# 1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

The 1889 Brooklyn Bridegrooms won the American Association championship by two games over the St. Louis Browns.

## Offseason

* December 23, 1888: Al Mays and Dave Orr were purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Columbus Solons.
* Prior to 1889 season: Paul Radford was purchased from the Bridegrooms by the Cleveland Spiders.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican Association :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 93 | 44 | .679 | — | 50‍–‍19 | 43‍–‍25 |
| St. Louis Browns | 90 | 45 | .667 | 2 | 51‍–‍18 | 39‍–‍27 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 58 | .564 | 16 | 46‍–‍22 | 29‍–‍36 |
| Cincinnati Red Stockings | 76 | 63 | .547 | 18 | 47‍–‍26 | 29‍–‍37 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 70 | 65 | .519 | 22 | 40‍–‍24 | 30‍–‍41 |
| Columbus Solons | 60 | 78 | .435 | 33½ | 36‍–‍33 | 24‍–‍45 |
| Kansas City Cowboys | 55 | 82 | .401 | 38 | 35‍–‍35 | 20‍–‍47 |
| Louisville Colonels | 27 | 111 | .196 | 66½ | 18‍–‍46 | 9‍–‍65 |

### Record vs. opponents

1889 American Association recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BR | CIN | COL | KC | LOU | PHI | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 8–12 | 8–11–2 | 12–8 | 11–7 | 16–4 | 8–11 | 7–12–2 |
| Brooklyn | 12–8 | — | 15–5 | 11–8–2 | 16–4 | 19–1 | 12–7–1 | 8–11 |
| Cincinnati | 11–8–2 | 5–15 | — | 11–9 | 14–6 | 18–2 | 9–11 | 8–12 |
| Columbus | 8–12 | 8–11–2 | 9–11 | — | 9–11 | 13–7 | 7–12 | 6–14 |
| Kansas City | 7–11 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 11–9 | — | 13–6 | 8–12–1 | 6–14–1 |
| Louisville | 4–16 | 1–19 | 2–18 | 7–13 | 6–13 | — | 5–14–1 | 2–18–1 |
| Philadelphia | 11–8 | 7–12–1 | 11–9 | 12–7 | 12–8–1 | 14–5–1 | — | 8–9–2 |
| St. Louis | 12–7–2 | 11–8 | 12–8 | 14–6 | 14–6–1 | 18–2–1 | 9–8–2 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Bob Clark | 53 | 182 | 32 | 50 | .275 | 0 | 22 | 18 |
| 1B | Dave Foutz | 138 | 553 | 118 | 152 | .275 | 6 | 113 | 43 |
| 2B | Hub Collins | 138 | 560 | 139 | 149 | .266 | 2 | 73 | 65 |
| 3B | Germany Smith | 121 | 446 | 89 | 103 | .231 | 3 | 53 | 35 |
| SS | George Pinkney | 138 | 545 | 103 | 134 | .246 | 4 | 82 | 47 |
| OF | Pop Corkhill | 138 | 537 | 91 | 134 | .250 | 8 | 78 | 22 |
| OF | Darby O'Brien | 136 | 567 | 146 | 170 | .300 | 5 | 80 | 91 |
| OF | Oyster Burns | 131 | 504 | 105 | 153 | .304 | 5 | 100 | 32 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Joe Visner | 80 | 295 | 56 | 76 | .258 | 8 | 68 | 13 |
| Doc Bushong | 25 | 84 | 15 | 13 | .155 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Charlie Reynolds | 12 | 42 | 5 | 9 | .214 | 0 | 3 | 2 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
| Bob Caruthers | 56 | 50 | 445.0 | 40 | 11 | 3.13 | 104 | 118 | 46 |
| Adonis Terry | 41 | 39 | 326.0 | 22 | 15 | 3.29 | 126 | 186 | 35 |
| Tom Lovett | 29 | 28 | 229.0 | 17 | 10 | 4.32 | 65 | 92 | 23 |
| Mickey Hughes | 20 | 17 | 153.0 | 9 | 8 | 4.35 | 86 | 54 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Foutz | 12 | 59.2 | 3 | 0 | 4.37 | 21 |

## 1889 World Series

The Bridegrooms played in the 1889 World Series representing the American Association against the New York Giants, champions of the National League. The Giants won the series, 6 games to 3. This series would be the first meeting between these two historic rivals.