1889 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1889 Chicago White Stockings season was the 18th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 14th in the National League and the 5th at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings finished third in the National League with a record of 67–65.

1889 Chicago White Stockings
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
West Side Park (since 1885) Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Albert Spalding
Manager(s)	Cap Anson
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Regular season

The 1889 Chicago White Stockings

Season standings

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 Sources:
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 Chicago White Stockings
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bishop Frank Dwyer Ad Gumbert Egyptian Healy Bill Hutchinson Gus Krock John Tener		Catchers Dell Darling Duke Farrell Silver Flint Pete Sommers Infielders Cap Anson Charlie Bastian Tom Burns Fred Pfeffer Ned Williamson		Outfielders Hugh Duffy Jimmy Ryan George Van Haltren		Manager Cap Anson

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
1B	Cap Anson	134	518	161	.311	7	117
3B	Tom Burns	136	525	135	.257	4	66
OF	Hugh Duffy	136	584	182	.312	12	89
OF	Jimmy Ryan	135	576	187	.325	17	72

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
Dell Darling	36	120	23	.192	0	7

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
Bill Hutchinson	37	318	16	17	3.54	136
John Tener	35	287	15	15	3.64	105
Frank Dwyer	32	276	16	13	3.59	63
Ad Gumbert	31	246.1	16	13	3.62	91
Gus Krock	7	60.2	3	3	4.90	16
Egyptian Healy	5	46	1	4	4.50	22

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
Bill Bishop	2	0	0	2	18.00	1

References

• 1889 Chicago White Stockings season at Baseball Reference