# 1888 Cleveland Blues season

The 1888 Cleveland Blues baseball team finished with a 50–82 record, sixth place in the American Association.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | 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

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 |
| 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
#### 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 |
| 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

Note: G = Games pitched: IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Bob Gilks | 4 | 21.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.14 | 3 |

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