Yours truly,
WHEELER C. WIKOFF, Secy.
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:
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