It will be seen that the St. Louis Club won the championship, and for the fourth consecutive time, thus breaking the record. The Brooklyns, by a liberal expenditure of money toward the close of the season, succeeded in strengthening sufficiently to head off the Athletics for second place, and the latter had to be content with third position. The Cincinnatis did good work toward the close, despite the sale of several valuable players, and almost succeeded in closing the gap between fourth and third places; as it was, they ended a close fourth. Baltimore secured fifth place by a goodly margin over the sixth club, Cleveland. Louisville finished seventh, the lowest position the club ever occupied. Kansas City, though the tail-ender, nevertheless made an excellent first-season record. Neither the St. Louis nor Brooklyn Clubs lost a series. They split even with ten victories each in their games, and Brooklyn stood alone in winning the series from every other club. The Brooklyn Club alone played its full schedule of 140 games. The following is a full and complete summary of the work done by the eight clubs in the championship arena during 1888: | | | | | | | | K | | | | C | | | L | a | S | | | I | B | C | o | n | t | B | A | n | a | l | u | s | . | r | t | c | l | e | i | a | | o | h | i | t | v | s | s | L | o | l | n | i | e | v | | o | k | e | n | m | l | i | C | u | l | t | a | o | a | l | i | i | y | i | t | r | n | l | t | s | n | c | i | e | d | e | y | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . -----------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---- Victories | 92| 88| 81| 80| 57| 50| 48| 43 Defeats | 43| 52| 52| 54| 80| 82| 87| 89 Drawn Games | 2| 3| 3| 3| 0| 3| 4| 0 Total Played | 137| 143| 136| 137| 137| 135| 139| 132 Per Cent. of Victories |.681|.629|.609|.597|.416|.378|.355|.326 Series Won | 4| 6| 4| 3| 2| 0| 1| 0 Series Lost | 0| 0| 1| 1| 4| 3| 5| 6 Series Tied | 1| 1| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0 Series Unfinished | 2| 0| 1| 2| 1| 4| 1| 1 "Chicago" Victories | 12| 9| 13| 9| 3| 5| 6| 4 "Chicago" Defeats | 4| 9| 5| 7| 8| 12| 6| 10 Home Victories | 60| 52| 51| 56| 30| 32| 26| 25 Home Defeats | 21| 20| 20| 24| 26| 27| 29| 33 Victories Abroad | 29| 36| 30| 24| 27| 18| 22| 18 Defeats Abroad | 22| 32| 32| 50| 31| 23| 58| 56