1889 Washington Nationals Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 41-83
Finished 8th in the NL
Ballpark: Swampdoodle Grounds
Manager: John Morrill (13-38)
Manager: Arthur Irwin (28-45)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1889 Washington Nationals RosterTeam Record: 41-83
Finished 8th in the NL
Ballpark: Swampdoodle Grounds
Manager: John Morrill (13-38)
Manager: Arthur Irwin (28-45)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1889 Washington Nationals Results
The Washington Nationals of the National League ended the 1889 season with a record of 41 wins and 83 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.
The Nationals scored 632 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 892 runs. Sam Wise recorded 62 runs batted in. Connie Mack led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .293 average. Alex Ferson topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.90 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
John Morrill and Arthur Irwin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ferson | 17 | 17 | .500 | 3.90 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 288.3 | 319 | 199 | 125 | 9 | 105 | 0 | 85 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1288 |
| George Haddock | 11 | 19 | .367 | 4.20 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 276.3 | 299 | 203 | 129 | 10 | 123 | 0 | 106 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 1247 |
| George Keefe | 8 | 18 | .308 | 5.13 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 230.0 | 266 | 182 | 131 | 6 | 143 | 0 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1093 |
| Gus Krock | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.25 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 65 | 50 | 28 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 230 |
| Hank O'Day | 2 | 10 | .167 | 4.33 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 117 | 88 | 52 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 499 |
| Egyptian Healy | 1 | 11 | .083 | 6.24 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 139 | 111 | 70 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 480 |
| Arthur Irwin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| John Morrill | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Thornton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| Mike Sullivan | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.24 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 47 | 47 | 33 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 203 |
| Totals | 41 | 83 | .331 | 4.68 | 143 | 127 | 14 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 1103.0 | 1261 | 892 | 573 | 37 | 527 | 0 | 388 | 40 | 1 | 55 | 5087 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hoy | 127 | 588 | 507 | 98 | 139 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 35 | 0 | 75 | 30 | .274 | .374 | .320 | .694 | 162 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Wilmot | 108 | 485 | 432 | 88 | 125 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 57 | 40 | 0 | 51 | 32 | .289 | .367 | .484 | .851 | 209 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Wise | 121 | 537 | 472 | 79 | 118 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 62 | 24 | 0 | 61 | 62 | .250 | .341 | .341 | .682 | 161 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connie Mack | 98 | 409 | 386 | 51 | 113 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .293 | .333 | .339 | .672 | 131 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Daly | 71 | 289 | 250 | 39 | 75 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 18 | 0 | 38 | 28 | .300 | .394 | .404 | .798 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Irwin | 85 | 356 | 313 | 49 | 73 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 37 | .233 | .326 | .297 | .623 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Irwin | 58 | 257 | 228 | 42 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 14 | .289 | .370 | .373 | .742 | 85 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Carney | 69 | 288 | 273 | 25 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 14 | .231 | .271 | .267 | .538 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Beecher | 42 | 185 | 179 | 20 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .296 | .319 | .346 | .665 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Myers | 46 | 199 | 176 | 24 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 7 | .261 | .347 | .278 | .625 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Sweeney | 49 | 208 | 193 | 13 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .228 | .284 | .311 | .595 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spider Clark | 38 | 151 | 145 | 19 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .255 | .285 | .393 | .678 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Morrill | 44 | 177 | 146 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 23 | .185 | .328 | .260 | .588 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Shoch | 30 | 135 | 109 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 5 | .239 | .385 | .257 | .642 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Haddock | 34 | 131 | 112 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 27 | .223 | .336 | .304 | .639 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Keefe | 30 | 106 | 98 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .163 | .226 | .204 | .430 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hi Ebright | 16 | 63 | 59 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .254 | .302 | .407 | .708 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ferson | 36 | 124 | 114 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 47 | .114 | .185 | .158 | .343 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egyptian Healy | 13 | 46 | 45 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .222 | .239 | .333 | .572 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Riddle | 11 | 39 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .216 | .256 | .297 | .554 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank O'Day | 13 | 47 | 44 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .182 | .234 | .205 | .439 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Donnelly | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Krock | 6 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Sullivan | 9 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy O'Brien | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art McCoy | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Thornton | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Banning | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1166 | 4904 | 4395 | 632 | 1105 | 151 | 57 | 25 | 486 | 232 | 0 | 466 | 456 | .251 | .329 | .329 | .658 | 1445 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Carney | 1B | 53 | 0 | 469.0 | 521 | 16 | 24 | 29 | .957 | 1.305 | 1.132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Morrill | 1B | 40 | 0 | 342.0 | 369 | 18 | 8 | 15 | .980 | 1.184 | 9.675 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Connie Mack | 1B | 22 | 0 | 181.0 | 188 | 7 | 17 | 10 | .920 | 9.696 | 8.864 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Daly | 1B | 8 | 0 | 65.0 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .933 | 9.692 | 8.