1889 Columbus Solons season

American Association (19th century)|American Association team season
1889 Columbus Solons
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkRecreation Park
CityColumbus, Ohio
ManagerAl Buckenberger
1890 →

The 1889 Columbus Solons baseball team finished with a 60–78 record, sixth place in the American Association during their debut season.

Offseason

  • January 11, 1889: Wild Bill Widner was purchased by the Solons from the Washington Nationals.[1]

Regular season

1889 Columbus Solons

Season standings

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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
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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 —


Roster

1889 Columbus Solons
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Jack O'Connor 107 398 107 .269 4 60
1B Dave Orr 134 560 183 .327 4 87
2B Bill Greenwood 118 414 93 .225 3 49
SS Henry Easterday 95 324 56 .173 4 34
3B Lefty Marr 139 546 167 .306 1 75
OF Spud Johnson 116 459 130 .283 2 79
OF Jim McTamany 139 529 146 .276 4 52
OF Ed Daily 136 578 148 .256 3 70

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
Heinie Kappel 46 173 47 .272 3 21
Jimmy Peoples 29 100 23 .230 1 16
Ned Bligh 28 93 13 .140 0 5
Jack Crooks 12 43 14 .326 0 7
Jack Doyle 11 36 10 .278 0 3
Rudy Kemmler 8 26 3 .115 0 0
Charlie Reilly 6 23 11 .478 3 6
Bill George 5 17 4 .235 0 3
Sparrow McCaffrey 2 1 1 1.000 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
Mark Baldwin 63 513.2 27 34 3.61 368
Wild Bill Widner 41 294.0 12 20 5.20 63
Hank Gastright 32 222.2 10 16 4.57 115
Al Mays 21 140.0 10 7 4.82 52

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
Jack Easton 4 18.0 1 0 3.50 7

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bill George 2 0 0 0 7.88 3
Ed Daily 2 0 0 1 21.60 2
John Weyhing 1 0 0 0 27.00 0

Notes

  1. ^ Wild Bill Widner at Baseball Reference

References

  • 1889 Columbus Solons at Baseball Reference


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