1888 Boston Beaneaters Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 70-64
Finished 4th in the NL
Ballpark: South End Grounds II
Manager: John Morrill (70-64)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1888 Boston Beaneaters RosterTeam Record: 70-64
Finished 4th in the NL
Ballpark: South End Grounds II
Manager: John Morrill (70-64)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1888 Boston Beaneaters Results
The Boston Beaneaters of the National League ended the 1888 season with a record of 70 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Beaneaters tallied 669 runs and gave up 619 runs. Dick Johnston paced Boston with 12 home runs Billy Nash drove in 75 runs. King Kelly led batters with significant playing time by hitting .318. John Clarkson earned 33 wins for the squad, while Bill Sowders, too added 15 or more wins, too Bill Sowders recorded a 2.07 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
John Morrill coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Clarkson | 33 | 20 | .623 | 2.76 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 483.3 | 448 | 247 | 148 | 17 | 119 | 0 | 223 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 2029 |
| Bill Sowders | 19 | 15 | .559 | 2.07 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 317.0 | 278 | 155 | 73 | 3 | 73 | 0 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1311 |
| Kid Madden | 7 | 11 | .389 | 2.95 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 165.0 | 142 | 76 | 54 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 662 |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | 7 | 16 | .304 | 2.87 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 207.0 | 187 | 110 | 66 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 852 |
| Dick Conway | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.38 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 49 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 216 |
| Totals | 70 | 64 | .522 | 2.61 | 140 | 137 | 3 | 134 | 7 | 0 | 1225.3 | 1104 | 619 | 355 | 36 | 269 | 0 | 484 | 46 | 0 | 66 | 5070 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Johnston | 135 | 601 | 585 | 102 | 173 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 68 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 33 | .296 | .314 | .472 | .786 | 276 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Nash | 135 | 580 | 526 | 71 | 149 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 75 | 20 | 0 | 50 | 46 | .283 | .350 | .397 | .747 | 209 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| King Kelly | 107 | 475 | 440 | 85 | 140 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 71 | 56 | 0 | 31 | 39 | .318 | .368 | .480 | .848 | 211 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Brown | 107 | 451 | 420 | 62 | 104 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 46 | 0 | 30 | 68 | .248 | .299 | .369 | .668 | 155 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hornung | 107 | 449 | 431 | 61 | 103 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 53 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 39 | .239 | .269 | .318 | .587 | 137 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Wise | 105 | 457 | 417 | 66 | 100 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 40 | 33 | 0 | 34 | 66 | .240 | .306 | .372 | .678 | 155 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Morrill | 135 | 543 | 486 | 60 | 96 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 0 | 55 | 68 | .198 | .282 | .288 | .570 | 140 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Irv Ray | 50 | 213 | 206 | 26 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .248 | .272 | .316 | .588 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Quinn | 38 | 158 | 156 | 19 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .301 | .310 | .468 | .778 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Clarkson | 55 | 212 | 205 | 20 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 48 | .195 | .222 | .263 | .485 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward Tate | 41 | 158 | 148 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .230 | .278 | .311 | .589 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ezra Sutton | 28 | 119 | 110 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .218 | .277 | .291 | .568 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Klusman | 28 | 112 | 107 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .168 | .205 | .262 | .467 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Sowders | 36 | 125 | 122 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .148 | .168 | .164 | .332 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | 24 | 84 | 79 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .215 | .262 | .228 | .490 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Burdock | 22 | 82 | 79 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .203 | .232 | .203 | .434 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom O'Rourke | 20 | 75 | 74 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .176 | .187 | .176 | .362 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kid Madden | 20 | 70 | 67 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .164 | .200 | .164 | .364 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Higgins | 14 | 55 | 54 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .185 | .200 | .204 | .404 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Glenn | 20 | 69 | 65 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .154 | .203 | .215 | .418 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Conway | 7 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .352 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Sommers | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hines | 4 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Wise | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1243 | 5148 | 4834 | 669 | 1183 | 167 | 89 | 56 | 535 | 293 | 0 | 282 | 524 | .245 | .291 | .351 | .642 | 1696 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Morrill | 1B | 133 | 0 | 1177.0 | 1398 | 72 | 31 | 67 | .979 | 11.240 | 11.053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Wise | 1B | 5 | 0 | 37.0 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 1.946 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Quinn | 2B | 38 | 0 | 335.0 | 97 | 115 | 20 | 11 | .914 | 5.696 | 5.579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Nash | 2B | 31 | 0 | 290.0 | 90 | 108 | 21 | 11 | .904 | 6.145 | 6.387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Klusman | 2B | 28 | 0 | 228.0 | 63 | 75 | 13 | 6 | .914 | 5.447 | 4.929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Burdock | 2B | 22 | 0 | 184.0 | 53 | 68 | 13 | 9 | .903 | 5.918 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Higgins | 2B | 14 | 0 | 135.0 | 44 | 52 | 10 | 12 | .906 | 6.400 | 6.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Morrill | 2B | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irv Ray | 2B | 3 | 0 | 16.0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 3.375 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Wise | 2B | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 5.727 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Nash | 3B | 105 | 0 | 952.0 | 139 | 250 | 37 | 20 | .913 | 3.678 | 3.705 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ezra Sutton | 3B | 27 | 0 | 231.0 | 32 | 47 | 13 | 4 | .859 | 3.078 | 2.926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Wise | 3B | 6 | 0 | 28.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.536 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Glenn | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| King Kelly | C | 76 | 0 | 667.0 | 367 | 146 | 54 | 8 | .905 | 6.922 | 6.750 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edward Tate | C | 41 | 0 | 342.0 | 188 | 64 | 43 | 6 | .854 | 6.632 | 6.146 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom O'Rourke | C | 20 | 0 | 164.0 | 89 | 37 | 17 | 1 | .881 | 6.915 | 6.300 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Sommers | C | 4 | 0 | 29.0 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 6.828 | 5.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hines | C | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 6.231 | 9.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Wise | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Johnston | OF | 135 | 0 | 1199.0 | 286 | 30 | 36 | 3 | .898 | 2.372 | 2.341 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Brown | OF | 107 | 0 | 1007.0 | 172 | 18 | 22 | 3 | .896 | 1.698 | 1.776 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Hornung | OF | 107 | 0 | 911.0 | 151 | 10 | 9 | 0 | .947 | 1.591 | 1.505 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| King Kelly | OF | 34 | 0 | 236.0 | 28 | 4 | 12 | 2 | .727 | 1.220 | .941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Glenn | OF | 19 | 0 | 189.0 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 2.095 | 2.316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Wise | OF | 4 | 0 | 45.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hines | OF | 3 | 0 | 34.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.118 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Clarkson | OF | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .643 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Conway | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edward Tate | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom O'Rourke | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Wise | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Clarkson | P | 54 | 0 | 483.0 | 22 | 117 | 19 | 3 | .880 | 2.590 | 2.574 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Sowders | P | 36 | 0 | 317.0 | 23 | 69 | 8 | 1 | .920 | 2.612 | 2.556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | P | 24 | 0 | 207.0 | 14 | 37 | 6 | 1 | .895 | 2.217 | 2.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kid Madden | P | 20 | 0 | 165.0 | 4 | 41 | 4 | 0 | .918 | 2.455 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Conway | P | 6 | 0 | 53.0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.038 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Wise | SS | 89 | 0 | 818.0 | 179 | 271 | 57 | 34 | .888 | 4.951 | 5.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irv Ray | SS | 48 | 0 | 387.0 | 58 | 130 | 26 | 6 | .879 | 4.372 | 3.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ezra Sutton | SS | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1252 | 0 | 10944.0 | 3651 | 1797 | 494 | 213 | .917 | 4.480 | 4.351 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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