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Beecher | 1B | 3 | 0 | 26.0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 9.346 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy O'Brien | 1B | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.500 | 9.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Wise | 2B | 72 | 0 | 609.0 | 170 | 225 | 36 | 26 | .916 | 5.837 | 5.486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Myers | 2B | 46 | 0 | 417.0 | 147 | 148 | 18 | 26 | .942 | 6.367 | 6.413 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Daly | 2B | 4 | 0 | 39.0 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 6.000 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art McCoy | 2B | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 5.143 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Morrill | 2B | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spider Clark | 2B | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 5.143 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Sweeney | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arthur Irwin | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Irwin | 3B | 58 | 0 | 515.0 | 82 | 129 | 32 | 14 | .868 | 3.687 | 3.638 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Sweeney | 3B | 47 | 0 | 396.0 | 67 | 83 | 37 | 6 | .802 | 3.409 | 3.191 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Wise | 3B | 13 | 0 | 123.0 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 1 | .810 | 3.732 | 3.923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donnelly | 3B | 4 | 0 | 28.0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .667 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spider Clark | 3B | 2 | 0 | 22.0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 4.091 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Morrill | 3B | 3 | 0 | 17.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .500 | 2.118 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Daly | C | 57 | 0 | 476.0 | 268 | 86 | 32 | 5 | .917 | 6.693 | 6.211 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Connie Mack | C | 45 | 0 | 369.0 | 189 | 81 | 33 | 9 | .891 | 6.585 | 6.000 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spider Clark | C | 14 | 0 | 96.0 | 44 | 27 | 9 | 3 | .888 | 6.656 | 5.071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hi Ebright | C | 9 | 0 | 83.0 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 0 | .875 | 6.831 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Riddle | C | 9 | 0 | 73.0 | 39 | 14 | 10 | 1 | .841 | 6.534 | 5.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Banning | C | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hoy | OF | 127 | 0 | 1097.0 | 255 | 29 | 35 | 4 | .890 | 2.330 | 2.236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Wilmot | OF | 108 | 0 | 952.0 | 232 | 22 | 20 | 4 | .927 | 2.401 | 2.352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Beecher | OF | 39 | 0 | 344.0 | 61 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .861 | 1.779 | 1.744 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Connie Mack | OF | 34 | 0 | 309.0 | 55 | 12 | 7 | 3 | .905 | 1.951 | 1.971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Shoch | OF | 29 | 0 | 253.0 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .905 | 2.028 | 1.966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Carney | OF | 16 | 0 | 117.0 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .786 | 1.692 | 1.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spider Clark | OF | 9 | 0 | 77.0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.221 | 2.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Wise | OF | 10 | 0 | 58.0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 1.552 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hi Ebright | OF | 4 | 0 | 29.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.862 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Daly | OF | 3 | 0 | 16.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.688 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Sweeney | OF | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .692 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Riddle | OF | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.385 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Haddock | OF | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | OF | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.700 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Keefe | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Ferson | P | 36 | 0 | 288.0 | 4 | 50 | 8 | 1 | .871 | 1.688 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Haddock | P | 33 | 0 | 276.0 | 12 | 54 | 9 | 3 | .880 | 2.152 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Keefe | P | 30 | 0 | 230.0 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.526 | 1.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank O'Day | P | 13 | 0 | 108.0 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 2.500 | 2.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Egyptian Healy | P | 13 | 0 | 101.0 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 0 | .889 | 2.851 | 2.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gus Krock | P | 6 | 0 | 48.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sullivan | P | 9 | 0 | 41.0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 2.195 | 1.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Thornton | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arthur Irwin | P | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Morrill | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arthur Irwin | SS | 85 | 0 | 729.0 | 165 | 279 | 52 | 36 | .895 | 5.481 | 5.224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Wise | SS | 26 | 0 | 214.0 | 40 | 72 | 25 | 9 | .818 | 4.710 | 4.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spider Clark | SS | 13 | 0 | 121.0 | 36 | 36 | 15 | 7 | .828 | 5.355 | 5.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hi Ebright | SS | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 5.625 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Daly | SS | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3.375 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Shoch | SS | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1179 | 0 | 9911.0 | 3299 | 1613 | 519 | 222 | .904 | 4.460 | 4.166 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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