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1888 Washington Nationals season

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1888 Washington Nationals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSwampdoodle Grounds
CityWashington, D.C.
ManagersWalter Hewett, Ted Sullivan
← 1887 Seasons 1889 →

The 1888 Washington Nationals finished with a 48–86 record in the National League, finishing in last place.

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 84 47 .641 44‍–‍23 40‍–‍24
Chicago White Stockings 77 58 .570 9 43‍–‍27 34‍–‍31
Philadelphia Quakers 69 61 .531 14½ 37‍–‍29 32‍–‍32
Boston Beaneaters 70 64 .522 15½ 36‍–‍30 34‍–‍34
Detroit Wolverines 68 63 .519 16 40‍–‍26 28‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 66 68 .493 19½ 37‍–‍30 29‍–‍38
Indianapolis Hoosiers 50 85 .370 36 31‍–‍35 19‍–‍50
Washington Nationals 48 86 .358 37½ 26‍–‍38 22‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CHI DET IND NYG PHI PIT WSH
Boston 7–12 10–8–1 11–9 8–12 9–10 10–8–2 15–5
Chicago 12–7 10–10 14–6 11–8–1 8–10 9–11 13–6
Detroit 8–10–1 10–10 11–8 7–11–2 11–7 10–10 11–7
Indianapolis 9–11 6–14 8–11 5–14 4–13 6–14 12–8–1
New York 12–8 8–11–1 11–7–2 14–5 14–5–1 10–7–2 15–4–1
Philadelphia 10–9 10–8 7–11 13–4 5–14–1 14–6–1 10–9
Pittsburgh 8–10–2 11–9 10–10 14–6 7–10–2 6–14–1 10–9
Washington 5–15 6–13 7–11 8–12–1 4–15–1 9–10 9–10


Opening Day lineup

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Roster

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1888 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Connie Mack 85 300 56 .187 3 29
1B Billy O'Brien 133 528 119 .225 9 66
2B Al Myers 132 502 104 .207 2 46
3B Jim Donnelly 122 428 86 .201 0 23
SS George Shoch 90 317 58 .183 2 24
OF Walt Wilmot 119 473 106 .224 4 43
OF Dummy Hoy 136 503 138 .274 2 29
OF Ed Daily 110 453 102 .225 7 39

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Shorty Fuller 49 170 31 .182 0 12
Pat Deasley 34 127 20 .157 0 4
John Irwin 37 126 28 .222 0 8
Tug Arundel 17 51 10 .196 0 3
Pete Sweeney 11 44 8 .182 0 5
Miah Murray 12 42 4 .095 0 3
Perry Werden 3 10 3 .300 0 2
Gid Gardner 2 4 1 .250 0 0
Jim Banning 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Hank O'Day 46 403.0 16 29 3.10 186
Jim Whitney 39 325.0 18 21 3.05 79
Wild Bill Widner 13 115.0 5 7 2.82 33
George Keefe 13 114.0 6 7 2.84 52
Frank Gilmore 12 95.2 1 9 6.59 23
Ed Daily 9 73.2 2 7 4.89 20
Dupee Shaw 3 25.0 0 3 6.48 8
George Haddock 2 16.0 0 2 2.25 3
John Greenig 1 9.0 0 1 11.00 2

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Shoch 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

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