1888 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1888 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

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1888 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American Association -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	0	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	137	92	43	.681	--	789	501	288	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
2	2	0	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	T - S - R	143	88	52	.629	6.5	758	584	174	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
3	3	0	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	136	81	52	.609	10.0	827	594	233	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
4	4	0	Cincinnati Red Stockings	T - S - R	137	80	54	.597	11.5	745	628	117	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
5	5	0	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R	137	57	80	.416	36.0	653	779	-126	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
6	6	0	Cleveland Blues	T - S - R	135	50	82	.379	40.5	651	839	-188	dnq	0	0	---	Jimmy Williams, Tom Loftus	---
7	7	0	Louisville Colonels	T - S - R	139	48	87	.356	44.0	689	870	-181	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
8	8	0	Kansas City Cowboys	T - S - R	132	43	89	.326	47.5	579	896	-317	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Giants	T - S - R	138	84	47	.641	--	659	476	183	dnq	0	0	---	Jim Mutrie	Polo Grounds
2	2	2	Chicago White Stockings	T - S - R	136	77	58	.570	9.0	734	659	75	dnq	0	0	---	Cap Anson	West Side Park
3	3	3	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	131	69	61	.531	14.5	535	514	21	dnq	0	0	---	Harry Wright	Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds
4	4	4	Boston Beaneaters	T - S - R	137	70	64	.522	15.5	669	611	58	dnq	0	0	---	John Morrill	South End Grounds
5	5	5	Detroit Wolverines	T - S - R	134	68	63	.519	16.0	721	629	92	dnq	0	0	---	---	Recreation Park
6	6	6	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	T - S - R	138	66	68	.493	19.5	534	580	-46	dnq	0	0	---	---	Recreation park
7	7	7	Indianapolis Hoosiers	T - S - R	136	50	85	.370	36.0	603	731	-128	dnq	0	0	---	Harry Spence	Seventh Street Park III
8	8	8	Washington Nationals	T - S - R	136	48	86	.358	37.5	482	731	-249	dnq	0	0	---	---	Swampoodle Grounds
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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