# 1889 Columbus Solons season

The 1889 Columbus Solons baseball team finished with a 60–78 record, sixth place in the American Association during their debut season.

## Offseason

* January 11, 1889: Wild Bill Widner was purchased by the Solons from the Washington Nationals.

## 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 O'Connor | 107 | 398 | 107 | .269 | 4 | 60 |
| 1B | Dave Orr | 134 | 560 | 183 | .327 | 4 | 87 |
| 2B | Bill Greenwood | 118 | 414 | 93 | .225 | 3 | 49 |
| SS | Henry Easterday | 95 | 324 | 56 | .173 | 4 | 34 |
| 3B | Lefty Marr | 139 | 546 | 167 | .306 | 1 | 75 |
| OF | Spud Johnson | 116 | 459 | 130 | .283 | 2 | 79 |
| OF | Jim McTamany | 139 | 529 | 146 | .276 | 4 | 52 |
| OF | Ed Daily | 136 | 578 | 148 | .256 | 3 | 70 |

#### 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 |
| Heinie Kappel | 46 | 173 | 47 | .272 | 3 | 21 |
| Jimmy Peoples | 29 | 100 | 23 | .230 | 1 | 16 |
| Ned Bligh | 28 | 93 | 13 | .140 | 0 | 5 |
| Jack Crooks | 12 | 43 | 14 | .326 | 0 | 7 |
| Jack Doyle | 11 | 36 | 10 | .278 | 0 | 3 |
| Rudy Kemmler | 8 | 26 | 3 | .115 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Reilly | 6 | 23 | 11 | .478 | 3 | 6 |
| Bill George | 5 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 3 |
| Sparrow McCaffrey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Mark Baldwin | 63 | 513.2 | 27 | 34 | 3.61 | 368 |
| Wild Bill Widner | 41 | 294.0 | 12 | 20 | 5.20 | 63 |
| Hank Gastright | 32 | 222.2 | 10 | 16 | 4.57 | 115 |
| Al Mays | 21 | 140.0 | 10 | 7 | 4.82 | 52 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Easton | 4 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.50 | 7 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Bill George | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 3 |
| Ed Daily | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.60 | 2 |
| John Weyhing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |