# 1889 Cleveland Spiders season

Before the 1889 season, the Cleveland Blues switched from the American Association to the National League. They also earned a new nickname, the Cleveland Spiders, because so many of their players were very thin. They finished their first season in the National League with a 61–72 record, good enough for sixth place.

## 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 | Charles Zimmer | 84 | 259 | 67 | .259 | 1 | 21 |
| 1B | Jay Faatz | 117 | 442 | 102 | .231 | 2 | 38 |
| 2B | Cub Stricker | 136 | 566 | 142 | .251 | 1 | 47 |
| SS | Ed McKean | 123 | 500 | 159 | .318 | 5 | 75 |
| 3B | Patsy Tebeau | 136 | 521 | 147 | .282 | 8 | 76 |
| OF | Jimmy McAleer | 110 | 447 | 105 | .235 | 0 | 35 |
| OF | Paul Radford | 136 | 487 | 116 | .238 | 1 | 46 |
| OF | Larry Twitchell | 134 | 549 | 151 | .275 | 4 | 95 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Gilks | 53 | 210 | 50 | .238 | 0 | 18 |
| Sy Sutcliffe | 46 | 161 | 40 | .248 | 1 | 21 |
| Pop Snyder | 22 | 83 | 16 | .193 | 0 | 12 |

### 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 |
| Cinders O'Brien | 41 | 346.2 | 22 | 17 | 4.15 | 122 |
| Ed Beatin | 36 | 317.2 | 20 | 15 | 3.57 | 126 |
| Jersey Bakley | 36 | 304.1 | 12 | 22 | 2.96 | 105 |
| Henry Gruber | 25 | 205.0 | 7 | 16 | 3.64 | 74 |
| Charlie Sprague | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.47 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Larry Twitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |