1889 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1889 Boston Beaneaters season was the 19th season of the franchise. The team finished second in the National League.

1889 Boston Beaneaters
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	83–45 (.648)
League place	2nd
Owner	Arthur Soden
Manager	Jim Hart

Regular season

1889 Boston Beaneaters

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 record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers John Clarkson Bill Daley Kid Madden Old Hoss Radbourn Bill Sowders		Catchers Charlie Bennett Charlie Ganzel Infielders Dan Brouthers Billy Nash Joe Quinn Irv Ray Hardy Richardson Pop Smith		Outfielders Tom Brown Jerry Hurley Dick Johnston King Kelly		Manager Jim Hart

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	Charlie Bennett	82	247	57	.231	4	28
1B	Dan Brouthers	126	485	181	.373	7	118
2B	Hardy Richardson	132	536	163	.304	6	79
SS	Joe Quinn	112	444	116	.261	2	69
3B	Billy Nash	128	481	132	.274	3	76
OF	King Kelly	125	507	149	.294	9	78
OF	Tom Brown	90	362	84	.232	2	24
OF	Dick Johnston	132	539	123	.228	5	67

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
Charlie Ganzel	73	275	73	.265	1	43
Pop Smith	59	208	54	.260	0	32
Irv Ray	9	33	10	.303	0	2
Jerry Hurley	1	4	0	.000	0	0

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
John Clarkson	73	620.0	49	19	2.73	284
Old Hoss Radbourn	33	277.0	20	11	3.67	99
Kid Madden	22	178.0	10	10	4.40	64
Bill Daley	9	48.0	3	3	4.31	40

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
Bill Sowders	7	42.0	1	2	5.14	10

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
Billy Nash	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1889 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference