1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

With the 1888 season, the Brooklyn Grays underwent a name change to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, a nickname that resulted from several team members getting married around the same time. Also, owner Charles Byrne decided to withdraw from managing the team's on field activities and turned the reins over to more experienced baseball manager Bill McGunnigle. That, along with the Bridegrooms' purchase of several top players from the defunct New York Metropolitans, led to a dramatic on field improvement as the team finished in second place in the American Association.

1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkWashington Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
PresidentCharles Byrne
ManagerBill McGunnigle
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Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Browns 92 43 .681 60‍–‍21 32‍–‍22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 88 52 .629 53‍–‍20 35‍–‍32
Philadelphia Athletics 81 52 .609 10 55‍–‍20 26‍–‍32
Cincinnati Red Stockings 80 54 .597 11½ 56‍–‍25 24‍–‍29
Baltimore Orioles 57 80 .416 36 30‍–‍26 27‍–‍54
Cleveland Blues 50 82 .379 40½ 33‍–‍27 17‍–‍55
Louisville Colonels 48 87 .356 44 27‍–‍29 21‍–‍58
Kansas City Cowboys 43 89 .326 47½ 23‍–‍34 20‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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Team BAL BR CIN CLE KC LOU PHI STL
Baltimore 8–12 6–14 10–9 11–8 11–9 5–14 6–14
Brooklyn 12–8 14–6–1 16–4 11–9 13–7 12–8–1 10–10–1
Cincinnati 14–6 6–14–1 10–7–1 15–4 17–3–1 10–10 8–10
Cleveland 9–10 4–16 7–10–1 10–9 9–8–2 7–13 4–16
Kansas City 8–11 9–11 4–15 9–10 6–12 3–14 4–16
Louisville 9–11 7–13 3–17–1 8–9–2 12–6 5–15–1 4–16
Philadelphia 14–5 8–12–1 10–10 13–7 14–3 15–5–1 7–10–1
St. Louis 14–6 10–10–1 10–8 16–4 16–4 16–4 10–7–1


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Doc Bushong 69 253 23 53 .209 0 16 9
1B Dave Orr 99 394 57 120 .305 1 59 11
2B Jack Burdock 70 246 15 30 .122 1 8 9
3B Germany Smith 103 402 47 86 .214 3 61 27
SS George Pinkney 143 575 134 156 .271 4 52 51
OF Darby O'Brien 136 532 105 149 .280 2 65 55
OF Paul Radford 90 308 48 67 .218 2 29 33
OF Dave Foutz 140 563 91 156 .277 3 99 35

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Bob Caruthers 94 335 58 77 .230 5 54 23
Bill McClellan 74 278 33 57 .205 0 21 13
Oyster Burns 52 204 40 58 .284 2 25 21
Bob Clark 45 150 23 36 .240 1 20 11
Jimmy Peoples 32 103 15 20 .194 0 17 10
Pop Corkhill 19 71 17 27 .380 1 19 3
Bill Holbert 15 50 4 6 .120 0 1 0
Ed Silch 14 48 5 13 .271 0 3 4
Hub Collins 12 42 16 13 .310 0 3 9

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Bob Caruthers 44 42 391.2 29 15 2.39 53 140 42
Mickey Hughes 40 40 363.0 25 13 2.13 98 159 40
Adonis Terry 23 23 195.0 13 8 2.03 67 138 20
Dave Foutz 23 19 176.0 12 7 2.51 35 73 19
Al Mays 18 18 160.2 9 9 2.80 32 67 17

Notes

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References

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