1888 Kansas City Cowboys season

November 2013 Kansas City Cowboys 1888 American Association (1882–1891)American Association Association Park Kansas City, Missouri 43 89 y 8th Dave Rowe, Sam Barkley, Bill Watkins The 1888 Kansas City Cowboys baseball team finished with a 43–89 record, winding up in last place in the American Association during their debut season. The team played their final game of the season at future home ballpark, Exposition Park. Regular season Season standings Kansas City Cowboys Record vs. opponents KC Opening Day lineup Roster thumb|300px|1888 Kansas City Cowboys team photograph 1888 Kansas City Cowboys Roster Pitchers Bill Fagan Frank Hafner Frank Hoffman John Kirby Henry Porter Tom Sullivan Steve Toole Catchers Jack Brennan Fatty Briody Jim Donahue Charlie Hoover Infielders Sam Barkley Jumbo Davis Henry Easterday Frank Hankinson Bill Phillips Outfielders Myron Allen Jim Burns Monk Cline Law Daniels Red Ehret Ed Glenn Billy Hamilton Charley Jones Jim McTamany Dave Rowe Manager Dave Rowe Sam Barkley Bill Watkins 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 Jim Donahue 88 337 79 .234 1 28 1B Bill Phillips Bill Phillips (first baseman) 129 509 120 .236 1 56 2B Sam Barkley 116 482 104 .216 4 51 3B Jumbo Davis 121 491 131 .267 3 61 SS Henry Easterday 115 401 76 .190 3 37 OF Myron Allen 37 136 29 .213 0 10 OF Jim McTamany 130 516 127 .246 4 41 OF Monk Cline 73 293 69 .235 0 19 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 Law Daniels 61 218 45 .206 2 28 Frank Hankinson 37 155 27 .174 1 20 Billy Hamilton Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866) 35 129 34 .264 0 11 Dave Rowe Dave Rowe (baseball) 32 122 21 .172 0 13 Jack Brennan Jack Brennan (baseball) 34 118 20 .169 0 6 Jim Burns Jim Burns (baseball) 16 66 20 .303 0 4 Red Ehret 17 63 12 .190 0 4 Fatty Briody 13 48 10 .208 0 8 Charley Jones 6 25 4 .160 0 5 Charlie Hoover Charlie Hoover (baseball) 3 10 3 .300 0 1 Ed Glenn Ed Glenn (outfielder) 3 8 0 .000 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 Henry Porter Henry Porter (baseball) 55 474.0 18 37 4.16 145 Tom Sullivan Tom Sullivan (1880s pitcher) 24 214.2 8 16 3.40 84 Bill Fagan 17 142.1 5 11 5.69 49 Frank Hoffman Frank Hoffman (baseball) 12 104.0 3 9 5.69 49 Steve Toole 12 91.2 5 6 6.68 35 Red Ehret 7 52.0 3 2 3.98 12 John Kirby John Kirby (baseball) 5 43.0 1 4 4.19 11 Myron Allen 2 18.0 0 2 2.50 2 Frank Hafner 2 18.0 0 2 7.00 5 References 1888 Kansas City Cowboys team page at Baseball Reference Kansas City Cowboys season Kansas City Cowboys Category:Kansas City Cowboys (AA)