# 1889 Chicago White Stockings season

The 1889 Chicago White Stockings season was the 18th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 14th in the National League, and the fifth at the first West Side Park. The White Stockings finished third in the National League with a record of 67–65.

## 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 | Duke Farrell | 101 | 407 | 107 | .263 | 11 | 75 |
| 1B | Cap Anson | 134 | 518 | 161 | .311 | 7 | 117 |
| 2B | Fred Pfeffer | 134 | 531 | 128 | .241 | 7 | 77 |
| SS | Ned Williamson | 47 | 173 | 41 | .237 | 1 | 30 |
| 3B | Tom Burns | 136 | 525 | 135 | .257 | 4 | 66 |
| OF | Hugh Duffy | 136 | 584 | 182 | .312 | 12 | 89 |
| OF | George Van Haltren | 134 | 543 | 175 | .322 | 9 | 81 |
| OF | Jimmy Ryan | 135 | 576 | 187 | .325 | 17 | 72 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Bastian | 46 | 155 | 21 | .135 | 0 | 10 |
| Dell Darling | 36 | 120 | 23 | .192 | 0 | 7 |
| Silver Flint | 15 | 56 | 13 | .232 | 1 | 9 |
| Andy Sommers | 12 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 0 | 8 |

### 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 |
| Bill Hutchison | 37 | 318.0 | 16 | 17 | 3.54 | 136 |
| John Tener | 35 | 287.0 | 15 | 15 | 3.64 | 105 |
| Frank Dwyer | 32 | 276.0 | 16 | 13 | 3.59 | 63 |
| Ad Gumbert | 31 | 246.1 | 16 | 13 | 3.62 | 91 |
| Gus Krock | 7 | 60.2 | 3 | 3 | 4.90 | 16 |
| Egyptian Healy | 5 | 46.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.50 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Bishop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.00 | 1 |