1889 St. Louis Browns season
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1889 St. Louis Browns | |
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Results | |
Record | 90–45 (.667) |
League place | 2nd |
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Owner(s) | Chris von der Ahe |
Manager(s) | Charlie Comiskey |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference |
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The 1889 St. Louis Browns season was the team's eighth season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its eighth season in the American Association. The Browns went 90–45 during the season and finished second in the American Association.
Regular season[]
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Season standings[]
American Association | W | L | 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[]
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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 | 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 | 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 | 3 | 2 | 4.20 | 13 |
Toad Ramsey | 5 | 41 | 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[]
- St. Louis Cardinals seasons
- 1889 Major League Baseball season
- 1889 in sports in Missouri
- St. Louis Cardinals season stubs