Chapter IV: Front Matter (4)

There is one thing the season's experience has shown, and that is that field captains of intelligence and judgment, like Anson, Comiskey, Ward, Irwin, et al. have come to realize the fact that team batting is a very important element in bringing about pennant winning, and by team batting is meant the rule which makes everything secondary in the work of the batsman to the important point to forward men around the bases and to bring runs in. The batsman who excels in the essentials of the art of batting is the true leader, though he may not make a three-bagger or a home run more than half a dozen times in a season's batting. And a part of team work at the bat is sacrifice hitting--sacrifice hits being hits which, while they result in the striker's retirement, nevertheless either forward runners to the bases or bring runs in. After a batsman has become a base-runner, whether by a hit, a fielding error, or a battery error, if he be forwarded to second by a safe bunt or a neat tap of the ball, both being base hits; or by a sacrifice hit, the batsman is equally entitled to credit if he forward a runner by such hit.

In regard to the slugging tactics which the batsman goes in for extra hits at all costs, it may partly be regarded as a very stupid piece of play at the bat to endeavor to make a home run when there is no one on the bases to benefit by it, and for the reason that it subjects the batsman to a violent sprinting of 120 yards, and professional sprint-runners who enter for runs of that distance, even when in training for the effort, require a half-hour's good rest before making another such effort. And yet there are batsmen who strive to make hits which necessitate a 120 yards run two or three times in a single game. Do field captains who go in for this sluggish style of batting ever think of the wear and tear of a player's physical strength in this slugging business?

EVILS IN THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA.

The two great obstacles in the way of the success of the majority of professional ball players are wine and women. The saloon and the brothel are the evils of the baseball world at the present day; and we see it practically exemplified in the failure of noted players to play up to the standard they are capable of were they to avoid these gross evils. One day it is a noted pitcher who fails to serve his club at a critical period of the campaign. Anon, it is the disgraceful escapade of an equally noted umpire. And so it goes from one season to another, at the cost of the loss of thousands of dollars to clubs who blindly shut their eyes to the costly nature of intemperance and dissipation in their ranks. We tell you, gentlemen of the League and Association, the sooner you introduce the prohibition plank in your contracts the sooner you will get rid of the costly evil of drunkenness and dissipation among your players. Club after club have lost championship honors time and again by this evil, and yet they blindly condone these offences season after season. The prohibition rule from April to October is the only practical rule for removing drunkenness in your teams.

PRIVATE SIGNALS IN COACHING.

The coaching of base runners by private signals is an improvement in the game which is bound to come into vogue eventually. The noisy method of coaching which disgraced most of the American Association club teams in 1888 is doomed to die out. In the case of the coaching of deaf mutes, like Hoy and others, private signals had to be employed, and it can readily be seen how effective these can be made to be when properly systematized. There is not a single point in noisy verbal coaching which aids base-runners. In fact, in five cases out of six, it is a detriment to the runner. The fact is, the whole object of rowdy coaching is to annoy and confuse the battery players and not to help base-running. The way to rattle both the catcher and pitcher with the best effect, and to do it legitimately, is by private coaching. In this way a pitcher is more likely to get bothered in his endeavors to interpret the private signals than by the noisiest of verbal coaching.

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP CAMPAIGN OF 1888.

The championship campaign of the American Association in 1888 proved to be exceptionally interesting in one respect, and that was in the close contest for the lead between the St. Louis, Brooklyn, Athletic and Cincinnati Clubs. Another feature was the fact that the best managed and most ably captained team of the eight clubs deservedly bore off the championship honors of the season; and that, too, against the strong team of picked star players which the Brooklyn Club gathered together at such cost to oppose the champions. The season was also made specially noteworthy by the fact that the St. Louis Club came in victors in the race for the fourth consecutive season, a record no other club except the Boston has ever been able to equal, and in the case of the Boston Club it was done before the organization of the National League. The pennant race was commenced on April 18, on which date the Louisville team began play at St. Louis, and the Cincinnatis at Kansas City in the West; while the Cleveland team opened at Brooklyn, and the Baltimore at Philadelphia in the East, the victors being the St. Louis, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, and Baltimore teams. By the end of April the Cincinnati and Athletic teams led in the West and East, with St. Louis and Brooklyn occupying fourth and fifth positions respectively, in the race. Before the end of May, while Cincinnati stood in the van, St. Louis had pulled up to second place, and Brooklyn had secured third position, the Athletics being fourth. In June Cincinnati fell off and St. Louis went to the front, with Brooklyn a close second, and the Athletics third. In July, Cincinnati rallied well and pushed the Athletics down to fourth place, while St. Louis and Brooklyn still occupied the leading positions. It was during the week ending July 15 that Brooklyn held first place with a percentage of .676 to St. Louis .639; before the month ended, however, St. Louis pulled up to .662, while Brooklyn stood at .641.

