1889 National League

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The 1889 season of the National League was the fourteenth 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	New York Giants	131	83	43	5	.634	-.-	935 (7.14)	708 (5.40)	0.282	0.356	0.393	3.47	0.920
2	Boston Beaneaters	133	83	45	5	.624	1.0	826 (6.21)	626 (4.71)	0.270	0.338	0.363	3.36	0.926
3	Chicago White Stockings	136	67	65	4	.493	19.0	867 (6.38)	814 (5.99)	0.263	0.334	0.377	3.73	0.923
4	Philadelphia Quakers	130	63	64	3	.485	20.5	742 (5.71)	748 (5.75)	0.266	0.323	0.362	4.00	0.915
5	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	134	61	71	2	.455	25.0	726 (5.42)	801 (5.98)	0.253	0.314	0.351	4.51	0.931
6	Cleveland Spiders	136	61	72	3	.449	25.5	656 (4.82)	720 (5.29)	0.250	0.313	0.319	3.66	0.936
7	Indianapolis Hoosiers	135	59	75	1	.437	28.0	819 (6.07)	894 (6.62)	0.278	0.330	0.377	4.85	0.926
8	Washington Nationals	127	41	83	3	.323	41.0	632 (4.98)	892 (7.02)	0.251	0.323	0.329	4.68	0.904

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Tom Burns Hugh Duffy Paul Radford Cub Stricker Patsy Tebeau	Chicago White Stockings Chicago White Stockings Cleveland Spiders Cleveland Spiders Cleveland Spiders	136
At Bats	Hugh Duffy	Chicago White Stockings	584
Runs Scored	Mike Tiernan	New York Giants	147
Hits	Jack Glasscock	Indianapolis Hoosiers	205
Doubles	King Kelly	Boston Beaneaters	41
Triples	Walt Wilmot	Washington Nationals	19
Home Runs	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia Quakers	20
Total Bases	Jimmy Ryan	Chicago White Stockings	287
Runs Batted In	Roger Connor	New York Giants	130
Stolen Bases	Jim Fogarty	Philadelphia Quakers	99
Walks	Mike Tiernan	New York Giants	96
Hit by Pitch	Dan Brouthers	Boston Beaneaters	14
Strikeouts	Pop Smith	Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Boston Beaneaters	68
Batting Average	Dan Brouthers	Boston Beaneaters	0.373
On-Base Percentage	Fred Carroll	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	0.486
Slugging Percentage	Roger Connor	New York Giants	0.528
On-Base plus Slugging	Fred Carroll	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	0.970
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Fred Carroll	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	183

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	49
Losses	Harry Staley	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	26
Win-Loss Percentage	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	0.721
Appearances	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	73
Games Started	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	72
Complete Games	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	68
Shutouts	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	8
Games Finished	Amos Rusie	Indianapolis Hoosiers	11
Saves	Bill Bishop Bill Sowders Mickey Welch	Chicago White Stockings Boston Beaneaters/Pittsburgh Alleghenys New York Giants	2
Innings Pitched	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	620.0
Batters Faced	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	2736
Hits Allowed	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	589
Home Runs Allowed	Charlie Getzein	Indianapolis Hoosiers	27
Base-on-Balls Allowed	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	203
Hit Batsmen	Darby O'Brien	Cleveland Spiders	24
Strikeouts	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	284
Wild Pitches	Harry Staley	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	30
Balks	John Thornton	Washington Nationals	1
Runs Allowed	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	280
Earned Runs Allowed	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	188
Earned Run Average	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	2.73
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	John Clarkson	Boston Beaneaters	1.277

Postseason

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

Umpires

• Ed Andrews*
• Phil Baker
• Ed Beatin*
• Charlie Buffinton*
• Watch Burnham
• Wes Curry
• Frank Dwyer*
• Wallace Fessenden
• Pud Galvin*
• Billy George*
• Henry Gruber*
• George Haddock*
• Gil Hatfield*
• Victor Jose*
• Lon Knight
• Tom Lynch
• Jack McQuaid
• Hank O'Day*
• Phil Powers
• Billy Quinn
• Ben Sanders*
• Andy Sommers*
• Dave Sullivan
• Marty Sullivan*
• Mike Sullivan*
• Sy Sutcliffe*
• John Tener*
• Charles Weden*
• Sam Wise*
• George Wood*
• Charles Zimmer*

* 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