1888 St. Louis Cardinals roster

15 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1888 MLB season.

1888 Cardinals roster: batting

1888 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Charlie Comiskey1375761021576072.273.292.652
Arlie Latham13357011915120109.265.325.652
Tip O'Neill130529961775026.335.390.836
Tommy McCarthy1315111071401093.274.328.659
Harry Lyons12349966974036.194.230.488
Yank Robinson1344551111053056.231.400.714
Jack Boyle7125733621011.241.286.578
Jocko Milligan632191955503.251.311.676
Ed Herr431722146309.267.323.695
Chippy McGarr3413217310025.235.268.511
Tom Dolan113617001.194.216.438

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1888 Cardinals roster: pitching

1888 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Silver KingP666545211.64585.22580.880
Nat HudsonP393725102.54333.01301.030
Jim DevlinP1111653.1990.1451.130
Julie FreemanP11014.266.111.740

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.