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1888 Season

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16 teams competing in 2 leagues

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World Series NY1 def. SL4 (6-4)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Average

1 Cap Anson 0.344 2 Jake Beckley 0.343 3 Tip O'Neill 0.335 4 Jimmy Ryan 0.332 5 John Reilly 0.321

Home Runs

1 Jimmy Ryan 16 2 Roger Connor 14 3 John Reilly 13 4 Cap Anson 12 5 Jerry Denny 12

RBI

1 John Reilly 103 2 Henry Larkin 101 3 Dave Foutz 99 4 Tip O'Neill 98 5 Cap Anson 84

Stolen Bases

1 Arlie Latham 109 2 Hugh Nicol 103 3 Curt Welch 95 4 Tommy McCarthy 93 5 Harry Stovey 87

Hits

1 Jimmy Ryan 182 2 Cap Anson 177 3 Tip O'Neill 177 4 Dick Johnston 173 5 John Reilly 169

Runs

1 George Pinkney 134 2 Harry Stovey 127 3 Curt Welch 125 4 Arlie Latham 119 5 Dan Brouthers 118

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🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Frank Dwyer 1.07 2 John Weyhing 1.23 3 Bill George 1.34 4 Ice Box Chamberlain 1.61 5 Silver King 1.63

Wins

1 Silver King 45 2 Tim Keefe 35 3 Ed Seward 35 4 John Clarkson 33 5 Pete Conway 30

Strikeouts

1 Tim Keefe 335 2 Ed Seward 272 3 Silver King 258 4 Toad Ramsey 228 5 John Clarkson 223

Saves

1 Ed Crane 1 2 Bill George 1 3 Tony Mullane 1 4 George Van Haltren 1 5 Jersey Bakley 0

WHIP

1 Ice Box Chamberlain 0.79 2 Bill George 0.86 3 Silver King 0.87 4 Tim Keefe 0.94 5 Pete Conway 0.95

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📋 Standings

AA

St. Louis Browns ★ 92-43 Brooklyn Bridegrooms 88-52 Philadelphia Athletics 81-52 Cincinnati Red Stockings 80-54 Baltimore Orioles 57-80 Cleveland Blues 50-82 Louisville Colonels 48-87 Kansas City Cowboys 43-89

National League

New York Giants ★ 84-47 Chicago White Stockings 77-58 Philadelphia Quakers 69-61 Boston Beaneaters 70-64 Detroit Wolverines 68-63 Pittsburg Alleghenys 66-68 Indianapolis Hoosiers 50-85 Washington Nationals 48-86

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