# 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

The 1888 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the seventh season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise and their second in the National League. The Alleghenys finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 66–68.

## 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 | Doggie Miller | 103 | 404 | 112 | .277 | 0 | 36 |
| 1B | Jake Beckley | 71 | 283 | 97 | .343 | 0 | 27 |
| 2B | Fred Dunlap | 82 | 321 | 84 | .262 | 1 | 36 |
| SS | Pop Smith | 131 | 481 | 99 | .206 | 4 | 52 |
| 3B | Bill Kuehne | 138 | 524 | 123 | .235 | 3 | 62 |
| OF | John Coleman | 116 | 438 | 101 | .231 | 0 | 26 |
| OF | Abner Dalrymple | 57 | 227 | 50 | .220 | 0 | 14 |
| OF | Billy Sunday | 120 | 505 | 119 | .236 | 0 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Carroll | 97 | 366 | 91 | .249 | 2 | 48 |
| Al Maul | 74 | 259 | 54 | .208 | 0 | 31 |
| Jocko Fields | 45 | 169 | 33 | .195 | 1 | 15 |
| Elmer Cleveland | 30 | 108 | 24 | .222 | 2 | 9 |
| Pete McShannic | 26 | 98 | 19 | .194 | 0 | 5 |
| Sam Nicholl | 8 | 22 | 1 | .045 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Carroll | 5 | 20 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Yaik | 2 | 6 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Farmer | 2 | 4 | 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 |
| Ed Morris | 55 | 480.0 | 29 | 23 | 2.31 | 135 |
| Pud Galvin | 50 | 437.1 | 23 | 25 | 2.63 | 107 |
| Hardie Henderson | 5 | 35.1 | 1 | 3 | 5.35 | 9 |
| Phil Knell | 3 | 26.1 | 1 | 2 | 3.76 | 15 |

#### 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 |
| Al Maul | 3 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.35 | 12 |