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1888 MLB Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1John ReillyBAT17.1
  2. 2Jimmy RyanBAT16.7
  3. 3Cap AnsonBAT16.2
  4. 4Tim KeefePITCH15.4
  5. 5Roger ConnorBAT15.1
  6. 6Harry StoveyBAT14.7
  7. 7Dan BrouthersBAT14.5
  8. 8Dick JohnstonBAT14
  9. 9Tip O'NeillBAT13.9
  10. 10Silver KingPITCH13.5
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Ed DelahantyLF194.8
  2. 2Jake Beckley1B192.7
  3. 3Hugh DuffyCF164.1
  4. 4Billy HamiltonCF146.1
  5. 5Dummy HoyCF118.8
  6. 6Cupid Childs2B97.8
  7. 7Duke FarrellC87.2
  8. 8Kid Gleason2B84.8

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Charley JonesLF91.4
  2. 2Ezra Sutton3B73.2
  3. 3Bill Phillips1B66.7
  4. 4Pete HotalingCF52.4
  5. 5George BradleyP48.6
  6. 6George WiedmanP42.7
  7. 7Bill McClellan2B39.5
  8. 8Frank Hankinson3B38.1

Teams · 16

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
St. Louis Cardinals92-43135.1Tip O'Neill
San Francisco Giants83-47156Tim Keefe
Los Angeles Dodgers88-52132.5George Pinkney
Philadelphia Athletics81-52137.5Harry Stovey
Cincinnati Red Stockings80-54108.9John Reilly
Chicago Cubs77-57154.4Jimmy Ryan
Philadelphia Phillies68-61107Charlie Buffinton
Atlanta Braves70-64126.4Dick Johnston
Detroit Wolverines68-63141.2Dan Brouthers
Pittsburgh Pirates66-6787.8Ed Morris
Baltimore Orioles57-8075.6Tommy Tucker
Cleveland Spiders50-8291.5Ed McKean
Indianapolis Hoosiers50-85110.3Jerry Denny
Washington Senators48-8691Dummy Hoy
Louisville Colonels48-8777.4Pete Browning
Kansas City Blues43-8965.3Jim McTamany

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.