# 1888 St. Louis Browns season

The 1888 St. Louis Browns season was the team's seventh season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its seventh season in the American Association. The Browns went 92–43 during the season and finished first in the American Association, claiming their fourth pennant in a row. In the 1888 World Series, the Browns faced the National League champion New York Giants, losing the series 6 games to 4.

## 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 | Jack Boyle | 71 | 257 | 62 | .241 | 1 | 23 |
| 1B | Charlie Comiskey | 137 | 576 | 157 | .273 | 6 | 83 |
| 2B | Yank Robinson | 134 | 455 | 105 | .231 | 3 | 53 |
| SS | Bill White | 76 | 275 | 48 | .175 | 2 | 30 |
| 3B | Arlie Latham | 133 | 570 | 151 | .265 | 2 | 31 |
| OF | Tip O'Neill | 130 | 529 | 177 | .335 | 5 | 98 |
| OF | Harry Lyons | 123 | 499 | 97 | .194 | 4 | 63 |
| OF | Tommy McCarthy | 131 | 511 | 140 | .274 | 1 | 68 |

#### 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 |
| Jocko Milligan | 63 | 219 | 55 | .251 | 5 | 37 |
| Joseph Herr | 43 | 172 | 46 | .267 | 3 | 43 |
| Chippy McGarr | 34 | 132 | 31 | .235 | 0 | 13 |
| Tom Dolan | 11 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 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 |
| Silver King | 66 | 584.2 | 45 | 20 | 1.63 | 258 |
| Nat Hudson | 39 | 333.0 | 25 | 10 | 2.54 | 130 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 14 | 112.0 | 11 | 2 | 1.61 | 57 |
| Jim Devlin | 11 | 90.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.19 | 45 |
| Ed Knouff | 9 | 81.0 | 5 | 4 | 2.67 | 25 |
| Julie Freeman | 1 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.26 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Tommy McCarthy | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.06 | 1 |