1888 Kansas City Cowboys Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 43-89
Finished 8th in the AA
Attendance: 1,000, Avg. 1,000
Ballpark: Association Park I
Manager: Dave Rowe (14-36)
Manager: Sam Barkley (21-36)
Manager: Bill Watkins (8-17)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1888 Kansas City Cowboys RosterTeam Record: 43-89
Finished 8th in the AA
Attendance: 1,000, Avg. 1,000
Ballpark: Association Park I
Manager: Dave Rowe (14-36)
Manager: Sam Barkley (21-36)
Manager: Bill Watkins (8-17)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1888 Kansas City Cowboys Results
The Kansas City Cowboys of the American Association ended the 1888 season with a record of 43 wins and 89 losses, finishing eighth in the AA.
The Cowboys tallied 579 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 896 runs, most in the league. Jumbo Davis drove in 61 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .267 clip. Henry Porter led the team with 18 wins, while Tom Sullivan recorded a 3.40 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Dave Rowe, Sam Barkley and Bill Watkins coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Porter | 18 | 37 | .327 | 4.16 | 55 | 54 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 474.0 | 527 | 336 | 219 | 16 | 120 | 0 | 145 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 2084 |
| Tom Sullivan | 8 | 16 | .333 | 3.40 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 214.7 | 227 | 146 | 81 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 84 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 960 |
| Steve Toole | 5 | 6 | .455 | 6.68 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | 124 | 99 | 68 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 453 |
| Bill Fagan | 5 | 11 | .313 | 5.69 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 142.3 | 179 | 148 | 90 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 680 |
| Red Ehret | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.98 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 58 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 238 |
| Frank Hoffman | 3 | 9 | .250 | 2.77 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 102 | 71 | 32 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 460 |
| John Kirby | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 48 | 36 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 184 |
| Myron Allen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Frank Hafner | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 95 |
| Totals | 43 | 89 | .326 | 4.29 | 136 | 132 | 4 | 128 | 4 | 0 | 1157.7 | 1306 | 896 | 552 | 32 | 401 | 0 | 381 | 66 | 0 | 108 | 5228 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumbo Davis | 121 | 517 | 491 | 70 | 131 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 61 | 42 | 0 | 20 | 56 | .267 | .304 | .363 | .666 | 178 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McTamany | 130 | 594 | 516 | 94 | 127 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 55 | 0 | 67 | 72 | .246 | .345 | .331 | .677 | 171 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Phillips | 129 | 543 | 509 | 57 | 120 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 50 | .236 | .284 | .320 | .604 | 163 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Barkley | 116 | 512 | 482 | 67 | 104 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 51 | .216 | .262 | .309 | .571 | 149 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Donahue | 88 | 359 | 337 | 29 | 79 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 26 | .234 | .281 | .294 | .575 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Easterday | 115 | 437 | 401 | 42 | 76 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 0 | 31 | 70 | .190 | .256 | .259 | .516 | 104 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monk Cline | 73 | 315 | 293 | 45 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 27 | .235 | .289 | .294 | .582 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Law Daniels | 61 | 235 | 218 | 32 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 23 | .206 | .264 | .243 | .507 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hamilton | 35 | 137 | 129 | 21 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .264 | .307 | .357 | .663 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Myron Allen | 37 | 146 | 136 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .213 | .267 | .316 | .583 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Porter | 55 | 203 | 195 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 39 | .144 | .177 | .159 | .336 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Hankinson | 37 | 166 | 155 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .174 | .229 | .232 | .461 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Rowe | 32 | 129 | 122 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .172 | .217 | .262 | .479 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Burns | 15 | 70 | 66 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .303 | .343 | .303 | .646 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Brennan | 34 | 123 | 118 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .169 | .203 | .186 | .390 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Fagan | 18 | 69 | 65 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .215 | .261 | .262 | .522 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Ehret | 17 | 64 | 63 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .190 | .203 | .254 | .457 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Toole | 13 | 49 | 48 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .208 | .224 | .333 | .558 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fatty Briody | 13 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .208 | .224 | .229 | .454 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 28 | 101 | 92 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 34 | .109 | .188 | .120 | .308 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Hoffman | 12 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .154 | .267 | .179 | .446 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Jones | 6 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .160 | .192 | .240 | .432 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hoover | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kirby | 5 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .063 | .118 | .063 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Glenn | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Hafner | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1198 | 4933 | 4588 | 579 | 1000 | 142 | 61 | 19 | 431 | 257 | 0 | 288 | 598 | .218 | .273 | .288 | .561 | 1321 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Phillips | 1B | 129 | 0 | 1132.0 | 1476 | 55 | 32 | 66 | .980 | 12.172 | 11.868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Hankinson | 1B | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Ehret | 1B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 9.900 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Barkley | 2B | 116 | 0 | 1013.0 | 341 | 314 | 43 | 44 | .938 | 5.819 | 5.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Hankinson | 2B | 13 | 0 | 113.0 | 32 | 40 | 4 | 3 | .947 | 5.735 | 5.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monk Cline | 2B | 3 | 0 | 12.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 5.250 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Ehret | 2B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 3.600 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | 2B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 4.500 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jumbo Davis | 3B | 113 | 0 | 1002.0 | 155 | 334 | 91 | 27 | .843 | 4.392 | 4.327 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Hankinson | 3B | 7 | 0 | 59.0 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .714 | 3.051 | 2.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Brennan | 3B | 5 | 0 | 40.0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .696 | 3.600 | 3.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | 3B | 5 | 0 | 38.0 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .750 | 3.553 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Law Daniels | 3B | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monk Cline | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | C | 67 | 0 | 565.0 | 282 | 106 | 42 | 9 | .902 | 6.181 | 5.791 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Law Daniels | C | 29 | 0 | 250.0 | 114 | 59 | 25 | 4 | .874 | 6.228 | 5.966 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Brennan | C | 25 | 0 | 215.0 | 104 | 49 | 20 | 4 | .884 | 6.405 | 6.120 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fatty Briody | C | 13 | 0 | 103.0 | 52 | 17 | 8 | 3 | .896 | 6.029 | 5.308 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hoover | C | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 6.480 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim McTamany | OF | 130 | 0 | 1202.0 | 245 | 27 | 26 | 5 | .913 | 2.037 | 2.092 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monk Cline | OF | 70 | 0 | 617.0 | 91 | 22 | 15 | 4 | .883 | 1.648 | 1.614 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Myron Allen | OF | 35 | 0 | 336.0 | 72 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .931 | 2.170 | 2.314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hamilton | OF | 35 | 0 | 261.0 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.690 | 1.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Rowe | OF | 32 | 0 | 257.0 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .914 | 2.241 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Law Daniels | OF | 30 | 0 | 247.0 | 45 | 8 | 9 | 3 | .855 | 1.931 | 1.767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | OF | 18 | 0 | 151.0 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 2.026 | 1.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Burns | OF | 15 | 0 | 139.0 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .853 | 1.878 | 1.933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Jones | OF | 6 | 0 | 55.0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1.473 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Hankinson | OF | 7 | 0 | 52.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.558 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Ehret | OF | 10 | 0 | 51.0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1.588 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Glenn | OF | 3 | 0 | 26.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.077 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Toole | OF | 2 | 0 | 24.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.875 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Fagan | OF | 2 | 0 | 23.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .783 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Brennan | OF | 5 | 0 | 22.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Sullivan | OF | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Porter | OF | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Porter | P | 55 | 0 | 474.0 | 11 | 133 | 16 | 3 | .900 | 2.734 | 2.618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Sullivan | P | 24 | 0 | 215.0 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 2 | .955 | 3.558 | 3.542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Fagan | P | 17 | 0 | 142.0 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 2 | .894 | 2.662 | 2.471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Hoffman | P | 12 | 0 | 104.0 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 1 | .838 | 2.683 | 2.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Toole | P | 12 | 0 | 92.0 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.739 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Ehret | P | 7 | 0 | 52.0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.115 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kirby | P | 5 | 0 | 43.0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 2.512 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Hafner | P | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Myron Allen | P | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Easterday | SS | 115 | 0 | 1004.0 | 120 | 459 | 73 | 30 | .888 | 5.190 | 5.035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Hankinson | SS | 9 | 0 | 73.0 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 6 | .881 | 4.562 | 4.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jumbo Davis | SS | 8 | 0 | 73.0 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 0 | .813 | 4.808 | 4.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Law Daniels | SS | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1211 | 0 | 10421.0 | 3468 | 1954 | 507 | 226 | .914 | 4.683 | 4.477 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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