# 1889 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1889 Boston Beaneaters season was the 19th season of the franchise. The team finished second in the National League.

## 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 | Charlie Bennett | 82 | 247 | 57 | .231 | 4 | 28 |
| 1B | Dan Brouthers | 126 | 485 | 181 | .373 | 7 | 118 |
| 2B | Hardy Richardson | 132 | 536 | 163 | .304 | 6 | 79 |
| SS | Joe Quinn | 112 | 444 | 116 | .261 | 2 | 69 |
| 3B | Billy Nash | 128 | 481 | 132 | .274 | 3 | 76 |
| OF | King Kelly | 125 | 507 | 149 | .294 | 9 | 78 |
| OF | Tom Brown | 90 | 362 | 84 | .232 | 2 | 24 |
| OF | Dick Johnston | 132 | 539 | 123 | .228 | 5 | 67 |

#### 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 Ganzel | 73 | 275 | 73 | .265 | 1 | 43 |
| Pop Smith | 59 | 208 | 54 | .260 | 0 | 32 |
| Irv Ray | 9 | 33 | 10 | .303 | 0 | 2 |
| Jerry Hurley | 1 | 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 |
| John Clarkson | 73 | 620.0 | 49 | 19 | 2.73 | 284 |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | 33 | 277.0 | 20 | 11 | 3.67 | 99 |
| Kid Madden | 22 | 178.0 | 10 | 10 | 4.40 | 64 |
| Bill Daley | 9 | 48.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.31 | 40 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Sowders | 7 | 42.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.14 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Billy Nash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |