1889 Washington Nationals season

1889 Washington Nationals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSwampdoodle Grounds
CityWashington, D.C.
Record41–83 (.331)
League place8th
ManagersJohn Morrill, Arthur Irwin

The 1889 Washington Nationals finished with a 41–83 record in the National League, finishing in last place. The team folded at the conclusion of the season.

Offseason

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


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1889 Washington Nationals
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 Tom Daly 71 250 75 .300 1 40
1B John Carney 69 273 63 .231 1 29
2B Sam Wise 121 472 118 .250 4 62
SS Arthur Irwin 85 313 73 .233 0 32
3B John Irwin 58 228 66 .289 0 25
OF Walt Wilmot 108 432 125 .289 9 57
OF Dummy Hoy 127 507 139 .274 0 39
OF Ed Beecher 42 179 53 .296 0 30

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
Connie Mack 98 386 113 .293 0 42
Pete Sweeney 49 193 44 .228 1 23
Al Myers 46 176 46 .261 0 20
John Morrill 44 146 27 .185 2 16
Spider Clark 38 145 37 .255 3 22
George Shoch 30 109 26 .239 0 11
Hi Ebright 16 59 15 .254 1 6
John Riddle 11 37 8 .216 0 3
Jim Donnelly 4 13 2 .154 0 0
Billy O'Brien 2 8 0 .000 0 0
Art McCoy 2 6 0 .000 0 0
Harry Corson Clarke 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Jim Banning 2 1 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
Alex Ferson 36 288.1 17 17 3.90 85
George Haddock 33 276.1 11 19 4.20 106
George Keefe 30 230.0 8 18 5.13 90
Egyptian Healy 13 101.0 1 11 6.24 49
Hank O'Day 13 108.0 2 10 4.33 23
Gus Krock 6 48.0 2 4 5.25 17
John Thornton 1 9.0 0 1 5.00 3

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
Mike Sullivan 9 41.0 0 3 7.24 15

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
Arthur Irwin 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
John Morrill 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Notes

  1. ^ Wild Bill Widner at Baseball Reference

References