1889 American Association

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The 1889 season of the American Association was the eighth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	140	93	44	3	.664	-.-	995 (7.11)	706 (5.04)	0.263	0.338	0.364	3.61	0.928
2	St. Louis Browns	141	90	45	6	.638	2.0	957 (6.79)	680 (4.82)	0.266	0.332	0.370	3.00	0.925
3	Philadelphia Athletics	138	75	58	5	.543	16.0	880 (6.38)	787 (5.70)	0.275	0.347	0.377	3.53	0.920
4	Cincinnati Red Stockings	141	76	63	2	.539	18.0	897 (6.36)	769 (5.45)	0.270	0.332	0.382	3.50	0.926
5	Baltimore Orioles	139	70	65	4	.504	22.0	791 (5.69)	795 (5.72)	0.254	0.314	0.328	3.56	0.907
6	Columbus Solons	140	60	78	2	.429	33.5	779 (5.56)	924 (6.60)	0.259	0.330	0.356	4.39	0.916
7	Kansas City Cowboys	139	55	82	2	.396	38.0	852 (6.13)	1031 (7.42)	0.254	0.314	0.328	4.36	0.899
8	Louisville Colonels	140	27	111	2	.193	66.5	632 (4.51)	1091 (7.79)	0.252	0.297	0.330	4.81	0.906

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Ollie Beard	Cincinnati Red Stockings	141
At Bats	Tommy McCarthy	St. Louis Browns	604
Runs Scored	Mike Griffin Harry Stovey	Baltimore Orioles Philadelphia Athletics	152
Hits	Tommy Tucker	Baltimore Orioles	196
Doubles	Curt Welch	Philadelphia Athletics	39
Triples	Lefty Marr	Columbus Solons	15
Home Runs	Bug Holliday Harry Stovey	Cincinnati Red Stockings Philadelphia Athletics	19
Total Bases	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	292
Runs Batted In	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	119
Stolen Bases	Billy Hamilton	Kansas City Cowboys	111
Walks	Yank Robinson	St. Louis Browns	118
Hit by Pitch	Tommy Tucker	Baltimore Orioles	33
Strikeouts	Charlie Duffee	St. Louis Browns	81
Batting Average	Tommy Tucker	Baltimore Orioles	0.372
On-Base Percentage	Tommy Tucker	Baltimore Orioles	0.450
Slugging Percentage	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	0.525
On-Base plus Slugging	Tommy Tucker	Baltimore Orioles	0.934
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Tommy Tucker	Baltimore Orioles	163

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bob Caruthers	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	40
Losses	Mark Baldwin	Columbus Solons	34
Win-Loss Percentage	Bob Caruthers	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	'0.784
Appearances	Mark Baldwin	Columbus Solons	63
Games Started	Mark Baldwin	Columbus Solons	59
Complete Games	Matt Kilroy	Baltimore Orioles	55
Shutouts	Bob Caruthers	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	7
Games Finished	Tony Mullane	Cincinnati Red Stockings	9
Saves	Tony Mullane	Cincinnati Red Stockings	5
Innings Pitched	Mark Baldwin	Columbus Solons	513.2
Batters Faced	Mark Baldwin	Columbus Solons	2256
Hits Allowed	Park Swartzel	Kansas City Cowboys	481
Home Runs Allowed	Park Swartzel	Kansas City Cowboys	21
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Mark Baldwin	Columbus Solons	274
Hit Batsmen	Tom Sullivan	Kansas City Cowboys	6
Strikeouts	Mark Baldwin	Columbus Solons	368
Wild Pitches	Mark Baldwin	Columbus Solons	39
Balks	58 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Mark Baldwin	Columbus Solons	358
Earned Runs Allowed	Mark Baldwin	Columbus Solons	206
Earned Run Average	Jack Stivetts	St. Louis Browns	2.25
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Jack Stivetts	St. Louis Browns	1.153

Postseason

In the World's Series, the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms were defeated by the National League's New York Giants, 6 games to 3.

Umpires

• Frank Arnold*
• Billy Barnie*
• Frank Bell*
• Red Bittmann*
• Doc Bushong*
• Nathan Butler*
• Billy Carlin
• Terry Connell
• Ed Creighton*
• Lave Cross*
• John Dailey
• Charles Daniels
• Joe Ellick*
• John Ewing*
• Bob Ferguson
• John Gaffney
• Fred Goldsmith
• Tom Gunning*
• Joe Gunson*
• Guy Hecker
• Hardie Henderson*
• Ed Hengel
• Jack Holland
• Al Jennings*
• John Kerins
• John McCarthy*
• Tommy McCarthy*
• Jumbo McGinnis*
• Billy McLean*
• Jack O'Connor*
• Bill Paasch*
• Jimmy Peoples*
• Lip Pike*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

• Jean-Pierre Caillault: A Tale of Four Cities: Nineteenth Century Baseball’s Most Exciting Season, 1889, in Contemporary Accounts, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2003. ISBN 978-0-7864-1678-3