# 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.

## Offseason

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

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Roster
## 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 |