1888 Baltimore Orioles season

1888 Baltimore Orioles
League	American Association
Ballpark	Oriole Park
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	57–80 (.416)
League place	5th
Owner	Harry Von der Horst
Manager	Billy Barnie
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	92	43	.681	—	60‍–‍21	32‍–‍22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	88	52	.629	6½	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

1888 American Association record Sources:
Team	BAL	BRO	CIN	CLE	KC	LOU	PHA	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	—

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	Chris Fulmer	52	166	31	.187	0	10
1B	Tommy Tucker	136	520	149	.287	6	61
2B	Bill Greenwood	115	409	78	.191	0	29
SS	Jack Farrell	103	398	81	.204	4	36
3B	Billy Shindle	135	514	107	.208	1	53
OF	Mike Griffin	137	542	139	.256	0	46
OF	Blondie Purcell	101	406	96	.236	2	39
OF	Oyster Burns	79	325	97	.298	4	42

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
Joe Sommer	79	297	65	.219	0	35
Jack O'Brien	57	196	44	.224	0	18
Walt Goldsby	46	165	39	.236	0	14
Bart Cantz	37	126	21	.167	0	9
Sam Trott	31	108	30	.278	0	22
John Peltz	1	4	1	.250	0	0
George Bradley	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
Bert Cunningham	51	453.1	22	29	3.39	186
Matt Kilroy	40	321.0	17	21	4.04	135
Phenomenal Smith	35	292.0	14	19	3.61	152
Sam Shaw	6	53.0	2	4	3.40	22
George Walker	4	35.0	1	3	5.91	18
Pat Whitaker	2	14.0	1	1	5.14	5
Mike Kilroy	1	9.0	0	1	8.00	1
John Harkins	1	8.0	0	1	6.75	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
Oyster Burns	5	0	1	0	4.26	2
Tommy Tucker	1	0	0	0	3.86	2

References

• 1888 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Reference
• 1888 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com