1888 Washington Nationals season

1888 Washington Nationals
League	National League
Ballpark	Swampdoodle Grounds
City	Washington, D.C.
Managers	Walter Hewett, Ted Sullivan
Seasons

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

Regular season

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

1888 National League record v t e 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

Roster

1888 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Frank Gilmore John Greenig George Haddock George Keefe Hank O'Day Dupee Shaw Jim Whitney Wild Bill Widner		Catchers Tug Arundel Jim Banning Pat Deasley Connie Mack Miah Murray Infielders Jim Donnelly Shorty Fuller Gid Gardner John Irwin Al Myers Billy O'Brien George Shoch Pete Sweeney		Outfielders Ed Daily Dummy Hoy Perry Werden Walt Wilmot		Manager Walter Hewett Ted Sullivan

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

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

Starting pitchers

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

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

• 1888 Washington Nationals at Baseball Reference