Spalding's Baseball Guide And Official League Book For 1889 Part 5

Pitchers. Per cent. earn'd Per cent. of Runs per Game. Base Hits.

Keefe 1.4* .198 [B] Welch 1.47 .201 t.i.tcomb 1.82 .212

[**Proofreaders note B: * undecipherable number**]

The other three pitchers did not pitch in a dozen games.

THE FULL LEAGUE RECORD.

The following record presents the scores of the total victories won by every League Club each year since the National League was organized, the table presenting the figures of thirteen consecutive seasons from 1876 to 1888 inclusive:

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Y 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 r 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 s 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 .

------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--- Chicago 52 18 30 44 67 56 55 59 62 87 90 71 77 13 Boston 39 31 41 49 40 38 45 63 73 46 56 61 70 13 Providence -- -- 38 55 52 47 52 58 84 53 -- -- -- 8 Detroit -- -- -- -- -- 41 42 40 28 41 87 79 68 8 Buffalo -- -- -- 44 24 45 45 52 64 38 -- -- -- 7 Cleveland -- -- -- 24 47 36 42 55 35 -- -- -- -- 6 New York -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 46 62 85 75 68 84 6 Philadelphia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 17 39 56 71 75 69 6 St Louis 45 19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 43 -- -- 4 Cincinnati 9 -- 37 38 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 Troy -- -- -- 19 41 39 35 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 Worcester -- -- -- -- 40 32 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 Washington -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 26 46 48 3 Indianapolis -- -- 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 59 3 Hartford 47 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 Louisville 30 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 Pittsburg -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 55 66 2 Athletic 14 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 Mutual 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 Syracuse -- -- -- 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 Milwaukee -- -- 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 Kansas City -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 -- 1 ------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--- Totals 257 120 185 288 332 334 334 390 447 444 448 521 541

THE COMPLETE RECORD.

Following is a summary showing the results of each year's campaign since the organization of the League:

1876.

Won Lost Per cent.

-----------+----+----+-------- Chicago 52 14 .788 Hartford 47 21 .691 St. Louis 45 19 .703 Boston 39 31 .557 Louisville 30 36 .455 Mutual 21 35 .375 Athletic 14 45 .237 Cincinnati 9 56 .135

1877.

Won Lost Per cent.

-----------+----+----+-------- Boston 31 17 .648 Louisville 28 20 .583 Hartford 24 24 .500 St. Louis 19 29 .396 Chicago 18 30 .375

1878.

Won Lost Per cent.

-------------+----+----+-------- Boston 41 19 .707 Cincinnati 37 23 .617 Providence 33 27 .550 Chicago 30 30 .500 Indianapolis 24 36 .400 Milwaukee 15 45 .250

1879.

Won Lost Per cent.

-----------+----+----+-------- Providence 55 23 .705 Boston 49 29 .628 Chicago 44 32 .579 Buffalo 44 32 .579 Cincinnati 38 36 .514 Cleveland 24 53 .312 Troy 19 56 .253 Syracuse 15 27 .357

1880.

Won Lost Per cent.

-----------+----+----+-------- Chicago 67 17 .798 Providence 52 32 .619 Cleveland 47 37 .559 Troy 41 42 .494 Worcester 40 43 .482 Boston 40 44 .474 Buffalo 24 58 .293 Cincinnati 21 59 .263

1881.

Won Lost Per cent.

-----------+----+----+-------- Chicago 56 28 .667 Providence 47 37 .559 Buffalo 45 38 .542 Detroit 41 43 .488 Troy 39 45 .464 Boston 38 45 .458 Cleveland 36 48 .429 Worcester 32 50 .390

1882.

Won Lost Per cent.

-----------+----+----+-------- Chicago 55 29 .655 Providence 52 32 .619 Buffalo 45 39 .536 Boston 45 39 .536 Cleveland 42 40 .512 Detroit 42 41 .506 Troy 35 48 .422 Worcester 18 66 .214

1883.

Won Lost Per cent.

------------+----+----+-------- Boston 63 35 .643 Chicago 59 39 .602 Providence 58 40 .592 Cleveland 55 42 .567 Buffalo 52 45 .539 New York 46 50 .479 Detroit 40 58 .408 Philadelphia 17 81 .173

1884.

Won Lost Per cent.

------------+----+----+-------- Providence 84 28 .750 Boston 73 38 .658 Buffalo 64 47 .577 Chicago 62 50 .554 New York 62 50 .554 Philadelphia 39 73 .348 Cleveland 35 77 .313 Detroit 28 84 .250

1885.

Won Lost Per cent.

------------+----+----+-------- Chicago 87 25 .776 New York 85 27 .758 Philadelphia 56 54 .509 Providence 53 57 .481 Boston 46 66 .410 Detroit 41 67 .379 Buffalo 38 74 .339 St. Louis 36 72 .333

1886.

Won Lost Per cent.

------------+----+----+-------- Chicago 90 34 .725 Detroit 87 36 .707 New York 75 44 .630 Philadelphia 71 43 .622 Boston 56 61 .478 St. Louis 43 79 .352 Kansas City 30 91 .247 Washington 28 92 .233

1887.

Won Lost Per cent.

------------+----+----+-------- Detroit 79 45 .637 Philadelphia 75 48 .610 Chicago 71 50 .587 New York 68 55 .553 Boston 61 60 .504 Pittsburg 55 69 .444 Indianapolis 46 76 .377 Washington 37 89 .294

1888.

Won Lost Per cent.

------------+----+----+-------- New York 84 47 .641 Chicago 77 58 .510 Philadelphia 69 61 .531 Boston 70 64 .522 Detroit 68 63 .519 Pittsburg 66 68 .493 Indianapolis 50 85 .370 Washington 48 86 .358

A summary of the above shows that the Chicago club won the championship six times; the Boston club three times; the Providence club twice, and the Detroit and New York clubs once each. The Chicago club has the best record of a single season--90 victories and 34 defeats-and the highest percentage of victories .798. The only clubs which played in every single season were the Chicago and Boston clubs.

THE LEAGUE AVERAGES FOR 1888.

The following is the official batting record of players members of League Clubs who have taken part in fifteen or more championship games.

SEASON OF 1888.

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G T a i R m m u e e n s s s P a S l t c R a o a y B r n e a e Ave.

k d t d per . NAME. CLUB . . . Game.

