1888 Boston Beaneaters season
The 1888 History of the [Boston Braves|Boston Beaneaters] season was the 18th season of the franchise.
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 | King Kelly | 107 | 440 | 140 | .318 | 9 | 71 |
| 1B | 135 | 486 | 96 | .198 | 4 | 36 | |
| 2B | Joe Quinn | 38 | 156 | 47 | .301 | 4 | 29 |
| SS | Sam Wise | 105 | 417 | 100 | .240 | 4 | 40 |
| 3B | Billy Nash | 135 | 526 | 149 | .283 | 4 | 75 |
| OF | Joe Hornung | 107 | 431 | 103 | .239 | 3 | 53 |
| OF | Tom Brown | 107 | 420 | 104 | .248 | 9 | 49 |
| OF | Dick Johnston | 135 | 585 | 173 | .296 | 12 | 68 |
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 |
| Irv Ray | 50 | 206 | 51 | .248 | 2 | 26 |
| Pop Tate | 41 | 148 | 34 | .230 | 1 | 6 |
| Ezra Sutton | 28 | 110 | 24 | .218 | 1 | 16 |
| Billy Klusman | 28 | 107 | 18 | .168 | 2 | 11 |
| Jack Burdock | 22 | 79 | 16 | .203 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom [O'Rourke (baseball)|Tom O'Rourke] | 20 | 74 | 13 | .176 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | 65 | 10 | .154 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bill [Higgins (baseball)|Bill Higgins] | 14 | 54 | 10 | .185 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Hines | 4 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| Andy Sommers | 4 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Wise | 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 |
| 54 | 483.1 | 33 | 20 | 2.76 | 223 | |
| Bill Sowders | 36 | 317.0 | 19 | 15 | 2.07 | 132 |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | 24 | 207.0 | 7 | 16 | 2.87 | 64 |
| Kid Madden | 20 | 168.0 | 7 | 11 | 2.95 | 53 |
| Dick Conway | 6 | 53.0 | 4 | 2 | 2.38 | 12 |