# 1888 Indianapolis Hoosiers season

The 1888 Indianapolis Hoosiers finished with a 50–85 record in the National League, finishing in seventh place.

## Offseason

October 20, 1887: Gid Gardner and cash were traded by the Hoosiers to the Washington Nationals for Paul Hines.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 84 | 47 | .641 | — | 44‍–‍23 | 40‍–‍24 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 77 | 58 | .570 | 9 | 43‍–‍27 | 34‍–‍31 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 69 | 61 | .531 | 14½ | 37‍–‍29 | 32‍–‍32 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 70 | 64 | .522 | 15½ | 36‍–‍30 | 34‍–‍34 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 68 | 63 | .519 | 16 | 40‍–‍26 | 28‍–‍37 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 66 | 68 | .493 | 19½ | 37‍–‍30 | 29‍–‍38 |
| Indianapolis Hoosiers | 50 | 85 | .370 | 36 | 31‍–‍35 | 19‍–‍50 |
| Washington Nationals | 48 | 86 | .358 | 37½ | 26‍–‍38 | 22‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1888 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH |
| Boston | — | 7–12 | 10–8–1 | 11–9 | 8–12 | 9–10 | 10–8–2 | 15–5 |
| Chicago | 12–7 | — | 10–10 | 14–6 | 11–8–1 | 8–10 | 9–11 | 13–6 |
| Detroit | 8–10–1 | 10–10 | — | 11–8 | 7–11–2 | 11–7 | 10–10 | 11–7 |
| Indianapolis | 9–11 | 6–14 | 8–11 | — | 5–14 | 4–13 | 6–14 | 12–8–1 |
| New York | 12–8 | 8–11–1 | 11–7–2 | 14–5 | — | 14–5–1 | 10–7–2 | 15–4–1 |
| Philadelphia | 10–9 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 13–4 | 5–14–1 | — | 14–6–1 | 10–9 |
| Pittsburgh | 8–10–2 | 11–9 | 10–10 | 14–6 | 7–10–2 | 6–14–1 | — | 10–9 |
| Washington | 5–15 | 6–13 | 7–11 | 8–12–1 | 4–15–1 | 9–10 | 9–10 | — |

### 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 | Dick Buckley | 71 | 260 | 71 | .273 | 5 | 22 |
| 1B | Dude Esterbrook | 64 | 246 | 54 | .220 | 0 | 17 |
| 2B | Charley Bassett | 128 | 481 | 116 | .241 | 2 | 60 |
| 3B | Jerry Denny | 126 | 524 | 137 | .261 | 12 | 63 |
| SS | Jack Glasscock | 113 | 442 | 119 | .269 | 1 | 45 |
| OF | Emmett Seery | 133 | 500 | 110 | .220 | 5 | 50 |
| OF | Paul Hines | 133 | 513 | 144 | .281 | 4 | 58 |
| OF | Jack McGeachey | 118 | 452 | 99 | .219 | 0 | 30 |

#### 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 |
| George Myers | 66 | 248 | 59 | .238 | 2 | 16 |
| Con Daily | 57 | 202 | 44 | .218 | 0 | 14 |
| Jumbo Schoeneck | 48 | 169 | 40 | .237 | 0 | 20 |
| Otto Schomberg | 30 | 112 | 24 | .214 | 1 | 10 |

### 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 |
| Henry Boyle | 37 | 323.0 | 15 | 22 | 3.26 | 98 |
| Egyptian Healy | 37 | 321.1 | 12 | 24 | 3.89 | 124 |
| Lev Shreve | 35 | 297.2 | 11 | 24 | 4.63 | 101 |
| Bill Burdick | 20 | 176.0 | 10 | 10 | 2.81 | 55 |
| Sam Moffet | 7 | 56.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.66 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Jumbo Schoeneck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Jack McGeachey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 0 |
| Jerry Denny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
| Jack Glasscock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 |