--+------------+------------+---+---+---+----- 1 Anson Chicago 134 515 101 0.75 2 Beckley Pittsburg 71 283 35 0.49 3 Ryan Chicago 130 549 115 0.88 4 Kelly Boston 105 440 85 0.81 5 {Ewing New York 103 415 83 0.80 {Brouthers Detroit 129 522 118 0.91 6 Quinn Boston 38 156 19 0.50 7 White Detroit 125 527 75 0.60 8 Johnston Boston 135 585 102 0.75 9 Tiernan New York 113 443 75 0.66 10 Connor New York 134 481 98 0.63 11 Richardson Detroit 57 266 60 1.05 12 {Van Haltren Chicago 81 318 46 0.56 {Nash Boston 135 526 71 0.52 13 Duffy Chicago 71 298 60 0.84 14 Thompson Detroit 55 238 51 0.92 15 Hines Indianapolis 132 513 84 0.63 16 {Rowe Detroit 105 451 62 0.59 {Miller Pittsburg 103 404 50 0.48 17 Conway Detroit 44 167 28 0.63 18 Hoy Washington 136 503 77 0.56 19 {Buckley Indianapolis 71 260 27 0.38 {O'Rourke New York 107 409 50 0.46 20 Brown New York 17 59 4 0.23 21 Gla.s.sc.o.c.k Indianapolis 112 442 63 0.56 22 {Hanlon Detroit 108 459 64 0.59 {McGuire Phil. & 15 64 17 0.46 Detr't. 23 Bennett Detroit 72 258 32 0.44 24 {Dunlap Pittsburg 81 317 41 0.50 {Denny Indianapolis 126 524 92 0.73 25 Nicholson Detroit 24 85 11 0.46 26 Sutcliffe Detroit 49 191 17 0.34 27 Pett.i.t Chicago 43 169 24 0.56 28 Ward New York 122 510 70 0.57 29 {Williamson Chicago 132 452 75 0.57 {Beaton Detroit 16 56 8 0.50 30 Pfeffer Chicago 135 517 90 0.66 31 Ganzell Detroit 93 386 45 0.48 32 {Clements Philadelphia 85 323 26 0.30 {Brown Boston 107 426 62 0.58 {Ray Boston 50 206 26 0.52 33 Farrar Philadelphia 130 504 53 0.40 34 {Sanders Philadelphia 57 236 27 0.47 {Getzein Detroit 45 167 14 0.31 {Slattery NewYork 103 391 49 0.47 35 Twitch.e.l.l Detroit 130 524 71 0.54 36 Carroll Pittsburg 90 362 61 0.63 37 Ba.s.sett Indianapolis 128 481 57 0.44 38 {Hornung Boston 107 431 61 0.57 {Wise Boston 104 417 66 0.63 39 {Burns Chicago 134 483 60 0.44 {Andrews Philadelphia 123 524 74 0.60 {Myers Indianapolis 66 248 35 0.53 40 Shoeneck Indianapolis 48 169 15 0.31 41 {Sullivan Chicago 75 314 40 0.53 {Fogarty Philadelphia 120 451 71 0.59 42 Kuhne Pittsburg 137 520 60 0.44 43 Sunday Pittsburg 119 501 68 0.57 44 Farrell Chicago 63 241 34 0.54 45 {Wood Philadelphia 105 429 67 0.63 {Coleman Pittsburg 115 434 48 0.41 46 {Tate Boston 40 148 18 0.45 {Healy Indianapolis 37 131 14 0.38 47 Delehanty Philadelphia 74 290 40 0.54 48 Richardson New York 135 561 82 0.60 49 {Daily Washington 110 453 56 0.50 {O'Brien Washington 133 528 42 0.31 50 {Wilmot Washington 119 473 61 0.51 {Dalrymple Pittsburg 56 223 19 0.33 51 Irwin Washington 37 126 14 0.38 52 {Irwin Philadelphia 124 444 51 0.41 {Seery Indianapolis 133 500 87 0.65 {Gore New York 64 254 37 0.57 53 {McGeachy Indianapolis 118 452 45 0.38 {Esterbrook Indianapolis 64 246 21 0.32 {Whitney NewYork 90 328 28 0.31 54 {Sutton Boston 28 110 16 0.57 {Daily Indianapolis 57 202 14 0.24 55 {Mulvey Philadelphia 99 394 37 0.37 {Radbourne Boston 24 79 6 0.25 56 {Cleveland N.Y.& Pitts. 40 145 17 0.42 {s...o...b..rg Indianapolis 29 112 11 0.38 57 Darling Chicago 20 75 13 0.65 58 Maul Pittsburg 73 255 21 0.29 59 {Myers Washington 132 502 47 0.35 {Smith Pittsburg 130 477 61 0.44 60 Hallman Philadelphia 16 63 5 0.31 61 Gleason Philadelphia 23 83 4 0.17 62 Campau Detroit 70 251 28 0.40 63 {Scheffler Detroit 27 94 17 0.63 {Burdock Boston 21 79 5 0.24 64 Donnelly Washington 122 428 43 0.35 65 Widner Washington 15 60 4 0.26 66 Morrill Boston 134 486 60 0.44 67 Arundel Washington 16 51 2 0.12 68 {Clarkson Boston 54 205 20 0.37 {Fields Pittsburg 44 169 22 0.50 69 {Schriver Philadelphia 39 134 15 0.38 {McShannic Pittsburg 26 98 5 0.19 70 Bastian Philadelphia 80 275 31 0.38 71 Daily Chicago 65 219 34 0.52 72 Welch New York 47 169 16 0.34 73 Mack Washington 85 300 49 0.57 74 Schock Washington 90 317 46 0.51 75 {Fuller Washington 49 170 11 0.22 {Shreve Indianapolis 36 115 10 0.28 76 {Flint Chicago 22 77 6 0.27 {Hatfield New York 27 105 7 0.26 77 O'Rourke Boston 20 74 3 0.15 78 Buffinton Philadelphia 44 156 13 0.29 79 Whitney Washington 42 141 13 0.31 80 Murphy New York 28 106 11 0.39 81 Klusman Boston 28 107 9 0.32 82 {Madden Boston 19 67 7 0.36 {Krock Chicago 39 134 9 0.23 83 {Deasley Washington 34 127 6 0.17 {Wells Detroit 16 57 5 0.31 84 Glenn Boston 19 65 8 0.42 85 Casey Philadelphia 33 118 11 0.33 86 Baldwin Chicago 30 106 11 0.37 87 {Sowders Boston 35 122 14 0.40 {Burd.i.c.k Indianapolis 20 68 6 0.30 {Foster New York 37 136 15 0.40 88 Boyle Indianapolis 37 125 13 0.35 89 Galvin Pittsburg 50 175 6 0.12 90 Gruber Detroit 27 92 8 0.29 91 O'Day Washington 47 166 6 0.12 92 Staley Pittsburg 24 85 6 0.25 93 Keefe New York 51 181 10 0.19 94 t.i.tcomb New York 23 82 6 0.26 95 Morris Pittsburg 54 186 12 0.22

F I r s B t T a P o s B e t e a r a s s c l e e S n B t R H t a o a i a s l n t g e Ave. e Ave.

k s e s per n per . NAME. . . . Game. . Game.

