1889 Washington Nationals season

The 1889 Washington Nationals finished with a 41–83 record in the National League, finishing in last place. The team folded at the conclusion of the season.

1889 Washington Nationals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1886)
Location
Swampdoodle Grounds (since 1886) Washington, D.C. (since 1886)
Other information
Manager(s)	John Morrill, Arthur Irwin
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Offseason

• January 11, 1889: Wild Bill Widner was purchased from the Nationals by the Columbus Solons.[1]

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 Washington Nationals
Roster
Pitchers Alex Ferson George Haddock Egyptian Healy George Keefe Gus Krock Hank O'Day Mike Sullivan John Thornton		Catchers Jim Banning Spider Clark Tom Daly Hi Ebright Connie Mack John Riddle Infielders Jack Carney Jim Donnelly Arthur Irwin John Irwin Art McCoy John Morrill Al Myers Billy O'Brien Pete Sweeney Sam Wise		Outfielders Ed Beecher Harry Clarke Dummy Hoy George Shoch Walt Wilmot		Manager Arthur Irwin John Morrill

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	Tom Daly	71	250	75	.300	1	40
1B	John Carney	69	273	63	.231	1	29
SS	Arthur Irwin	85	313	73	.233	0	32
OF	Ed Beecher	42	179	53	.296	0	30

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
Connie Mack	98	386	113	.293	0	42
John Morrill	44	146	27	.185	2	16
Spider Clark	38	145	37	.255	3	22
Hi Ebright	16	59	15	.254	1	6
John Riddle	11	37	8	.216	0	3
Jim Banning	2	1	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
Alex Ferson	36	288.1	17	17	3.90	85
George Haddock	33	276.1	11	19	4.20	106
George Keefe	30	230	8	18	5.13	90
Egyptian Healy	13	101	1	11	6.24	49
Hank O'Day	13	108	2	10	4.33	23
Gus Krock	6	48	2	4	5.25	17
John Thornton	1	9	0	1	5.00	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
Mike Sullivan	9	41	0	3	7.24	15

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
Arthur Irwin	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
John Morrill	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Notes

1. Wild Bill Widner at Baseball Reference

References

• 1889 Washington Nationals at Baseball Reference