1888 Washington Nationals

48-86 • .358 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

48 Wins
86 Losses
.358 Win %
8th Rank
482 R 731 RA
Diff -249

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482 Runs Scored
731 Runs Allowed
-249 Run Diff
30 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1888 NL Average

Batting Avg .207 13% below the 1888 league average (.238)
OBP .255 10% below the 1888 league average (.284)
SLG .270 17% below the 1888 league average (.324)
Team ERA 3.54 25% worse than the 1888 league average (2.83)
Runs Scored 482 22% below the 1888 league average (617 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSwampdoodle Grounds
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Home Games 66

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1888

Batting Avg

1 Billy Hoy 0.274 2 Billy O'Brien 0.225 3 Ed Daily 0.225 4 Walt Wilmot 0.224 5 John Irwin 0.222

Home Runs

1 Billy O'Brien 9 2 Ed Daily 7 3 Walt Wilmot 4 4 Connie Mack 3 5 Billy Hoy 2

RBI

1 Billy O'Brien 66 2 Al Myers 46 3 Walt Wilmot 43 4 Ed Daily 39 5 Billy Hoy 29
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Billy O'Brien 133 528 42 119 15 2 9 66 9 70 10 0.225
Billy Hoy 136 503 77 138 10 8 2 29 69 48 82 0.274
Al Myers 132 502 46 104 12 7 2 46 37 46 20 0.207
Walt Wilmot 119 473 61 106 16 9 4 43 23 55 46 0.224
Ed Daily 110 453 56 102 8 4 7 39 7 42 44 0.225
Jim Donnelly 122 428 43 86 9 4 0 23 20 16 44 0.201
George Shoch 90 317 46 58 6 3 2 24 25 22 23 0.183
Connie Mack 85 300 49 56 5 6 3 29 17 18 31 0.187
Shorty Fuller 49 170 11 31 5 2 0 12 10 14 6 0.182
Hank O'Day 47 166 6 23 2 0 0 6 4 41 3 0.139
Jim Whitney 42 141 13 24 0 0 1 17 7 20 3 0.170
Pat Deasley 34 127 6 20 1 0 0 4 2 18 2 0.157
John Irwin 37 126 14 28 5 2 0 8 5 18 15 0.222
Wild Bill Widner 15 60 4 12 0 0 0 6 0 8 1 0.200
Tug Arundel 17 51 2 10 0 1 0 3 5 10 1 0.196
Pete Sweeney 11 44 3 8 0 1 0 5 0 4 0 0.182
George Keefe 13 42 2 9 3 0 0 6 2 10 0 0.214
Miah Murray 12 42 1 4 1 0 0 3 1 7 0 0.095
Frank Gilmore 13 41 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 0 0.024
Dupee Shaw 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Perry Werden 3 10 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.300
George Haddock 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200
Gid Gardner 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.333
John Greenig 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jim Banning 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1888

ERA

1 Wild Bill Widner 2.82 2 George Keefe 2.84 3 Jim Whitney 3.05 4 Hank O'Day 3.10 5 Ed Daily 4.89

Wins

1 Jim Whitney 18 2 Hank O'Day 16 3 George Keefe 6 4 Wild Bill Widner 5 5 Ed Daily 2

Strikeouts

1 Hank O'Day 186 2 Jim Whitney 79 3 George Keefe 52 4 Wild Bill Widner 33 5 Frank Gilmore 23
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Hank O'Day 16 29 3.10 46 46 0 403.0 359 139 117 186
Jim Whitney 18 21 3.05 39 39 0 325.0 317 110 54 79
Wild Bill Widner 5 7 2.82 13 13 0 115.0 111 36 22 33
George Keefe 6 7 2.84 13 13 0 114.0 87 36 43 52
Frank Gilmore 1 9 6.59 12 11 0 95.2 131 70 29 23
Ed Daily 2 7 4.89 9 8 0 73.2 88 40 19 20
Dupee Shaw 0 3 6.48 3 3 0 25.0 36 18 7 8
George Haddock 0 2 2.25 2 2 0 16.0 9 4 2 3
John Greenig 0 1 11.00 1 1 0 9.0 17 11 4 2
George Shoch 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.0 2 0 1 0

👥 Roster (25)

Tug Arundel Jim Banning Ed Daily Pat Deasley Jim Donnelly Shorty Fuller Gid Gardner Frank Gilmore John Greenig George Haddock Billy Hoy John Irwin +13 more

25 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1888 Washington Nationals

What was the 1888 Washington Nationals record?
The 1888 Washington Nationals finished 48-86 (.358 win pct).
Who led the 1888 Washington Nationals in home runs?
Billy O'Brien led the 1888 Washington Nationals with 9 home runs.
What was the 1888 Washington Nationals team ERA?
The 1888 Washington Nationals posted a team ERA of 3.54.
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