1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

The 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the 8th season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise and their 3rd in the National League. The Alleghenys finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 61–71.

1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Recreation Park (since 1884) Allegheny, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	William A. Nimick
Manager(s)	Horace B. Phillips, Fred Dunlap, Ned Hanlon
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Regular season

Season standings

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 Records 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 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Roster
Pitchers Alex Beam Pete Conway Andy Dunning Pud Galvin Bill Garfield Alex Jones Al Krumm Ed Morris Bill Sowders Harry Staley		Catchers Fred Carroll Chuck Lauer Doggie Miller Infielders Jake Beckley Fred Dunlap Bill Kuehne Pop Smith Deacon White		Outfielders Jocko Fields Ned Hanlon Al Maul Jack Rowe Billy Sunday		Manager Fred Dunlap Ned Hanlon Horace B. Phillips

Player stats

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
2B	Fred Dunlap	121	451	106	.235	2	65
OF	Ned Hanlon	116	461	110	.239	2	37
OF	Al Maul	68	257	71	.276	4	44

Other batters

Note: 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

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
Ed Morris	21	170	6	13	4.13	40
Pete Conway	3	22	2	1	4.91	2
Alex Beam	2	18	1	1	6.50	1

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
Al Maul	6	42	1	4	9.86	11
Bill Garfield	4	29	0	2	7.76	4

References

• 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys team page at Baseball Reference
• 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys Page at Baseball Almanac