Part 9
Rank
NAME.
CLUB.
Number
Chances
Per Cent.
Games.
Offered
Accepted.
----+----------+-----------+------+-------+--------- 1
Hogan
Cleveland
51
90
.988 2
McClellan
Brooklyn
32
52
.962
and
Cleveland
3
Nicol
Cincinnati
124
218
.959 4
Hamilton
Kansas City
29
35
.943 5
Foutz
Brooklyn
78
251
.932 6
McCarthy
St. Louis
118
276
.924 7
Purcell
Athletic
111
182
.923
and
Baltimore
8
Carruthers
Brooklyn
31
80
.900 8
Cline
Kansas City
44
80
.900 9
Poorman
Athletic
85
134
.896 10
Wolf
Louisville
83
158
.892 11
McTamany
Kansas City
48
92
.891 12
Goodfellow
Cleveland
51
100
.850 13
Kerins
Louisville
35
61
.820
CENTER FIELDERS.
Rank
NAME.
CLUB.
Number
Chances
Per Cent.
Games.
Offered
Accepted.
----+--------+-----------+-------+--------+--------- 1
Welch
Athletic
135
309
.968 2
Corkhill
Cincinnati
131
320
.966
and
Brooklyn
3
Gilks
Cleveland
26
50
.960 4
Radford
Brooklyn
84
208
.947 5
Griffin
Baltimore
137
323
.941 6
McTamany
Kansas City
68
206
.932 7
Lyons
St. Louis
108
267
.910 8
Weaver
Louisville
26
49
.898 8
Rowe
Kansas City
32
68
.897 9
Browning
Louisville
78
181
.884 10
Hotaling
Cleveland
97
200
.875 11
Collins
Louisville
24
61
.852
and
Brooklyn
12
O'Connor
Cincinnati
19
39
.846
CLUB BATTING RECORD
Rank
Clubs
Number
Times
Runs
Number
Stolen
Per cent
of Games
at Bat
of Base
Bases
B. H. to
Hits
A. B.
----+-----------+--------+------+----+-------+------+------ 1
Athletic
136
4801
828
1262
568
.263 2
St. Louis
137
4753
790
1188
526
.250 3
Louisville
137
4807
678
1190
368
.248 4
Brooklyn
143
4868
757
1183
413
.243 5
Cincinnati
136
4762
734
1143
464
.240 6
Cleveland
134
4560
641
1073
399
.235 7
Baltimore
137
4654
653
1073
379
.231 8
Kansas City
132
4582
578
1011
266
.221 +--------+------+----+-------+------+------
Total
1092
37787
5659
9123
3383
.241
CLUB FIELDING RECORD.
Rank
Clubs
Number
Put
a.s.sists.
Errors.
Total
Per c.
Of
Outs.
Chances
Chances
Games
Offered.
Accepted.
----+------------+------+-----+--------+-------+--------+--------- 1
Cincinnati
136
3671
2266
445
6382
.940 2
Athletic
136
3623
2315
422
6360
.934 3
St. Louis
137
3635
2092
432
6159
.930 4
Baltimore
137
3597
2226
452
6269
.928 5
Brooklyn
143
3851
2318
508
6677
.924 6
{Kansas City
132
3471
2321
500
6292
.921
{Cleveland
134
3484
2217
487
6188
.921 7
Louisville
137
3631
2307
566
6504
.913 +-----+--------+-------+--------+-------
Total
8963
18056
3812
50831
.927
CHICAGO GAMES.
The following is the record of the "Chicago" games played in the American a.s.sociation championship arena in 1888, games in which the defeated nine fails to score a single run:
CLUBS.
K
C
L
a
S
i
B
C
o
n
V
t
B
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s
.
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.
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.
.
.
-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++-- St. Louis
--
3
2
0
2
4
1
0
12 Brooklyn
1
--
1
1
0
3
1
1
8 Athletic
1
1
--
2
2
1
1
5
13 Cincinnati
1
1
1
--
1
2
1
2
9 Baltimore
0
0
1
1
--
0
0
1
3 Cleveland
1
0
0
2
1
--
0
2
6 Louisville
0
2
0
1
1
2
--
0
6 Kansas City
0
2
0
0
1
0
1
--
4 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--- Defeats
4
9
5
7
8
12
5
11
61
EXTRA INNINGS GAME.
