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1889 St. Louis Browns (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888/1890)
90-45, Finished 2nd in American Association
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Scored 957 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-47
Managed by Charlie Comiskey

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park I (ballparks.com)

Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 113, Pitching - 110
  (one-year): Batting - 112, Pitching - 109
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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This Browns team was involved in one of the most thrilling pennant races of all-time. "A Tale of Four Cities" magically transports the reader back to the 19th-century, bringing the 1889 season to life through both the words and illustrations of the time.

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889 Stats (1888/1890) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Jack Boyle          23   99  347   54   85  11  5   3   42  21   42  .245  .301  .331   5           7               71
1B  Charlie Comiskey    29  137  587  105  168  28 10   3  102  19   19  .286  .312  .383  65           3               87
2B  Yank Robinson       29  132  452   97   94  17  3   5   70 118   55  .208  .378  .292  39           6               82
3B  Arlie Latham        29  118  512  110  126  13  3   4   49  42   30  .246  .317  .307  69          11               69
SS  Shorty Fuller       21  140  517   91  117  18  6   0   51  52   56  .226  .303  .284  38           5               59
OF  Tommy McCarthy      25  140  604  136  176  24  7   2   63  46   26  .291  .348  .364  57           6               92
OF  Tip O'Neill         31  134  534  123  179  33  8   9  110  72   37  .335  .419  .478  28           5              142
OF  Charlie Duffee      23  137  509   93  124  15 11  16   86  60   81  .244  .327  .411  21           3               99
    Jocko Milligan      27   72  273   53  100  30  2  12   76  16   19  .366  .408  .623   2           3              177
    Pete Sweeney        25    9   38    8   14   2  0   0    8   1    5  .368  .415  .421   2           2              126
   *Tom Gettinger       20    4   16    2    7   0  0   1    2   2    1  .438  .500  .625   0           0              203
   ?Jim Gill            22    2    8    2    2   1  0   0    1   1    2  .250  .333  .375   1           0               91
   *Jumbo Davis         27    2    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .200  .000   0           0              -44
   ?Jack Bellman        25    1    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    0  .500  .667  .500   0           0              217
   ?Dad Meek            22    2    2    2    1   0  0   0    1   0    0  .500  .500  .500   1           0              171

    Silver King         21   56  189   37   43   7  3   0   30  22   40  .228  .311  .296   3           1               65
    Elton Chamberlain   21   53  171   18   34   8  3   2   31  12   32  .199  .259  .316   3           2               55
    Jack Stivetts       21   27   79   12   18   2  2   0    7   3   13  .228  .265  .304   0           1               54
    Nat Hudson          30   13   52    6   13   1  1   1   10   2   11  .250  .278  .365   1           0               73
   ?Jim Devlin          23    9   26    4    5   0  0   0    0   1    4  .192  .222  .192   1           0               12
    Toad Ramsey         24    5   17    2    5   1  0   0    4   1    3  .294  .333  .353   0           0               86
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.9  141 4939  957 1312 211 64  58  743 493  477  .266  .332  .370 336          55               95
    Rank among 8 AA teams          3    2    2   2  8   1        4    7     3     3     3   4                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Elton Chamberlain   21  54   2.97  34  15  1  52   2  45   3  421.7  376  220  139  18  165  202 1818  17   0  0     143
SP  Silver King         21  55   3.14  34  17  1  52   2  46   2  458.0  462  257  160  15  125  188 1920  29   0  0     134
SP  Jack Stivetts       21  26   2.25  12   7  1  20   6  18   2  191.7  153   85   48   4   68  143  814  16   0  0     188
SP *Jim Devlin          23   9   2.40   4   2  0   8   1   5   0   60.0   56   38   16   0   24   37    0   0   0  0     176
SP  Nat Hudson          30   9   4.20   3   2  0   5   4   4   0   60.0   71   47   28   2   15   13    0   0   0  0     101


   *Toad Ramsey         24   5   3.95   3   1  0   3   2   3   0   41.0   44   29   18   0   10   33    0   0   0  0     107
    Tommy McCarthy      25   1   7.20   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.0    4    4    4   0    6    1    0   0   0  0      59
    Charlie Comiskey    29   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    0.3    0    0    0   0    0    0    0   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 21.6 141   3.00  90  45  3 141  20 121   7 1237.0 1166  680  412  39  413  617 4552  62   0  0     141
    Rank among 8 AA teams           1   2   7  3           5   5      2    1    1        6    2    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JBoyle 80 378 108 27 11 .947 51 JMilligan 66 367 105 34 7 .933 58 DMeek 2 0 2 1 0 .667 0 JBellman 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 141 746 216 62 18 .939 110 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .972 9.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CComiskey 134 1225 45 39 71 .970 9.48 JMilligan 9 58 2 2 3 .968 6.67 JBoyle 4 14 1 1 0 .937 3.75 NHudson 3 11 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 SKing 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 141 1308 49 42 74 .970 9.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .917 5.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- YRobinson 132 305 333 81 53 .887 4.83 CComiskey 3 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.67 ALatham 3 7 7 0 1 1.000 4.67 CDuffee 2 6 1 0 1 1.000 3.50 TMcCarthy 2 1 1 1 0 .667 1.00 JBoyle 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 EChamberlai 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JGill 1 4 1 1 0 .833 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 141 324 351 84 55 .889 4.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .857 3.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ALatham 116 197 249 59 22 .883 3.84 JBoyle 12 15 24 3 2 .929 3.25 PSweeney 8 17 15 9 1 .780 4.00 CDuffee 5 5 12 8 0 .680 3.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 141 234 300 79 25 .871 3.89 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .873 5.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SFuller 140 240 459 67 46 .913 4.99 JDavis 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 141 241 459 67 46 .913 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .903 1.96 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TMcCarthy 140 229 38 32 11 .893 1.91 1 3 137 TO'Neill 134 264 12 19 3 .936 2.06 134 0 0 CDuffee 132 296 43 23 7 .936 2.57 1 132 0 NHudson 6 7 0 1 0 .875 1.17 1 3 2 JBoyle 5 2 1 1 1 .750 0.60 3 0 2 TGettinger 4 6 0 2 0 .750 1.50 1 3 0 CComiskey 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 0 1 2 JDavis 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 JGill 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 1 0 SKing 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 JStivetts 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 PSweeney 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 141 809 94 79 22 .920 2.19 141 141 141 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .905 2.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SKing 56 19 70 5 2 .947 1.75 EChamberlai 53 15 67 7 0 .921 1.75 JStivetts 26 12 31 5 0 .896 2.02 JDevlin 9 0 18 3 0 .857 2.70 NHudson 9 2 11 2 0 .867 1.95 TRamsey 5 0 6 3 0 .667 1.32 TMcCarthy 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CComiskey 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 141 48 203 25 2 .909 1.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average O'Neill .335

On-base % O'Neill .419

Slugging % O'Neill .478

OPS O'Neill .897

Games Fuller and McCarthy 140

At Bats McCarthy 604

Plate Appearances (approx.) McCarthy 656

Runs McCarthy 136

Hits O'Neill 179

Total Bases O'Neill 255

Doubles O'Neill 33

Triples Duffee 11

Home Runs Duffee 16

RBI O'Neill 110

Bases on Balls Robinson 118

Strikeouts Duffee 81

Stolen Bases Latham 69

Singles McCarthy 143

Adjusted OPS+ O'Neill 142

Runs Created O'Neill 106

Adjusted Batting Runs O'Neill 34

Batting Wins O'Neill 3.4

Extra-Base Hits O'Neill 50

Times on Base O'Neill 256

Offensive Win% O'Neill .761

Hit By Pitch Latham 11

Power/Speed Number Duffee 18.2

At Bats per Strikeout Comiskey 30.9

At Bats per Home Run Duffee 31.8

Outs McCarthy 428

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Stivetts 2.25

Wins Chamberlain and King 34

Won-Loss % Chamberlain .694

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Stivetts 1.153

Hits Allowed/9IP Stivetts 7.18

Bases on Balls/9IP King 2.46

Strikeouts/9IP Stivetts 6.71

Games King 55

Saves Chamberlain, King, and Stivetts 1

Innings King 458.0

Strikeouts Chamberlain 202

Games Started Chamberlain and King 52

Comp. Games King 46

Shutouts Chamberlain 3

Home Runs Allow. Chamberlain 18

Bases On Balls Allow. Chamberlain 165

Hits Allowed King 462

SO to Walk Stivetts 2.10

Losses King 17

Earned Runs Allow. King 160

Wild Pitches King 29

Batters Faced King 1920

Games Finished Stivetts 6

Adjusted ERA+ Stivetts 188

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

1888/1890

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