1889 Philadelphia Quakers season

1889  Philadelphia Quakers
League	National League
Ballpark	Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Al Reach, John Rogers
Manager	Harry Wright
←  1888 1890  →

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	83	43	0.659	—	47–15	36–28
Boston Beaneaters	83	45	0.648	1	48–17	35–28
Chicago White Stockings	67	65	0.508	19	37–30	30–35
Philadelphia Quakers	63	64	0.496	20½	43–24	20–40
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	61	71	0.462	25	40–28	21–43
Cleveland Spiders	61	72	0.459	25½	33–35	28–37
Indianapolis Hoosiers	59	75	0.440	28	32–36	27–39
Washington Nationals	41	83	0.331	41	24–29	17–54

Record vs. opponents

1889 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	IND	NYG	PHI	PIT	WSH
Boston	—	10–7–1	12–8–1	10–10	8–6–2	13–6	16–3	14–5–1
Chicago	7–10–1	—	11–9	13–7	5–13–1	9–10–1	10–9–1	12–7
Cleveland	8–12–1	9–11	—	9–10–1	4–14	10–9	7–13	14–3–1
Indianapolis	10–10	7–13	10–9–1	—	7–13	4–13	10–10	11–7
New York	6–8–2	13–5–1	14–4	13–7	—	12–7–1	12–7–1	13–5
Philadelphia	6–13	10–9–1	9–10	13–4	7–12–1	—	9–9	9–7–1
Pittsburgh	3–16	9–10–1	13–7	10–10	7–12–1	9–9	—	10–7
Washington	5–14–1	7–12	3–14–1	7–11	5–13	7–9–1	7–10	—

Roster

1889 Philadelphia Quakers
Roster
Pitchers Dave Anderson Charlie Buffinton Dan Casey Bill Day Kid Gleason Ben Sanders Pete Wood		Catchers Jack Clements Pop Schriver Infielders Harry Decker Sid Farrar Bill Hallman Arthur Irwin Joe Mulvey Al Myers Piggy Ward		Outfielders Ed Andrews Ed Delahanty Jim Fogarty Sam Thompson George Wood		Manager Harry Wright

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	Jack Clements	78	310	88	.284	4	35
1B	Sid Farrar	130	477	128	.268	3	58
2B	Al Myers	75	305	82	.269	0	28
SS	Bill Hallman	119	462	117	.253	2	60
3B	Joe Mulvey	129	544	157	.289	6	77
OF	Jim Fogarty	128	499	129	.259	3	54
OF	Sam Thompson	128	533	158	.296	20	111
OF	George Wood	97	422	106	.251	5	53

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
Ed Delahanty	56	246	72	.293	0	27
Pop Schriver	55	211	56	.265	1	19
Arthur Irwin	18	73	16	.219	0	10
Ed Andrews	10	39	11	.282	0	7
Harry Decker	11	30	3	.100	0	2
Piggy Ward	7	25	4	.160	0	4

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
Charlie Buffinton	47	380.0	28	16	3.24	153
Ben Sanders	44	349.2	19	18	3.55	123
Kid Gleason	29	205.0	9	15	5.58	64
Dan Casey	20	152.2	6	10	3.77	65
Bill Day	4	19.0	0	3	5.21	20

Other 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
Dave Anderson	5	23.0	0	1	7.43	8
Pete Wood	3	19.0	1	1	5.21	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jim Fogarty	4	0	0	0	9.00	0
George Wood	1	0	0	0	18.00	2

References

• 1889 Philadelphia Quakers season at Baseball Reference