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1888 World Series NL: New York Giants (6–4)
AA: St. Louis Browns (4–6)
Pre-modern World Series
The "
Hall Cup " was awarded to the Giants for defeating the Browns in the 1888 series. Now on display at the
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in
Cooperstown, New York , the exhibit says the cup is "baseball's oldest existing World Championship trophy".
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. Hall of Fame pitcher Tim Keefe went 4–0.
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 game
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
St. Louis Browns
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
5
New York Giants
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
x
2
2
4
Win: 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 game
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
St. Louis Browns
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
7
4
New York Giants
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
1
Win: 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 game
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
St. Louis Browns
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
5
5
New York Giants
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
x
4
5
2
Win: 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 game
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York Giants
1
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
8
2
St. Louis Browns
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
7
4
Win: 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 game
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
R
H
E
St. Louis Browns
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
4
5
5
New York Giants
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
6
9
2
Win: 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 )
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
R
H
E
New York Giants
0
0
0
1
0
3
3
5
12
13
5
St. Louis Browns
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
5
3
7
Win: 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 game
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
R
H
E
New York Giants
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
5
11
3
St. Louis Browns
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
4
7
8
3
Win: 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 game
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York Giants
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
6
11
12
2
St. Louis Browns
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
3
5
6
Win: 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 game
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
R
H
E
New York Giants
0
3
5
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
11
14
5
St. Louis Browns
1
4
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
3
14
15
4
Win: Jim Devlin (1–0) Loss: Bill George (0–1)
Home Runs: Tip O'Neill
Game 10 [ ]
Series stats [ ]
New York Giants [ ]
Batting [ ]
Player
G
PA
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
SB
BB
SO
AVG
OBP
SLG
Willard Brown
2
8
8
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.375
0.375
0.500
Roger Connor
7
27
23
7
7
1
2
0
3
4
4
0
0.304
0.407
0.522
Ed Crane
2
7
7
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0.143
0.143
0.143
Buck Ewing
7
27
26
5
9
0
2
1
6
5
1
3
0.346
0.370
0.615
Bill George
2
9
9
2
3
1
0
1
4
0
0
2
0.333
0.333
0.778
George Gore
3
13
11
5
5
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
0.455
0.538
0.545
Gil Hatfield
2
9
8
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0.250
0.333
0.250
Tim Keefe
4
13
11
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0.091
0.231
0.091
Pat Murphy
3
10
10
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0.100
0.100
0.100
Jim O'Rourke
10
40
36
4
8
0
0
0
1
3
4
2
0.222
0.300
0.222
Danny Richardson
9
39
36
6
6
2
0
0
6
3
3
5
0.167
0.231
0.222
Mike Slattery
10
39
39
6
8
2
0
0
5
6
0
5
0.205
0.205
0.256
Mike Tiernan
10
46
38
8
13
0
0
1
6
5
8
2
0.342
0.457
0.421
Ledell Titcomb
1
4
4
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0.500
0.500
0.750
John Ward
8
30
29
4
11
1
0
0
6
6
1
0
0.379
0.400
0.414
Mickey Welch
2
7
7
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0.286
0.286
0.286
Art Whitney
10
38
37
7
12
0
1
0
12
2
1
4
0.324
0.342
0.378
Team Totals
10
366
339
64
94
10
5
3
55
38
27
30
0.277
0.331
0
Pitching [ ]
Player
G
W – L
SV
GS
CG
SHO
IP
H
HR
BB
SO
R
ER
ERA
Ed Crane
2
1–1
0
2
2
0
17.0
15
0
6
12
10
4
2.12
Bill George
1
0–1
0
1
1
0
10.0
15
1
3
4
14
8
7.20
Gil Hatfield
1
0–0
0
0
0
0
5.0
12
1
3
2
12
7
12.60
Tim Keefe
4
4–0
0
4
4
0
35.0
18
0
9
30
12
2
0.51
Ledell Titcomb
1
0–1
0
1
0
0
4.0
5
1
2
2
6
3
6.75
Mickey Welch
2
1–1
0
2
2
0
17.0
10
0
9
2
8
5
2.65
Team Totals
10
6–4
0
10
9
0
88.0
75
3
32
52
62
29
2.97
St. Louis Browns [ ]
Batting [ ]
Player
G
PA
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
SB
BB
SO
AVG
OBP
SLG
Jack Boyle
4
18
16
4
7
0
1
0
4
3
2
2
0.438
0.500
0.563
Elton Chamberlain
5
17
13
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
3
0.000
0.235
0.000
Charlie Comiskey
10
42
41
6
11
1
1
0
3
4
1
1
0.268
0.286
0.341
Jim Devlin
1
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.000
0.000
0.000
Ed Herr
3
11
11
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
0.091
0.091
0.091
Silver King
5
16
15
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
0.067
0.125
0.067
Arlie Latham
10
45
40
10
10
0
0
0
3
11
5
6
0.250
0.333
0.250
Harry Lyons
5
18
17
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
5
0.118
0.167
0.118
Tommy McCarthy
10
41
41
10
10
1
0
1
9
6
0
0
0.244
0.244
0.341
Jocko Milligan
8
28
25
5
10
2
1
0
4
0
3
3
0.400
0.464
0.560
Tip O'Neill
10
43
37
8
9
1
0
2
11
0
6
3
0.243
0.349
0.432
Yank Robinson
10
42
36
7
9
2
1
0
7
2
6
12
0.250
0.357
0.361
Bill White
10
38
35
4
5
1
0
0
4
1
3
6
0.143
0.211
0.171
Team Totals
10
362
330
60
75
8
4
3
46
29
32
52
0.227
0.296
0
Pitching [ ]
Player
G
W – L
SV
GS
CG
SHO
IP
H
HR
BB
SO
R
ER
ERA
Elton Chamberlain
5
2–3
0
5
5
1
44.0
52
3
16
13
36
26
5.32
Jim Devlin
1
1–0
0
0
0
0
7.0
5
0
2
5
3
2
2.57
Silver King
5
1–3
0
5
4
0
35.0
37
0
9
12
23
9
2.31
Team Totals
10
4–6
0
10
9
1
86.0
94
3
27
30
62
37
3.87
Series summary [ ]
Game
Score
Date
Ballpark, City
Attendance
1
Browns 1 – 2 Giants
October 16
Polo Grounds , New York City
4,876
2
Browns 3 – 0 Giants
October 17
Polo Grounds , New York City
5,575
3
Browns 2 – 4 Giants
October 18
Polo Grounds , New York City
5,780
4
Giants 6 – 3 Browns
October 19
Washington Park , Brooklyn, New York
3,062
5
Browns 4 – 6 Giants (8 innings)
October 20
Polo Grounds , New York City
9,124
6
Giants 12 – 5 Browns (8 innings)
October 22
Philadelphia Baseball Grounds , Philadelphia
3,281
7
Giants 5 – 7 Browns (8 innings)
October 24
Sportsman's Park , St. Louis, Missouri
4,624
8
Giants 11 – 3 Browns
October 25
Sportsman's Park , St. Louis, Missouri
4,865
9
Giants 11 – 14 Browns
October 26
Sportsman's Park , St. Louis, Missouri
711
10
Giants 7 – 18 Browns
October 27
Sportsman's Park , St. Louis, Missouri
412
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