1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

Major League Baseball team season
1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
LeagueNational League
BallparkRecreation Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
OwnerWilliam A. Nimick
ManagersHorace B. Phillips, Fred Dunlap, Ned Hanlon
← 1888
1890 →

The 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the eighth season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise and their third in the National League. The Alleghenys finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 61–71.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 83 43 0.659 — 47–15 36–28
Boston Beaneaters 83 45 0.648 1 48–17 35–28
Chicago White Stockings 67 65 0.508 19 37–30 30–35
Philadelphia Quakers 63 64 0.496 20½ 43–24 20–40
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 61 71 0.462 25 40–28 21–43
Cleveland Spiders 61 72 0.459 25½ 33–35 28–37
Indianapolis Hoosiers 59 75 0.440 28 32–36 27–39
Washington Nationals 41 83 0.331 41 24–29 17–54

Record vs. opponents

1889 National League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CHI CLE IND NYG PHI PIT WSH
Boston — 10–7–1 12–8–1 10–10 8–6–2 13–6 16–3 14–5–1
Chicago 7–10–1 — 11–9 13–7 5–13–1 9–10–1 10–9–1 12–7
Cleveland 8–12–1 9–11 — 9–10–1 4–14 10–9 7–13 14–3–1
Indianapolis 10–10 7–13 10–9–1 — 7–13 4–13 10–10 11–7
New York 6–8–2 13–5–1 14–4 13–7 — 12–7–1 12–7–1 13–5
Philadelphia 6–13 10–9–1 9–10 13–4 7–12–1 — 9–9 9–7–1
Pittsburgh 3–16 9–10–1 13–7 10–10 7–12–1 9–9 — 10–7
Washington 5–14–1 7–12 3–14–1 7–11 5–13 7–9–1 7–10 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Doggie Miller 104 422 113 .268 6 56
1B Jake Beckley 123 522 157 .301 9 97
2B Fred Dunlap 121 451 106 .235 2 65
SS Jack Rowe 75 317 82 .259 2 32
3B Bill Kuehne 97 390 96 .246 5 57
OF Al Maul 68 257 71 .276 4 44
OF Ned Hanlon 116 461 110 .239 2 37
OF Billy Sunday 81 321 77 .240 2 25

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Fred Carroll 91 318 105 .330 2 51
Jocko Fields 75 289 90 .311 2 43
Pop Smith 72 258 54 .209 5 27
Deacon White 55 225 57 .253 0 26
Chuck Lauer 4 16 3 .188 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Harry Staley 49 420.0 21 26 3.51 159
Pud Galvin 41 341.0 23 16 4.17 77
Ed Morris 21 170.0 6 13 4.13 40
Pete Conway 3 22.0 2 1 4.91 2
Alex Beam 2 18.0 1 1 6.50 1
Andy Dunning 2 18.0 0 2 7.00 4
Alex Jones 1 9.0 1 0 3.00 10
Al Krumm 1 9.0 0 1 10.00 4

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Sowders 13 52.2 6 5 7.35 33
Al Maul 6 42.0 1 4 9.86 11
Bill Garfield 4 29.0 0 2 7.76 4

References

  • 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Page at Baseball Almanac
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