1888 St. Louis Browns Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 92-43
Finished 1st in the AA
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park I
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to New York Giants 6-4
Manager: Charlie Comiskey (92-43)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1888 St. Louis Browns RosterTeam Record: 92-43
Finished 1st in the AA
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park I
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to New York Giants 6-4
Manager: Charlie Comiskey (92-43)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1888 St. Louis Browns Results
The St. Louis Browns of the American Association ended the 1888 season with a record of 92 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Browns allowed 501 runs, least in the league. St. Louis tallied 789 runs. Tip O'Neill drove in 98 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .335. Silver King recorded 45 wins for the team, while Nat Hudson, too added 15 or more wins, too Ice Box Chamberlain earned a 1.61 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Charlie Comiskey coached the team. The 1888 St. Louis Browns won the League Championship Series.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver King | 45 | 20 | .692 | 1.63 | 66 | 64 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 584.7 | 435 | 203 | 106 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 258 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 2286 |
| Nat Hudson | 25 | 10 | .714 | 2.54 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 333.0 | 283 | 155 | 94 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 130 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 1351 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 11 | 2 | .846 | 1.61 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 112.0 | 61 | 34 | 20 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 428 |
| Jim Devlin | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.19 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 90.3 | 82 | 54 | 32 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 380 |
| Ed Knouff | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.67 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 66 | 45 | 24 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 353 |
| Julie Freeman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
| Tommy McCarthy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.06 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Totals | 92 | 43 | .681 | 2.09 | 142 | 137 | 5 | 132 | 12 | 0 | 1212.7 | 939 | 501 | 282 | 19 | 225 | 0 | 517 | 68 | 0 | 69 | 4852 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tip O'Neill | 130 | 577 | 529 | 96 | 177 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 98 | 26 | 0 | 44 | 28 | .335 | .390 | .446 | .836 | 236 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Comiskey | 137 | 592 | 576 | 102 | 157 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 83 | 72 | 0 | 12 | 37 | .273 | .292 | .359 | .652 | 207 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arlie Latham | 133 | 621 | 570 | 119 | 151 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 109 | 0 | 43 | 35 | .265 | .325 | .326 | .652 | 186 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy McCarthy | 131 | 552 | 511 | 107 | 140 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 93 | 0 | 38 | 22 | .274 | .328 | .331 | .659 | 169 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Robinson | 134 | 583 | 455 | 111 | 105 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 56 | 0 | 116 | 78 | .231 | .400 | .314 | .714 | 143 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lyons | 123 | 522 | 499 | 66 | 97 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 36 | 0 | 20 | 47 | .194 | .230 | .259 | .488 | 129 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Boyle | 71 | 273 | 257 | 33 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 40 | .241 | .286 | .292 | .578 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Milligan | 63 | 238 | 219 | 19 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 26 | .251 | .311 | .365 | .676 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nat Hudson | 56 | 216 | 196 | 27 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 34 | .255 | .324 | .321 | .646 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill White | 76 | 298 | 275 | 31 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 38 | .175 | .238 | .225 | .464 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Herr | 43 | 186 | 172 | 21 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 28 | .267 | .323 | .372 | .695 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silver King | 66 | 248 | 207 | 25 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 64 | .208 | .339 | .300 | .638 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chippy McGarr | 34 | 138 | 132 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .235 | .268 | .242 | .511 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Devlin | 11 | 41 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .297 | .366 | .324 | .690 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Dolan | 11 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .194 | .216 | .222 | .438 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 14 | 55 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .100 | .182 | .160 | .342 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Knouff | 9 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .097 | .200 | .097 | .297 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julie Freeman | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1243 | 5215 | 4755 | 789 | 1189 | 149 | 47 | 36 | 591 | 468 | 0 | 410 | 520 | .250 | .316 | .324 | .640 | 1540 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Comiskey | 1B | 133 | 0 | 1166.0 | 1293 | 46 | 42 | 52 | .970 | 1.335 | 1.068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milligan | 1B | 5 | 0 | 32.0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.969 | 7.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nat Hudson | 1B | 3 | 0 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | 5.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Robinson | 2B | 102 | 0 | 878.0 | 197 | 256 | 53 | 18 | .895 | 4.644 | 4.441 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chippy McGarr | 2B | 33 | 0 | 301.0 | 70 | 100 | 20 | 11 | .895 | 5.083 | 5.152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Comiskey | 2B | 3 | 0 | 17.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 4.235 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill White | 2B | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Lyons | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arlie Latham | 3B | 133 | 0 | 1182.0 | 178 | 287 | 62 | 19 | .882 | 3.541 | 3.496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joseph Herr | 3B | 4 | 0 | 28.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.893 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Lyons | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Boyle | C | 70 | 0 | 625.0 | 381 | 123 | 37 | 11 | .932 | 7.258 | 7.200 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milligan | C | 58 | 0 | 503.0 | 317 | 85 | 25 | 11 | .941 | 7.193 | 6.931 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Dolan | C | 11 | 0 | 83.0 | 50 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .914 | 6.940 | 5.818 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy McCarthy | OF | 131 | 0 | 1193.0 | 243 | 42 | 21 | 12 | .931 | 2.150 | 2.176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tip O'Neill | OF | 130 | 0 | 1153.0 | 231 | 8 | 16 | 1 | .937 | 1.866 | 1.838 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Lyons | OF | 122 | 0 | 1058.0 | 237 | 32 | 33 | 4 | .891 | 2.288 | 2.205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nat Hudson | OF | 16 | 0 | 128.0 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joseph Herr | OF | 11 | 0 | 88.0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.841 | 1.636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Silver King | OF | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Comiskey | OF | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Boyle | OF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver King | P | 66 | 0 | 586.0 | 32 | 119 | 12 | 4 | .926 | 2.319 | 2.288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nat Hudson | P | 39 | 0 | 333.0 | 42 | 53 | 6 | 3 | .941 | 2.568 | 2.436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | P | 14 | 0 | 112.0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Devlin | P | 11 | 0 | 90.0 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 2.500 | 2.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Knouff | P | 9 | 0 | 81.0 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.778 | 1.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julie Freeman | P | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy McCarthy | P | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill White | SS | 74 | 0 | 651.0 | 132 | 205 | 41 | 10 | .892 | 4.659 | 4.554 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Robinson | SS | 34 | 0 | 301.0 | 54 | 94 | 19 | 6 | .886 | 4.425 | 4.353 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joseph Herr | SS | 28 | 0 | 241.0 | 46 | 70 | 17 | 4 | .872 | 4.332 | 4.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Lyons | SS | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chippy McGarr | SS | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arlie Latham | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nat Hudson | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1261 | 0 | 10912.0 | 3634 | 1612 | 430 | 168 | .924 | 4.327 | 4.160 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Player | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Box Chamberlain | WS | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.32 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 52 | 36 | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Devlin | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silver King | WS | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.31 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.87 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 94 | 62 | 37 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Player | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Comiskey | WS | 10 | 42 | 41 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .268 | .286 | .341 | .627 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Milligan | WS | 8 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .400 | .464 | .560 | 1.024 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arlie Latham | WS | 10 | 45 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy McCarthy | WS | 10 | 41 | 41 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .244 | .341 | .585 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Robinson | WS | 10 | 42 | 36 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .250 | .357 | .361 | .718 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tip O'Neill | WS | 10 | 43 | 37 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .243 | .349 | .432 | .781 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Boyle | WS | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .438 | .500 | .563 | 1.063 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill White | WS | 10 | 38 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .143 | .211 | .171 | .382 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Lyons | WS | 5 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Herr | WS | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silver King | WS | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | WS | 5 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .000 | .235 | .000 | .235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Devlin | WS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 91 | 362 | 330 | 60 | 75 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 29 | 0 | 32 | 52 | .227 | .296 | .303 | .599 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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