1888 Washington Nationals Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 48-86
Finished 8th in the NL
Ballpark: Swampdoodle Grounds
Manager: Walter Hewett (10-29)
Manager: Ted Sullivan (38-57)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1888 Washington Nationals RosterTeam Record: 48-86
Finished 8th in the NL
Ballpark: Swampdoodle Grounds
Manager: Walter Hewett (10-29)
Manager: Ted Sullivan (38-57)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1888 Washington Nationals Results
The Washington Nationals of the National League ended the 1888 season with a record of 48 wins and 86 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.
The Nationals scored 482 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 731 runs, most in the circuit. Billy O'Brien drove in 66 runs. Billy Hoy topped all regular batters with a .274 average. Jim Whitney led the team with 18 wins, while Hank O'Day, too added 15 or more wins, too Wild Bill Widner registered a 2.82 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Walter Hewett and Ted Sullivan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Whitney | 18 | 21 | .462 | 3.05 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 325.0 | 317 | 184 | 110 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 79 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1357 |
| Hank O'Day | 16 | 29 | .356 | 3.10 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 403.0 | 359 | 208 | 139 | 19 | 117 | 0 | 186 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 1680 |
| George Keefe | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.84 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 87 | 55 | 36 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 469 |
| Wild Bill Widner | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.82 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 111 | 69 | 36 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 478 |
| Ed Daily | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.89 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 73.7 | 88 | 69 | 40 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 338 |
| Frank Gilmore | 1 | 9 | .100 | 6.59 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 95.7 | 131 | 101 | 70 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 442 |
| George Shoch | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| John Greenig | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46 |
| George Haddock | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| Dupee Shaw | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.48 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 36 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 115 |
| Totals | 48 | 86 | .358 | 3.54 | 139 | 136 | 3 | 133 | 6 | 0 | 1179.3 | 1157 | 731 | 464 | 50 | 298 | 0 | 406 | 46 | 1 | 58 | 5002 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hoy | 136 | 583 | 503 | 77 | 138 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 82 | 0 | 69 | 48 | .274 | .374 | .338 | .712 | 170 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy O'Brien | 133 | 537 | 528 | 42 | 119 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 70 | .225 | .238 | .313 | .551 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Wilmot | 119 | 498 | 473 | 61 | 106 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 46 | 0 | 23 | 55 | .224 | .263 | .321 | .584 | 152 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Myers | 132 | 545 | 502 | 46 | 104 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 0 | 37 | 46 | .207 | .270 | .271 | .541 | 136 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Daily | 110 | 461 | 453 | 56 | 102 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 44 | 0 | 7 | 42 | .225 | .239 | .307 | .545 | 139 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Donnelly | 122 | 451 | 428 | 43 | 86 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 44 | 0 | 20 | 16 | .201 | .242 | .241 | .482 | 103 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Shoch | 90 | 351 | 317 | 46 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 22 | .183 | .262 | .240 | .502 | 76 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connie Mack | 85 | 325 | 300 | 49 | 56 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 17 | 18 | .187 | .249 | .273 | .523 | 82 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shorty Fuller | 49 | 181 | 170 | 11 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .182 | .232 | .235 | .467 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Irwin | 37 | 133 | 126 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .222 | .263 | .294 | .557 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Whitney | 42 | 148 | 141 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .170 | .209 | .191 | .401 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank O'Day | 47 | 170 | 166 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 41 | .139 | .159 | .151 | .309 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Deasley | 34 | 129 | 127 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .157 | .171 | .165 | .336 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wild Bill Widner | 15 | 60 | 60 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tug Arundel | 17 | 56 | 51 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .196 | .268 | .235 | .503 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Keefe | 13 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .214 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Sweeney | 11 | 44 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .227 | .409 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miah Murray | 12 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .095 | .116 | .119 | .235 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perry Werden | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gid Gardner | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Haddock | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Gilmore | 13 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .024 | .024 | .024 | .049 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dupee Shaw | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Greenig | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gid Gardner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Banning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1229 | 4835 | 4546 | 482 | 944 | 98 | 49 | 30 | 373 | 331 | 0 | 246 | 499 | .208 | .255 | .271 | .526 | 1230 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy O'Brien | 1B | 132 | 0 | 1124.0 | 1272 | 38 | 33 | 55 | .975 | 1.489 | 9.924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Connie Mack | 1B | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.077 | 16.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miah Murray | 1B | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 8.182 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Daily | 1B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 13.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Whitney | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Myers | 2B | 132 | 0 | 1138.0 | 271 | 399 | 60 | 37 | .918 | 5.299 | 5.076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shorty Fuller | 2B | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.462 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Deasley | 2B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Shoch | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gid Gardner | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donnelly | 3B | 117 | 0 | 1008.0 | 126 | 230 | 51 | 15 | .875 | 3.179 | 3.043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Sweeney | 3B | 8 | 0 | 80.0 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | .784 | 3.263 | 3.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Irwin | 3B | 10 | 0 | 72.0 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .759 | 2.750 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy O'Brien | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Connie Mack | C | 79 | 0 | 673.0 | 361 | 152 | 47 | 8 | .916 | 6.860 | 6.494 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Deasley | C | 31 | 0 | 286.0 | 177 | 60 | 20 | 3 | .922 | 7.458 | 7.645 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tug Arundel | C | 17 | 0 | 119.0 | 63 | 16 | 15 | 1 | .840 | 5.975 | 4.647 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miah Murray | C | 10 | 0 | 84.0 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 3 | .912 | 6.643 | 6.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gilmore | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Banning | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hoy | OF | 136 | 0 | 1164.0 | 296 | 26 | 37 | 7 | .897 | 2.490 | 2.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Wilmot | OF | 119 | 0 | 1031.0 | 260 | 19 | 41 | 4 | .872 | 2.435 | 2.345 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Daily | OF | 100 | 0 | 871.0 | 179 | 19 | 19 | 4 | .912 | 2.046 | 1.980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Shoch | OF | 35 | 0 | 308.0 | 59 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .892 | 1.929 | 1.886 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Connie Mack | OF | 4 | 0 | 31.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.323 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Perry Werden | OF | 3 | 0 | 26.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.077 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wild Bill Widner | OF | 2 | 0 | 25.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 1.080 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Sweeney | OF | 3 | 0 | 23.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.348 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Whitney | OF | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Deasley | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gilmore | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank O'Day | P | 46 | 0 | 403.0 | 19 | 64 | 7 | 1 | .922 | 1.854 | 1.804 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Whitney | P | 39 | 0 | 325.0 | 15 | 67 | 11 | 2 | .882 | 2.271 | 2.103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wild Bill Widner | P | 13 | 0 | 115.0 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | .872 | 2.661 | 2.615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Keefe | P | 13 | 0 | 114.0 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 2.368 | 2.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gilmore | P | 12 | 0 | 96.0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .778 | 1.312 | 1.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Daily | P | 9 | 0 | 74.0 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 2.676 | 2.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dupee Shaw | P | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .720 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Haddock | P | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Greenig | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Shoch | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Shoch | SS | 52 | 0 | 445.0 | 84 | 168 | 28 | 6 | .900 | 5.097 | 4.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shorty Fuller | SS | 47 | 0 | 400.0 | 67 | 140 | 38 | 14 | .845 | 4.658 | 4.404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Irwin | SS | 27 | 0 | 251.0 | 54 | 87 | 23 | 5 | .860 | 5.056 | 5.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donnelly | SS | 5 | 0 | 40.0 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .800 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gid Gardner | SS | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 4.909 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Deasley | SS | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank O'Day | SS | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.857 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Connie Mack | SS | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1231 | 0 | 10505.0 | 3492 | 1651 | 494 | 172 | .912 | 4.406 | 4.178 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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