1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

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1889  Brooklyn Bridegrooms
American Association Champions
League American Association
Ballpark Washington Park
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
President Charles Byrne
Manager Bill McGunnigle
  1888
1890  

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

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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The 1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Season standings

American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 9344.67950194325
St. Louis Browns 9045.667251183927
Philadelphia Athletics 7558.5641646222936
Cincinnati Red Stockings 7663.5471847262937
Baltimore Orioles 7065.5192240243041
Columbus Solons 6078.43533½36332445
Kansas City Cowboys 5582.4013835352047
Louisville Colonels 27111.19666½1846965

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBRCINCOLKCLOUPHISTL
Baltimore 8–128–11–212–811–716–48–117–12–2
Brooklyn 12–815–511–8–216–419–112–7–18–11
Cincinnati 11–8–25–1511–914–618–29–118–12
Columbus 8–128–11–29–119–1113–77–126–14
Kansas City 7–114–166–1411–913–68–12–16–14–1
Louisville 4–161–192–187–136–135–14–12–18–1
Philadelphia 11–87–12–111–912–712–8–114–5–18–9–2
St. Louis 12–7–211–812–814–614–6–118–2–19–8–2

Roster

1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Bob Clark 531823250.27502218
1B Dave Foutz 138553118152.275611343
2B Hub Collins 138560139149.26627365
3B Germany Smith 12144689103.23135335
SS George Pinkney 138545103134.24648247
OF Pop Corkhill 13853791134.25087822
OF Darby O'Brien 136567146170.30058091
OF Oyster Burns 131504105153.304510032

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

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Joe Visner 802955676.25886813
Doc Bushong 25841513.155082
Charlie Reynolds 124259.214032

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

PlayerGGSIPWLERABBSOCG
Bob Caruthers 5650445.040113.1310411846
Adonis Terry 4139326.022153.2912618635
Tom Lovett 2928229.017104.32659223
Mickey Hughes 2017153.0984.35865413

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Foutz 1259.2304.3721

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.

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