1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers season

1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers
LeagueNational League
BallparkAthletic Park
CityIndianapolis, Indiana
Record59–75 (.440)
League place7th
OwnerJohn T. Brush
ManagersFrank Bancroft, Jack Glasscock

The 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers finished with a 59–75 record in the National League, finishing in seventh place. The team folded after the season concluded.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 83 43 .659 — 47‍–‍15 36‍–‍28
Boston Beaneaters 83 45 .648 1 48‍–‍17 35‍–‍28
Chicago White Stockings 67 65 .508 19 37‍–‍30 30‍–‍35
Philadelphia Quakers 63 64 .496 20½ 43‍–‍24 20‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 61 71 .462 25 40‍–‍28 21‍–‍43
Cleveland Spiders 61 72 .459 25½ 33‍–‍35 28‍–‍37
Indianapolis Hoosiers 59 75 .440 28 32‍–‍36 27‍–‍39
Washington Nationals 41 83 .331 41 24‍–‍29 17‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents


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Team BSN CHI CLE IND NYG PHI PIT WAS
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 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Roster
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
C Dick Buckley 68 260 67 .258 8 41
1B Paul Hines 121 486 148 .305 6 72
2B Charlie Bassett 127 477 117 .245 4 68
3B Jerry Denny 133 578 163 .282 18 112
SS Jack Glasscock 134 582 205 .352 7 85
OF Emmett Seery 127 526 165 .314 8 59
OF Marty Sullivan 69 256 73 .285 4 35
OF Jack McGeachey 131 532 142 .267 2 63

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
Con Daily 62 219 55 .251 0 26
Ed Andrews 40 173 53 .306 0 22
George Myers 43 149 29 .195 0 12
Andy Sommers 23 84 21 .250 2 14
Jumbo Schoeneck 16 62 15 .242 0 8
Pete Weckbecker 1 1 0 .000 0 2

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
Henry Boyle 46 378.2 21 23 3.92 97
Charlie Getzien 45 349.0 18 22 4.54 139
Jim Whitney 9 70.0 2 7 6.81 16
Gus Krock 4 32.0 2 2 7.31 10
Lev Shreve 3 15.2 0 3 13.79 5
Jack Fanning 1 1.0 0 1 18.00 0

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
Amos Rusie 33 225.0 12 10 5.32 109
Bill Burdick 10 45.2 2 4 4.53 16
Jack Fee 7 40.0 2 2 4.28 10
Varney Anderson 2 12.0 0 1 4.50 3

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
Jack McGeachey 3 0 0 0 11.57 3
Jack Glasscock 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References