The ganes-victories, defeats and drawn-which required extra innings to be played, were as follows:
Clubs | | | | | | | | K || |
| | | | C | | | L | a || |
| S | | | i | B | C | o | n ||V |
| t | B | A | n | a | l | u | s ||I |
| . | r | t | c | l | e | i | a ||c |
| | o | h | i | t | v | s | s ||t |
| L | o | l | n | i | e | v | ||o | D
| o | k | e | n | m | l | i | C ||r | r
| u | l | t | a | o | a | l | I ||i | a
| i | y | i | t | r | n | l | t ||e | w
| s | n | c | i | e | d | e | y ||s | n
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ||. | .
—————-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-++—+—-
St. Louis | —| 2| 2| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0|| 5| 2
Brooklyn | 2| —| 2| 3| 0| 0| 2| 1||10| 2
Athletic | 1| 1| —| 2| 1| 0| 2| 0|| 7| 2
Cincinnati | 3| 2| 2| —| 1| 2| 1| 0||11| 2
Baltimore | 2| 0| 0| 0| —| 0| 1| 0|| 3| 0
Cleveland | 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| —| 0| 0|| 2| 1
Louisville | 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 0| —| 1|| 3| 1
Kansas City| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| —|| 1| 0
+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-+—-++—+—-
Defeats | 8| 5| 9| 7| 3| 2| 6| 2||42| 10
The record of the series of games won and lost by each club with every other club in the American Association championship arena in 1888 is as follows:
| | | | | | | | K ||
| | | | C | | L | | a ||
| | S | | i | B | o | C | n ||
| B | t | A | n | a | u | l | s ||
| r | . | t | c | l | i | e | a ||
| o | | h | i | t | s | v | s ||
| o | L | l | n | i | v | e | ||
| k | o | e | n | m | i | l | C ||
| l | u | t | a | o | l | a | i ||
| y | I | i | t | r | l | n | t ||
| n | s | c | i | e | e | d | y ||Series
Clubs | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . ||Totals.
—————-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-+——-++————
|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.||W.|L.
—————-+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—+—++—+——-
Brooklyn |—|—|10|10|12| 8|14| 6|12| 8|13| 8|16| 4|11| 9|| 6| 0
St. Louis |10|10|—|—|10| 7|10| 8|15| 5|16| 4|16| 4|16| 4|| 4| 0
Athletic | 8|12| 7|10|—|—|10|10|15| 5|15| 5|13| 7|11| 3|| 4| 1
Cincinnati | 6|14| 8|10|10|10|—|—|14| 6|17| 3|10| 7|15| 4|| 3| 1
Baltimore | 8|12| 5|15| 5|15| 6|14|—|—|11| 9|10| 9|11| 9|| 2| 4
Louisville | 8|13| 4|16| 5|15| 3|17| 9|11|—|—| 8| 9|11| 6|| 1| 5
Cleveland | 4|16| 4|16| 7|13| 7|10| 9|10| 9| 8|—|—| 9| 9|| 0| 3
Kansas City| 9|11| 4|16| 3|14| 4|15| 9|11| 6|11| 9| 9|—|—|| 0| 6
The St. Louis, Brooklyn, Athletic and Cincinnati Clubs, each had one series tied; while the Baltimore Club had four unfinished series; the St. Louis and Cincinnati Clubs two each, and the Athletic, Baltimore, Louisville and Kansas City Clubs one each, The Brooklyn Club playing their full quota of scheduled games.
THE YEARLY RECORD.
The appended table gives the number of games won by all the clubs which have competed for the American Association championship from 1882 to 1888 inclusive:
Clubs |1882|1883|1884|1885|1886|1887|1888|Yrs.||Total
| | | | | | | | ||Vict'r's
——————+——+——+——+——+——+——+——+——++————-
St. Louis | 37| 65| 67| 79| 92| 94| 92| 7|| 526
Cincinnati | 55| 62| 68| 63| 64| 80| 80| 7|| 472
Athletic | 41| 66| 61| 55| 60| 64| 81| 7|| 428
Baltimore | 19| 28| 63| 41| 48| 76| 57| 7|| 332
Louisville | 42| 52| 68| 53| 66| 76| 48| 7|| 405
Metropolitan| —| 54| 75| 44| 53| 43| —| 6|| 269
Pittsburg | 39| 30| 30| 56| 78| —| —| 5|| 233
Brooklyn | —| —| 40| 53| 76| 59| 88| 5|| 316
Columbus | —| 32| 69| —| —| —| —| 2|| 104
Cleveland | —| —| —| —| —| 38| 50| 2|| 88
Indianapolis| —| —| 29| —| —| —| —| 1|| 29
Washington | —| —| 12| —| —| —| —| 1|| 12
Virginia | —| —| 12| —| —| —| —| 1|| 12
Kansas City | —| —| —| —| —| —| 43| 1|| 43
Toledo | —| —| 46| —| —| —| —| 1|| 46
+——+——+——+——+——+——+——+—————
Total | 233| 389| 640| 444| 537| 530| 539|
A COMPARATIVE RECORD.
The following table gives the comparative figures of the League and the
Association in their Championship contests in 1888: