1888 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1888 throughout the world.

Champions

 * National League: New York Giants
 * American Association: St. Louis Browns

Births

 * January 10 - Del Pratt
 * March 4 - Jeff Pfeffer
 * April 4 - Tris Speaker
 * April 9 - Hippo Vaughn
 * April 18 - Duffy Lewis
 * April 26 - Ray Caldwell
 * May 23 - Zack Wheat
 * June 29 - Bobby Veach
 * July 1 - Ben Taylor
 * September 6 - Red Faber
 * September 15 - Jean Dubuc
 * October 26 - Dick Hoblitzel
 * December 11 - Fred Toney
 * December 20 - Fred Merkle

Deaths

 * April 29 - Charlie Ferguson, 25, pitcher who won 99 games, including a no-hitter, for the Phillies since 1884; was 30-9 for the 1886 team
 * July 16 - Amos Cross, 27?, catcher for the 1885-87 Louisville Colonels, succeeded by his brother Lave
 * December 29 - Asa Brainard, 47, pitcher for the undefeated 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings