# 1889 St. Louis Browns season

The 1889 St. Louis Browns season was the team's eighth season in St. Louis, Missouri, and its eighth season in the American Association. The Browns went 90–45 during the season and finished second in the American Association.

## 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; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Jack Boyle | 99 | 347 | 85 | .245 | 3 | 42 |
| 1B | Charlie Comiskey | 137 | 587 | 168 | .286 | 3 | 102 |
| 2B | Yank Robinson | 132 | 452 | 94 | .208 | 5 | 70 |
| SS | Shorty Fuller | 140 | 517 | 117 | .226 | 0 | 51 |
| 3B | Arlie Latham | 118 | 512 | 126 | .246 | 4 | 49 |
| OF | Tip O'Neill | 134 | 534 | 179 | .335 | 9 | 110 |
| OF | Charlie Duffee | 137 | 509 | 124 | .244 | 16 | 86 |
| OF | Tommy McCarthy | 140 | 604 | 176 | .291 | 2 | 63 |

#### 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 |
| Jocko Milligan | 72 | 273 | 100 | .366 | 12 | 76 |
| Nat Hudson | 13 | 52 | 13 | .250 | 1 | 10 |

### 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 |
| Silver King | 56 | 458.0 | 35 | 16 | 3.14 | 188 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 53 | 421.2 | 32 | 15 | 2.97 | 202 |
| Jack Stivetts | 26 | 191.2 | 12 | 7 | 2.25 | 143 |
| Jim Devlin | 9 | 60.0 | 5 | 3 | 2.40 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| Nat Hudson | 9 | 60.0 | 3 | 2 | 4.20 | 13 |
| Toad Ramsey | 5 | 41.0 | 3 | 1 | 3.95 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Tommy McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 |
| Charlie Comiskey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |