1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers season

1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Athletic Park (since 1887)
  • Indianapolis, Indiana (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s) John T. Brush
Manager(s) Frank Bancroft, Jack Glasscock
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The 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers finished with a 59–75 record in the National League, finishing in seventh place. The team folded after the season concluded.

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

Roster

1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers
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 Buckley, DickDick Buckley 68 260 67 .258 8 41
1B Hines, PaulPaul Hines 121 486 148 .305 6 72
2B Bassett, CharlieCharlie Bassett 127 477 117 .245 4 68
3B Denny, JerryJerry Denny 133 578 163 .282 18 112
SS Glasscock, JackJack Glasscock 134 582 205 .352 7 85
OF McGeachey, JackJack McGeachey 131 532 142 .267 2 63

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
Andrews, EdEd Andrews 40 173 53 .306 0 22
Myers, GeorgeGeorge Myers 43 149 29 .195 0 12
Weckbecker, PetePete Weckbecker 1 1 0 .000 0 2

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
Boyle, HenryHenry Boyle 46 378.2 21 23 3.92 97
Getzien, CharlieCharlie Getzien 45 349 18 22 4.54 139
Whitney, JimJim Whitney 9 70 2 7 6.81 16
Krock, GusGus Krock 4 32 2 2 7.31 10
Shreve, LevLev Shreve 3 15.2 0 3 13.79 5
Fanning, JackJack Fanning 1 1 0 1 18.00 0

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
Rusie, AmosAmos Rusie 33 225 12 10 5.32 109
Burdick, BillBill Burdick 10 45.2 2 4 4.53 16
Fee, JackJack Fee 7 40 2 2 4.28 10
Anderson, VarneyVarney Anderson 2 12 0 1 4.50 3

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
McGeachey, JackJack McGeachey 3 0 0 0 11.57 3
Glasscock, JackJack Glasscock 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References