--+------------+---+----+---+-----+---+----- 1 Anson 177 .343 252 1.88 28 0.20 2 Beckley 97 .342 121 1.70 20 0.28 3 Ryan 182 .331 285 2.19 60 0.46 4 Kelly 140 .318 205 1.95 56 0.53 5 {Ewing 127 .306 195 1.89 53 0.51 {Brouthers 160 .306 270 1.86 34 0.26 6 Quinn 47 .301 43 1.92 12 0.31 7 White 157 .298 200 1.60 12 0.09 8 Johnston 173 .295 276 2.04 35 0.26 9 Tiernan 130 .293 182 1.61 52 0.46 10 Connor 140 .291 224 1.67 27 0.20 11 Richardson 77 .289 117 2.05 13 0.23 12 {Van Haltren 90 .283 130 1.60 21 0.26 {Nash 149 .283 209 1.54 20 0.15 13 Duffy 84 .282 121 1.70 13 0.18 14 Thompson 67 .281 111 2.02 5 0.09 15 Hines 144 .280 186 1.40 31 0.23 16 {Rowe 125 .277 168 1.60 10 0.09 {Miller 112 .277 139 1.35 27 0.26 17 Conway 46 .275 59 1.34 1 0.02 18 Hoy 138 .274 171 1.26 82 0.60 19 {Buckley 71 .273 95 1.33 4 0.05 {O'Rourke 112 .273 154 1.44 25 0.23 20 Brown 16 .271 17 1.00 1 0.06 21 Gla.s.sc.o.c.k 119 .269 145 1.29 48 0.43 22 {Hanlon 122 .265 157 1.45 38 0.35 {McGuire 17 .265 23 1.35 0 0.00 23 Bennett 68 .263 102 1.41 4 0.05 24 {Dunlap 83 .261 106 1.30 24 0.29 {Denny 137 .261 220 1.74 32 0.25 25 Nicholson 22 .259 33 1.37 6 0.25 26 Sutcliffe 49 .257 59 1.20 6 0.12 27 Pett.i.t 43 .254 62 1.44 7 0.16 28 Ward 128 .251 154 1.26 38 0.31 29 {Williamson 113 .250 175 1.32 25 0.19 {Beaton 14 .250 25 1.56 1 0.06 30 Pfeffer 129 .249 193 1.43 64 0.47 31 Ganzell 96 .248 119 1.28 12 0.13 32 {Clements 80 .247 100 1.17 3 0.03 {Brown 104 .247 155 1.45 46 0.43 {Ray 51 .247 65 1.30 7 0.14 33 Farrar 124 .246 155 1.19 21 0.17 34 {Sanders 58 .245 74 1.29 13 0.22 {Getzein 41 .245 50 1.11 6 0.13 {Slattery 96 .245 122 1.18 26 0.25 35 Twitch.e.l.l 128 .244 167 1.28 14 0.10 36 Carroll 88 .243 117 1.22 18 0.19 37 Ba.s.sett 116 .241 147 1.15 24 0.19 38 {Hornung 103 .239 134 1.25 29 0.27 {Wise 100 .239 155 1.49 33 0.31 39 {Burns 115 .238 152 1.13 34 0.25 {Andrews 125 .238 157 1.27 35 0.28 {Myers 59 .238 72 1.09 28 0.42 40 Shoeneck 40 .237 44 0.91 11 0.23 41 {Sullivan 74 .235 117 1.56 9 0.12 {Fogarty 106 .235 137 1.14 58 0.48 42 Kuhne 122 .234 175 1.28 34 0.25 43 Sunday 117 .233 140 1.18 71 0.59 44 Farrell 56 .232 80 1.27 8 0.12 45 {Wood 99 .230 154 1.46 20 0.19 {Coleman 100 .230 118 1.02 15 0.13 46 {Tate 34 .229 44 1.10 3 0.07 {Healy 30 .229 42 1.10 5 0.13 47 Delehanty 66 .227 82 1.10 38 0.51 48 Richardson 127 .226 176 1.30 35 0.26 49 {Daily 102 .225 139 1.26 44 0.40 {O'Brien 119 .225 167 1.25 10 0.08 50 {Wilmot 106 .224 146 1.22 46 0.38 {Dalrymple 50 .224 64 1.14 7 0.12 51 Irwin 28 .222 36 0.97 15 0.40 52 {Irwin 98 .220 115 0.92 19 0.15 {Seery 110 .220 163 1.23 80 0.60 {Gore 56 .220 72 1.12 11 0.17 53 {McGeachy 99 .219 115 0.97 49 0.41 {Esterbrook 54 .219 61 0.95 11 0.17 {Whitney 72 .219 87 0.96 7 0.07 54 {Sutton 24 .218 32 1.14 10 0.35 {Daily 44 .218 52 0.91 15 0.26 55 {Mulvey 85 .215 105 1.06 18 0.12 {Radbourne 17 .215 18 0.75 4 0.16 56 {Cleveland 31 .214 51 1.27 4 0.10 {s...o...b..rg 24 .214 33 1.13 6 0.20 57 Darling 16 .213 27 1.35 0 0.00 58 Maul 54 .211 71 0.97 9 0.12 59 {Myers 104 .207 139 1.05 20 0.15 {Smith 99 .207 131 1.00 37 0.27 60 Hallman 13 .206 19 1.19 1 0.06 61 Gleason 17 .205 20 0.87 3 0.13 62 Campau 51 .203 65 0.93 27 0.38 63 {Scheffler 19 .202 24 0.89 4 0.15 {Burdock 16 .202 16 0.76 1 0.05 64 Donnelly 86 .201 104 0.85 44 0.36 65 Widner 12 .200 12 0.80 1 0.06 66 Mo*rill 96 .197 135 1.00 21 0.15 67 Arundel 10 .196 12 0.75 1 0.06 68 {Clarkson 40 .195 53 0.98 5 0.09 {Fields 33 .195 47 1.07 9 0.20 69 {Schriver 26 .194 36 0.92 2 0.05 {McShannic 19 .194 20 0.77 3 0.11 70 Bastian 53 .192 62 0.77 12 0.15 71 Daily 42 .191 54 0.83 10 0.15 72 Welch 32 .189 42 0.89 4 0.08 73 Mack 56 .186 77 0.90 31 0.36 74 Schock 58 .183 77 0.85 23 0.25 75 {Fuller 31 .182 38 0.77 6 0.12 {Shreve 21 .182 24 0.66 5 0.14 76 {Flint 14 .181 17 0.77 1 0.04 {Hatfield 19 .181 20 0.74 8 0.29 77 O'Rourke 13 .175 13 0.65 2 0.10 78 Buffinton 27 .173 32 0.72 1 0.02 79 Whitney 24 .170 27 0.64 3 0.07 80 Murphy 18 .169 20 0.71 3 0.10 81 Klusman 18 .168 28 1.00 3 0.11 82 {Madden 11 .164 11 0.58 4 0.21 {Krock 22 .164 25 0.64 1 0.02 83 {Deasley 20 .157 23 0.67 2 0.06 {Wells 9 .157 10 0.63 0 0.00 84 Glenn 10 .154 12 0.63 0 0.00 85 Casey 18 .152 22 0.66 2 0.06 86 Baldwin 16 .151 24 0.80 4 0.13 87 {Sowders 18 .147 20 0.57 1 0.03 {Burd.i.c.k 10 .147 11 0.55 0 0.00 {Foster 20 .147 27 0.73 13 0.35 88 Boyle 18 .144 21 0.57 1 0.03 89 Galvin 25 .143 31 0.62 4 0.08 90 Gruber 13 .141 17 0.63 0 0.00 91 O'Day 23 .138 25 0.53 3 0.06 92 Staley 11 .129 12 0.50 2 0.08 93 Keefe 23 .127 33 0.64 3 0.06 94 t.i.tcomb 10 .122 13 0.56 5 0.21 95 Morris 19 .102 23 0.42 2 0.04

FIELDING RECORD.

Of Players, Members of League Clubs, who have taken part in fifteen or more Championship Games, Season of 1888.

FIRST BAs.e.m.e.n.

T F P N i i e u m e T r G m e l o c a b s d t e m e i a n e r A n l t s s g a A P s C g c P u i E h e c l t s r a e R a t r n p a y O i o c t n e u n r e e k d t g s s d . NAME. CLUB. . . . . . .

--+-----------+------------+---+----+---+---+----+----- 1 Anderson Chicago 134 1314 65 20 1399 .985 2 Connor New York 133 1337 43 26 1406 .981 3 Beckley Pittsburg 71 744 19 16 779 .979 Farrar Philadelphia 130 1345 53 30 1428 .979 Morrill Boston 134 1398 72 31 1501 .979 4 Esterbrook Indianapolis 61 628 20 16 654 .976 5 Coleman Pittsburg 25 235 4 6 245 .975 O'Brien Washington 132 1272 38 33 1343 .975 6 Shoeneck Indianapolis 48 501 16 14 531 .973 7 Brouthers Detroit 129 1345 48 42 1435 .970 8 Maul Pittsburg 37 392 9 13 414 .968 9 s...o...b..rg Indianapolis 15 136 0 5 141 .964