August proved to be a fatal month for Brooklyn, they only winning 8 games out of 22 won and lost this month, the result of their tumble being their retirement to fourth place, Cincinnati rallying well this month, while St. Louis began to look sure for the pennant, the Athletics ending the month a good third in the race. In September the Athletics pressed the Cincinnatis hard, and drove them out of second place, and before the month ended it was made evident that the closing part of the campaign would see a hot fight for the second position in the race between the Athletic and Brooklyn teams, September seeing the St. Louis team a fixture for first place, while Cincinnati was kept back in fourth position. By the close of September, St. Louis held first with a percentage of .691; the Athletics were second, with .615; Brooklyn third with .606, and Cincinnati fourth with .574. October saw a close struggle between the Athletic and Brooklyn teams for second place, and had the former team been kept temperate they would have finished second; but they "boozed" too much in October, and this gave Brooklyn the chance to take the position from them, and when the campaign ended on the 17th of October the record left the eight clubs occupying the following relative positions:

| Won. | Lost. | Per Ct. ----------+------+-------+------- St. Louis | 92 | 43 | .681 Brooklyn | 88 | 52 | .629 Athletic | 81 | 52 | .609 Cincinnati| 80 | 54 | .597 Baltimore | 57 | 80 | .416 Cleveland | 50 | 82 | .378 Louisville| 48 | 87 | .355 Kans. City| 43 | 89 | .326

In the above record the Athletic Club is credited with one victory and Baltimore with one defeat less than they were given credit for in the records published at the close of the season. The game was taken out of the record by the following order of President Wikoff:

NEW YORK, October 16.
W.S. KAMES, Esq, Secretary Athletic Base Ball Club, Philadelphia:

_Dear Sir:_--I find on examination that the Baltimore Athletic game of
June 10, 1888, played at Gloucester, N.J., and won by your club, and
which
has been counted in the regular championship series as a postponed game
of
April 21, was irregular, for the reason that the said postponed game of
April 21 was played off by your club in Philadelphia as per authority of
my official circular No. 36, on May 16, 1888. Therefore, the game won by
the Athletic Club on June 10 cannot be counted in the regular
championship
series. Yours truly,
WHEELER C. WIKOFF, Secy.

It will be seen that the St. Louis Club won the championship, and for the fourth consecutive time, thus breaking the record. The Brooklyns, by a liberal expenditure of money toward the close of the season, succeeded in strengthening sufficiently to head off the Athletics for second place, and the latter had to be content with third position. The Cincinnatis did good work toward the close, despite the sale of several valuable players, and almost succeeded in closing the gap between fourth and third places; as it was, they ended a close fourth. Baltimore secured fifth place by a goodly margin over the sixth club, Cleveland. Louisville finished seventh, the lowest position the club ever occupied. Kansas City, though the tail-ender, nevertheless made an excellent first-season record. Neither the St. Louis nor Brooklyn Clubs lost a series. They split even with ten victories each in their games, and Brooklyn stood alone in winning the series from every other club. The Brooklyn Club alone played its full schedule of 140 games.

The following is a full and complete summary of the work done by the eight clubs in the championship arena during 1888:

| | | | | | | | K | | | | C | | | L | a | S | | | I | B | C | o | n | t | B | A | n | a | l | u | s | . | r | t | c | l | e | i | a | | o | h | i | t | v | s | s | L | o | l | n | i | e | v | | o | k | e | n | m | l | i | C | u | l | t | a | o | a | l | i | i | y | i | t | r | n | l | t | s | n | c | i | e | d | e | y | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . -----------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---- Victories | 92| 88| 81| 80| 57| 50| 48| 43 Defeats | 43| 52| 52| 54| 80| 82| 87| 89 Drawn Games | 2| 3| 3| 3| 0| 3| 4| 0 Total Played | 137| 143| 136| 137| 137| 135| 139| 132 Per Cent. of Victories |.681|.629|.609|.597|.416|.378|.355|.326 Series Won | 4| 6| 4| 3| 2| 0| 1| 0 Series Lost | 0| 0| 1| 1| 4| 3| 5| 6 Series Tied | 1| 1| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0 Series Unfinished | 2| 0| 1| 2| 1| 4| 1| 1 "Chicago" Victories | 12| 9| 13| 9| 3| 5| 6| 4 "Chicago" Defeats | 4| 9| 5| 7| 8| 12| 6| 10 Home Victories | 60| 52| 51| 56| 30| 32| 26| 25 Home Defeats | 21| 20| 20| 24| 26| 27| 29| 33 Victories Abroad | 29| 36| 30| 24| 27| 18| 22| 18 Defeats Abroad | 22| 32| 32| 50| 31| 23| 58| 56 Extra Innings Victories| 3| 7| 5| 8| 3| 1| 2| 1 Extra Innings Defeats | 6| 3| 7| 4| 3| 1| 5| 2 Extra Innings Drawn | 2| 2| 2| 2| 0| 1| 1| 0 Single Figure Victories| 73| 74| 57| 56| 48| 37| 37| 32 Single Figure Defeats | 38| 46| 46| 44| 59| 58| 62| 65 Double Figure Victories| 19| 14| 24| 24| 9| 13| 11| 11 Double Figure Defeats | 5| 6| 6| 10| 21| 24| 25| 24 Batting Average |.250|.243|.263|.240|.231|.235|.248|.221 Fielding Average |.930|.924|.934|.940|.928|.941|.913|.921 Highest Score in a Game| 18| 18| 28| 18| 12| 23| 18| 26 Worst Defeat | 5-0| 7-0| 8-0|12-0|14-0|15-0| 9-0|14-0 Won by One Run | 15| 20| 11| 19| 16| 14| 11| 16 Lost by One Run | 18| 15| 15| 14| 10| 19| 10| 15 Total Runs Scored | 790| 757| 828| 734| 653| 641|.678| 578 Total Stolen Bases | 526| 413| 568| 464| 374| 399| 368| 266

THE CHAMPION CLUB TEAM OF 1888.

There were fourteen players of the St. Louis team who took part in forty games and over, the first nine being as follows:

King, pitcher, 65 games; Boyle, catcher, 71 games; Comiskey, first baseman, 137 games; Robinson, second baseman, 134 games; Latham, third baseman, 133 games; White, shortstop, 109 games; O'Neill, left field, 130 games; Lyons, center field, 123 games; and McCarthy, right field, 131 games. The other battery players were Hudson, pitcher, 55 games; Milligan, catcher, 63 games; Chamberlain, pitcher, 40 games; Herr, shortstop, 43 games, and McGarr, second base, 35 games. The other players are not named in the official averages. The first nine who played in one hundred games and over, and who led in batting averages, were O'Neill, McCarthy, Comiskey, Latham, Robinson, White, and Lyons; Hudson, Milligan, Boyle, King and Chamberlain, all of whom played in less than one hundred games, following in order.

In fielding averages, Comiskey, Milligan, O'Neill, Boyle, McCarthy, Lyons, Robinson and Latham.

The feature of the work of the team in winning the pennant was the ability shown by Captain Comiskey in his position; the fine infield work, too, of Latham and Robinson, and the outfielding of O'Neill and McCarthy greatly aiding the batteries of the team. The full summary of the team's work is given below:

| | | | | | | K || | | | C | | | L | a || | | | i | B | C | o | n || | B | A | n | a | l | u | s || | r | t | c | l | e | i | a || | o | h | i | t | v | s | s || T | l | l | n | i | e | v | || o | k | e | n | m | l | i | C || t | l | t | a | o | a | l | I || a | y | i | t | r | n | l | t || l | n | c | i | e | d | e | y || s | . | . | . | . | . | . | . || . -----------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----++--- Victories | 10| 10| 10| 14| 16| 16| 16|| 92 Defeats | 10| 7| 8| 6| 4| 4| 4|| 43 Drawn Games | 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 2 Series Won | 0| 0| 0| 1| 1| 1| 1|| 4 Series Tied | 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 1 Series Unfinished | 0| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0|| 2 "Chicago" Victories | 3| 2| 0| 2| 4| 1| 0|| 12 "Chicago" Defeats | 1| 1| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0|| 4 Single Figure Victories| 9| 10| 8| 11| 13| 10| 14|| 75 Single Figure Defeats | 9| 5| 7| 6| 4| 3| 4|| 38 Double Figure Victories| 1| 0| 2| 3| 4| 6| 2|| 18 Double Figure Defeats | 1| 2| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0|| 5 Extra Innings Games | 2| 2| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0|| 5 Victories at Home | 6| 6| 6| 8| 9| 11| 14|| 60 Defeats at Home | 4| 3| 4| 3| 1| 2| 3|| 21 Victories Abroad | 4| 4| 4| 6| 7| 5| 2|| 32 Defeats Abroad | 6| 4| 4| 2| 3| 2| 1|| 22 Won by One Run | 2| 3| 2| 0| 3| 4| 1|| 15 Lost by One Run | 5| 1| 4| 4| 1| 1| 2|| 18 Highest Score in a Game|13-4| 8-1|17-5|16-9|14-4|18-1|14-5| Worst Defeat |2-11| 0-5|1-10| 2-6| 2-8|4-10| 7-9|

The pitching record of the champion team for 1888 is appended:

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| | | | | | | K
| | | C | | | L | a
| | | i | B | C | o | n
| B | A | n | a | l | u | s
| r | t | c | l | e | i | a
| o | h | i | t | v | s | s
| l | l | n | i | e | v |
| k | e | n | m | l | i | C
| l | t | a | o | a | l | i
| y | i | t | r | n | l | t
| n | c | i | e | d | e | y
| . | . | . | . | . | . | .
------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---
|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.
------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
King | 8| 4| 6| 3| 5| 4| 6| 5| 1| 6| 3| 6| 1| 1
Hudson | 1| 3| 3| 2| 2| 0| 5| 1| 7| 2| 6| 0| 2| 2
Chamberlain | 1| 1| 1| 1| 3| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 2| 0| 2| 0
Devlin | 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 2| 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 4| 1
Knauff | 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 2| 2| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 2| 0
Freeman | 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0
------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
Totals |10|10|10| 7|10| 8|14| 6|16| 4|16| 4|16| 4

| |Per | |Cent | |of |Totals. |Victories. ------------+--------------+--------- | W. | L. | P. | ------------+----+----+----+--------- King | 44 | 21 | 65 | .671 Hudson | 26 | 10 | 36 | .722 Chamberlain | 11 | 2 | 13 | .853 Devlin | 6 | 5 | 11 | .545 Knauff | 5 | 4 | 9 | .555 Freeman | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 ------------+----+----+----+--------- Totals | 92 | 43 |135 |

The appended record of the six years' work in the American Association championship arena, showing the winning clubs and their managers, as also their victories, defeats and percentage of victories, will be found interesting:

|WINNING | | | | | YEAR.|CLUB. |MANAGER.|Victories.|Defeats.|Games.|Percentage. -----+------------+--------+----------+--------+------+----------- 1882 |Cincinnati |Thorner | 55 | 25 | 80 | .680 1883 |Athletic |Simmons | 66 | 32 | 98 | .670 1884 |Metropolitan|Mutrie | 75 | 32 | 107 | .700 1885 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 79 | 33 | 112 | .705 1886 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 93 | 46 | 139 | .669 1887 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 95 | 40 | 135 | .704 1888 |St. Louis |Comiskey| 92 | 43 | 135 | .681

THE MONTHLY RECORD.

