1888 Boston Beaneaters Roster by Baseball Almanac

1888 Boston Beaneaters Roster

The 1888 Boston Beaneaters team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1888 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1888 Boston Beaneaters Opening Day starters list, a 1888 Boston Beaneaters salary list, a 1888 Boston Beaneaters uniform number breakdown and a 1888 Boston Beaneaters primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"Although he (Old Hoss Radbourn) pitched well in several other seasons, once winning forty-eight games, he might have been forgotten were it not for that one unbelievable year that was probably responsible for his 1939 induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame." - Total Baseball (1999)


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John Clarkson

5-10

155

Right

1861-07-01

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Dick Conway

5-07½

140

Right

Left

1865-04-25

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Kid Madden

5-07½

130

Left

Unknown

1866-10-22

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Old Hoss Radbourn

5-09

168

Right

1854-12-11

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Bill Sowders

6-00

155

Right

1864-11-29

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King Kelly

5-10

170

Right

1857-12-31

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Tom O'Rourke

5-09

158

Right

Unknown

1865-10-00

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Pete Sommers

5-11½

181

Right

1866-10-26

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Pop Tate

5-10

178

Left

Right

1860-12-22

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Jack Burdock

5-09½

158

Right

1852-04-00

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Bill Higgins

5-09

155

Right

Unknown

1861-09-08

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Billy Klusman

5-10½

185

Right

1865-03-24

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John Morrill

5-10½

155

Right

1855-02-19

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Billy Nash

5-08½

167

Right

1865-06-24

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Joe Quinn

5-07

158

Right

1864-12-25

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Irv Ray

5-06

165

Right

Left

1864-01-22

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Ezra Sutton

5-08½

153

Right

1849-09-17

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Sam Wise

5-10½

170

Right

Left

1857-08-18

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Tom Brown

5-10

168

Right

Left

1860-09-21

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Ed Glenn

5-10

160

Right

1860-09-19

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Mike Hines

5-10

176

Left

Right

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Joe Hornung

5-08½

164

Right

1857-06-12

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Dick Johnston

5-08

155

Right

1863-04-06

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Nick Wise

5-11

194

Right

1866-06-15

The 1888 Boston Beaneaters played 134 games during the regular season, won 70 games, lost 64 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at South End Grounds II (Park Factors: 102/100) where 265,015 fans witnessed their 1888 Beaneaters finish the season with a .522 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1888 Boston Beaneaters Opening Day starters list, a 1888 Boston Beaneaters salary list, a 1888 Boston Beaneaters uniform number breakdown and a 1888 Boston Beaneaters primary starters list:

1888 Boston Beaneaters
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1888 Boston Beaneaters
Most Games by Position
C King Kelly (76)
1B John Morrill (133)
2B Joe Quinn (38)
3B Billy Nash (105)
SS Sam Wise (89)
LF Joe Hornung (106)
CF Dick Johnston (135)
RF Tom Brown (99)

SP Kid Madden
SP Old Hoss Radbourn
SP Bill Sowders

CL John Clarkson

1888 Boston Beaneaters
Salaries
King Kelly $4,000.00

1888 Boston Beaneaters
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1888 Boston Beaneaters Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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