Spalding's Baseball Guide And Official League Book For 1889 Part 8

The appended record of the six years' work in the American a.s.sociation 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 surpa.s.sed 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:

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 a.s.sociation 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.)

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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 {f.a.gan 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 {f.a.gan 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 a.s.sociation 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.)

R Av.

a No. of No. of B.H.

n No. of Base Stolen to k Name. Club. Games. Hit. Bases. A.B.

--+---------------+-----------+------+------+------+----- 1 O'Neill St. Louis 130 176 24 .332 2 Stovey Athletic 130 171 156 .318 3 Lyons Athletic 111 145 45 .325 4 Reilly Cincinnati 126 167 80 .324 5 Collins Louisville 126 164 91 .318 and Brooklyn 6 Browning Louisville 99 120 39 .313 7 Orr Brooklyn 95 119 16 .303 8 Burns Baltimore 129 158 48 .298 and Brooklyn 9 Wolf Louisville 127 159 40 .298 10 McKean Cleveland 130 161 66 .297 11 {Tucker Baltimore 136 152 49 .291 {Welch Athletic 136 160 121 .291 12 Corkhill Cincinnati 137 159 41 .285 and Brooklyn 13 {Foutz Brooklyn 140 159 40 .283 {Larkin Athletic 135 154 19 .283 14 Bierbauer Athletic 134 148 56 .279 15 Sullivan Athletic 28 31 8 .277 16 McCarthy St. Louis 131 141 109 .276 17 {Trott Baltimore 31 30 3 .275 {O'Brien Brooklyn 136 147 68 .275 18 Weaver Louisville 26 31 12 .274 19 Comiskey St. Louis 137 156 77 .271 20 Carpenter Cincinnati 135 147 56 .269 21 {Robinson Athletic 67 67 15 .268 {Mattimore Athletic 41 38 14 .268 22 {Davis Kansas City 122 131 45 .266 {Herr St. Louis 43 46 9 .266 {Stratton Louisville 65 64 15 .266 23 Smith Athletic 35 31 3 .265 and Baltimore 24 {Latham St. Louis 133 150 124 .264 {Fantz Cleveland 120 124 68 .264 25 Hudson St. Louis 55 51 6 .262 26 Griffin Baltimore 137 141 53 .261 27 Pinkney Brooklyn 143 150 56 .260 28 Hecker Louisville 55 53 23 .255 29 {Kappell Cincinnati 35 35 22 .254 {Terry Brooklyn 30 29 13 .254 30 Milligan St. Louis 63 55 8 .252 31 {McTamany Kansas City 110 130 56 .251 {Mullane Cincinnati 51 44 13 .251 32 {Hamilton Kansas City 35 32 23 .250 {Zimmer Cleveland 63 53 18 .250 {Goodfellow Cleveland 69 68 7 .250 {Hotaling Cleveland 97 103 33 .250 33 Smith Louisville 56 48 48 .246 34 {Boyle St. Louis 71 63 15 .245 {Clark Brooklyn 45 37 12 .245 35 Cline Kansas City 73 71 30 .243 36 Donohue Kansas City 87 80 12 .241 37 Kerins Louisville 81 74 20 .239 38 {Nicol Cincinnati 134 128 104 .236 {Hogan Cleveland 77 63 35 .236 39 Phillips Kansas City 129 120 11 .235 40 Gilks Cleveland 118 110 19 .232 41 {Robinson St. Louis 134 106 62 .231 {Stricker Cleveland 126 113 68 .231 42 {McPhee Cincinnati 110 104 53 .230 {Carruthers Brooklyn 94 77 33 .230 43 Keenan Cincinnati 84 72 8 .225 44 {Tebean Cincinnati 121 95 33 .228 {Mack Louisville 110 100 23 .228 45 {Goldsby Baltimore 44 37 19 .227 {Poorman Athletic 85 87 43 .227 46 Esterbrook Louisville 23 21 6 .226 47 {O'Brien Baltimore 57 44 15 .224 {Radford Brooklyn 91 70 36 .224 48 {Gleason Athletic 123 112 37 .224 {Purcell Baltimore 119 105 25 .224 and Athletic 49 White Louisville 109 104 30 .221 and St. Louis 50 {Barkley Kansas City 116 106 16 .220 {Smith Cincinnati 40 29 3 .220 {_Bushong_ Brooklyn 69 55 11 .220 {Baldwin Cincinnati 66 58 2 .220 51 {Weybing Athletic 49 40 8 .219 {f.a.gan Kansas City 18 14 0 .219 52 Gunning Athletic 23 20 15 .217 53 {Shindle Baltimore 135 111 59 .216 {Snyder Cleveland 63 50 10 .216 54 {McClellan Brooklyn 97 75 29 .215 and Cleveland {Sommer Baltimore 79 64 15 .215 {Allen Kansas City 37 29 5 .215 55 _Smith_ Brooklyn 103 86 31 .214 56 Cross Louisville 47 39 9 .213 57 King St. Louis 65 42 5 .212 58 Werrick Louisville 109 86 21 .210 59 Raymond Louisville 32 26 6 .208 60 McGuire Cleveland 25 18 1 .207 61 Ewing Louisville 21 16 6 .205 62 Daniels Kansas City 61 46 19 .205 63 Vaughn Louisville 49 37 5 .203 64 Greenwood Baltimore 113 82 54 .202 64 Andrews Louisville 27 20 5 .202 65 O'Connor Cincinnati 36 28 13 .201 66 Cook Louisville 53 35 15 .200 67 _Peoples_ Brooklyn 33 21 9 .198 68 Farrell Baltimore 103 79 32 .197 69 Fennelly Cincinnati 127 96 49 .196 and Athletic 70 Esterday Kansas City 114 78 18 .195 70 Rowe Kansas City 32 24 1 .195 71 Albert Cleveland 101 69 32 .192 72 Lyons St. Louis 123 95 42 .190 73 Cunningham Baltimore 51 33 2 .198 74 McGarr St. Louis 35 25 25 .187 75 O'Brien Cleveland 31 20 2 .185 76 McGlone Cleveland 55 37 26 .183 77 Fulmer Baltimore 51 30 17 .179 78 Hankinson Kansas City 37 27 2 .175 79 Brennan Kansas City 34 20 6 .174 80 Kilroy Baltimore 43 24 12 .166 81 Cantz Baltimore 37 21 1 .165 82 Chamberlain Louisville 40 23 12 .161 and St. Louis 83 Seward Athletic 64 35 12 .154 84 Townsend Athletic 43 24 1 .150 84 Hughes Brooklyn 39 20 3 .150 85 Tomney Louisville 34 18 12 .149 86 Porter Kansas City 55 27 1 .137 87 Bakely Cleveland 60 25 1 .131 88 Burdock Brooklyn 60 30 9 .125 89 Ramsey Louisville 41 17 0 .123 90 Holbert Brooklyn 15 6 1 .115 91 Sullivan Kansas City 28 10 7 .109 92 Mays Brooklyn 18 6 2 .095 93 Viau Cincinnati 41 12 3 .085 94 Crowell Louisville 19 5 2 .080 and Cleveland

FIELDING RECORD.

CATCHERS.

Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent.

Games. Offered Accepted.

----+----------+-----------+------+-------+--------- 1 Donohue Kansas City 66 395 .965 2 (Robinson Athletic 66 595 .955 {Keenan Cincinnati 70 536 .955 3 Milligan St. Louis 58 429 .944 4 Holbert Brooklyn 15 106 .934 5 Boyle St. Louis 70 539 .933 6 Cross Louisville 38 292 .928 7 Snyder Cleveland 43 334 .922 8 Zimmer Cleveland 56 443 .921 9 Trott Baltimore 27 205 .917 10 {Vaughn Louisville 25 184 .913 {Baldwin Cincinnati 64 483 .913 11 Bushong Brooklyn 68 489 .9**

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12 Townsend Athletic 43 330 .906 13 O'Brien Baltimore 38 274 .905 14 Fulmer Baltimore 46 309 .903 15 Cook Louisville 50 316 .902 16 Gunning Athletic 23 192 .896 17 Cantz Baltimore 33 227 .890 18 Kerins Louisville 30 320 .888 19 Brennan Kansas City 25 176 .887 20 McGuire Cleveland 16 131 .885 21 Daniels Kansas City 31 232 .875 22 Clark Brooklyn 36 307 .857 23 Peoples Brooklyn 26 252 .841

[*Proofreaders Note A: * number indecipherable.]

PITCHERS.

Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent.

Games. Offered Accepted.

----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 Chamberlain Louisville 37 255 .988 and St. Louis 2 Ewing Louisville 21 135 .985 3 Terry Brooklyn 24 186 .978 4 Mays Brooklyn 18 12O .975 5 Foutz Brooklyn 19 115 .974 6 Sullivan Kansas City 24 167 .970 7 Stratton Louisville 34 184 .968 8 (Hudson St. Louis 37 230 .962 {Kilroy Baltimore 42 229 .965 9 {Hughes Brooklyn 39 261 .962 {King St. Louis 65 397 .962 10 {Crowell Cleveland and Louisville 19 103 .961 {Bakely Cleveland 60 359 .961 {Mullane Cincinnati 44 284 .961 {Viau Cincinnati 41 257 .961 11 Seward Athletic 57 428 .957 12 O'Brien Cleveland 29 213 .953 13 Porter Kansas City 55 507 .951 14 {Weyhing Athletic 48 328 .948 {Smith Cincinnati 4O 211 .948 15 Carruthers Brooklyn 45 273 .945 16 Hecker Louisville 28 154 .942 17 Smith Athletic 38 248 .940 and Baltimore 19 Cunningham Baltimore 51 335 .934 20 Ramsey Louisville 37 290 .924 21 Mattimore Athletic 26 162 .914 81 f.a.gan Kansas City 17 92 .913 {sic.}

