1889 St. Louis Browns season
St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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Record | 90–45 (.667) | |
League place | 2nd | |
Owner | Chris von der Ahe | |
Manager | Charlie Comiskey | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1889 American Association. The Browns went 90–45 during the season and finished second in the American Association.
Regular season
Season standings
W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road | |
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Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 93 | 44 | 0.679 | — | 50–19 | 43–25 |
St. Louis Browns | 90 | 45 | 0.667 | 2 | 51–18 | 39–27 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 58 | 0.564 | 16 | 46–22 | 29–36 |
Cincinnati Red Stockings | 76 | 63 | 0.547 | 18 | 47–26 | 29–37 |
Baltimore Orioles | 70 | 65 | 0.519 | 22 | 40–24 | 30–41 |
Columbus Solons | 60 | 78 | 0.435 | 33½ | 36–33 | 24–45 |
Kansas City Cowboys | 55 | 82 | 0.401 | 38 | 35–35 | 20–47 |
Louisville Colonels | 27 | 111 | 0.196 | 66½ | 18–46 | 9–65 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | BR | CIN | COL | KC | LOU | PHI | STL | |||||||||
Baltimore | — | 8–12 | 8–11–2 | 12–8 | 11–7 | 16–4 | 8–11 | 7–12–2 | |||||||||
Brooklyn | 12–8 | — | 15–5 | 11–8–2 | 16–4 | 19–1 | 12–7–1 | 8–11 | |||||||||
Cincinnati | 11–8–2 | 5–15 | — | 11–9 | 14–6 | 18–2 | 9–11 | 8–12 | |||||||||
Columbus | 8–12 | 8–11–2 | 9–11 | — | 9–11 | 13–7 | 7–12 | 6–14 | |||||||||
Kansas City | 7–11 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 11–9 | — | 13–6 | 8–12–1 | 6–14–1 | |||||||||
Louisville | 4–16 | 1–19 | 2–18 | 7–13 | 6–13 | — | 5–14–1 | 2–18–1 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 11–8 | 7–12–1 | 11–9 | 12–7 | 12–8–1 | 14–5–1 | — | 8–9–2 | |||||||||
St. Louis | 12–7–2 | 11–8 | 12–8 | 14–6 | 14–6–1 | 18–2–1 | 9–8–2 | — |
Roster
1889 St. Louis Browns | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Jack Boyle | 99 | 347 | 85 | .245 | 3 | 42 |
1B | Charlie Comiskey | 137 | 587 | 168 | .286 | 3 | 102 |
2B | Yank Robinson | 132 | 452 | 94 | .208 | 5 | 70 |
SS | Shorty Fuller | 140 | 517 | 117 | .226 | 0 | 51 |
3B | Arlie Latham | 118 | 512 | 126 | .246 | 4 | 49 |
OF | Tip O'Neill | 134 | 534 | 179 | .335 | 9 | 110 |
OF | Charlie Duffee | 137 | 509 | 124 | .244 | 16 | 86 |
OF | Tommy McCarthy | 140 | 604 | 176 | .291 | 2 | 63 |
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 |
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Jocko Milligan | 72 | 273 | 100 | .366 | 12 | 76 |
Nat Hudson | 13 | 52 | 13 | .250 | 1 | 10 |
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 |
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Silver King | 56 | 458.0 | 35 | 16 | 3.14 | 188 |
Ice Box Chamberlain | 53 | 421.2 | 32 | 15 | 2.97 | 202 |
Jack Stivetts | 26 | 191.2 | 12 | 7 | 2.25 | 143 |
Jim Devlin | 9 | 60.0 | 5 | 3 | 2.40 | 37 |
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 |
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Nat Hudson | 9 | 60.0 | 3 | 2 | 4.20 | 13 |
Toad Ramsey | 5 | 41.0 | 3 | 1 | 3.95 | 33 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tommy McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 |
Charlie Comiskey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
References
- 1889 St. Louis Browns at Baseball Reference
- 1889 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com