1889 Cleveland Spiders season

1889 Cleveland Spiders
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1889)
Location
National League Park (since 1887) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison
Manager(s)	Tom Loftus
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Before the 1889 season, the Cleveland Blues switched from the American Association to the National League. They also earned a new nickname, the Cleveland Spiders, because so many of their players were very skinny.^[1][2] They finished their first season in the National League with a 61–72 record, good enough for sixth place.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t 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 Records v t 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	—

Roster[]

1889 Cleveland Spiders
Roster
Pitchers Jersey Bakley Ed Beatin Henry Gruber Cinders O'Brien Charlie Sprague		Catchers Pop Snyder Sy Sutcliffe Chief Zimmer Infielders Jay Faatz Ed McKean Cub Stricker Patsy Tebeau		Outfielders Bob Gilks Jimmy McAleer Paul Radford Larry Twitchell		Manager Tom Loftus

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
OF	Larry Twitchell	134	549	151	.275	4	95

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

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
Ed Beatin	36	317.2	20	15	3.57	126
Jersey Bakley	36	304.1	12	22	2.96	105

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
Larry Twitchell	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Notes[]

References[]

• "1889 Cleveland Spiders Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.