It will be seen that while St. Louis led in 1886 Brooklyn stood second, with the Athletics third, and Cincinnati fourth. The record of 1887 is appended:
1887. |Cincinnati.|Brooklyn.|Athletic.|St. Louis.||Won. —————-+—————-+————-+————-+—————++——- Cincinnati | —| 12| 11| 13|| 36 St. Louis | 6| —| 12| 16|| 34 Athletic | 9| 8| —| 8|| 25 Brooklyn | 4| 4| 10| —|| 18 +—————-+————-+————-+—————++—- Lost | 19| 24| 33| 37|| 113
This year, though St. Louis won the pennant, it will be seen that in their games together Cincinnati held the lead, the Athletics being second, the St. Louis third and Brooklyn last, the season being a very hard one for Brooklyn through the drinking habits of the players, which the management failed to repress. The record for 1888 is as follows:
1888. |Brooklyn.|St. Louis.|Athletic.|Cincinnati.||Won. —————-+—————-+————-+————-+—————++——- Brooklyn | —| 10| 12| 14|| 36 St. Louis | 10| —| 10| 9|| 29 Athletic | 7| 8| —| 10|| 25 Cincinnati | 7| 6| 10| —|| 23 +—————-+————-+————-+—————++——- Lost | 24| 24| 32| 33|| 113
Last season, it will be seen, that while St. Louis again won the pennant, in their games together Brooklyn took the lead, St. Louis being second, the Athletics third, and Cincinnati last.
EAST vs. WEST.
THE LEAGUE GAMES.
The contests between the four clubs of the East and the four of the West in the League in 1888 ended in favor of the East, as will be seen by the appended record:
EAST VS. WEST.
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| o | t | h | s || n | d | e
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——————+—-+—-+—-+—-++——+—-+—-
Philadelphia| 10| 7| 14| 13|| 44| 73|.693
New York | 8| 11| 10| 14|| 43| 73|.589
Boston | 7| 10| 10| 11|| 38| 75|.567
Washington | 6| 7| 9| 8|| 30| 76|.359
——+—-+—-+—-++——+—-+
Games lost | 31| 35| 43| 46|| 155|297|