# 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

The 1889 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the eighth season of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys franchise and their third in the National League. The Alleghenys finished fifth in the league standings with a record of 61–71.

## 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 | Doggie Miller | 104 | 422 | 113 | .268 | 6 | 56 |
| 1B | Jake Beckley | 123 | 522 | 157 | .301 | 9 | 97 |
| 2B | Fred Dunlap | 121 | 451 | 106 | .235 | 2 | 65 |
| SS | Jack Rowe | 75 | 317 | 82 | .259 | 2 | 32 |
| 3B | Bill Kuehne | 97 | 390 | 96 | .246 | 5 | 57 |
| OF | Al Maul | 68 | 257 | 71 | .276 | 4 | 44 |
| OF | Ned Hanlon | 116 | 461 | 110 | .239 | 2 | 37 |
| OF | Billy Sunday | 81 | 321 | 77 | .240 | 2 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Carroll | 91 | 318 | 105 | .330 | 2 | 51 |
| Jocko Fields | 75 | 289 | 90 | .311 | 2 | 43 |
| Pop Smith | 72 | 258 | 54 | .209 | 5 | 27 |
| Deacon White | 55 | 225 | 57 | .253 | 0 | 26 |
| Chuck Lauer | 4 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Harry Staley | 49 | 420.0 | 21 | 26 | 3.51 | 159 |
| Pud Galvin | 41 | 341.0 | 23 | 16 | 4.17 | 77 |
| Ed Morris | 21 | 170.0 | 6 | 13 | 4.13 | 40 |
| Pete Conway | 3 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.91 | 2 |
| Alex Beam | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.50 | 1 |
| Andy Dunning | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.00 | 4 |
| Alex Jones | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 10 |
| Al Krumm | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.00 | 4 |

#### 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 | 13 | 52.2 | 6 | 5 | 7.35 | 33 |
| Al Maul | 6 | 42.0 | 1 | 4 | 9.86 | 11 |
| Bill Garfield | 4 | 29.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.76 | 4 |