1889 Baltimore Orioles season

1889 Baltimore Orioles
Ballpark	Oriole Park
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Owners	Harry Von der Horst
Managers	Billy Barnie
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	93	44	.679	—	50‍–‍19	43‍–‍25
St. Louis Browns	90	45	.667	2	51‍–‍18	39‍–‍27
Philadelphia Athletics	75	58	.564	16	46‍–‍22	29‍–‍36
Cincinnati Red Stockings	76	63	.547	18	47‍–‍26	29‍–‍37
Baltimore Orioles	70	65	.519	22	40‍–‍24	30‍–‍41
Columbus Solons	60	78	.435	33½	36‍–‍33	24‍–‍45
Kansas City Cowboys	55	82	.401	38	35‍–‍35	20‍–‍47
Louisville Colonels	27	111	.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	Pop Tate	72	253	46	.182	1	27
1B	Tommy Tucker	134	527	196	.372	5	99
2B	Reddy Mack	136	519	125	.241	1	87
OF	Mike Griffin	137	531	148	.279	4	48

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
Tom Quinn	55	194	34	.175	1	15
Will Holland	40	143	27	.189	0	16
Dusty Miller	11	40	6	.150	0	6
George Wood	3	10	2	.200	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
Matt Kilroy	59	480.2	29	25	2.85	217
Frank Foreman	51	414	23	21	3.52	180
Bert Cunningham	39	279.1	16	19	4.87	140
George Goetz	1	9	1	0	4.00	2
Pat Whitaker	1	9	1	0	2.00	1

References

• 1889 Baltimore Orioles season
• 1889 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com