Clubs |1882|1883|1884|1885|1886|1887|1888|Yrs.||Total | | | | | | | | ||Vict'r's ------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----++--------- St. Louis | 37| 65| 67| 79| 92| 94| 92| 7|| 526 Cincinnati | 55| 62| 68| 63| 64| 80| 80| 7|| 472 Athletic | 41| 66| 61| 55| 60| 64| 81| 7|| 428 Baltimore | 19| 28| 63| 41| 48| 76| 57| 7|| 332 Louisville | 42| 52| 68| 53| 66| 76| 48| 7|| 405 Metropolitan| --| 54| 75| 44| 53| 43| --| 6|| 269 Pittsburg | 39| 30| 30| 56| 78| --| --| 5|| 233 Brooklyn | --| --| 40| 53| 76| 59| 88| 5|| 316 Columbus | --| 32| 69| --| --| --| --| 2|| 104 Cleveland | --| --| --| --| --| 38| 50| 2|| 88 Indianapolis| --| --| 29| --| --| --| --| 1|| 29 Washington | --| --| 12| --| --| --| --| 1|| 12 Virginia | --| --| 12| --| --| --| --| 1|| 12 Kansas City | --| --| --| --| --| --| 43| 1|| 43 Toledo | --| --| 46| --| --| --| --| 1|| 46 +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---------- Total | 233| 389| 640| 444| 537| 530| 539| A COMPARATIVE RECORD. The following table gives the comparative figures of the League and the Association in their Championship contests in 1888: Clubs |Vic.|Def |Pct. ||Clubs |Vic.|Def.|Pct. -------------+----+----+------++-----------+----+----+------ New York | 84 | 47 | .641 ||St. Louis | 92 | 43 | .681 Chicago | 77 | 58 | .570 ||Brooklyn | 88 | 52 | .629 Philadelphia | 69 | 61 | .531 ||Athletic | 82 | 52 | .612 Boston | 70 | 64 | .522 ||Cincinnati | 80 | 54 | .597 Detroit | 68 | 63 | .519 ||Baltimore | 57 | 81 | .413 Pittsburg | 66 | 68 | .493 ||Cleveland | 50 | 82 | .379 Indianapolis | 50 | 85 | .370 ||Louisville | 48 | 87 | .356 Washington | 48 | 86 | .358 ||Kansas City| 43 | 89 | .328 NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN RECORDS. The New York League Club and the Brooklyn American Association Club closed the first six years of their existence in 1888. The New York Club joined the League in 1883, and won the championship in 1888. The principal statistics of the club's work on the diamond field during that period is shown in the appended table: Years |Won. |Lost.|Drawn.|Played.|Batting |Fielding | | | | |Average.|Average ------+-----+-----+------+-------+--------+-------- 1883 | 46 | 50 | 2 | 98 | .256 | .825 1884 | 62 | 50 | 4 | 116 | .257 | .816 1885 | 85 | 27 | 0 | 112 | .269 | .866 1886 | 75 | 44 | 5 | 124 | .269 | .853 1887 | 68 | 55 | 6 | 129 | .331 | .886 1888 | 84 | 47 | 7 | 138 | .240 | .918 +-----+-----+------+-------+--------+------ Totals| 420 | 273 | 24 | 717 | .270 | .860