1888 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1888 American Association (19th century)American Association Jefferson Street Grounds Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 81 52 y 3rd Bill Sharsig, H. C. Pennypacker, William Whittaker Bill Sharsig The 1888 Philadelphia Athletics finished with an 81–52 record and finished in third place in the American Association. Regular season Opening Day lineup Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1888 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Bill Blair Bob Gamble Mike Mattimore Ed Seward Phenomenal Smith Gus Weyhing Catchers Bill Farmer Whitey Gibson Tom Gunning Wilbert Robinson George Townsend Frank Zinn Infielders Lou Bierbauer Frank Fennelly Bill Gleason Henry Larkin Denny Lyons Outfielders Tom Poorman Blondie Purcell Harry Stovey Mike Sullivan Curt Welch Manager Bill Sharsig 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 Wilbert Robinson 66 254 62 .244 1 31 1B Henry Larkin 135 546 147 .269 7 101 2B Lou Bierbauer 134 535 143 .267 0 80 SS Bill Gleason 123 499 112 .224 0 61 3B Denny Lyons 111 456 135 .296 6 83 OF Harry Stovey 130 530 152 .287 9 65 OF Curt Welch 136 549 155 .282 1 61 OF Tom Poorman 97 383 87 .227 2 44 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 George Townsend George Townsend (baseball) 42 161 25 .155 0 12 Mike Sullivan Mike Sullivan (outfielder) 28 112 31 .277 1 19 Tom Gunning 23 92 18 .196 0 5 Blondie Purcell 18 66 11 .167 0 6 Frank Fennelly 15 47 11 .234 1 12 Bill Farmer Bill Farmer (baseball) 3 12 2 .167 0 1 Frank Zinn 2 7 0 .000 0 0 Whitey Gibson 1 3 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 Ed Seward 57 518.2 35 19 2.01 272 Gus Weyhing 47 404.0 28 18 2.25 204 Mike Mattimore 26 221.0 15 10 3.38 80 Bill Blair Bill Blair (American Association pitcher) 4 31.0 1 3 2.61 16 Phenomenal Smith 3 22.0 2 1 2.86 19 Bob Gamble 1 9.0 0 1 8.00 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 Lou Bierbauer 1 0 0 0 0.00 3 References 1888 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference Category:Philadelphia Athletics (AA) seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Philly