The feature of the work of the team in winning the pennant was the ability shown by Captain Comiskey in his position; the fine infield work, too, of Latham and Robinson, and the outfielding of O'Neill and McCarthy greatly aiding the batteries of the team. The full summary of the team's work is given below:
| | | | | | | K || | | | C | | | L | a || | | | i | B | C | o | n || | B | A | n | a | l | u | s || | r | t | c | l | e | i | a || | o | h | i | t | v | s | s || T | l | l | n | i | e | v | || o | k | e | n | m | l | i | C || t | l | t | a | o | a | l | I || a | y | i | t | r | n | l | t || l | n | c | i | e | d | e | y || s | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || . ———————————-+——+——+——+——+——+——+——++—- Victories | 10| 10| 10| 14| 16| 16| 16|| 92 Defeats | 10| 7| 8| 6| 4| 4| 4|| 43 Drawn Games | 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 2 Series Won | 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1|| 4 Series Tied | 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 1 Series Unfinished | 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 2 "Chicago" Victories | 3| 2| 0| 2| 4| 1| 0|| 12 "Chicago" Defeats | 1| 1| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0|| 4 Single Figure Victories| 9| 10| 8| 11| 13| 10| 14|| 75 Single Figure Defeats | 9| 5| 7| 6| 4| 3| 4|| 38 Double Figure Victories| 1| 0| 2| 3| 4| 6| 2|| 18 Double Figure Defeats | 1| 2| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0|| 5 Extra Innings Games | 2| 2| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0|| 5 Victories at Home | 6| 6| 6| 8| 9| 11| 14|| 60 Defeats at Home | 4| 3| 4| 3| 1| 2| 3|| 21 Victories Abroad | 4| 4| 4| 6| 7| 5| 2|| 32 Defeats Abroad | 6| 4| 4| 2| 3| 2| 1|| 22 Won by One Run | 2| 3| 2| 0| 3| 4| 1|| 15 Lost by One Run | 5| 1| 4| 4| 1| 1| 2|| 18 Highest Score in a Game|13-4| 8-1|17-5|16-9|14-4|18-1|14-5| Worst Defeat |2-11| 0-5|1-10| 2-6| 2-8|4-10| 7-9|
The pitching record of the champion team for 1888 is appended:
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| | | | | | | K
| | | C | | | L | a
| | | i | B | C | o | n
| B | A | n | a | l | u | s
| r | t | c | l | e | i | a
| o | h | i | t | v | s | s
| l | l | n | i | e | v |
| k | e | n | m | l | i | C
| l | t | a | o | a | l | i
| y | i | t | r | n | l | t
| n | c | i | e | d | e | y
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|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.
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King | 8| 4| 6| 3| 5| 4| 6| 5| 1| 6| 3| 6| 1| 1
Hudson | 1| 3| 3| 2| 2| 0| 5| 1| 7| 2| 6| 0| 2| 2
Chamberlain | 1| 1| 1| 1| 3| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 2| 0| 2| 0
Devlin | 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 2| 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 4| 1
Knauff | 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 2| 2| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 2| 0
Freeman | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0
——————+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—
Totals |10|10|10| 7|10| 8|14| 6|16| 4|16| 4|16| 4
| |Per | |Cent | |of |Totals. |Victories. ——————+———————+————- | W. | L. | P. | ——————+——+——+——+————- King | 44 | 21 | 65 | .671 Hudson | 26 | 10 | 36 | .722 Chamberlain | 11 | 2 | 13 | .853 Devlin | 6 | 5 | 11 | .545 Knauff | 5 | 4 | 9 | .555 Freeman | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 ——————+——+——+——+————- Totals | 92 | 43 |135 |
The appended record of the six years' work in the American Association championship arena, showing the winning clubs and their managers, as also their victories, defeats and percentage of victories, will be found interesting:
|WINNING | | | | | YEAR.|CLUB. |MANAGER.|Victories.|Defeats.|Games.|Percentage. ——-+——————+————+—————+————+———+—————- 1882 |Cincinnati |Thorner | 55 | 25 | 80 | .680 1883 |Athletic |Simmons | 66 | 32 | 98 | .670 1884 |Metropolitan|Mutrie | 75 | 32 | 107 | .700 1885 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 79 | 33 | 112 | .705 1886 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 93 | 46 | 139 | .669 1887 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 95 | 40 | 135 | .704 1888 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 92 | 43 | 135 | .681
THE MONTHLY RECORD.
The record of the victories and defeats scored each month of the championship campaign is appended, by which it will be seen that the record of the Brooklyn team for October surpassed that of any other club's monthly record of the season. Cincinnatis led in April, Brooklyn in May, the Athletics in June, Cincinnatis in July, St. Louis in August, while in September St. Louis and Brooklyn tied, Brooklyn leading in October. St. Louis's best month's work was done in August, Brooklyn's in October, the Athletics' in June, the Cincinnatis' in July, the Baltimores' in September, the Clevelands' in September, the Louisvilles' in July, and the Kansas Citys' in August. Kansas City was the only club which failed in at least one month to score more victories than defeats, their best record for any month being a tie in victories and defeats. Here is the table in full: