1888 Cleveland Blues Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 50-82
Finished 6th in the AA
Ballpark: National League Park II
Manager: Jimmy Williams (20-44)
Manager: Tom Loftus (30-38)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1888 Cleveland Blues RosterTeam Record: 50-82
Finished 6th in the AA
Ballpark: National League Park II
Manager: Jimmy Williams (20-44)
Manager: Tom Loftus (30-38)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1888 Cleveland Blues Results
The Cleveland Blues of the American Association ended the 1888 season with a record of 50 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.
The Blues scored 651 runs and gave up 839 runs. Ed McKean recorded 68 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .299. Jersey Bakley recorded 25 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.97 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Jimmy Williams and Tom Loftus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey Bakley | 25 | 33 | .431 | 2.97 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 532.7 | 518 | 321 | 176 | 14 | 128 | 0 | 212 | 15 | 0 | 40 | 2251 |
| Cinders O'Brien | 11 | 19 | .367 | 3.30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 259.0 | 245 | 162 | 95 | 5 | 99 | 0 | 135 | 12 | 0 | 37 | 1129 |
| Billy Crowell | 5 | 13 | .278 | 5.79 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 150.7 | 212 | 148 | 97 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 732 |
| Ed Keas | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.29 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 53 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 218 |
| George Proeser | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.81 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 59.0 | 53 | 39 | 25 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 266 |
| Cub Stricker | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| Doc Oberlander | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 123 |
| Mike Morrison | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 40 | 35 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 164 |
| Ed Knouff | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| Bob Gilks | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| Bill Stemmyer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 37 | 42 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 95 |
| Totals | 50 | 82 | .379 | 3.72 | 139 | 135 | 4 | 131 | 6 | 1 | 1171.0 | 1235 | 839 | 484 | 38 | 389 | 0 | 500 | 50 | 0 | 120 | 5170 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed McKean | 131 | 582 | 548 | 94 | 164 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 68 | 52 | 0 | 28 | 30 | .299 | .340 | .425 | .765 | 233 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Faatz | 120 | 503 | 470 | 73 | 124 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 64 | 0 | 12 | 34 | .264 | .312 | .294 | .606 | 138 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cub Stricker | 127 | 549 | 493 | 80 | 115 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 60 | 0 | 50 | 31 | .233 | .311 | .290 | .602 | 143 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gilks | 119 | 494 | 484 | 59 | 111 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 36 | .229 | .245 | .281 | .526 | 136 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Hotaling | 98 | 436 | 403 | 67 | 101 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 35 | 0 | 26 | 44 | .251 | .307 | .298 | .605 | 120 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Alberts | 102 | 412 | 364 | 51 | 75 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 26 | 0 | 41 | 56 | .206 | .299 | .275 | .573 | 100 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Goodfellow | 68 | 283 | 269 | 24 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .245 | .283 | .271 | .554 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mortimer Hogan | 78 | 329 | 269 | 60 | 61 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 50 | 47 | .227 | .368 | .331 | .699 | 89 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Zimmer | 65 | 234 | 212 | 27 | 51 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 39 | .241 | .312 | .330 | .642 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pop Snyder | 64 | 244 | 237 | 22 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 37 | .215 | .238 | .270 | .508 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John McGlone | 55 | 221 | 203 | 22 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 26 | .182 | .249 | .232 | .480 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jersey Bakley | 61 | 221 | 194 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 68 | .134 | .240 | .160 | .400 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon McGuire | 26 | 105 | 94 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .255 | .333 | .362 | .695 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cinders O'Brien | 32 | 114 | 109 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .183 | .219 | .193 | .412 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McClellan | 22 | 78 | 72 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .222 | .282 | .222 | .504 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Van Zant | 10 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .258 | .303 | .290 | .593 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Proeser | 7 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .304 | .333 | .391 | .725 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Crowell | 18 | 61 | 58 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .086 | .131 | .121 | .252 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Stemmyer | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .400 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Morrison | 4 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Oberlander | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .357 | .571 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Keas | 6 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .087 | .125 | .087 | .212 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Knouff | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1221 | 4997 | 4603 | 651 | 1076 | 128 | 59 | 12 | 475 | 353 | 0 | 315 | 561 | .234 | .294 | .295 | .589 | 1358 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Faatz | 1B | 120 | 0 | 1042.0 | 1171 | 39 | 13 | 50 | .989 | 1.451 | 1.083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon McGuire | 1B | 6 | 0 | 51.0 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.059 | 9.