The record of the victories and defeats scored each month of the championship campaign is appended, by which it will be seen that the record of the Brooklyn team for October surpassed that of any other club's monthly record of the season. Cincinnatis led in April, Brooklyn in May, the Athletics in June, Cincinnatis in July, St. Louis in August, while in September St. Louis and Brooklyn tied, Brooklyn leading in October. St. Louis's best month's work was done in August, Brooklyn's in October, the Athletics' in June, the Cincinnatis' in July, the Baltimores' in September, the Clevelands' in September, the Louisvilles' in July, and the Kansas Citys' in August. Kansas City was the only club which failed in at least one month to score more victories than defeats, their best record for any month being a tie in victories and defeats. Here is the table in full:

|April.|May. |June.|July.|Aug. |Sept. |Oct. ||Totals. -----------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-------+-----++------- |W.| L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.|W.|L.| W.|L. |W.|L.|| W.|L. -----------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--++---+--- St. Louis | 5| 3 |14| 5|16| 7|15|12|18| 3| 18| 8| 6| 5|| 92| 43 Brooklyn | 7| 5 |18| 4|14| 9|12|11| 8|14| 18| 8|11| 1|| 88| 52 Athletic | 7| 4 | 7|11|18| 4|12|11|16| 6| 14| 12| 7| 4|| 81| 52 Cincinnati | 8| 3 |15| 6| 9|13|16| 7|12| 9| 11| 14| 9| 2|| 80| 54 Baltimore | 6| 4 | 7|11|12|12| 9|17| 7|17| 13| 12| 3| 8|| 57| 80 Cleveland | 2| 9 | 9|11| 6|15|12|13| 6|12| 12| 12| 3|10|| 50| 82 Louisville | 4| 7 | 5|16| 7|15|13|10| 8|14| 7| 18| 4| 7|| 47| 87 Kansas City| 2| 6 | 5|16| 7|14| 9|17|11|11| 8| 15| 2| 8|| 43| 89 -----------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--++---+--- Totals |41|41 |80|80|89|89|98|98|86|86|100|100|45|45||539|539

The Athletics' victory over Baltimore on June 10, is not counted in the above table.

The official record of the American Association for the season of 1888 as sent us by President Wikoff, will be found in full below:

BATTING RECORD.

(In the following, no in or outfielders' record is given unless twenty games have been played in the position, and no pitcher or catcher's record is given unless fifteen games have been played.)

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| | |No. of
Rank| Name. | Club. |Games.
----+-----------+------------------------+------
1| O'Neill |St. Louis | 130
2| Stovey |Athletic | 130
3| Lyons |Athletic | 111
4| Reilly |Cincinnati | 126
5| Collins |Louisville and Brooklyn | 126
6| Browning |Louisville | 99
7| Orr |Brooklyn | 95
8| Burns |Baltimore and Brooklyn | 129
9| Wolf |Louisville | 127
10| McKean |Cleveland | 130
11|{Tucker |Baltimore | 136
|{Welch |Athletic | 136
12| Corkhill |Cincinnati and Brooklyn | 137
13|{Foutz |Brooklyn | 140
|{Larkin |Athletic | 135
14| Bierbauer |Athletic | 134
15| Sullivan |Athletic | 28
16| McCarthy |St. Louis | 131
17|{Trott |Baltimore | 31
|{O'Brien |Brooklyn | 136
18| Weaver |Louisville | 26
19| Comiskey |St. Louis | 137
20| Carpenter |Cincinnati | 135
21|{Robinson |Athletic | 67
|{Mattimore |Athletic | 41
22|{Davis |Kansas City | 122
|{Herr |St. Louis | 43
|{Stratton |Louisville | 65
23| Smith |Athletic and | 35
| |Baltimore |
24|{Latham |St. Louis | 133
|{Fantz |Cleveland | 120
25| Hudson |St. Louis | 55
26| Griffin |Baltimore | 137
27| Pinkney |Brooklyn | 143
28| Hecker |Louisville | 55
29|{Kappell |Cincinnati | 35
|{Terry |Brooklyn | 30
30| Milligan |St. Louis | 63
31|{McTamany |Kansas City | 110
|{Mullane |Cincinnati | 51
32|{Hamilton |Kansas City | 35
|{Zimmer |Cleveland | 63
|{Goodfellow|Cleveland | 69
|{Hotaling |Cleveland | 97
33| Smith |Louisville | 56
34|{Boyle |St. Louis | 71
|{Clark |Brooklyn | 45
35| Cline |Kansas City | 73
36| Donohue |Kansas City | 87
37| Kerins |Louisville | 81
38|{Nicol |Cincinnati | 134
|{Hogan |Cleveland | 77
39| Phillips |Kansas City | 129
40| Gilks |Cleveland | 118
41|{Robinson |St. Louis | 134
|{Stricker |Cleveland | 126
42|{McPhee |Cincinnati | 110
|{Carruthers|Brooklyn | 94
43| Keenan |Cincinnati | 84
44|{Tebean |Cincinnati | 121
|{Mack |Louisville | 110
45|{Goldsby |Baltimore | 44
|{Poorman |Athletic | 85
46| Esterbrook|Louisville | 23
47|{O'Brien |Baltimore | 57
|{Radford |Brooklyn | 91
48|{Gleason |Athletic | 123
|{Purcell |Baltimore | 119
| |and Athletic |
49| White |Louisville | 109
| |and St Louis. |
50|{Barkley |Kansas City | 116
|{Smith |Cincinnati | 40
|{_Bushong__|Brooklyn | 69
|{Baldwin |Cincinnati | 66
51|{Weybing |Athletic | 49
|{Fagan |Kansas City | 18
52| Gunning |Athletic | 23
53|{Shindle |Baltimore | 135
|{Snyder |Cleveland | 63
54|{McClellan |Brooklyn and | 97
| |Cleveland |
|{Sommer |Baltimore | 79
|{Allen |Kansas City | 37
55| _Smith_ |Brooklyn | 103
56| Cross |Louisville | 47
57| King |St. Louis | 65
58| Werrick |Louisville | 109

