1889 Kansas City Cowboys season

1889 Kansas City Cowboys
League	American Association
Ballpark	Exposition Park
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Manager	Bill Watkins

The 1889 Kansas City Cowboys baseball team finished with a 55–82 record, seventh place in the American Association. The team folded after the season concluded.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	93	44	0.679	—	50–19	43–25
St. Louis Browns	90	45	0.667	2	51–18	39–27
Philadelphia Athletics	75	58	0.564	16	46–22	29–36
Cincinnati Red Stockings	76	63	0.547	18	47–26	29–37
Baltimore Orioles	70	65	0.519	22	40–24	30–41
Columbus Solons	60	78	0.435	33½	36–33	24–45
Kansas City Cowboys	55	82	0.401	38	35–35	20–47
Louisville Colonels	27	111	0.196	66½	18–46	9–65

Record vs. opponents

1889 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BR	CIN	COL	KC	LOU	PHI	STL
Baltimore	—	8–12	8–11–2	12–8	11–7	16–4	8–11	7–12–2
Brooklyn	12–8	—	15–5	11–8–2	16–4	19–1	12–7–1	8–11
Cincinnati	11–8–2	5–15	—	11–9	14–6	18–2	9–11	8–12
Columbus	8–12	8–11–2	9–11	—	9–11	13–7	7–12	6–14
Kansas City	7–11	4–16	6–14	11–9	—	13–6	8–12–1	6–14–1
Louisville	4–16	1–19	2–18	7–13	6–13	—	5–14–1	2–18–1
Philadelphia	11–8	7–12–1	11–9	12–7	12–8–1	14–5–1	—	8–9–2
St. Louis	12–7–2	11–8	12–8	14–6	14–6–1	18–2–1	9–8–2	—

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 Hoover	71	258	64	.248	1	25
1B	Dan Stearns	139	560	160	.286	3	87
2B	Sam Barkley	45	176	50	.284	0	23
SS	Herman Long	136	574	158	.275	3	60
3B	Jumbo Davis	62	241	64	.266	0	30
OF	Jim Manning	132	506	103	.204	3	68
OF	Jim Burns	134	579	176	.304	5	97
OF	Billy Hamilton	137	534	161	.301	3	77

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
Jim Donahue	67	252	59	.234	0	32
John Pickett	53	201	45	.224	0	12
Billy Alvord	50	186	43	.231	0	18
Joe Gunson	34	122	24	.197	0	12
Chippy McGarr	25	108	31	.287	0	16
Mike Mattimore	19	75	12	.160	0	5
Red Bittman	4	14	4	.286	0	2
Steve Ladew	2	4	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Reynolds	1	4	1	.250	0	1

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
Park Swartzel	48	410.1	19	27	4.32	147
Jim Conway	41	335.0	19	19	3.25	115
John Sowders	25	185.0	6	16	4.82	104
John McCarty	15	119.2	8	6	3.91	36
Tom Sullivan	10	87.1	2	8	5.67	24
Henry Porter	4	23.0	0	3	12.52	9
Charlie Bell	1	9.0	1	0	1.00	3
John Bates	1	8.0	0	1	13.50	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
Frank Pears	3	22.0	0	2	4.91	5

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
Mike Mattimore	1	0	0	0	3.00	1
Steve Ladew	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

References

• 1889 Kansas City Cowboys team page at Baseball Reference