1888 Major League Team Starting Lineups

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1888 Most Common Starters

Players listed have the most games at that position
(WAR)

1888 Most Common Starters
Rk	Tm	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF
1	Baltimore Orioles	C.Fulmer (-0.09)	T.Tucker (3.58)	B.Greenwood (-0.69)	B.Shindle (1.90)	J.Farrell (1.26)	T.Burns (1.99)	M.Griffin (1.92)	B.Purcell (-0.40)
2	Brooklyn	D.Bushong (-0.36)	D.Orr (2.18)	J.Burdock (-1.98)	G.Pinkney (3.61)	G.Smith (0.75)	D.O'Brien (2.46)	P.Radford (0.70)	D.Foutz (3.79)
3	Boston	K.Kelly (4.53)	J.Morrill (1.46)	J.Quinn (1.42)	B.Nash (5.34)	S.Wise (2.45)	J.Hornung (-0.08)	D.Johnston (4.48)	T.Brown (1.46)
4	Chicago	T.Daly (0.31)	C.Anson (6.88)	F.Pfeffer (3.98)	T.Burns (1.75)	E.Williamson (3.81)	M.Sullivan (0.32)	J.Ryan (5.14)	H.Duffy (1.17)
5	Cincinnati Reds	J.Keenan (1.67)	J.Reilly (5.27)	B.McPhee (2.15)	H.Carpenter (1.42)	F.Fennelly (1.69)	G.Tebeau (1.54)	J.Corkhill (0.66)	H.Nicol (1.37)
6	Cleveland Blues	C.Zimmer (1.07)	J.Faatz (1.12)	C.Stricker (1.18)	G.Alberts (1.18)	E.McKean (4.15)	B.Gilks (-2.17)	P.Hotaling (-0.30)	M.Goodfellow (-0.42)
7	Detroit Wolverines	C.Bennett (4.17)	D.Brouthers (6.59)	H.Richardson (2.10)	D.White (3.45)	J.Rowe (2.62)	L.Twitchell (-0.04)	N.Hanlon (1.44)	C.Campau (-0.55)
8	Indianapolis Hoosiers	D.Buckley (1.31)	D.Esterbrook (-0.85)	C.Bassett (1.72)	J.Denny (2.21)	J.Glasscock (2.76)	E.Seery (2.50)	P.Hines (2.03)	J.McGeachey (-1.06)
9	Kansas City Cowboys	J.Donahue (0.24)	B.Phillips (-0.51)	S.Barkley (-1.63)	J.Davis (2.12)	H.Easterday (0.90)	M.Allen (0.52)	J.McTamany (1.82)	M.Cline (-0.36)
10	Louisville Colonels	P.Cook (-1.27)	S.Smith (0.81)	R.Mack (0.47)	J.Werrick (-0.72)	C.Wolf (1.78)	H.Collins (3.60)	P.Browning (2.64)	J.Kerins (0.05)
11	New York Giants	B.Ewing (4.37)	R.Connor (7.55)	D.Richardson (3.44)	A.Whitney (0.59)	J.Ward (2.13)	J.O'Rourke (2.46)	M.Slattery (0.82)	M.Tiernan (4.83)
12	Philadelphia Athletics	W.Robinson (0.66)	H.Larkin (2.32)	L.Bierbauer (2.50)	D.Lyons (3.60)	B.Gleason (0.38)	H.Stovey (5.42)	C.Welch (3.89)	T.Poorman (0.28)
13	Philadelphia Phillies	J.Clements (1.53)	S.Farrar (1.79)	C.Bastian (1.00)	J.Mulvey (-0.61)	A.Irwin (1.10)	G.Wood (0.68)	E.Andrews (-0.77)	J.Fogarty (2.25)
14	Allegheny City	G.Miller (2.84)	J.Beckley (2.66)	F.Dunlap (2.23)	B.Kuehne (1.96)	P.Smith (1.58)	A.Dalrymple (-0.51)	B.Sunday (1.34)	J.Coleman (0.21)
15	St. Louis Browns	J.Boyle (0.64)	C.Comiskey (1.66)	W.Robinson (3.52)	A.Latham (3.28)	B.White (-0.69)	T.O'Neill (4.18)	H.Lyons (-2.12)	T.McCarthy (2.77)
16	Washington Nationals	C.Mack (1.15)	B.O'Brien (-0.11)	A.Myers (0.80)	J.Donnelly (0.49)	G.Shoch (0.88)	W.Wilmot (1.37)	B.Hoy (4.32)	E.Daily (-1.38)