1889 Boston Beaneaters season

1889 Boston Beaneaters
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	83–45 (.648)
League place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Soden
Manager(s)	Jim Hart
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	83	43	0.659	—	47–15	36–28
Boston Beaneaters	83	45	0.648	1	48–17	35–28
Chicago White Stockings	67	65	0.508	19	37–30	30–35
Philadelphia Quakers	63	64	0.496	20½	43–24	20–40
Pittsburg Alleghenys	61	71	0.462	25	40–28	21–43
Cleveland Spiders	61	72	0.459	25½	33–35	28–37
Indianapolis Hoosiers	59	75	0.440	28	32–36	27–39
Washington Nationals	41	83	0.331	41	24–29	17–54

Record vs. opponents

1889 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	IND	NYG	PHI	PIT	WSH
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
Pittsburg	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	—

Roster

1889 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers John Clarkson Bill Daley Kid Madden Old Hoss Radbourn Bill Sowders		Catchers Charlie Bennett Charlie Ganzel Infielders Dan Brouthers Billy Nash Joe Quinn Irv Ray Hardy Richardson Pop Smith		Outfielders Tom Brown Jerry Hurley Dick Johnston King Kelly		Manager Jim Hart

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
3B	Nash, BillyBilly Nash	128	481	132	.274	3	76
SS	Quinn, JoeJoe Quinn	112	444	116	.261	2	69

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
Hurley, JerryJerry Hurley	1	4	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
Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson	73	620	49	19	2.73	284
Madden, KidKid Madden	22	178	10	10	4.40	64
Daley, BillBill Daley	9	48	3	3	4.31	40

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

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
Nash, BillyBilly Nash	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1889 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference