# 1888 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1888 Boston Beaneaters season was the 18th season of the franchise.

## 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 | King Kelly | 107 | 440 | 140 | .318 | 9 | 71 |
| 1B | John Morrill | 135 | 486 | 96 | .198 | 4 | 36 |
| 2B | Joe Quinn | 38 | 156 | 47 | .301 | 4 | 29 |
| SS | Sam Wise | 105 | 417 | 100 | .240 | 4 | 40 |
| 3B | Billy Nash | 135 | 526 | 149 | .283 | 4 | 75 |
| OF | Joe Hornung | 107 | 431 | 103 | .239 | 3 | 53 |
| OF | Tom Brown | 107 | 420 | 104 | .248 | 9 | 49 |
| OF | Dick Johnston | 135 | 585 | 173 | .296 | 12 | 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 |
| Irv Ray | 50 | 206 | 51 | .248 | 2 | 26 |
| Pop Tate | 41 | 148 | 34 | .230 | 1 | 6 |
| Ezra Sutton | 28 | 110 | 24 | .218 | 1 | 16 |
| Billy Klusman | 28 | 107 | 18 | .168 | 2 | 11 |
| Jack Burdock | 22 | 79 | 16 | .203 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom O'Rourke | 20 | 74 | 13 | .176 | 0 | 4 |
| Ed Glenn | 20 | 65 | 10 | .154 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Higgins | 14 | 54 | 10 | .185 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Hines | 4 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| Andy Sommers | 4 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Wise | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| John Clarkson | 54 | 483.1 | 33 | 20 | 2.76 | 223 |
| Bill Sowders | 36 | 317.0 | 19 | 15 | 2.07 | 132 |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | 24 | 207.0 | 7 | 16 | 2.87 | 64 |
| Kid Madden | 20 | 168.0 | 7 | 11 | 2.95 | 53 |
| Dick Conway | 6 | 53.0 | 4 | 2 | 2.38 | 12 |