1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers season

The 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers finished with a 59–75 record in the National League, finishing in seventh place. The team folded after the season concluded.

1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1885)
Location
Athletic Park (since 1887) Indianapolis, Indiana (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s)	John T. Brush
Manager(s)	Frank Bancroft, Jack Glasscock
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Regular season

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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Roster
Pitchers Varney Anderson Henry Boyle Bill Burdick Jack Fanning Jack Fee Charlie Getzien Gus Krock Amos Rusie Lev Shreve Jim Whitney		Catchers Dick Buckley Con Daily Pete Sommers Pete Weckbecker Infielders Charley Bassett Jerry Denny Jack Glasscock Paul Hines Jumbo Schoeneck		Outfielders Ed Andrews Jack McGeachey George Myers Emmett Seery Marty Sullivan		Manager Frank Bancroft Jack Glasscock

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	Dick Buckley	68	260	67	.258	8	41
1B	Paul Hines	121	486	148	.305	6	72
2B	Charlie Bassett	127	477	117	.245	4	68
3B	Jerry Denny	133	578	163	.282	18	112
SS	Jack Glasscock	134	582	205	.352	7	85
OF	Jack McGeachey	131	532	142	.267	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
Ed Andrews	40	173	53	.306	0	22
George Myers	43	149	29	.195	0	12
Pete Weckbecker	1	1	0	.000	0	2

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
Henry Boyle	46	378.2	21	23	3.92	97
Charlie Getzien	45	349	18	22	4.54	139
Jim Whitney	9	70	2	7	6.81	16
Gus Krock	4	32	2	2	7.31	10
Lev Shreve	3	15.2	0	3	13.79	5
Jack Fanning	1	1	0	1	18.00	0

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
Amos Rusie	33	225	12	10	5.32	109
Bill Burdick	10	45.2	2	4	4.53	16
Jack Fee	7	40	2	2	4.28	10
Varney Anderson	2	12	0	1	4.50	3

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
Jack McGeachey	3	0	0	0	11.57	3
Jack Glasscock	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers team page at Baseball Reference