| |No. of|No. of|
| |Base |Stolen|Av. B.H.
Rank| Name. |Hit. |Bases.|to A.B.
----+-----------+------+------+-------
1| O'Neill | 176 | 24 | .332
2| Stovey | 171 | 156 | .318
3| Lyons | 145 | 45 | .325
4| Reilly | 167 | 80 | .324
5| Collins | 164 | 91 | .318
6| Browning | 120 | 39 | .313
7| Orr | 119 | 16 | .303
8| Burns | 158 | 48 | .298
9| Wolf | 159 | 40 | .298
10| McKean | 161 | 66 | .297
11|{Tucker | 152 | 49 | .291
|{Welch | 160 | 121 | .291
12| Corkhill | 159 | 41 | .285
13|{Foutz | 159 | 40 | .283
|{Larkin | 154 | 19 | .283
14| Bierbauer | 148 | 56 | .279
15| Sullivan | 31 | 8 | .277
16| McCarthy | 141 | 109 | .276
17|{Trott | 30 | 3 | .275
|{O'Brien | 147 | 68 | .275
18| Weaver | 31 | 12 | .274
19| Comiskey | 156 | 77 | .271
20| Carpenter | 147 | 56 | .269
21|{Robinson | 67 | 15 | .268
|{Mattimore | 38 | 14 | .268
22|{Davis | 131 | 45 | .266
|{Herr | 46 | 9 | .266
|{Stratton | 64 | 15 | .266
23| Smith | 31 | 3 | .265
24|{Latham | 150 | 124 | .264
|{Fantz | 124 | 68 | .264
25| Hudson | 51 | 6 | .262
26| Griffin | 141 | 53 | .261
27| Pinkney | 150 | 56 | .260
28| Hecker | 53 | 23 | .255
29|{Kappell | 35 | 22 | .254
|{Terry | 29 | 13 | .254
30| Milligan | 55 | 8 | .252
31|{McTamany | 130 | 56 | .251
|{Mullane | 44 | 13 | .251
32|{Hamilton | 32 | 23 | .250
|{Zimmer | 53 | 18 | .250
|{Goodfellow| 68 | 7 | .250
|{Hotaling | 103 | 33 | .250
33| Smith | 48 | 48 | .246
34|{Boyle | 63 | 15 | .245
|{Clark | 37 | 12 | .245
35| Cline | 71 | 30 | .243
36| Donohue | 80 | 12 | .241
37| Kerins | 74 | 20 | .239
38|{Nicol | 128 | 104 | .236
|{Hogan | 63 | 35 | .236
39| Phillips | 120 | 11 | .235
40| Gilks | 110 | 19 | .232
41|{Robinson | 106 | 62 | .231
|{Stricker | 113 | 68 | .231
42|{McPhee | 104 | 53 | .230
|{Carruthers| 77 | 33 | .230
43| Keenan | 72 | 8 | .225
44|{Tebean | 95 | 33 | .228
|{Mack | 100 | 23 | .228
45|{Goldsby | 37 | 19 | .227
|{Poorman | 87 | 43 | .227
46| Esterbrook| 21 | 6 | .226
47|{O'Brien | 44 | 15 | .224
|{Radford | 70 | 36 | .224
48|{Gleason | 112 | 37 | .224
|{Purcell | 105 | 25 | .224
49| White | 104 | 30 | .221
50|{Barkley | 106 | 16 | .220
|{Smith | 29 | 3 | .220
|{_Bushong__| 55 | 11 | .220
|{Baldwin | 58 | 2 | .220
51|{Weybing | 40 | 8 | .219
|{Fagan | 14 | 0 | .219
52| Gunning | 20 | 15 | .217
53|{Shindle | 111 | 59 | .216
|{Snyder | 50 | 10 | .216
54|{McClellan | 75 | 29 | .215
|{Sommer | 64 | 15 | .215
|{Allen | 29 | 5 | .215
55| _Smith_ | 86 | 31 | .214
56| Cross | 39 | 9 | .213
57| King | 42 | 5 | .212
58| Werrick | 86 | 21 | .210

A mistake is made in the above record in placing the names of batsmen whose averages are alike, in the wrong order. Thus, Pratt who played in but 31 games is placed ahead of O'Brien, who played in 136, both making the same batting averages.

The official record of the American Association for the season of 1888 as sent us by President Wikoff, will be found in full below:

BATTING RECORD.

(In the following, no in or outfielders' record is given unless twenty games have been played in the position, and no pitcher or catcher's record is given unless fifteen games have been played.)

R | | | | | |Av. a | | | |No. of|No. of|B.H. n | | |No. of|Base |Stolen|to k | Name. | Club. |Games.|Hit. |Bases.|A.B. --+---------------+-----------+------+------+------+----- 1| O'Neill |St. Louis | 130 | 176 | 24 | .332 2| Stovey |Athletic | 130 | 171 | 156 | .318 3| Lyons |Athletic | 111 | 145 | 45 | .325 4| Reilly |Cincinnati | 126 | 167 | 80 | .324 5| Collins |Louisville | 126 | 164 | 91 | .318 | |and | | | | | |Brooklyn | | | | 6| Browning |Louisville | 99 | 120 | 39 | .313 7| Orr |Brooklyn | 95 | 119 | 16 | .303 8| Burns |Baltimore | 129 | 158 | 48 | .298 | |and | | | | | |Brooklyn | | | | 9| Wolf |Louisville | 127 | 159 | 40 | .298 10| McKean |Cleveland | 130 | 161 | 66 | .297 11|{Tucker |Baltimore | 136 | 152 | 49 | .291 |{Welch |Athletic | 136 | 160 | 121 | .291 12| Corkhill |Cincinnati | 137 | 159 | 41 | .285 | |and | | | | | |Brooklyn | | | | 13|{Foutz |Brooklyn | 140 | 159 | 40 | .283 |{Larkin |Athletic | 135 | 154 | 19 | .283 14| Bierbauer |Athletic | 134 | 148 | 56 | .279 15| Sullivan |Athletic | 28 | 31 | 8 | .277 16| McCarthy |St. Louis | 131 | 141 | 109 | .276 17|{Trott |Baltimore | 31 | 30 | 3 | .275 |{O'Brien |Brooklyn | 136 | 147 | 68 | .275 18| Weaver |Louisville | 26 | 31 | 12 | .274 19| Comiskey |St. Louis | 137 | 156 | 77 | .271 20| Carpenter |Cincinnati | 135 | 147 | 56 | .269 21|{Robinson |Athletic | 67 | 67 | 15 | .268 |{Mattimore |Athletic | 41 | 38 | 14 | .268 22|{Davis |Kansas City| 122 | 131 | 45 | .266 |{Herr |St. Louis | 43 | 46 | 9 | .266 |{Stratton |Louisville | 65 | 64 | 15 | .266 23| Smith |Athletic | 35 | 31 | 3 | .265 | |and | | | | | |Baltimore | | | | 24|{Latham |St. Louis | 133 | 150 | 124 | .264 |{Fantz |Cleveland | 120 | 124 | 68 | .264 25| Hudson |St. Louis | 55 | 51 | 6 | .262 26| Griffin |Baltimore | 137 | 141 | 53 | .261 27| Pinkney |Brooklyn | 143 | 150 | 56 | .260 28| Hecker |Louisville | 55 | 53 | 23 | .255 29|{Kappell |Cincinnati | 35 | 35 | 22 | .254 |{Terry |Brooklyn | 30 | 29 | 13 | .254 30| Milligan |St. Louis | 63 | 55 | 8 | .252 31|{McTamany |Kansas City| 110 | 130 | 56 | .251 |{Mullane |Cincinnati | 51 | 44 | 13 | .251 32|{Hamilton |Kansas City| 35 | 32 | 23 | .250 |{Zimmer |Cleveland | 63 | 53 | 18 | .250 |{Goodfellow |Cleveland | 69 | 68 | 7 | .250 |{Hotaling |Cleveland | 97 | 103 | 33 | .250 33| Smith |Louisville | 56 | 48 | 48 | .246 34|{Boyle |St. Louis | 71 | 63 | 15 | .245 |{Clark |Brooklyn | 45 | 37 | 12 | .245 35| Cline |Kansas City| 73 | 71 | 30 | .243 36| Donohue |Kansas City| 87 | 80 | 12 | .241 37| Kerins |Louisville | 81 | 74 | 20 | .239 38|{Nicol |Cincinnati | 134 | 128 | 104 | .236 |{Hogan |Cleveland | 77 | 63 | 35 | .236 39| Phillips |Kansas City| 129 | 120 | 11 | .235 40| Gilks |Cleveland | 118 | 110 | 19 | .232 41|{Robinson |St. Louis | 134 | 106 | 62 | .231 |{Stricker |Cleveland | 126 | 113 | 68 | .231 42|{McPhee |Cincinnati | 110 | 104 | 53 | .230 |{Carruthers |Brooklyn | 94 | 77 | 33 | .230 43| Keenan |Cincinnati | 84 | 72 | 8 | .225 44|{Tebean |Cincinnati | 121 | 95 | 33 | .228 |{Mack |Louisville | 110 | 100 | 23 | .228 45|{Goldsby |Baltimore | 44 | 37 | 19 | .227 |{Poorman |Athletic | 85 | 87 | 43 | .227 46| Esterbrook |Louisville | 23 | 21 | 6 | .226 47|{O'Brien |Baltimore | 57 | 44 | 15 | .224 |{Radford |Brooklyn | 91 | 70 | 36 | .224 48|{Gleason |Athletic | 123 | 112 | 37 | .224 |{Purcell |Baltimore | 119 | 105 | 25 | .224 | |and | | | | | |Athletic | | | | 49| White |Louisville | 109 | 104 | 30 | .221 | |and St. | | | | | |Louis | | | | 50|{Barkley |Kansas City| 116 | 106 | 16 | .220 |{Smith |Cincinnati | 40 | 29 | 3 | .220 |{_Bushong_ |Brooklyn | 69 | 55 | 11 | .220 |{Baldwin |Cincinnati | 66 | 58 | 2 | .220 51|{Weybing |Athletic | 49 | 40 | 8 | .219 |{Fagan |Kansas City| 18 | 14 | 0 | .219 52| Gunning |Athletic | 23 | 20 | 15 | .217 53|{Shindle |Baltimore | 135 | 111 | 59 | .216 |{Snyder |Cleveland | 63 | 50 | 10 | .216 54|{McClellan |Brooklyn | 97 | 75 | 29 | .215 | |and | | | | | |Cleveland | | | | |{Sommer |Baltimore | 79 | 64 | 15 | .215 |{Allen |Kansas City| 37 | 29 | 5 | .215 55| _Smith_ |Brooklyn | 103 | 86 | 31 | .214 56| Cross |Louisville | 47 | 39 | 9 | .213 57| King |St. Louis | 65 | 42 | 5 | .212 58| Werrick |Louisville | 109 | 86 | 21 | .210 59| Raymond |Louisville | 32 | 26 | 6 | .208 60| McGuire |Cleveland | 25 | 18 | 1 | .207 61| Ewing |Louisville | 21 | 16 | 6 | .205 62| Daniels |Kansas City| 61 | 46 | 19 | .205 63| Vaughn |Louisville | 49 | 37 | 5 | .203 64| Greenwood |Baltimore | 113 | 82 | 54 | .202 64| Andrews |Louisville | 27 | 20 | 5 | .202 65| O'Connor |Cincinnati | 36 | 28 | 13 | .201 66| Cook |Louisville | 53 | 35 | 15 | .200 67| _Peoples_ |Brooklyn | 33 | 21 | 9 | .198 68| Farrell |Baltimore | 103 | 79 | 32 | .197 69| Fennelly |Cincinnati | 127 | 96 | 49 | .196 | |and | | | | | |Athletic | | | | 70| Esterday |Kansas City| 114 | 78 | 18 | .195 70| Rowe |Kansas City| 32 | 24 | 1 | .195 71| Albert |Cleveland | 101 | 69 | 32 | .192 72| Lyons |St. Louis | 123 | 95 | 42 | .190 73| Cunningham |Baltimore | 51 | 33 | 2 | .198 74| McGarr |St. Louis | 35 | 25 | 25 | .187 75| O'Brien |Cleveland | 31 | 20 | 2 | .185 76| McGlone |Cleveland | 55 | 37 | 26 | .183 77| Fulmer |Baltimore | 51 | 30 | 17 | .179 78| Hankinson |Kansas City| 37 | 27 | 2 | .175 79| Brennan |Kansas City| 34 | 20 | 6 | .174 80| Kilroy |Baltimore | 43 | 24 | 12 | .166 81| Cantz |Baltimore | 37 | 21 | 1 | .165 82| Chamberlain |Louisville | 40 | 23 | 12 | .161 | |and St. | | | | | |Louis | | | | 83| Seward |Athletic | 64 | 35 | 12 | .154 84| Townsend |Athletic | 43 | 24 | 1 | .150 84| Hughes |Brooklyn | 39 | 20 | 3 | .150 85| Tomney |Louisville | 34 | 18 | 12 | .149 86| Porter |Kansas City| 55 | 27 | 1 | .137 87| Bakely |Cleveland | 60 | 25 | 1 | .131 88| Burdock |Brooklyn | 60 | 30 | 9 | .125 89| Ramsey |Louisville | 41 | 17 | 0 | .123 90| Holbert |Brooklyn | 15 | 6 | 1 | .115 91| Sullivan |Kansas City| 28 | 10 | 7 | .109 92| Mays |Brooklyn | 18 | 6 | 2 | .095 93| Viau |Cincinnati | 41 | 12 | 3 | .085 94| Crowell |Louisville | 19 | 5 | 2 | .080 | |and | | |Cleveland |

FIELDING RECORD.

CATCHERS.

Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. ----+----------+-----------+------+-------+--------- 1 | Donohue |Kansas City| 66 | 395 | .965 2 |(Robinson |Athletic | 66 | 595 | .955 |{Keenan |Cincinnati | 70 | 536 | .955 3 | Milligan |St. Louis | 58 | 429 | .944 4 | Holbert |Brooklyn | 15 | 106 | .934 5 | Boyle |St. Louis | 70 | 539 | .933 6 | Cross |Louisville | 38 | 292 | .928 7 | Snyder |Cleveland | 43 | 334 | .922 8 | Zimmer |Cleveland | 56 | 443 | .921 9 | Trott |Baltimore | 27 | 205 | .917 10 |{Vaughn |Louisville | 25 | 184 | .913 |{Baldwin |Cincinnati | 64 | 483 | .913 11 | Bushong |Brooklyn | 68 | 489 | .9** | | | | | [A] 12 | Townsend |Athletic | 43 | 330 | .906 13 | O'Brien |Baltimore | 38 | 274 | .905 14 | Fulmer |Baltimore | 46 | 309 | .903 15 | Cook |Louisville | 50 | 316 | .902 16 | Gunning |Athletic | 23 | 192 | .896 17 | Cantz |Baltimore | 33 | 227 | .890 18 | Kerins |Louisville | 30 | 320 | .888 19 | Brennan |Kansas City| 25 | 176 | .887 20 | McGuire |Cleveland | 16 | 131 | .885 21 | Daniels |Kansas City| 31 | 232 | .875 22 | Clark |Brooklyn | 36 | 307 | .857 23 | Peoples |Brooklyn | 26 | 252 | .841

[*Proofreaders Note A: * number indecipherable.]

PITCHERS. Rank| NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. ----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 | Chamberlain|Louisville | 37 | 255 | .988 | |and St. | | | | |Louis | | | 2 | Ewing |Louisville | 21 | 135 | .985 3 | Terry |Brooklyn | 24 | 186 | .978 4 | Mays |Brooklyn | 18 | 12O | .975 5 | Foutz |Brooklyn | 19 | 115 | .974 6 | Sullivan |Kansas City| 24 | 167 | .970 7 | Stratton |Louisville | 34 | 184 | .968 8 |(Hudson |St. Louis | 37 | 230 | .962 |{Kilroy |Baltimore | 42 | 229 | .965 9 |{Hughes |Brooklyn | 39 | 261 | .962 |{King |St. Louis | 65 | 397 | .962 10 |{Crowell |Cleveland | | | | |and | | | | |Louisville | 19 | 103 | .961 |{Bakely |Cleveland | 60 | 359 | .961 |{Mullane |Cincinnati | 44 | 284 | .961 |{Viau |Cincinnati | 41 | 257 | .961 11 | Seward |Athletic | 57 | 428 | .957 12 | O'Brien |Cleveland | 29 | 213 | .953 13 | Porter |Kansas City| 55 | 507 | .951 14 |{Weyhing |Athletic | 48 | 328 | .948 |{Smith |Cincinnati | 4O | 211 | .948 15 | Carruthers |Brooklyn | 45 | 273 | .945 16 | Hecker |Louisville | 28 | 154 | .942 17 | Smith |Athletic | 38 | 248 | .940 | |and | | | | |Baltimore | | | 19 | Cunningham |Baltimore | 51 | 335 | .934 20 | Ramsey |Louisville | 37 | 290 | .924 21 | Mattimore |Athletic | 26 | 162 | .914 81 | Fagan |Kansas City| 17 | 92 | .913 {sic.}|

This table is rendered useless as a criterion of a pitcher's skill as a fielder, on account of the mixing up of assistances on strikes with fielding assistances, which are distinct and separate figures for data.

FIRST BASEMEN.

Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. ----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 | Andrews |Louisville.| 27 | 302 | .993 2 |{Foutz |Brooklyn | 42 | 371 | .986 |{Faatz |Cleveland | 120 | 1247 | .986 3 | Orr |Brooklyn | 95 | 1044 | .980 4 | Reilly |Cincinnati | 116 | 1313 | .979 5 | Phillips |Kansas City| 119 | 1500 | .977 6 | Tucker |Baltimore | 129 | 1441 | .975 7 | Smith |Louisville | 56 | 578 | .974 8 |{Larkin |Athletic | 121 | 1294 | .972 |{Comiskey |St. Louis | 133 | 1379 | .972 9 | Esterbrook |Louisville | 23 | 238 | .958 10 |Hecker |Louisville | 27 | 294 | .952

SECOND BASEMEN.

Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. ----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 | Berkley |Kansas City| 116 | 683 | .941 2 |{Striekler |Cleveland | 122 | 791 | .938 |{McPhee |Cincinnati | 110 | 776 | .938 3 | Bierbauer |Athletics | 122 | 795 | .935 4 | Collins |Louisville | 30 | 170 | .926 | |and | | | | |Brooklyn | | | 5 | McClellan |Brooklyn | 62 | 346 | .920 | |and | | | | |Cleveland. | | | 6 | Burdock |Brooklyn | 69 | 431 | .919 7 | Mack |Louisville | 110 | 703 | .915 8 |{Greenwood |Baltimore | 87 | 442 | .914 |{Farrell |Baltimore | 47 | 174 | .913 9 | McGarr |St. Louis | 34 | 193 | .915 10 | Robinson |St. Louis | 100 | 496 | .904

SHORT STOPS.

Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. ----+---------+-------------+------+-------+-------- 1 |Farell |Baltimore | 56 | 395 | .937 2 |Tomney |Louisville | 34 | 174 | .914 3 |Esterday |Kansas City | 114 | 640 | .900 4 |McKean |Cleveland | 75 | 380 | .895 5 |Sommer |Baltimore | 32 | 161 | .885 6 |Herr |St.Louis | 28 | 133 | .872 7 |Fenelly |Cincinnati | 120 | 723 | .871 | |and | | | | |Athletic | | | 8 |Gleason |Athletic | 121 | 565 | .865 9 |Wolf |Louisville | 38 | 222 | .860 10 |Alberts |Cleveland | 52 | 272 | .857 11 |Burns |Baltimore | 53 | 277 | .848 | |and | | | | |Brooklyn | | | 12 |Smith |Brooklyn | 103 | 600 | .847 13 |Robinson |St. Louis | 34 | 168 | .845 14 |Greenwood|Baltimore | 26 | 118 | .831 15 |White |Louisville | 96 | 596 | .827 | |and St. Louis| | | 16 |Kapell |Cincinnati | 21 | 107 | .785

LEFT FIELDERS.

Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. ----+------------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 |Stovey |Athletic | 117 | 226 | .950 2 |Browning |Louisville | 21 | 35 | .943 3 |Allen |Kansas City| 33 | 80 | .938 4 |O'Neill |St. Louis | 130 | 257 | .934 5 |O'Brien |Brooklyn | 136 | 261 | .931 6 |Collins |Louisville | 57 | 152 | .921 | |and | | | | |Brooklyn | | | 7 |{Sommer |Baltimore | 30 | 56 | .911 |{Tebeau |Cincinnati | 121 | 235 | .911 8 |Vaughn |Louisville | 20 | 40 | .900 9 |Goldsby |Baltimore | 42 | 58 | .893 10 |McKean |Cleveland | 43 | 88 | .886 11 |{Hogan |Cleveland | 26 | 41 | .878 |{Gilks |Cleveland | 58 | 115 | .878 12 |Burns |Baltimore | 47 | 120 | .833 | |and | | | | |Brooklyn | | | 13 |Cline |Kansas City| 26 | 46 | .826 14 |Sullivan |Kansas City| 16 | 25 | .800 15 |Stratton |Louisville | 23 | 37 | .730

THIRD BASEMEN.

Rank|NAME. |CLUB. |Number|Chances|Per Cent. | | |Games.|Offered|Accepted. ----+---------+-----------+------+-------+-------- 1 |Shindle |Baltimore | 135 | 606 | .919 2 |Pinkney |Brooklyn | 143 | 470 | .896 3 |Albert |Cleveland | 48 | 198 | .894 4 |Lyons |Athletic | 111 | 397 | .889 5 |Latham |St. Louis | 132 | 525 | .882 6 |Carpenter|Cincinnati | 135 | 491 | .878 7 |Raymond |Louisville | 31 | 129 | .876 8 |Davis |Kansas City| 114 | 576 | .849 9 |Werrick |Louisville | 89 | 321 | .822 10 |Gilks |Cleveland | 26 | 109 | .798 11 |McGlone |Cleveland | 48 | 198 | .793

RIGHT FIELDERS

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 |Assists.|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 Association championship arena in 1888, games in which the defeated nine fails to score a single run:

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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:

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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 Association championship arena in 1888 is as follows: