1889 Philadelphia Athletics season

1889 Philadelphia Athletics

League| American Association
Ballpark| Jefferson Street Grounds
City| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners| Bill Sharsig, H. C. Pennypacker, William Whittaker
Manager| Bill Sharsig

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

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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American Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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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[edit]

1889 American Association record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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[edit]

### Roster[edit]

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[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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

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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[edit]

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

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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[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Gus Weyhing | 54 | 449.0 | 30 | 21 | 2.95 | 213
Ed Seward | 39 | 320.0 | 21 | 15 | 3.97 | 102
Sadie McMahon | 28 | 242.0 | 14 | 12 | 3.53 | 117
George Bausewine | 7 | 55.1 | 1 | 4 | 3.90 | 18
Phenomenal Smith | 5 | 43.0 | 2 | 3 | 4.40 | 12
John Coleman | 5 | 34.0 | 3 | 2 | 2.91 | 6
Ed Knouff | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 3.96 | 5

#### Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Mike Mattimore | 5 | 31.0 | 2 | 1 | 5.81 | 6

## References[edit]

* 1889 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference

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