1888 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 81-52
Finished 3rd in the AA
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Bill Sharsig (81-52)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1888 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 81-52
Finished 3rd in the AA
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Bill Sharsig (81-52)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1888 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association ended the 1888 season with a record of 81 wins and 52 losses, finishing third in the AA.
The Athletics led the circuit with 827 runs, powered by 31 home runs. Philadelphia surrendered 594 runs. Henry Larkin drove in 101 runs. Denny Lyons paced batters with significant playing time with a .296 average. Ed Seward earned 35 wins for the team, while Mike Mattimore and Gus Weyhing, too added 15 or more wins, too Ed Seward earned a 2.01 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Bill Sharsig 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Seward | 35 | 19 | .648 | 2.01 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 518.7 | 388 | 203 | 116 | 4 | 127 | 0 | 272 | 22 | 0 | 54 | 2085 |
| Gus Weyhing | 28 | 18 | .609 | 2.25 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 404.0 | 314 | 198 | 101 | 4 | 111 | 0 | 204 | 42 | 1 | 56 | 1673 |
| Mike Mattimore | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.38 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 221.0 | 221 | 146 | 83 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 958 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.86 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97 |
| Bill Blair | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.61 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 131 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
| Bob Gamble | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Totals | 81 | 52 | .609 | 2.41 | 139 | 136 | 3 | 133 | 13 | 0 | 1208.7 | 988 | 594 | 324 | 14 | 324 | 0 | 596 | 78 | 1 | 135 | 4998 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Welch | 136 | 611 | 549 | 125 | 155 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 61 | 95 | 0 | 33 | 37 | .282 | .355 | .357 | .712 | 196 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Stovey | 130 | 595 | 530 | 127 | 152 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 65 | 87 | 0 | 62 | 69 | .287 | .365 | .460 | .825 | 244 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Larkin | 135 | 592 | 546 | 92 | 147 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 101 | 20 | 0 | 33 | 28 | .269 | .326 | .403 | .729 | 220 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 134 | 561 | 535 | 83 | 143 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 80 | 34 | 0 | 25 | 13 | .267 | .301 | .338 | .640 | 181 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Lyons | 111 | 504 | 456 | 93 | 135 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 83 | 39 | 0 | 41 | 43 | .296 | .363 | .406 | .769 | 185 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Gleason | 123 | 520 | 499 | 55 | 112 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 27 | .224 | .256 | .253 | .508 | 126 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Poorman | 97 | 419 | 383 | 76 | 87 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 46 | 0 | 31 | 46 | .227 | .294 | .316 | .609 | 121 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbert Robinson | 66 | 263 | 254 | 32 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .244 | .270 | .299 | .569 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Weyhing | 48 | 185 | 184 | 19 | 40 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 45 | .217 | .222 | .353 | .575 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mattimore | 41 | 156 | 142 | 22 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 23 | .268 | .333 | .380 | .714 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Seward | 64 | 246 | 225 | 27 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 34 | .142 | .215 | .209 | .424 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Sullivan | 28 | 115 | 112 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .277 | .296 | .455 | .751 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Townsend | 42 | 166 | 161 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .155 | .181 | .193 | .373 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Gunning | 23 | 97 | 92 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .196 | .237 | .196 | .433 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Fennelly | 15 | 56 | 47 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .234 | .357 | .426 | .783 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blondie Purcell | 18 | 72 | 66 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .167 | .236 | .242 | .479 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Blair | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .308 | .357 | .385 | .742 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .400 | .444 | .844 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Farmer | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gamble | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitey Gibson | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Zinn | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1225 | 5208 | 4828 | 827 | 1209 | 183 | 89 | 31 | 624 | 434 | 0 | 303 | 464 | .250 | .305 | .344 | .650 | 1663 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Larkin | 1B | 122 | 0 | 1083.0 | 1222 | 36 | 43 | 44 | .967 | 1.454 | 1.311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Stovey | 1B | 13 | 0 | 110.0 | 125 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .992 | 1.555 | 9.923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert Robinson | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 11.571 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Gleason | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 7.714 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | 2B | 121 | 0 | 1074.0 | 342 | 399 | 68 | 39 | .916 | 6.209 | 6.124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Larkin | 2B | 14 | 0 | 119.0 | 41 | 33 | 13 | 7 | .851 | 5.597 | 5.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curt Welch | 2B | 3 | 0 | 15.0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 4.200 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denny Lyons | 3B | 111 | 0 | 982.0 | 159 | 193 | 49 | 11 | .878 | 3.226 | 3.171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | 3B | 13 | 0 | 116.0 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .958 | 3.569 | 3.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sullivan | 3B | 10 | 0 | 100.0 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 0 | .714 | 2.700 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blondie Purcell | 3B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Gleason | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert Robinson | C | 65 | 0 | 604.0 | 428 | 143 | 38 | 5 | .938 | 8.508 | 8.785 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Townsend | C | 42 | 0 | 355.0 | 225 | 76 | 29 | 2 | .912 | 7.631 | 7.167 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Gunning | C | 23 | 0 | 198.0 | 130 | 38 | 20 | 4 | .894 | 7.636 | 7.304 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Farmer | C | 3 | 0 | 27.0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 8.000 | 8.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Zinn | C | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 7.941 | 7.500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whitey Gibson | C | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.714 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curt Welch | OF | 135 | 0 | 1192.0 | 272 | 23 | 15 | 6 | .952 | 2.227 | 2.185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Stovey | OF | 118 | 0 | 1051.0 | 204 | 12 | 13 | 4 | .943 | 1.850 | 1.831 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Poorman | OF | 97 | 0 | 835.0 | 115 | 8 | 14 | 1 | .898 | 1.326 | 1.268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blondie Purcell | OF | 17 | 0 | 168.0 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.500 | 1.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mattimore | OF | 16 | 0 | 166.0 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .903 | 1.518 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sullivan | OF | 18 | 0 | 151.0 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .742 | 1.371 | 1.278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Seward | OF | 7 | 0 | 55.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 1.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Weyhing | OF | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Blair | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Seward | P | 57 | 0 | 519.0 | 24 | 125 | 19 | 4 | .887 | 2.584 | 2.614 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Weyhing | P | 47 | 0 | 404.0 | 22 | 93 | 17 | 1 | .871 | 2.562 | 2.447 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mattimore | P | 26 | 0 | 221.0 | 8 | 67 | 7 | 4 | .915 | 3.054 | 2.885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Blair | P | 4 | 0 | 31.0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .824 | 4.065 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phenomenal Smith | P | 3 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.227 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gamble | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Gleason | SS | 121 | 0 | 1075.0 | 112 | 370 | 80 | 32 | .858 | 4.035 | 3.983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Fennelly | SS | 15 | 0 | 132.0 | 18 | 44 | 6 | 4 | .912 | 4.227 | 4.133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1233 | 0 | 10869.0 | 3620 | 1747 | 475 | 183 | .919 | 4.444 | 4.353 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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