1st September 1888
The Giants form dropped back a little in August to make their fans go back to being frustrated with the team. The record during August was 12 wins and 15 losses. This has seen the team sit in 6th place in the NL table, 18 games behind the leaders.
Series results
lost final game of a road trip to the Philadelphia Quakers
1-2 at home to the St Louis Browns
1-3 at home to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
3-0 at home to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
3-0 on the road to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms
2-1 on the road to the St Louis Browns
1-2 on the road to the Boston Beaneaters 1 game to be re-arranegd due to bad weather
0-3 at home to the Philadelphia Quakers
1-2 on the road to the Chicago White Stockings
lost first game of a road trip to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
With another tough month the only star to play anywhere near his potential was pitcher John Murphy. Murphy managed to win 5 of the 9 games he played. He pitched 77.2 innings to give up 59 hits and 16 earned runs for an ERA of 1.85.
Pitching
Batting