The ganes-victories, defeats and drawn-which required extra innings to be played, were as follows:
Clubs
K
C
L
a
S
i
B
C
o
n
V
t
B
A
n
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l
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n
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--+--- St. Louis
--
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
5
2 Brooklyn
2
--
2
3
0
0
2
1
10
2 Athletic
1
1
--
2
1
0
2
0
7
2 Cincinnati
3
2
2
--
1
2
1
0
11
2 Baltimore
2
0
0
0
--
0
1
0
3
0 Cleveland
0
0
1
1
0
--
0
0
2
1 Louisville
0
0
2
0
0
0
--
1
3
1 Kansas City
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
--
1
0 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---++--+--- Defeats
8
5
9
7
3
2
6
2
42
10
The record of the series of games won and lost by each club with every other club in the American a.s.sociation championship arena in 1888 is as follows:
K
C
L
a
S
i
B
o
C
n
B
t
A
n
a
u
l
s
r
.
t
c
l
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e
a
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h
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t
s
v
s
o
L
l
n
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v
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k
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m
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C
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a
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n
t
n
s
c
i
e
e
d
y
Series Clubs
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Totals.
-----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----++--------
W.
L.
W.
L.
W.
L.
W.
L.
W.
L.
W.
L.
W.
L.
W.
L.
W.
L.
-----------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--++--+----- Brooklyn
--
--
10
10
12
8
14
6
12
8
13
8
16
4
11
9
6
0 St. Louis
10
10
--
--
10
7
10
8
15
5
16
4
16
4
16
4
4
0 Athletic
8
12
7
10
--
--
10
10
15
5
15
5
13
7
11
3
4
1 Cincinnati
6
14
8
10
10
10
--
--
14
6
17
3
10
7
15
4
3
1 Baltimore
8
12
5
15
5
15
6
14
--
--
11
9
10
9
11
9
2
4 Louisville
8
13
4
16
5
15
3
17
9
11
--
--
8
9
11
6
1
5 Cleveland
4
16
4
16
7
13
7
10
9
10
9
8
--
--
9
9
0
3 Kansas City
9
11
4
16
3
14
4
15
9
11
6
11
9
9
--
--
0
6
The St. Louis, Brooklyn, Athletic and Cincinnati Clubs, each had one series tied; while the Baltimore Club had four unfinished series; the St.
Louis and Cincinnati Clubs two each, and the Athletic, Baltimore, Louisville and Kansas City Clubs one each, The Brooklyn Club playing their full quota of scheduled games.
THE YEARLY RECORD.
The appended table gives the number of games won by all the clubs which have competed for the American a.s.sociation championship from 1882 to 1888 inclusive:
Clubs
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
Yrs.
Total
Vict'r's ------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----++--------- St. Louis
37
65
67
79
92
94
92
7
526 Cincinnati
55
62
68
63
64
80
80
7
472 Athletic
41
66
61
55
60
64
81
7
428 Baltimore
19
28
63
41
48
76
57
7
332 Louisville
42
52
68
53
66
76
48
7
405 Metropolitan
--
54
75
44
53
43
--
6
269 Pittsburg
39
30
30
56
78
--
--
5
233 Brooklyn
--
--
40
53
76
59
88
5
316 Columbus
--
32
69
--
--
--
--
2
104 Cleveland
--
--
--
--
--
38
50
2
88 Indianapolis
--
--
29
--
--
--
--
1
29 Washington
--
--
12
--
--
--
--
1
12 Virginia
--
--
12
--
--
--
--
1
12 Kansas City
--
--
--
--
--
--
43
1
43 Toledo
--
--
46
--
--
--
--
1
46 +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---------- Total
233
389
640
444
537
530
539
A COMPARATIVE RECORD.
The following table gives the comparative figures of the League and the a.s.sociation in their Championship contests in 1888:
Clubs
Vic.
Def
Pct.
Clubs
Vic.
Def.
Pct.
-------------+----+----+------++-----------+----+----+------ New York
84
47
.641
St. Louis
92
43
.681 Chicago
77
58
.570
Brooklyn
88
52
.629 Philadelphia
69
61
.531
Athletic
82
52
.612 Boston
70
64
.522
Cincinnati
80
54
.597 Detroit
68
63
.519
Baltimore
57
81
.413 Pittsburg
66
68
.493
Cleveland
50
82
.379 Indianapolis
50
85
.370
Louisville
48
87
.356 Washington
48
86
.358
Kansas City
43
89
.328
NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN RECORDS.
