1889 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 75-58
Finished 3rd in the AA
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Bill Sharsig (75-58)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1889 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 75-58
Finished 3rd in the AA
Ballpark: Jefferson Street Grounds
Manager: Bill Sharsig (75-58)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1889 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association ended the 1889 season with a record of 75 wins and 58 losses, finishing third in the AA.
The Athletics scored 880 runs and conceded 787 runs. Harry Stovey led Philadelphia with 19 home runs and drove in 119 runs. Denny Lyons paced all regular hitters with a .329 average. Gus Weyhing earned 30 wins on the mound for the squad, while Ed Seward added 15 or more victories as well Gus Weyhing recorded a 2.95 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Bill Sharsig coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Weyhing | 30 | 21 | .588 | 2.95 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 449.0 | 382 | 271 | 147 | 15 | 212 | 0 | 213 | 34 | 0 | 37 | 1959 |
| Ed Seward | 21 | 15 | .583 | 3.97 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 320.0 | 353 | 212 | 141 | 8 | 101 | 0 | 102 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1415 |
| Sadie McMahon | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.53 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 242.0 | 230 | 160 | 95 | 5 | 102 | 0 | 117 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 1063 |
| John Coleman | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.91 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 154 |
| Ed Knouff | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.96 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 121 |
| Mike Mattimore | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.81 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 42 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 148 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 53 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 208 |
| George Bausewine | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.90 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 | 64 | 46 | 24 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 270 |
| Totals | 75 | 58 | .564 | 3.53 | 146 | 138 | 8 | 130 | 9 | 1 | 1199.3 | 1199 | 787 | 470 | 35 | 509 | 0 | 479 | 76 | 0 | 77 | 5338 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Stovey | 137 | 634 | 556 | 152 | 171 | 38 | 13 | 19 | 119 | 63 | 0 | 77 | 68 | .308 | .393 | .525 | .918 | 292 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Lyons | 131 | 596 | 510 | 135 | 168 | 36 | 4 | 9 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 79 | 44 | .329 | .426 | .469 | .895 | 239 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Bierbauer | 130 | 582 | 549 | 80 | 167 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 105 | 17 | 0 | 29 | 30 | .304 | .344 | .417 | .761 | 229 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Larkin | 133 | 615 | 516 | 105 | 164 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 83 | 41 | .318 | .428 | .426 | .854 | 220 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blondie Purcell | 129 | 562 | 507 | 72 | 160 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 85 | 22 | 0 | 50 | 27 | .316 | .383 | .381 | .763 | 193 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Welch | 125 | 602 | 516 | 134 | 140 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 66 | 0 | 67 | 30 | .271 | .375 | .370 | .746 | 191 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Fennelly | 138 | 581 | 513 | 70 | 132 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 15 | 0 | 65 | 78 | .257 | .344 | .322 | .666 | 165 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbert Robinson | 69 | 271 | 264 | 31 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 34 | .231 | .251 | .295 | .546 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lave Cross | 55 | 213 | 199 | 22 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .221 | .272 | .281 | .554 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Seward | 46 | 168 | 143 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 19 | .217 | .333 | .336 | .669 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Brennan | 31 | 123 | 113 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .221 | .285 | .257 | .541 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Weyhing | 54 | 201 | 191 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 59 | .131 | .174 | .141 | .315 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mattimore | 23 | 84 | 73 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .233 | .333 | .342 | .676 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadie McMahon | 30 | 108 | 104 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .154 | .185 | .192 | .377 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Gunning | 8 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .458 | .708 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Knouff | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .308 | .333 | .641 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 5 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .188 | .316 | .250 | .566 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Graham | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Collins | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Coleman | 6 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .053 | .100 | .053 | .153 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Bausewine | 7 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .048 | .200 | .048 | .248 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1265 | 5464 | 4868 | 880 | 1339 | 239 | 65 | 43 | 680 | 252 | 0 | 534 | 496 | .275 | .354 | .377 | .731 | 1837 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Larkin | 1B | 131 | 0 | 1141.0 | 1230 | 37 | 35 | 88 | .973 | 9.994 | 9.672 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mattimore | 1B | 7 | 0 | 49.0 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .906 | 8.816 | 6.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denny Lyons | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 9.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Stovey | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | 2B | 130 | 0 | 1135.0 | 472 | 406 | 55 | 80 | .941 | 6.962 | 6.754 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Brennan | 2B | 7 | 0 | 56.0 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 2 | .860 | 5.946 | 5.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Larkin | 2B | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Seward | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denny Lyons | 3B | 130 | 0 | 1127.0 | 202 | 291 | 80 | 29 | .860 | 3.937 | 3.792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Brennan | 3B | 4 | 0 | 37.0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .700 | 3.405 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Graham | 3B | 4 | 0 | 32.0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 3.938 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Larkin | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert Robinson | C | 69 | 0 | 566.0 | 290 | 106 | 24 | 8 | .943 | 6.297 | 5.739 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lave Cross | C | 55 | 0 | 495.0 | 278 | 102 | 27 | 7 | .934 | 6.909 | 6.909 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Brennan | C | 13 | 0 | 79.0 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 2 | .818 | 5.127 | 3.462 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Gunning | C | 8 | 0 | 50.0 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .838 | 5.580 | 3.875 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Collins | C | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Bierbauer | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Stovey | OF | 137 | 0 | 1182.0 | 284 | 38 | 37 | 9 | .897 | 2.452 | 2.350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blondie Purcell | OF | 129 | 0 | 1129.0 | 172 | 15 | 20 | 3 | .903 | 1.491 | 1.450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curt Welch | OF | 125 | 0 | 1100.0 | 282 | 30 | 26 | 10 | .923 | 2.553 | 2.496 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mattimore | OF | 12 | 0 | 75.0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 2.040 | 1.417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Brennan | OF | 7 | 0 | 61.0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.770 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Seward | OF | 8 | 0 | 43.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.512 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sadie McMahon | OF | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Coleman | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Weyhing | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gus Weyhing | P | 54 | 0 | 449.0 | 12 | 71 | 8 | 2 | .912 | 1.664 | 1.537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Seward | P | 39 | 0 | 320.0 | 13 | 56 | 9 | 1 | .885 | 1.941 | 1.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sadie McMahon | P | 28 | 0 | 242.0 | 7 | 62 | 5 | 6 | .932 | 2.566 | 2.464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Bausewine | P | 7 | 0 | 55.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.964 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phenomenal Smith | P | 5 | 0 | 43.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .837 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Coleman | P | 5 | 0 | 34.0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 3.441 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mattimore | P | 5 | 0 | 31.0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 2.032 | 1.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Knouff | P | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.080 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Fennelly | SS | 138 | 0 | 1199.0 | 181 | 453 | 93 | 53 | .872 | 4.759 | 4.594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1271 | 0 | 10800.0 | 3597 | 1781 | 465 | 308 | .920 | 4.482 | 4.231 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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