1889 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1889
League:	American Association (19th century)American Association
Ballpark:	Jefferson Street Grounds
City:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners:	Bill Sharsig, H. C. Pennypacker, William Whittaker
Manager:	Bill Sharsig

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

Regular season

Roster

1889 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		69	264	61	.231	0	28
1B		133	516	164	.318	3	74
2B		130	549	167	.304	7	105
SS		138	513	132	.257	1	64
3B		131	510	168	.329	9	82
OF		137	556	171	.308	19	119
OF		125	516	140	.271	0	39
OF		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
	55	199	44	.221	0	23
	31	113	25	.221	0	15
	23	73	17	.233	1	8
	8	24	6	.250	1	1
	4	18	3	.167	0	0
	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
	54	449.0	30	21	2.95	213
	39	320.0	21	15	3.97	102
	28	242.0	14	12	3.53	117
	7	55.1	1	4	3.90	18
	5	43.0	2	3	4.40	12
	5	34.0	3	2	2.91	6
	3	25.0	2	0	3.96	5

Other pitchers

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

References

• 1889 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference