1889 Columbus Solons season

1889 Columbus Solons
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1889)
Location
Recreation Park (since 1889) Columbus, Ohio (since 1889)
Other information
Manager(s)	Al Buckenberger
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The 1889 Columbus Solons baseball team finished with a 60–78 record, sixth place in the American Association during their debut season.

Offseason[edit]

January 11, 1889: Wild Bill Widner was purchased by the Solons from the Washington Nationals.^[1]

v t e American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	93	44	0.679	—	50–19	43–25
St. Louis Browns	90	45	0.667	2	51–18	39–27
Philadelphia Athletics	75	58	0.564	16	46–22	29–36
Cincinnati Red Stockings	76	63	0.547	18	47–26	29–37
Baltimore Orioles	70	65	0.519	22	40–24	30–41
Columbus Solons	60	78	0.435	33½	36–33	24–45
Kansas City Cowboys	55	82	0.401	38	35–35	20–47
Louisville Colonels	27	111	0.196	66½	18–46	9–65

1889 American Association Records v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

1889 Columbus Solons

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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
OF	Ed Daily	136	578	148	.256	3	70
OF	Spud Johnson	116	459	130	.283	2	79

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
Ned Bligh	28	93	13	.140	0	5
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

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	12	20	5.20	63
Hank Gastright	32	222.2	10	16	4.57	115
Al Mays	21	140	10	7	4.82	52

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	1	0	3.50	7

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	SV	ERA	SO
Bill George	2	0	7.88	3
Ed Daily	2	1	21.60	2
John Weyhing	1	0	27.00	0

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