# 1888 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1888 Chicago White Stockings season was the 17th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 13th in the National League and the fourth at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings finished second in the National League with a record of 77–58, 9 games behind the New York Giants.

## 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 | Tom Daly | 65 | 219 | 42 | .192 | 0 | 29 |
| 1B | Cap Anson | 134 | 515 | 177 | .344 | 12 | 84 |
| 2B | Fred Pfeffer | 135 | 517 | 129 | .250 | 8 | 57 |
| SS | Ned Williamson | 132 | 452 | 113 | .250 | 8 | 73 |
| 3B | Tom Burns | 134 | 483 | 115 | .238 | 3 | 70 |
| OF | Hugh Duffy | 71 | 298 | 84 | .282 | 7 | 41 |
| OF | Marty Sullivan | 75 | 314 | 74 | .236 | 7 | 39 |
| OF | Jimmy Ryan | 129 | 549 | 182 | .332 | 16 | 64 |

#### 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 Van Haltren | 81 | 318 | 90 | .283 | 4 | 34 |
| Duke Farrell | 64 | 241 | 56 | .232 | 3 | 19 |
| Bob Pettit | 43 | 169 | 43 | .254 | 4 | 23 |
| Silver Flint | 22 | 77 | 14 | .182 | 0 | 3 |
| Dell Darling | 20 | 75 | 16 | .213 | 2 | 7 |

### 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 |
| Gus Krock | 39 | 339.2 | 25 | 14 | 2.44 | 161 |
| Mark Baldwin | 30 | 251.0 | 13 | 15 | 2.76 | 157 |
| George Van Haltren | 30 | 245.2 | 13 | 13 | 3.52 | 139 |
| John Tener | 12 | 102.0 | 7 | 5 | 2.74 | 39 |
| George Borchers | 10 | 67.0 | 4 | 4 | 3.49 | 26 |
| Ad Gumbert | 6 | 48.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.14 | 16 |
| Frank Dwyer | 5 | 42.0 | 4 | 1 | 1.07 | 17 |
| Tod Brynan | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 1 | 6.48 | 11 |
| Dad Clarke | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.06 | 6 |
| Willard Mains | 2 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.91 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Ryan | 8 | 38.1 | 4 | 0 | 3.05 | 11 |