1888 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1888 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

← Back to 1888 Season Overview

Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

Complete Statistics

Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG
Cap Anson CHC 134 515 101 177 20 12 12 84 28 47 24 0.344 0.400 0.499
Jake Beckley PIT 71 283 35 97 15 3 0 27 20 7 22 0.343 0.363 0.417
Tip O'Neill SL4 130 529 96 177 24 10 5 98 26 44 28 0.335 0.390 0.446
Jimmy Ryan CHC 129 549 115 182 33 10 16 64 60 35 50 0.332 0.377 0.515
John Reilly CN2 127 527 112 169 28 14 13 103 82 17 56 0.321 0.363 0.501
King Kelly BSN 107 440 85 140 22 11 9 71 56 31 39 0.318 0.368 0.480
Pete Browning LS2 99 383 58 120 22 8 3 72 36 37 38 0.313 0.380 0.436
Hub Collins LS2 116 485 117 149 26 11 2 50 62 41 48 0.307 0.366 0.419
Dan Brouthers DTN 129 522 118 160 33 11 9 66 34 68 13 0.307 0.399 0.464
Buck Ewing NY1 103 415 83 127 18 15 6 58 53 24 28 0.306 0.348 0.465
Dave Orr BR3 99 394 57 120 20 5 1 59 11 7 15 0.305 0.330 0.388
Ed McKean CL3 131 548 94 164 21 15 6 68 52 28 30 0.299 0.340 0.425
Thomas Burns BL2 79 325 54 97 18 9 4 42 23 24 13 0.298 0.349 0.446
Deacon White DTN 125 527 75 157 22 5 4 71 12 21 24 0.298 0.336 0.381
Denny Lyons PH4 111 456 93 135 22 5 6 83 39 41 43 0.296 0.363 0.406
Dick Johnston BSN 135 585 102 173 31 18 12 68 35 15 33 0.296 0.314 0.472
Mike Tiernan NY1 113 443 75 130 16 8 9 52 52 42 42 0.293 0.364 0.427
Roger Connor NY1 134 481 98 140 15 17 14 71 27 73 44 0.291 0.389 0.480
Hardy Richardson DTN 58 266 60 77 18 2 6 32 13 17 23 0.289 0.335 0.440
Harry Stovey PH4 130 530 127 152 25 20 9 65 87 62 69 0.287 0.365 0.460
Tommy Tucker BL2 136 520 74 149 17 12 6 61 43 16 52 0.287 0.330 0.400
Chicken Wolf LS2 128 538 80 154 28 11 0 67 41 25 30 0.286 0.320 0.379
Thomas Burns BR3 52 204 40 58 9 6 2 25 21 14 7 0.284 0.339 0.417
Billy Nash BSN 135 526 71 149 18 15 4 75 20 50 46 0.283 0.350 0.397
George Van Haltren CHC 81 318 46 90 9 14 4 34 21 22 34 0.283 0.329 0.437
Curt Welch PH4 136 549 125 155 22 8 1 61 95 33 37 0.282 0.355 0.357
Hugh Duffy CHC 71 298 60 84 10 4 7 41 13 9 32 0.282 0.305 0.413
Sam Thompson DTN 56 238 51 67 10 8 6 40 5 23 10 0.282 0.352 0.466
Paul Hines IN3 133 513 84 144 26 3 4 58 31 41 45 0.281 0.343 0.366
Darby O'Brien BR3 136 532 105 149 27 6 2 65 55 30 61 0.280 0.327 0.365
George Miller PIT 103 404 50 112 17 5 0 36 27 18 16 0.277 0.319 0.344
Jack Rowe DTN 105 451 62 125 19 8 2 74 10 19 28 0.277 0.311 0.368
Dave Foutz BR3 140 563 91 156 20 13 3 99 35 28 27 0.277 0.314 0.375
Billy Hoy WS8 136 503 77 138 10 8 2 29 82 69 48 0.274 0.374 0.338
Tommy McCarthy SL4 131 511 107 140 20 3 1 68 93 38 22 0.274 0.328 0.331
Jim O'Rourke NY1 107 409 50 112 16 6 4 50 25 24 30 0.274 0.319 0.372
Dick Buckley IN3 71 260 28 71 9 3 5 22 4 6 24 0.273 0.289 0.388
Charlie Comiskey SL4 137 576 102 157 22 5 6 83 72 12 37 0.273 0.292 0.359
John Corkhill CN2 118 490 68 133 11 9 1 74 27 15 14 0.271 0.299 0.337
George Pinkney BR3 143 575 134 156 18 8 4 52 51 66 22 0.271 0.358 0.351
Jack Glasscock IN3 113 442 63 119 17 3 1 45 48 14 17 0.269 0.302 0.328
Henry Larkin PH4 135 546 92 147 28 12 7 101 20 33 28 0.269 0.326 0.403
Lou Bierbauer PH4 134 535 83 143 20 9 0 80 34 25 13 0.267 0.301 0.338
Jumbo Davis KC2 121 491 70 131 22 8 3 61 42 20 56 0.267 0.304 0.363
Hick Carpenter CN2 136 551 68 147 14 5 3 67 59 5 51 0.267 0.280 0.327
Ned Hanlon DTN 109 459 64 122 6 8 5 39 38 15 32 0.266 0.295 0.346
Arlie Latham SL4 133 570 119 151 19 5 2 31 109 43 35 0.265 0.325 0.326
Jay Faatz CL3 120 470 73 124 10 2 0 51 64 12 34 0.264 0.312 0.294
Charlie Bennett DTN 74 258 32 68 12 4 5 29 4 31 40 0.264 0.347 0.399
Fred Dunlap PIT 82 321 41 84 12 4 1 36 24 16 30 0.262 0.303 0.333
Showing 1-50 of 50 qualified batters

Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
John Weyhing CN2 3 4 8 8 7 0 0 65.6 52 9 17 30 1.23 1.05
Ice Box Chamberlain SL4 11 2 14 14 13 1 0 112.0 61 20 27 57 1.61 0.79
Silver King SL4 45 20 66 64 64 6 0 584.6 435 106 76 258 1.63 0.87
Tim Keefe NY1 35 12 51 51 48 8 0 434.3 317 84 90 335 1.74 0.94
Ben Sanders PHI 19 10 31 29 28 8 0 275.3 240 58 33 121 1.90 0.99
Charlie Buffinton PHI 28 17 46 46 43 6 0 400.3 324 85 59 199 1.91 0.96
Mickey Welch NY1 26 19 47 47 47 5 0 425.3 328 91 108 167 1.93 1.03
Ed Seward PH4 35 19 57 57 57 6 0 518.6 388 116 127 272 2.01 0.99
Adonis Terry BR3 13 8 23 23 20 2 0 195.0 145 44 67 138 2.03 1.09
Bill Sowders BSN 19 15 36 35 34 2 0 317.0 278 73 73 132 2.07 1.11
Mickey Hughes BR3 25 13 40 40 40 2 0 363.0 281 86 98 159 2.13 1.04
Ledell Titcomb NY1 14 8 23 23 22 4 0 197.0 149 49 46 129 2.24 0.99
Gus Weyhing PH4 28 18 47 47 45 3 0 404.0 314 101 111 204 2.25 1.05
Pete Conway DTN 30 14 45 45 43 4 0 391.0 315 98 57 176 2.26 0.95
Henry Gruber DTN 11 14 27 25 25 3 0 240.0 196 61 41 71 2.29 0.99
Ed Keas CL3 3 3 6 6 6 0 0 51.0 53 13 12 18 2.29 1.27
Ed Morris PIT 29 23 55 55 54 5 0 480.0 470 123 74 135 2.31 1.13
Dick Conway BSN 4 2 6 6 6 0 0 53.0 49 14 8 12 2.38 1.08
Bob Caruthers BR3 29 15 44 43 42 4 0 391.6 337 104 53 140 2.39 1.00
Ed Crane NY1 5 6 12 11 11 2 1 92.6 70 25 40 58 2.43 1.19
Gus Krock CHC 25 14 39 39 39 4 0 339.6 295 92 45 161 2.44 1.00
Dave Foutz BR3 12 7 23 19 19 0 0 176.0 146 49 35 73 2.51 1.03
Ice Box Chamberlain LS2 14 9 24 24 21 1 0 196.0 178 55 59 119 2.53 1.21
Nat Hudson SL4 25 10 39 37 36 5 0 333.0 283 94 59 130 2.54 1.03
Pud Galvin PIT 23 25 50 50 49 6 0 437.3 446 128 53 107 2.63 1.14
Lee Viau CN2 27 14 42 42 42 1 0 387.6 331 114 110 164 2.65 1.14
Ed Knouff SL4 5 4 9 9 9 0 0 81.0 66 24 37 25 2.67 1.27
Harry Staley PIT 12 12 25 24 24 2 0 207.3 185 62 53 89 2.69 1.15
John Tener CHC 7 5 12 12 11 1 0 102.0 90 31 25 39 2.74 1.13
Elmer Smith CN2 22 17 40 40 37 5 0 348.3 309 106 89 154 2.74 1.14
John Clarkson BSN 33 20 54 54 53 3 0 483.3 448 148 119 223 2.76 1.17
Mark Baldwin CHC 13 15 30 30 27 2 0 251.0 241 77 99 157 2.76 1.35
Frank Hoffman KC2 3 9 12 12 12 0 0 104.0 102 32 42 38 2.77 1.38
Al Mays BR3 9 9 18 18 17 1 0 160.6 150 50 32 67 2.80 1.13
Bill Burdick IN3 10 10 20 20 20 0 0 176.0 168 55 43 55 2.81 1.20
Wild Bill Widner WS8 5 7 13 13 13 0 0 115.0 111 36 22 33 2.82 1.16
John Ewing LS2 8 13 21 21 21 2 0 191.0 175 60 34 87 2.83 1.09
Tony Mullane CN2 26 16 44 42 41 4 1 380.3 341 120 75 186 2.84 1.09
Kid Gleason PHI 7 16 24 23 23 0 0 199.6 199 63 53 89 2.84 1.26
George Keefe WS8 6 7 13 13 13 1 0 114.0 87 36 43 52 2.84 1.14
Ed Beatin DTN 5 7 12 12 12 1 0 107.0 111 34 16 44 2.86 1.19
Old Hoss Radbourn BSN 7 16 24 24 24 1 0 207.0 187 66 45 64 2.87 1.12
Kid Madden BSN 7 11 20 18 17 1 0 165.0 142 54 24 53 2.95 1.01
Jersey Bakley CL3 25 33 61 61 60 4 0 532.6 518 176 128 212 2.97 1.21
Jim Whitney WS8 18 21 39 39 37 3 0 325.0 317 110 54 79 3.05 1.14
Pretzels Getzien DTN 19 25 46 46 45 2 0 404.0 411 137 54 202 3.05 1.15
Hank O'Day WS8 16 29 46 46 46 2 0 403.0 359 139 117 186 3.10 1.18
Dan Casey PHI 14 18 33 33 31 2 0 285.6 298 100 48 108 3.15 1.21
Jim Devlin SL4 6 5 11 11 10 0 0 90.3 82 32 20 45 3.19 1.13
Henry Boyle IN3 15 22 37 37 36 3 0 323.0 315 117 58 98 3.26 1.15
Showing 1-50 of 50 qualified pitchers