1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season explained

Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Season:	1889
Misc:	American Association Champions
League:	American Association (19th century)American Association
Ballpark:	Washington Park
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
President:	Charles Byrne
Manager:	Bill McGunnigle

The 1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms won the American Association championship by two games over the St. Louis Browns.

Offseason

• 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

Roster

1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C		53	182	32	50	.275	0	22	18
1B		138	553	118	152	.275	6	113	43
2B		138	560	139	149	.266	2	73	65
3B		121	446	89	103	.231	3	53	35
SS		138	545	103	134	.246	4	82	47
OF		138	537	91	134	.250	8	78	22
OF		136	567	146	170	.300	5	80	91
OF		131	504	105	153	.304	5	100	32

Other batters

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
	80	295	56	76	.258	8	68	13
	25	84	15	13	.155	0	8	2
	12	42	5	9	.214	0	3	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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
	56	50	445.0	40	11	3.13	104	118	46
	41	39	326.0	22	15	3.29	126	186	35
	29	28	229.0	17	10	4.32	65	92	23
	20	17	153.0	9	8	4.35	86	54	13

Other pitchers

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

1889 World Series

See main article: 1889 World Series. 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.

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Retrosheet

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maysal01.shtml Al Mays page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/orrda01.shtml Dave Orr page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/radfopa01.shtml Paul Radford page at Baseball Reference