1889 Baltimore Orioles season

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1889  Baltimore Orioles
League American Association
Ballpark Oriole Park
City Baltimore, Maryland
Owner Harry Von der Horst
Manager Billy Barnie
←  1888 Seasons 1890  →

Regular season

Season standings

American Association 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 93440.679—50–1943–25
St. Louis Browns 90450.667251–1839–27
Philadelphia Athletics 75580.5641646–2229–36
Cincinnati Red Stockings 76630.5471847–2629–37
Baltimore Orioles 70650.5192240–2430–41
Columbus Solons 60780.43533½36–3324–45
Kansas City Cowboys 55820.4013835–3520–47
Louisville Colonels 271110.19666½18–469–65

Record vs. opponents

1889 American Association record

Sources:
TeamBALBRCINCOLKCLOUPHISTL
Baltimore —8–128–11–212–811–716–48–117–12–2
Brooklyn 12–8—15–511–8–216–419–112–7–18–11
Cincinnati 11–8–25–15—11–914–618–29–118–12
Columbus 8–128–11–29–11—9–1113–77–126–14
Kansas City 7–114–166–1411–9—13–68–12–16–14–1
Louisville 4–161–192–187–136–13—5–14–12–18–1
Philadelphia 11–87–12–111–912–712–8–114–5–1—8–9–2
St. Louis 12–7–211–812–814–614–6–118–2–19–8–2—

Roster

1889 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

InfieldersOutfieldersManager

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

Contents

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Pop Tate 7225346.182127
1B Tommy Tucker 134527196.372599
2B Reddy Mack 136519125.241187
SS Jack Farrell 4215733.210126
3B Billy Shindle 134567178.314363
OF Mike Griffin 137531148.279448
OF Joe Sommer 10638685.220136
OF Joe Hornung 135533122.229178

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Tom Quinn 5519434.175115
Will Holland 4014327.189016
Irv Ray 2610636.340017
Joe Dowie 207517.22708
Bart Cantz 206912.17408
Chris Fulmer 165815.259013
John Kerins 165315.283012
Dusty Miller 11406.15006
George Wood 3102.20001
Chippy McGarr 371.14300

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Matt Kilroy 59480.229252.85217
Frank Foreman 51414.023213.52180
Bert Cunningham 39279.116194.87140
George Goetz 19.0104.002
Pat Whitaker 19.0102.001

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