1st September 1888
The fans of the Beaneaters cannot wait for the season to finish as their team continued its struggles during August. The record for the month was 10-18 saw them finally eliminated from winning the NL pennant. The team are bottom of the NL table 25.5 games behind the leaders.
Series results
lost the final 2 games of a road trip to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
2-1 at home to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms
0-3 at home to the Chicago White Stockings
0-3 on the road to the St Louis Browns
1-2 on the road to the Philadelphia Quakers
3-1 on the road to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms
2-1 at home to the New York Giants (1 game to be re-arranged due to bad weather)
2-1 on the road to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
0-3 on the road to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
lost first game of a road trip to the Chicago White Stockings
The Beaneaters injury news during August was more bad than good. The team lost Catcher Amos Cross for 4 weeks with a sprained wrist and also lost First Baseman John Reilly for the rest of the season after he broke a bone in his elbow. He will need 4 months to recover. The good news was the return of Centre Fielder Chief Roseman at the end of the month.
With another tough month for the Beaneaters their were very few star performers. With this in mind we won't be highlighting any players.
Pitching
Batting
