1888 National League

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The 1888 season of the National League was the thirteenth 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	New York Giants	138	84	47	7	.609	-.-	659 (4.78)	479 (3.47)	0.242	0.283	0.336	1.96	0.924
2	Chicago White Stockings	136	77	58	1	.566	9.0	734 (5.40)	659 (4.85)	0.260	0.304	0.383	2.96	0.927
3	Philadelphia Quakers	132	69	61	2	.523	14.5	535 (4.05)	509 (3.86)	0.225	0.269	0.290	2.38	0.924
4	Boston Beaneaters	137	70	64	3	.511	15.5	669 (4.88)	619 (4.52)	0.245	0.286	0.351	2.61	0.917
5	Detroit Wolverines	134	68	63	3	.507	16.0	721 (5.38)	629 (4.69)	0.263	0.307	0.361	2.74	0.919
6	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	139	66	68	5	.475	19.5	534 (3.84)	580 (4.17)	0.227	0.258	0.289	2.67	0.927
7	Indianapolis Hoosiers	136	50	85	1	.368	36.0	603 (4.43)	731 (5.38)	0.238	0.275	0.313	3.81	0.921
8	Washington Nationals	136	48	86	2	.353	37.5	482 (3.54)	731 (5.38)	0.208	0.248	0.271	3.54	0.914

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Bill Kuehne	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	138
At Bats	Dick Johnston	Boston Beaneaters	585
Runs Scored	Dan Brouthers	Detroit Wolverines	118
Hits	Jimmy Ryan	Chicago White Stockings	182
Doubles	Dan Brouthers Jimmy Ryan	Detroit Wolverines Chicago White Stockings	33
Triples	Dick Johnston	Boston Beaneaters	18
Home Runs	Jimmy Ryan	Chicago White Stockings	16
Total Bases	Jimmy Ryan	Chicago White Stockings	283
Runs Batted In	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	84
Stolen Bases	Dummy Hoy	Washington Nationals	82
Walks	Roger Connor	New York Giants	73
Hit by Pitch	Sid Farrar	Philadelphia Quakers	13
Strikeouts	Jerry Denny	Indianapolis Hoosiers	79
Batting Average	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	0.344
On-Base Percentage	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	0.400
Slugging Percentage	Jimmy Ryan	Chicago White Stockings	0.515
On-Base plus Slugging	Cap Anson	Chicago White Stockings	0.899
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Roger Connor	New York Giants	176

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	35
Losses	Hank O'Day	Washington Nationals	29
Win-Loss Percentage	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	0.745
Appearances	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	55
Games Started	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	55
Complete Games	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	54
Shutouts	Tim Keefe Ben Sanders	New York Giants Philadelphia Quakers	8
Games Finished	George Van Haltren	Chicago White Stockings	6
Saves	George Wood	Philadelphia Quakers	2
Innings Pitched	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	483.1
Batters Faced	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	2029
Hits Allowed	Ed Morris	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	470
Home Runs Allowed	Lev Shreve	Indianapolis Hoosiers	23
Base-on-Balls Allowed	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	119
Hit Batsmen	Hank O'Day	Washington Nationals	16
Strikeouts	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	335
Wild Pitches	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	33
Balks	Ed Beatin John Healy Ben Sanders Jim Tyng George Van Haltren Jim Whitney	Detroit Wolverines Indianapolis Hoosiers Philadelphia Quakers Philadelphia Quakers Chicago White Stockings Washington Nationals	1
Runs Allowed	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	239
Earned Runs Allowed	Lev Shreve	Indianapolis Hoosiers	153
Earned Run Average	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	1.74
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Tim Keefe	New York Giants	0.937

Postseason

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

Umpires

• Tug Arundel*
• Charlie Buffinton*
• Dan Casey*
• John Clarkson*
• Charles Daniels
• Stewart Decker
• Bill Furlong
• Kick Kelly
• John Kerins*
• Lon Knight
• Tom Lynch
• Eddie McGunnigle*
• Hank O'Day*
• Phil Powers
• Dave Sullivan
• Pop Tate*
• Steve Toole*
• John Valentine
• John Ward*
• Mickey Welch*
• Jim Whitney*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire