1889 Kansas City Cowboys season

1889 Kansas City Cowboys
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Manager(s) Bill Watkins
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The 1889 Kansas City Cowboys baseball team finished with a 55–82 record, seventh place in the American Association. The team folded after the season concluded.

Regular season

Season standings

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

Roster

1889 Kansas City Cowboys
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 Hoover, CharlieCharlie Hoover 71 258 64 .248 1 25

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
Mattimore, MikeMike Mattimore 19 75 12 .160 0 5
Bell, CharlieCharlie Bell 2 6 1 .167 0 3
Ladew, SteveSteve Ladew 2 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
Conway, JimJim Conway 41 335 19 19 3.25 115
Sowders, JohnJohn Sowders 25 185 6 16 4.82 104
McCarty, JohnJohn McCarty 15 119.2 8 6 3.91 36
Bell, CharlieCharlie Bell 1 9 1 0 1.00 3
Bates, JohnJohn Bates 1 8 0 1 13.50 3

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
Mattimore, MikeMike Mattimore 1 0 0 0 3.00 1
Ladew, SteveSteve Ladew 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

References