|April.|May. |June.|July.|Aug. |Sept. |Oct. ||Totals.
—————-+———+——-+——-+——-+——-+———-+——-++———-
|W.| L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.| W.|L. |W.|L.|| W.|L.
—————-+—+—-+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—-+—-+—+—++—-+—-
St. Louis | 5| 3 |14| 5|16| 7|15|12|18| 3| 18| 8| 6| 5|| 92| 43
Brooklyn | 7| 5 |18| 4|14| 9|12|11| 8|14| 18| 8|11| 1|| 88| 52
Athletic | 7| 4 | 7|11|18| 4|12|11|16| 6| 14| 12| 7| 4|| 81| 52
Cincinnati | 8| 3 |15| 6| 9|13|16| 7|12| 9| 11| 14| 9| 2|| 80| 54
Baltimore | 6| 4 | 7|11|12|12| 9|17| 7|17| 13| 12| 3| 8|| 57| 80
Cleveland | 2| 9 | 9|11| 6|15|12|13| 6|12| 12| 12| 3|10|| 50| 82
Louisville | 4| 7 | 5|16| 7|15|13|10| 8|14| 7| 18| 4| 7|| 47| 87
Kansas City| 2| 6 | 5|16| 7|14| 9|17|11|11| 8| 15| 2| 8|| 43| 89
—————-+—+—-+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—-+—-+—+—++—-+—-
Totals |41|41 |80|80|89|89|98|98|86|86|100|100|45|45||539|539
The Athletics' victory over Baltimore on June 10, is not counted in the above table.
The official record of the American Association for the season of 1888 as sent us by President Wikoff, will be found in full below:
BATTING RECORD.
(In the following, no in or outfielders' record is given unless twenty games have been played in the position, and no pitcher or catcher's record is given unless fifteen games have been played.)
[**Proofreaders note: Table split into two parts to fit on page] | | |No. of Rank| Name. | Club. |Games. ——+—————-+————————————+——— 1| O'Neill |St. Louis | 130 2| Stovey |Athletic | 130 3| Lyons |Athletic | 111 4| Reilly |Cincinnati | 126 5| Collins |Louisville and Brooklyn | 126 6| Browning |Louisville | 99 7| Orr |Brooklyn | 95 8| Burns |Baltimore and Brooklyn | 129 9| Wolf |Louisville | 127 10| McKean |Cleveland | 130 11|{Tucker |Baltimore | 136 |{Welch |Athletic | 136 12| Corkhill |Cincinnati and Brooklyn | 137 13|{Foutz |Brooklyn | 140 |{Larkin |Athletic | 135 14| Bierbauer |Athletic | 134 15| Sullivan |Athletic | 28 16| McCarthy |St. Louis | 131 17|{Trott |Baltimore | 31 |{O'Brien |Brooklyn | 136 18| Weaver |Louisville | 26 19| Comiskey |St. Louis | 137 20| Carpenter |Cincinnati | 135 21|{Robinson |Athletic | 67 |{Mattimore |Athletic | 41 22|{Davis |Kansas City | 122 |{Herr |St. Louis | 43 |{Stratton |Louisville | 65 23| Smith |Athletic and | 35 | |Baltimore | 24|{Latham |St. Louis | 133 |{Fantz |Cleveland | 120 25| Hudson |St. Louis | 55 26| Griffin |Baltimore | 137 27| Pinkney |Brooklyn | 143 28| Hecker |Louisville | 55 29|{Kappell |Cincinnati | 35 |{Terry |Brooklyn | 30 30| Milligan |St. Louis | 63 31|{McTamany |Kansas City | 110 |{Mullane |Cincinnati | 51 32|{Hamilton |Kansas City | 35 |{Zimmer |Cleveland | 63 |{Goodfellow|Cleveland | 69 |{Hotaling |Cleveland | 97 33| Smith |Louisville | 56 34|{Boyle |St. Louis | 71 |{Clark |Brooklyn | 45 35| Cline |Kansas City | 73 36| Donohue |Kansas City | 87 37| Kerins |Louisville | 81 38|{Nicol |Cincinnati | 134 |{Hogan |Cleveland | 77 39| Phillips |Kansas City | 129 40| Gilks |Cleveland | 118 41|{Robinson |St. Louis | 134 |{Stricker |Cleveland | 126 42|{McPhee |Cincinnati | 110 |{Carruthers|Brooklyn | 94 43| Keenan |Cincinnati | 84 44|{Tebean |Cincinnati | 121 |{Mack |Louisville | 110 45|{Goldsby |Baltimore | 44 |{Poorman |Athletic | 85 46| Esterbrook|Louisville | 23 47|{O'Brien |Baltimore | 57 |{Radford |Brooklyn | 91 48|{Gleason |Athletic | 123 |{Purcell |Baltimore | 119 | |and Athletic | 49| White |Louisville | 109 | |and St Louis. | 50|{Barkley |Kansas City | 116 |{Smith |Cincinnati | 40 |{_Bushong__|Brooklyn | 69 |{Baldwin |Cincinnati | 66 51|{Weybing |Athletic | 49 |{Fagan |Kansas City | 18 52| Gunning |Athletic | 23 53|{Shindle |Baltimore | 135 |{Snyder |Cleveland | 63 54|{McClellan |Brooklyn and | 97 | |Cleveland | |{Sommer |Baltimore | 79 |{Allen |Kansas City | 37 55| Smith |Brooklyn | 103 56| Cross |Louisville | 47 57| King |St. Louis | 65 58| Werrick |Louisville | 109
| |No. of|No. of| | |Base |Stolen|Av. B.H. Rank| Name. |Hit. |Bases.|to A.B. ——+—————-+———+———+———- 1| O'Neill | 176 | 24 | .332 2| Stovey | 171 | 156 | .318 3| Lyons | 145 | 45 | .325 4| Reilly | 167 | 80 | .324 5| Collins | 164 | 91 | .318 6| Browning | 120 | 39 | .313 7| Orr | 119 | 16 | .303 8| Burns | 158 | 48 | .298 9| Wolf | 159 | 40 | .298 10| McKean | 161 | 66 | .297 11|{Tucker | 152 | 49 | .291 |{Welch | 160 | 121 | .291 12| Corkhill | 159 | 41 | .285 13|{Foutz | 159 | 40 | .283 |{Larkin | 154 | 19 | .283 14| Bierbauer | 148 | 56 | .279 15| Sullivan | 31 | 8 | .277 16| McCarthy | 141 | 109 | .276 17|{Trott | 30 | 3 | .275 |{O'Brien | 147 | 68 | .275 18| Weaver | 31 | 12 | .274 19| Comiskey | 156 | 77 | .271 20| Carpenter | 147 | 56 | .269 21|{Robinson | 67 | 15 | .268 |{Mattimore | 38 | 14 | .268 22|{Davis | 131 | 45 | .266 |{Herr | 46 | 9 | .266 |{Stratton | 64 | 15 | .266 23| Smith | 31 | 3 | .265 24|{Latham | 150 | 124 | .264 |{Fantz | 124 | 68 | .264 25| Hudson | 51 | 6 | .262 26| Griffin | 141 | 53 | .261 27| Pinkney | 150 | 56 | .260 28| Hecker | 53 | 23 | .255 29|{Kappell | 35 | 22 | .254 |{Terry | 29 | 13 | .254 30| Milligan | 55 | 8 | .252 31|{McTamany | 130 | 56 | .251 |{Mullane | 44 | 13 | .251 32|{Hamilton | 32 | 23 | .250 |{Zimmer | 53 | 18 | .250 |{Goodfellow| 68 | 7 | .250 |{Hotaling | 103 | 33 | .250 33| Smith | 48 | 48 | .246 34|{Boyle | 63 | 15 | .245 |{Clark | 37 | 12 | .245 35| Cline | 71 | 30 | .243 36| Donohue | 80 | 12 | .241 37| Kerins | 74 | 20 | .239 38|{Nicol | 128 | 104 | .236 |{Hogan | 63 | 35 | .236 39| Phillips | 120 | 11 | .235 40| Gilks | 110 | 19 | .232 41|{Robinson | 106 | 62 | .231 |{Stricker | 113 | 68 | .231 42|{McPhee | 104 | 53 | .230 |{Carruthers| 77 | 33 | .230 43| Keenan | 72 | 8 | .225 44|{Tebean | 95 | 33 | .228 |{Mack | 100 | 23 | .228 45|{Goldsby | 37 | 19 | .227 |{Poorman | 87 | 43 | .227 46| Esterbrook| 21 | 6 | .226 47|{O'Brien | 44 | 15 | .224 |{Radford | 70 | 36 | .224 48|{Gleason | 112 | 37 | .224 |{Purcell | 105 | 25 | .224 49| White | 104 | 30 | .221 50|{Barkley | 106 | 16 | .220 |{Smith | 29 | 3 | .220 |{_Bushong__| 55 | 11 | .220 |{Baldwin | 58 | 2 | .220 51|{Weybing | 40 | 8 | .219 |{Fagan | 14 | 0 | .219 52| Gunning | 20 | 15 | .217 53|{Shindle | 111 | 59 | .216 |{Snyder | 50 | 10 | .216 54|{McClellan | 75 | 29 | .215 |{Sommer | 64 | 15 | .215 |{Allen | 29 | 5 | .215 55| Smith | 86 | 31 | .214 56| Cross | 39 | 9 | .213 57| King | 42 | 5 | .212 58| Werrick | 86 | 21 | .210
A mistake is made in the above record in placing the names of batsmen whose averages are alike, in the wrong order. Thus, Pratt who played in but 31 games is placed ahead of O'Brien, who played in 136, both making the same batting averages.
The official record of the American Association for the season of 1888 as sent us by President Wikoff, will be found in full below: