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The following are the baseball events of the year 1888 throughout the world.  


Champions[]

Major League Baseball final standings[]

National League final standings[]

National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
New York Giants 84 47 .641 --
Chicago White Stockings 77 58 .570 9
Philadelphia Phillies 69 61 .531 14.5
Boston Beaneaters 70 64 .522 15.5
Detroit Wolverines 68 63 .519 16
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 66 68 .493 19.5
Indianapolis Hoosiers 50 85 .370 36
Washington Nationals 48 86 .358 37.5

American Association final standings[]

American Association
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
St. Louis Browns 92 43 .681 --
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 88 52 .629 6.5
Philadelphia Athletics 81 52 .609 10
Cincinnati Red Stockings 80 54 .597 11.5
Baltimore Orioles 57 80 .416 36
Cleveland Blues 50 82 .379 40.5
Louisville Colonels 48 57 .356 44
Kansas City Cowboys 43 89 .326 47.5

Events[]

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • April 29 - Charlie Ferguson, 25, pitcher who won 99 games, including a no-hitter, for the Phillies since 1884; was 30-9 for the 1886 team
  • July 16 - Amos Cross, 27?, catcher for the 1885-87 Louisville Colonels, succeeded by his brother Lave
  • December 29 - Asa Brainard, 47, pitcher for the undefeated 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings
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