MLB players born in 1888
155 MLB players on file were born in 1888. Tris Speaker leads them with 74.3 career WAR. The first born in 1888 to play in the MLB were Tris Speaker and Fred Merkle, in 1907. Every season since 1876 is on file.
Former MLB players born in 1888 (155)
- Ken Nash 1912–1914
- Les Backman 1909–1910
- Polly Wolfe 1912–1914
- Tom Cantwell 1909–1910
- Al Clancy 1911
- Dolly Gray 1912
- Jim McGarr 1912
- Kid McLaughlin 1914
- Rex Devogt 1913
- Pinch Thomas 1912–1921
- Wiley Taylor 1911–1914
- Al Bashang 1912–1918
- Marty Krug 1912–1922
- Andy Harrington 1913
- Cecil Coombs 1914
- Frank Gregory 1912
- Jay Rogers 1914
- Pat Maloney 1912
- Paul Smith 1916
- Reggie Richter 1911
- Howard Baker 1912–1915
- Chet Carmichael 1909
- Ernie Gust 1911
- Pembroke Finlayson 1908–1909
- Bill McAllester 1913
- Ed Porray 1914
- Frank Betcher 1910
- Joe McDonald 1910
- Leo Meyer 1909
- Max Fiske 1914
- Ody Abbott 1910
- Paul Wachtel 1917
- Luther Bonin 1913–1914
- Vince Molyneaux 1917–1918
- Harry Sullivan 1909
- Ed Miller 1912–1918
- Eddie Higgins 1909–1910
- Al Klawitter 1909–1913
- Harry Laross 1914
- Ensign Cottrell 1911–1915
- Nick Allen 1914–1920
- Brad Kocher 1912–1916
- Skipper Roberts 1913–1914
- Skeeter Shelton 1915
- Bill Upham 1915–1918
- Patsy McGaffigan 1917–1918
- Rudy Sommers 1912–1927
- Curly Brown 1911–1915
- Bill Cunningham 1910–1912
- Ed Hallinan 1911–1912
- Roy Golden 1910–1911
- Dan Griner 1912–1918
- Toots Shultz 1911–1912
- Duffy Lewis 1910–1921
- Tommy McMillan 1908–1912
Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: WAR in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.