1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1884)
Location
Washington Park (since 1883)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
Manager(s)	Bill McGunnigle
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With the 1888 season, the Brooklyn Grays underwent a name change to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, a nickname that resulted from several team members getting married around the same time. Also, owner Charles Byrne decided to withdraw from managing the team's on field activities and turned the reins over to more experienced baseball manager Bill McGunnigle. That, along with the Bridegrooms' purchase of several top players from the defunct New York Metropolitans, led to a dramatic on field improvement as the team finished in second place in the American Association.

Offseason

October 20, 1887: Jim Donahue was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the New York Metropolitans for $25,000.^[1]
October 20, 1887: Bill Fagan,^[2] Frank Hankinson,^[3] Bill Holbert,^[4] Al Mays,^[5] Darby O'Brien^[6] and Paul Radford^[7] were purchased by the Bridegrooms from the New York Metropolitans.
November 21, 1887: Doc Bushong was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the St. Louis Browns.^[8]
November 26, 1887: Bob Caruthers was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the St. Louis Browns.^[9]
November 29, 1887: Dave Foutz was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the St. Louis Browns.^[10]
January 15, 1888, Jim Donahue,^[1] Bill Fagan,^[2] Frank Hankinson,^[3] Bill Phillips,^[11] Henry Porter^[12] and Steve Toole^[13] were purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Kansas City Cowboys.
February, 1888: Bert Cunningham^[14] and John Harkins^[15] were purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Baltimore Orioles.
February 15, 1888: Jim McTamany was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Kansas City Cowboys.^[16]

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Browns	92	43	0.681	—	60–21	32–22
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	88	52	0.629	6½	53–20	35–32
Philadelphia Athletics	81	52	0.609	10	55–20	26–32
Cincinnati Red Stockings	80	54	0.597	11½	56–25	24–29
Baltimore Orioles	57	80	0.416	36	30–26	27–54
Cleveland Blues	50	82	0.379	40½	33–27	17–55
Louisville Colonels	48	87	0.356	44	27–29	21–58
Kansas City Cowboys	43	89	0.326	47½	23–34	20–55

Record vs. opponents

1888 American Association Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	CLE	KC	LOU	PHI	STL
Baltimore	—	8–12	6–14	10–9	11–8	11–9	5–14	6–14
Brooklyn	12–8	—	14–6–1	16–4	11–9	13–7	12–8–1	10–10–1
Cincinnati	14–6	6–14–1	—	10–7–1	15–4	17–3–1	10–10	8–10
Cleveland	9–10	4–16	7–10–1	—	10–9	9–8–2	7–13	4–16
Kansas City	8–11	9–11	4–15	9–10	—	6–12	3–14	4–16
Louisville	9–11	7–13	3–17–1	8–9–2	12–6	—	5–15–1	4–16
Philadelphia	14–5	8–12–1	10–10	13–7	14–3	15–5–1	—	7–10–1
St. Louis	14–6	10–10–1	10–8	16–4	16–4	16–4	10–7–1	—

Notable transactions

August 10, 1888: Oyster Burns was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the Baltimore Orioles.^[17]
September 15, 1888: Bill McClellan was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Cleveland Blues.^[18]
September 23, 1888: Pop Corkhill was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the Cincinnati Red Stockings.^[19]
September 30, 1888: Hub Collins was purchased by the Bridegrooms from the Louisville Colonels.^[20]

Roster

1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Roster

Pitchers

Mickey Hughes

Al Mays

Adonis Terry

Catchers

Doc Bushong

Bob Clark

Bill Holbert

Jimmy Peoples

Infielders

Jack Burdock

Oyster Burns

Hub Collins

Bill McClellan

Dave Orr

George Pinkney

Germany Smith

Outfielders

Bob Caruthers

Pop Corkhill

Dave Foutz

Darby O'Brien

Paul Radford

Ed Silch

Manager

Bill McGunnigle

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Bushong, DocDoc Bushong	69	253	23	53	.209	0	16	9
1B	Orr, DaveDave Orr	99	394	57	120	.305	1	59	11
2B	Burdock, JackJack Burdock	70	246	15	30	.122	1	8	9
3B	Smith, GermanyGermany Smith	103	402	47	86	.214	3	61	27
SS	Pinkney, GeorgeGeorge Pinkney	143	575	134	156	.271	4	52	51
OF	O'Brien, DarbyDarby O'Brien	136	532	105	149	.280	2	65	55
OF	Radford, PaulPaul Radford	90	308	48	67	.218	2	29	33
OF	Foutz, DaveDave Foutz	140	563	91	156	.277	3	99	35

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	R	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Caruthers, BobBob Caruthers	94	335	58	77	.230	5	54	23
McClellan, BillBill McClellan	74	278	33	57	.205	0	21	13
Burns, OysterOyster Burns	52	204	40	58	.284	2	25	21
Clark, BobBob Clark	45	150	23	36	.240	1	20	11
Peoples, JimmyJimmy Peoples	32	103	15	20	.194	0	17	10
Corkhill, PopPop Corkhill	19	71	17	27	.380	1	19	3
Holbert, BillBill Holbert	15	50	4	6	.120	0	1	0
Silch, EdEd Silch	14	48	5	13	.271	0	3	4
Collins, HubHub Collins	12	42	16	13	.310	0	3	9

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Caruthers, BobBob Caruthers	44	42	391.7	29	15	2.39	53	140	42
Hughes, MickeyMickey Hughes	40	40	363.0	25	13	2.13	98	159	40
Terry, AdonisAdonis Terry	23	23	195.0	13	8	2.03	67	138	20
Foutz, DaveDave Foutz	23	19	176.0	12	7	2.51	35	73	19
Mays, AlAl Mays	18	18	160.7	9	9	2.80	32	67	17

Notes

References

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