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The 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the eighth season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise and their third in the National League. The Alleghenys finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 61–71.
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
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 |
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C | Doggie Miller | 104 | 422 | 113 | .268 | 6 | 56 |
1B | Jake Beckley | 123 | 522 | 157 | .301 | 9 | 97 |
2B | Fred Dunlap | 121 | 451 | 106 | .235 | 2 | 65 |
SS | Jack Rowe | 75 | 317 | 82 | .259 | 2 | 32 |
3B | Bill Kuehne | 97 | 390 | 96 | .246 | 5 | 57 |
OF | Al Maul | 68 | 257 | 71 | .276 | 4 | 44 |
OF | Ned Hanlon | 116 | 461 | 110 | .239 | 2 | 37 |
OF | Billy Sunday | 81 | 321 | 77 | .240 | 2 | 25 |
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 |
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Fred Carroll | 91 | 318 | 105 | .330 | 2 | 51 |
Jocko Fields | 75 | 289 | 90 | .311 | 2 | 43 |
Pop Smith | 72 | 258 | 54 | .209 | 5 | 27 |
Deacon White | 55 | 225 | 57 | .253 | 0 | 26 |
Chuck Lauer | 4 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 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 |
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Harry Staley | 49 | 420.0 | 21 | 26 | 3.51 | 159 |
Pud Galvin | 41 | 341.0 | 23 | 16 | 4.17 | 77 |
Ed Morris | 21 | 170.0 | 6 | 13 | 4.13 | 40 |
Pete Conway | 3 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.91 | 2 |
Alex Beam | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.50 | 1 |
Andy Dunning | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.00 | 4 |
Alex Jones | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 10 |
Al Krumm | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.00 | 4 |
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 |
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Bill Sowders | 13 | 52.2 | 6 | 5 | 7.35 | 33 |
Al Maul | 6 | 42.0 | 1 | 4 | 9.86 | 11 |
Bill Garfield | 4 | 29.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.76 | 4 |
References
- 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys team page at Baseball Reference
- 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Page at Baseball Almanac