1889 Washington Nationals season

The 1889 Washington Nationals finished with a 41–83 record in the National League, finishing in last place. The team folded at the conclusion of the season.

1889 Washington Nationals
League	National League
Ballpark	Swampdoodle Grounds
City	Washington, D.C.
Managers	John Morrill, Arthur Irwin

Offseason

• January 11, 1889: Wild Bill Widner was purchased from the Nationals by the Columbus Solons.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	83	43	.659	—	47‍–‍15	36‍–‍28
Boston Beaneaters	83	45	.648	1	48‍–‍17	35‍–‍28
Chicago White Stockings	67	65	.508	19	37‍–‍30	30‍–‍35
Philadelphia Quakers	63	64	.496	20½	43‍–‍24	20‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	61	71	.462	25	40‍–‍28	21‍–‍43
Cleveland Spiders	61	72	.459	25½	33‍–‍35	28‍–‍37
Indianapolis Hoosiers	59	75	.440	28	32‍–‍36	27‍–‍39
Washington Nationals	41	83	.331	41	24‍–‍29	17‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1889 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	IND	NYG	PHI	PIT	WSH
Boston	—	10–7–1	12–8–1	10–10	8–6–2	13–6	16–3	14–5–1
Chicago	7–10–1	—	11–9	13–7	5–13–1	9–10–1	10–9–1	12–7
Cleveland	8–12–1	9–11	—	9–10–1	4–14	10–9	7–13	14–3–1
Indianapolis	10–10	7–13	10–9–1	—	7–13	4–13	10–10	11–7
New York	6–8–2	13–5–1	14–4	13–7	—	12–7–1	12–7–1	13–5
Philadelphia	6–13	10–9–1	9–10	13–4	7–12–1	—	9–9	9–7–1
Pittsburgh	3–16	9–10–1	13–7	10–10	7–12–1	9–9	—	10–7
Washington	5–14–1	7–12	3–14–1	7–11	5–13	7–9–1	7–10	—

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	Tom Daly	71	250	75	.300	1	40
1B	John Carney	69	273	63	.231	1	29
2B	Sam Wise	121	472	118	.250	4	62
SS	Arthur Irwin	85	313	73	.233	0	32
3B	John Irwin	58	228	66	.289	0	25
OF	Walt Wilmot	108	432	125	.289	9	57
OF	Dummy Hoy	127	507	139	.274	0	39
OF	Ed Beecher	42	179	53	.296	0	30

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
Connie Mack	98	386	113	.293	0	42
Pete Sweeney	49	193	44	.228	1	23
Al Myers	46	176	46	.261	0	20
John Morrill	44	146	27	.185	2	16
Spider Clark	38	145	37	.255	3	22
George Shoch	30	109	26	.239	0	11
Hi Ebright	16	59	15	.254	1	6
John Riddle	11	37	8	.216	0	3
Jim Donnelly	4	13	2	.154	0	0
Billy O'Brien	2	8	0	.000	0	0
Art McCoy	2	6	0	.000	0	0
Harry Corson Clarke	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Jim Banning	2	1	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
Alex Ferson	36	288.1	17	17	3.90	85
George Haddock	33	276.1	11	19	4.20	106
George Keefe	30	230.0	8	18	5.13	90
Egyptian Healy	13	101.0	1	11	6.24	49
Hank O'Day	13	108.0	2	10	4.33	23
Gus Krock	6	48.0	2	4	5.25	17
John Thornton	1	9.0	0	1	5.00	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
Mike Sullivan	9	41.0	0	3	7.24	15

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
Arthur Irwin	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
John Morrill	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1889 Washington Nationals at Baseball Reference