1888 American Association

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The 1888 season of the American Association was the seventh season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	St. Louis Browns	137	92	43	2	.672	-.-	789 (5.76)	501 (3.66)	0.250	0.310	0.324	2.09	0.924
2	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	143	88	52	3	.615	6.5	758 (5.30)	584 (4.08)	0.242	0.293	0.321	2.33	0.918
3	Philadelphia Athletics	136	81	52	3	.596	10.0	827 (6.08)	594 (4.37)	0.250	0.295	0.344	2.41	0.919
4	Cincinnati Red Stockings	137	80	54	3	.584	11.5	745 (5.44)	628 (4.58)	0.242	0.293	0.323	2.73	0.923
5	Baltimore Orioles	137	57	80	0	.416	36.0	653 (4.77)	779 (5.69)	0.229	0.276	0.306	3.78	0.920
6	Cleveland Blues	135	50	82	3	.370	40.5	651 (4.82)	839 (6.21)	0.234	0.283	0.295	3.72	0.916
7	Louisville Colonels	139	48	87	4	.345	44.0	689 (4.96)	870 (6.26)	0.241	0.288	0.315	3.25	0.900
8	Kansas City Cowboys	132	43	89	0	.326	47.5	579 (4.39)	896 (6.79)	0.218	0.264	0.288	4.29	0.914

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	George Pinkney	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	143
At Bats	Charlie Comiskey	St. Louis Browns	576
Runs Scored	George Pinkney	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	134
Hits	Tip O'Neill	St. Louis Browns	177
Doubles	Hub Collins	Louisville Colonels/Brooklyn Bridegrooms	31
Triples	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Home Runs	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	13
Total Bases	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	264
Runs Batted In	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	103
Stolen Bases	Arlie Latham	St. Louis Browns	109
Walks	Yank Robinson	St. Louis Browns	116
Hit by Pitch	Curt Welch	Philadelphia Athletics	29
Batting Average	Tip O'Neill	St. Louis Browns	0.335
On-Base Percentage	Yank Robinson	St. Louis Browns	0.400
Slugging Percentage	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	0.501
On-Base plus Slugging	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	0.864
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	170

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Silver King	St. Louis Browns	45
Losses	Henry Porter	Kansas City Cowboys	37
Win-Loss Percentage	Nat Hudson	St. Louis Browns	0.714
Appearances	Silver King	St. Louis Browns	66
Games Started	Silver King	St. Louis Browns	65
Complete Games	Silver King	St. Louis Browns	64
Shutouts	Silver King Ed Seward	St. Louis Browns Philadelphia Athletics	6
Games Finished	Scott Stratton	Louisville Colonels	5
Saves	Pop Corkhill Bob Gilks Tony Mullane	Cincinnati Red Stockings/Brooklyn Bridegrooms Cleveland Blues Cincinnati Red Stockings	1
Innings Pitched	Silver King	St. Louis Browns	585.2
Batters Faced	Silver King	St. Louis Browns	2294
Hits Allowed	Henry Porter	Kansas City Cowboys	527
Home Runs Allowed	Henry Porter	Kansas City Cowboys	16
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bert Cunningham	Baltimore Orioles	157
Hit Batsmen	Tom Sullivan	Kansas City Cowboys	24
Strikeouts	Ed Seward	Philadelphia Athletics	272
Wild Pitches	Tom Sullivan	Kansas City Cowboys	28
Balks	57 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Henry Porter	Kansas City Cowboys	336
Earned Runs Allowed	Henry Porter	Kansas City Cowboys	219
Earned Run Average	Silver King	St. Louis Browns	1.64
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Silver King	St. Louis Browns	0.876

Postseason

In the World's Series, the American Association champion St. Louis Browns were defeated by the National League's New York Giants, 6 games to 4.

Umpires

• Jersey Bakely*
• Jack Boyle*
• Jim Brennan*
• Oyster Burns*
• Doc Bushong*
• Billy Carlin
• Billy Crowell*
• Ned Cuthbert
• Charlie Devlin*
• Jim Donahue*
• Herm Doscher
• Joe Ellick*
• Bob Ferguson
• Henry Fountain*
• Chick Fulmer*
• John Gaffney
• Walt Goldsby*
• Fred Goldsmith
• Tom Gunning*
• Guy Hecker*
• Joseph Herr*
• Bill Holbert*
• Bug Holliday*
• Joseph Julian*
• Jim Keenan*
• John Kirby*
• J.R. Malone*
• Bobby Mathews*
• Mike Mattimore*
• Jerry McCormick*
• Jumbo McGinnis*
• Jack McQuaid
• Trick McSorley*
• Tony Mullane*
• Darby O'Brien*
• Bill Paasch*
• Jimmy Peoples*
• Billy Serad*
• Joe Sommer*
• Lou Sylvester*
• Adonis Terry*
• Ike Van Burkalow*
• Lee Viau*
• Mike Walsh
• Charles Zimmer*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire