The Central League was a professional baseball league that played for one season, 1888. The teams that played in the league were the Allentown Peanuts, Binghamton Crickets, Hazleton Pugilists, Jersey City Skeeters, Newark Trunkmakers, Scranton Miners and Wilkes-Barre Barons. The league champion was the Newark Trunkmakers, who went 83–23. The league's president was John W. Collins.
Standings & statistics 1888 team standingsWLPCTGB Managers Newark Trunkmakers8323.783-Chris Meisel Jersey City Skeeters8425.771½Pat Powers Wilkes-Barre Barons5948.55124½James Donnelly / John Irwin Scranton Miners5551.51928Sam Crane Allentown Peanuts5157.47233Fergy Malone / Charles Reuter Easton3867.36244½L.F. Abbott / John Henry Henry Putnam Elmira3473.31849½Charlie Hall Hazleton Pugilists 732.179NACharles Gessner Binghamton Crickets 1550.231NALeonard Baldwin / John Lavin Binghamton disbanded August 3; Hazleton entered the league August 9
+Player statistics Player TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot John CroganNewarkBA.335Bill DaleyJersey CityW42 John CroganNewarkRuns116Harry PyleJersey CityPCT.818 18-4 John CroganNewarkHits158 Jimmy KnowlesJersey CityHR4 John McKeeWilkes-BarreSB112
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