1889 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1889 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 75–58 record and finished in third place in the American Association.

1889 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Jefferson Street Grounds (since 1883) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Sharsig, H. C. Pennypacker, William Whittaker
Manager(s)	Bill Sharsig
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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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers George Bausewine John Coleman Ed Knouff Sadie McMahon Ed Seward Phenomenal Smith Gus Weyhing		Catchers Jack Brennan Bill Collins Lave Cross Tom Gunning Wilbert Robinson Infielders Lou Bierbauer Frank Fennelly James Graham Henry Larkin Denny Lyons		Outfielders Mike Mattimore Blondie Purcell Harry Stovey Curt Welch		Manager Bill Sharsig

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	Wilbert Robinson	69	264	61	.231	0	28
1B	Henry Larkin	133	516	164	.318	3	74
2B	Lou Bierbauer	130	549	167	.304	7	105
SS	Frank Fennelly	138	513	132	.257	1	64
3B	Denny Lyons	131	510	168	.329	9	82
OF	Harry Stovey	137	556	171	.308	19	119
OF	Curt Welch	125	516	140	.271	0	39
OF	Blondie Purcell	129	507	160	.316	0	85

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
Lave Cross	55	199	44	.221	0	23
Jack Brennan	31	113	25	.221	0	15
Mike Mattimore	23	73	17	.233	1	8
Tom Gunning	8	24	6	.250	1	1
James Graham	4	18	3	.167	0	0
Bill Collins	1	4	1	.250	0	1

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
Gus Weyhing	54	449	30	21	2.95	213
Ed Seward	39	320	21	15	3.97	102
Sadie McMahon	28	242	14	12	3.53	117
George Bausewine	7	55.1	1	4	3.90	18
Phenomenal Smith	5	43	2	3	4.40	12
John Coleman	5	34	3	2	2.91	6
Ed Knouff	3	25	2	0	3.96	5

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
Mike Mattimore	5	31	2	1	5.81	6

References

• 1889 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference