The 1888 Kansas City Cowboys baseball team finished with a 43–89 record, winding up in last place in the American Association during their debut season.
The team played their final game of the season at future home ballpark, Exposition Park.
Regular season Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup Roster
1888 Kansas City Cowboys Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
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 88 337 79 .234 1 28 1B 129 509 120 .236 1 56 2B 116 482 104 .216 4 51 3B 121 491 131 .267 3 61 SS 115 401 76 .190 3 37 OF 37 136 29 .213 0 10 OF 130 516 127 .246 4 41 OF 73 293 69 .235 0 19
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 61 218 45 .206 2 28 37 155 27 .174 1 20 35 129 34 .264 0 11 32 122 21 .172 0 13 34 118 20 .169 0 6 16 66 20 .303 0 4 17 63 12 .190 0 4 13 48 10 .208 0 8 6 25 4 .160 0 5 3 10 3 .300 0 1 3 8 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 55 474.0 18 37 4.16 145 24 214.2 8 16 3.40 84 17 142.1 5 11 5.69 49 12 104.0 3 9 5.69 49 12 91.2 5 6 6.68 35 7 52.0 3 2 3.98 12 5 43.0 1 4 4.19 11 2 18.0 0 2 2.50 2 2 18.0 0 2 7.00 5
References 1888 Kansas City Cowboys team page at Baseball Reference