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The Indianapolis Hoosiers
St. Louis Maroons/Indianapolis Hoosiers
300px|thumb|right|1888 Indianapolis HoosiersThe St. Louis Maroons were a professional baseball club based in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1884-1886. The club, established by Henry Lucas, were the one near-major league quality entry in the Union Association, a league that lasted only one season, due...

finished with a 50-85 record in the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

, finishing in seventh place.

Offseason

October 20, 1887: Gid Gardner

Gid Gardner

Franklin Washington "Gid" Gardner was a Major League Baseball player during the 19th century. Between 1879 and 1888, Gardner played all or part of seven seasons for eight different teams in three different major leagues. He appeared in 199 games, mostly as an outfielder, but also spent some time...

and cash were traded by the Hoosiers to the Washington Nationals for Paul Hines

Paul Hines

Paul Aloysius Hines was an American center fielder in professional baseball who played in the National Association and Major League Baseball from 1872 to 1891...

Roster

1888 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	71	260	71	.273	5	22
1B	64	246	54	.220	0	17
2B	128	481	116	.241	2	60
3B	126	524	137	.261	12	63
SS	113	442	119	.269	1	45
OF	133	500	110	.220	5	50
OF	133	513	144	.281	4	58
OF	118	452	99	.219	0	30

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
66	248	59	.238	2	16
57	202	44	.218	0	14
48	169	40	.237	0	20
30	112	24	.214	1	10

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	323	15	22	3.26	98
37	321.1	12	24	3.89	124
35	297.2	11	24	4.63	101
20	176	10	10	2.81	55
7	56	2	5	4.66	7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	ERA	SO
1	7.20	0
2	0.00	1
1	9.00	1
1	54.00	1

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