This table is rendered useless as a criterion of a pitcher's skill as a fielder, on account of the mixing up of a.s.sistances on strikes with fielding a.s.sistances, which are distinct and separate figures for data.

FIRST BAs.e.m.e.n.

Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent.

Games. Offered Accepted.

----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 Andrews Louisville. 27 302 .993 2 {Foutz Brooklyn 42 371 .986 {Faatz Cleveland 120 1247 .986 3 Orr Brooklyn 95 1044 .980 4 Reilly Cincinnati 116 1313 .979 5 Phillips Kansas City 119 1500 .977 6 Tucker Baltimore 129 1441 .975 7 Smith Louisville 56 578 .974 8 {Larkin Athletic 121 1294 .972 {Comiskey St. Louis 133 1379 .972 9 Esterbrook Louisville 23 238 .958 10 Hecker Louisville 27 294 .952

SECOND BAs.e.m.e.n.

Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent.

Games. Offered Accepted.

----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 Berkley Kansas City 116 683 .941 2 {Striekler Cleveland 122 791 .938 {McPhee Cincinnati 110 776 .938 3 Bierbauer Athletics 122 795 .935 4 Collins Louisville 30 170 .926 and Brooklyn 5 McClellan Brooklyn 62 346 .920 and Cleveland. 6 Burdock Brooklyn 69 431 .919 7 Mack Louisville 110 703 .915 8 {Greenwood Baltimore 87 442 .914 {Farrell Baltimore 47 174 .913 9 McGarr St. Louis 34 193 .915 10 Robinson St. Louis 100 496 .904

SHORT STOPS.

Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent.

Games. Offered Accepted.

----+---------+-------------+------+-------+-------- 1 Farell Baltimore 56 395 .937 2 Tomney Louisville 34 174 .914 3 Esterday Kansas City 114 640 .900 4 McKean Cleveland 75 380 .895 5 Sommer Baltimore 32 161 .885 6 Herr St.Louis 28 133 .872 7 Fenelly Cincinnati 120 723 .871 and Athletic 8 Gleason Athletic 121 565 .865 9 Wolf Louisville 38 222 .860 10 Alberts Cleveland 52 272 .857 11 Burns Baltimore 53 277 .848 and Brooklyn 12 Smith Brooklyn 103 600 .847 13 Robinson St. Louis 34 168 .845 14 Greenwood Baltimore 26 118 .831 15 White Louisville 96 596 .827 and St. Louis 16 Kapell Cincinnati 21 107 .785

LEFT FIELDERS.

Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent.

Games. Offered Accepted.

----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 Stovey Athletic 117 226 .950 2 Browning Louisville 21 35 .943 3 Allen Kansas City 33 80 .938 4 O'Neill St. Louis 130 257 .934 5 O'Brien Brooklyn 136 261 .931 6 Collins Louisville 57 152 .921 and Brooklyn 7 {Sommer Baltimore 30 56 .911 {Tebeau Cincinnati 121 235 .911 8 Vaughn Louisville 20 40 .900 9 Goldsby Baltimore 42 58 .893 10 McKean Cleveland 43 88 .886 11 {Hogan Cleveland 26 41 .878 {Gilks Cleveland 58 115 .878 12 Burns Baltimore 47 120 .833 and Brooklyn 13 Cline Kansas City 26 46 .826 14 Sullivan Kansas City 16 25 .800 15 Stratton Louisville 23 37 .730

THIRD BAs.e.m.e.n.

Rank NAME. CLUB. Number Chances Per Cent.

Games. Offered Accepted.

----+---------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 Shindle Baltimore 135 606 .919 2 Pinkney Brooklyn 143 470 .896 3 Albert Cleveland 48 198 .894 4 Lyons Athletic 111 397 .889 5 Latham St. Louis 132 525 .882 6 Carpenter Cincinnati 135 491 .878 7 Raymond Louisville 31 129 .876 8 Davis Kansas City 114 576 .849 9 Werrick Louisville 89 321 .822 10 Gilks Cleveland 26 109 .798 11 McGlone Cleveland 48 198 .793

RIGHT FIELDERS