The 1888 World Series was an end-of-the-year professional baseball season championship playoff series between the National League champion New York Giants and the old American Association champion St. Louis Browns.

The Giants won, 6 games to 4.1888 World Series New York Giants over St. Louis Browns (6-4), Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed February 3, 2024. Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Keefe went 4–0.Tim Keefe , Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed February 3, 2024.

This was the Browns' last appearance in a championship tournament and pre-modern-era World Series, the last of their four consecutive AA pennants. The club would later join the NL in 1892 and be renamed as the St. Louis Cardinals by 1900. It would be 1926 before they would win their next league pennant.

Game summary

Game 1 October 16, 1888, at Polo Grounds in New York City; day gameTeam123456789RHESt. Louis Browns001000000135New York Giants01100000x224Win: Tim Keefe (1–0) Loss: Silver King (0–1)Home Runs: none

Game 2 October 17, 1888, at Polo Grounds in New York City; day gameTeam123456789RHESt. Louis Browns010000002374New York Giants000000000061Win: Elton Chamberlain (1–0) Loss: Mickey Welch (0–1)Home Runs: none

Game 3 October 18, 1888, at Polo Grounds in New York City; day gameTeam123456789RHESt. Louis Browns000000011255New York Giants20010010x452Win: Tim Keefe (2–0) Loss: Silver King (0–2)Home Runs: none

Game 4 October 19, 1888, at Washington Park in Brooklyn, New York; day gameTeam123456789RHENew York Giants104010000682St. Louis Browns001000020374Win: Ed Crane (1–0) Loss: Elton Chamberlain (1–1)Home Runs: none

Game 5 October 20, 1888, at Polo Grounds in New York City; day gameTeam12345678RHESt. Louis Browns00300100455New York Giants10000005692Win: Tim Keefe (3–0) Loss: Silver King (0–3)Home Runs: none

Game 6 October 22, 1888, at Philadelphia Baseball Grounds in Philadelphia; day game (last World Series game to be played at a neutral site until 2020 World Series)Team12345678RHENew York Giants0001033512135St. Louis Browns30100001537Win: Mickey Welch (1–1) Loss: Elton Chamberlain (1–2)Home Runs: none

Game 7 October 24, 1888, at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri; day gameTeam12345678RHENew York Giants030002005113St. Louis Browns00030004783Win: Silver King (1–3) Loss: Ed Crane (1–1)Home Runs: none

Game 8 October 25, 1888, at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri; day gameTeam123456789RHENew York Giants10310000611122St. Louis Browns000100110356Win: Tim Keefe (4–0) Loss: Elton Chamberlain (1–3)Home Runs: Buck Ewing, Mike Tiernan

Game 9 October 26, 1888, at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri; day gameTeam12345678910RHENew York Giants035000120011145St. Louis Browns140020202314154Win: Jim Devlin (1–0) Loss: Bill George (0–1)Home Runs: Tip O'Neill

Game 10 October 27, 1888, at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri; day gameTeam123456789RHENew York Giants3100000217138St. Louis Browns01050542118173Win: Elton Chamberlain (2–3) Loss: Ledell Titcomb (0–1)Home Runs: Bill George, Tip O'Neill, Tommy McCarthy

Series stats

New York Giants

Batting PlayerGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBSOAVGOBPSLGWilliam Brown2881310000000.3750.3750.500Roger Connor727237712034400.3040.4070.522Ed Crane2771100020010.1430.1430.143Buck Ewing727265902165130.3460.3700.615Bill George2992310140020.3330.3330.778George Gore313115510002220.4550.5380.545Gil Hatfield2982200011120.2500.3330.250Tim Keefe413112100001220.0910.2310.091Pat Murphy310101100010000.1000.1000.100Jim O'Rourke1040364800013420.2220.3000.222Danny Richardson939366620063350.1670.2310.222Mike Slattery1039396820056050.2050.2050.256Mike Tiernan10463881300165820.3420.4570.421Ledell Titcomb1441210010000.5000.5000.750John Ward8302941110066100.3790.4000.414Mickey Welch2772200010000.2860.2860.286Art Whitney103837712010122140.3240.3420.378Team totals1036633964941053553827300.2770.3310

Pitching PlayerGW – LSVGSCGSHOIPHHRBBSORERERAEd Crane21–1022017.01506121042.12Bill George10–1011010.0151341487.20Gil Hatfield10–000005.01213212712.60Tim Keefe44–0044035.01809301220.51Ledell Titcomb10–101004.05122636.75Mickey Welch21–1022017.010092852.65Team totals106–40109088.0753325262292.97

St. Louis Browns

Batting PlayerGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBSOAVGOBPSLGJack Boyle418164701043220.4380.5000.563Elton Chamberlain517133000001430.0000.2350.000Charlie Comiskey10424161111034110.2680.2860.341Jim Devlin1330000000000.0000.0000.000Ed Herr311112100001050.0910.0910.091Silver King516151100000160.0670.1250.067Arlie Latham1045401010000311560.2500.3330.250Harry Lyons518170200010150.1180.1670.118Tommy McCarthy104141101010196000.2440.2440.341Jocko Milligan8282551021040330.4000.4640.560Tip O'Neill10433789102110630.2430.3490.432Yank Robinson10423679210726120.2500.3570.361Bill White1038354510041360.1430.2110.171Team totals103623306075843462932520.2270.2960

Pitching PlayerGW – LSVGSCGSHOIPHHRBBSORERERAElton Chamberlain52–3055144.0523161336265.32Jim Devlin11–000007.05025322.57Silver King51–3054035.03709122392.31Team totals104–60109186.0943273062373.87

Series summary GameScoreDateBallpark, CityAttendance1Browns 1 – 2 GiantsOctober 16Polo Grounds, New York City4,8762Browns 3 – 0 GiantsOctober 17Polo Grounds, New York City5,5753Browns 2 – 4 GiantsOctober 18Polo Grounds, New York City5,7804Giants 6 – 3 BrownsOctober 19Washington Park, Brooklyn, New York3,0625Browns 4 – 6 Giants (8 innings)October 20Polo Grounds, New York City9,1246Giants 12 – 5 Browns (8 innings)October 22Philadelphia Baseball Grounds, Philadelphia3,2817Giants 5 – 7 Browns (8 innings)October 24Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, Missouri4,6248Giants 11 – 3 BrownsOctober 25Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, Missouri4,8659Giants 11 – 14 BrownsOctober 26Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, Missouri71110Giants 7 – 18 BrownsOctober 27Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, Missouri412

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