The 1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms won the American Association championship by two games over the St. Louis Browns.
1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms | |
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American Association Champions | |
League | American Association |
Ballpark | Washington Park |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Owners | Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell |
President | Charles Byrne |
Manager | Bill McGunnigle |
Offseason edit
- December 23, 1888: Al Mays[1] and Dave Orr[2] were purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Columbus Solons.
- Prior to 1889 season: Paul Radford was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Cleveland Spiders.[3]
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
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
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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 | — |
Roster edit
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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C | Bob Clark | 53 | 182 | 32 | 50 | .275 | 0 | 22 | 18 |
1B | Dave Foutz | 138 | 553 | 118 | 152 | .275 | 6 | 113 | 43 |
2B | Hub Collins | 138 | 560 | 139 | 149 | .266 | 2 | 73 | 65 |
3B | Germany Smith | 121 | 446 | 89 | 103 | .231 | 3 | 53 | 35 |
SS | George Pinkney | 138 | 545 | 103 | 134 | .246 | 4 | 82 | 47 |
OF | Pop Corkhill | 138 | 537 | 91 | 134 | .250 | 8 | 78 | 22 |
OF | Darby O'Brien | 136 | 567 | 146 | 170 | .300 | 5 | 80 | 91 |
OF | Oyster Burns | 131 | 504 | 105 | 153 | .304 | 5 | 100 | 32 |
Other batters edit
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
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Joe Visner | 80 | 295 | 56 | 76 | .258 | 8 | 68 | 13 |
Doc Bushong | 25 | 84 | 15 | 13 | .155 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Charlie Reynolds | 12 | 42 | 5 | 9 | .214 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
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Bob Caruthers | 56 | 50 | 445.0 | 40 | 11 | 3.13 | 104 | 118 | 46 |
Adonis Terry | 41 | 39 | 326.0 | 22 | 15 | 3.29 | 126 | 186 | 35 |
Tom Lovett | 29 | 28 | 229.0 | 17 | 10 | 4.32 | 65 | 92 | 23 |
Mickey Hughes | 20 | 17 | 153.0 | 9 | 8 | 4.35 | 86 | 54 | 13 |
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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Dave Foutz | 12 | 59.2 | 3 | 0 | 4.37 | 21 |
1889 World Series edit
The Bridegrooms played in the 1889 World Series representing the American Association against the New York Giants, champions of the National League. The Giants won the series, 6 games to 3. This series would be the first meeting between these two historic rivals.
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