed 1887–1899
* Formerly the Forest Citys and Cleveland Blues
* Based in Cleveland, Ohio

Franchise|

* Players
* Managers
* Opening Day starting pitchers

Ballparks|

* National League Park
* League Park

* Spring training: Whittington Park

Owners|

* Frank Robison
* Stanley Robison

Culture and lore|

* 1892 World Series
* Louis Sockalexis
* Patsy Tebeau
* Temple Cup
* The "Misfits"

Postseason appearances|

* 1892
* 1895
* 1896

Championships|

* 1895

Hall of Famers|

* Jesse Burkett*
* John Clarkson
* George Davis
* Buck Ewing
* Bobby Wallace
* Cy Young*

*Primary team: Cleveland Spiders

League affiliations|

* American Association (1887–1888)
* National League (1889–1899)

Seasons (13)

1880s|

* 1880
* 1881
* 1882
* 1883
* 1884
* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889

1890s|

* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899

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