1889 Kansas City Cowboys season

The 1889 Kansas City Cowboys baseball team finished with a 55–82 record, seventh place in the American Association. The team folded after the season concluded.

1889 Kansas City Cowboys
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1888)
Location
Exposition Park (since 1888) Kansas City, Missouri (since 1888)
Other information
Manager(s)	Bill Watkins
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Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1889 American Association Records Sources:
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1889 Kansas City Cowboys
Roster
Pitchers John Bates Jim Conway John McCarty Frank Pears Henry Porter John Sowders Tom Sullivan Parke Swartzel		Catchers Jim Donahue Joe Gunson Charlie Hoover Charlie Reynolds Infielders Billy Alvord Sam Barkley Red Bittmann Jumbo Davis Herman Long Chippy McGarr Dan Stearns		Outfielders Charlie Bell Jim Burns Billy Hamilton Steve Ladew Jim Manning Mike Mattimore John Pickett		Manager Bill Watkins

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	Charlie Hoover	71	258	64	.248	1	25

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
Mike Mattimore	19	75	12	.160	0	5
Charlie Bell	2	6	1	.167	0	3
Steve Ladew	2	4	0	.000	0	0

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
Jim Conway	41	335	19	19	3.25	115
John Sowders	25	185	6	16	4.82	104
John McCarty	15	119.2	8	6	3.91	36
Charlie Bell	1	9	1	0	1.00	3
John Bates	1	8	0	1	13.50	3

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

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
Mike Mattimore	1	0	0	0	3.00	1
Steve Ladew	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

• 1889 Kansas City Cowboys team page at Baseball Reference