The New York League Club and the Brooklyn American a.s.sociation Club closed the first six years of their existence in 1888. The New York Club joined the League in 1883, and won the championship in 1888. The princ.i.p.al statistics of the club's work on the diamond field during that period is shown in the appended table:
Years
Won.
Lost.
Drawn.
Played.
Batting
Fielding
Average.
Average ------+-----+-----+------+-------+--------+-------- 1883
46
50
2
98
.256
.825 1884
62
50
4
116
.257
.816 1885
85
27
0
112
.269
.866 1886
75
44
5
124
.269
.853 1887
68
55
6
129
.331
.886 1888
84
47
7
138
.240
.918 +-----+-----+------+-------+--------+------ Totals
420
273
24
717
.270
.860
During these six seasons the New Yorks played 398 games with the Chicagos, Detroits, Bostons and Philadelphias, winning 223 and losing 175.
Of these four clubs the New Yorks found the Chicagos to be their strongest opponents, and the Bostons their weakest. One hundred games were played with each of the two clubs, the New Yorks winning sixty-one from Boston, and only forty-one from Chicago.
The Brooklyn Club began its career in 1883 by winning the championship of the Interstate a.s.sociation of that year, and in 1884 the club entered the American a.s.sociation.
The following is the record of the Brooklyn Club's field work in the first six years of its history:
Years.
Victories.
Defeats.
Games
Drawn.
Pr. Ct. of
Played.
Champ. Victs.
---------+----------+--------+-------+------+------------ 1883
65
33
101
3
.643 1884
57
75
136
4
.384 1885
83
67
142
2
.473 1886
91
63
160
6
.557 1887
78
80
156
4
.448 1888
88
52
160
3
.629 Totals +----------+--------+-------+------+--------- six years
462
370
875
22
Each club won championship honors in but one season out of six, the Brooklyns beginning by winning a pennant, and the New Yorkers ending with championship honors.
THE PHILADELPHIA CITY CHAMPIONSHIP.
The Philadelphia League Club and the American a.s.sociation Athletic Club played a spring and fall exhibition game series for the professional championship of Philadelphia, the result of which was a victory for the American teams, as will be seen by the appended record:
ATHLETIC VICTORIES.
ATHLETIC VS. PHILADELPHIA.
------------------------------------- DATE. PITCHERS. Score.
------------------------------------- April 9 Seward, Gleason 4-2 April 11 Seward, Sanders 15-4 April 12 Weyhing Casey 7-1 April 14 Seward, Gleason 3-1 April 16 Weyhing, Tyng 13-7 October 18 Seward, Sanders 8-5 -------------------------------------
PHILADELPHIA VICTORIES.
PHILADELPHIA VS. ATHLETIC.
---------------------------------------- DATE. PITCHERS. Score.
--------------------------------------- April 13 Gleason, Mattimore 8-2 April 17 Buffinton, Blair 7-1 October 19 Casey, Weyhing 8-0 October 20 Buffinton, Smith 12-0
THE EXHIBITION GAME CAMPAIGN.
The experience of the season of 1888 in the playing of exhibition games during the spring and fall between League and American Clubs, shows that while the spring series prove attractive, owing to the desire of the patrons of the game to see how the club teams of the two organizations compare with each other in relative strength, preparatory to the opening of the championship campaign in each arena; those played in the fall, after the two championships have been decided, have ceased to draw paying patronage. This decrease of interest in the fall exhibition games, too, has been largely due to the introduction of the World's Championship series, which now monopolize public interest after the regular championship season has ended. It has been proposed to subst.i.tute a series of regular championship matches, on the basis of the series of the world's championship contests for the old time fall exhibition games, the plan in question including not only games between the championship teams of the League and the a.s.sociation, but also between all the eight clubs of each organization, so as to show which are the eight leading club teams of the League, and the American a.s.sociation. Had this plan been carried out in 1888, we should not only have had the interesting series between the two champion teams of New York and St. Louis, but also those between Chicago and Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Athletic, Boston and Cincinnati, Detroit and Baltimore, Pittsburg and Cleveland, Indianapolis and Louisville, and Washington and Kansas City. It is to be hoped that a grand test series of games of this character will mark the closing professional campaign of 1889, for such a series would subst.i.tute very interesting championship matches for October in the place of the unmeaning and useless exhibition games of the past fall campaigns.