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Zimmer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 28.0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.607 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Snyder | 1B | 4 | 0 | 22.0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Goodfellow | 1B | 3 | 0 | 20.0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.350 | 7.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Stemmyer | 1B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 8.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cub Stricker | 2B | 122 | 0 | 1051.0 | 387 | 361 | 57 | 58 | .929 | 6.405 | 6.131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed McKean | 2B | 9 | 0 | 79.0 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 4 | .850 | 5.810 | 5.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill McClellan | 2B | 5 | 0 | 34.0 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .792 | 5.029 | 3.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Knouff | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gilks | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John McGlone | 3B | 48 | 0 | 432.0 | 70 | 93 | 44 | 5 | .787 | 3.396 | 3.396 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Alberts | 3B | 49 | 0 | 414.0 | 68 | 103 | 20 | 9 | .895 | 3.717 | 3.490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gilks | 3B | 28 | 0 | 248.0 | 31 | 69 | 20 | 9 | .833 | 3.629 | 3.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Van Zant | 3B | 10 | 0 | 75.0 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 2 | .784 | 3.480 | 2.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed McKean | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Snyder | C | 58 | 0 | 505.0 | 308 | 130 | 48 | 11 | .901 | 7.806 | 7.552 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Zimmer | C | 59 | 0 | 483.0 | 311 | 111 | 38 | 6 | .917 | 7.863 | 7.153 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon McGuire | C | 17 | 0 | 153.0 | 102 | 29 | 16 | 3 | .891 | 7.706 | 7.706 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Goodfellow | C | 4 | 0 | 30.0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 7.800 | 6.500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Hotaling | OF | 98 | 0 | 839.0 | 170 | 10 | 25 | 7 | .878 | 1.931 | 1.837 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gilks | OF | 87 | 0 | 714.0 | 133 | 10 | 16 | 2 | .899 | 1.803 | 1.644 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mortimer Hogan | OF | 78 | 0 | 659.0 | 104 | 8 | 13 | 1 | .896 | 1.530 | 1.436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Goodfellow | OF | 62 | 0 | 572.0 | 93 | 8 | 16 | 1 | .863 | 1.589 | 1.629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed McKean | OF | 48 | 0 | 456.0 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 2 | .885 | 1.678 | 1.771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill McClellan | OF | 15 | 0 | 90.0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | .933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cub Stricker | OF | 6 | 0 | 63.0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.857 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John McGlone | OF | 7 | 0 | 53.0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.208 | 1.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Zimmer | OF | 3 | 0 | 31.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.161 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon McGuire | OF | 3 | 0 | 21.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.286 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Snyder | OF | 3 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cinders O'Brien | OF | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Crowell | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jersey Bakley | P | 61 | 0 | 533.0 | 21 | 114 | 18 | 3 | .882 | 2.280 | 2.213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cinders O'Brien | P | 30 | 0 | 259.0 | 16 | 62 | 9 | 2 | .897 | 2.710 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Crowell | P | 18 | 0 | 151.0 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.967 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Proeser | P | 7 | 0 | 59.0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.678 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Keas | P | 6 | 0 | 51.0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 3.176 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Morrison | P | 4 | 0 | 35.0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 3.086 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Oberlander | P | 3 | 0 | 26.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.385 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gilks | P | 4 | 0 | 21.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Stemmyer | P | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.688 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cub Stricker | P | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Knouff | P | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed McKean | SS | 78 | 0 | 661.0 | 120 | 240 | 36 | 13 | .909 | 4.902 | 4.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Alberts | SS | 53 | 0 | 448.0 | 58 | 174 | 37 | 15 | .862 | 4.661 | 4.377 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gilks | SS | 4 | 0 | 29.0 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 4.655 | 3.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill McClellan | SS | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 4.286 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jersey Bakley | SS | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Zimmer | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Goodfellow | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1241 | 0 | 10546.0 | 3511 | 1752 | 488 | 213 | .915 | 4.491 | 4.241 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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