1889 Kansas City Cowboys season

November 2013 Kansas City Cowboys 1889 American Association (19th century)American Association Exposition Park Kansas City, Missouri 55 82 y 7th Bill Watkins The 1889 Kansas City Cowboys baseball team finished with a 55–82 record, seventh place in the American Association. The team folded after the season concluded. Regular season Season standings Kansas City Cowboys Record vs. opponents KC Opening Day lineup Roster 1889 Kansas City Cowboys Roster Pitchers John Bates Jim Conway John McCarty Frank Pears Henry Porter John Sowders Tom Sullivan Parke Swartzel Catchers Jim Donahue Joe Gunson Charlie Hoover Charlie Reynolds Infielders Billy Alvord Sam Barkley Red Bittmann Jumbo Davis Herman Long Chippy McGarr Dan Stearns Outfielders Charlie Bell Jim Burns Billy Hamilton Steve Ladew Jim Manning Mike Mattimore John Pickett Manager Bill Watkins 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 Charlie Hoover Charlie Hoover (baseball) 71 258 64 .248 1 25 1B Dan Stearns 139 560 160 .286 3 87 2B Sam Barkley 45 176 50 .284 0 23 SS Herman Long 136 574 158 .275 3 60 3B Jumbo Davis 62 241 64 .266 0 30 OF Jim Manning 132 506 103 .204 3 68 OF Jim Burns 134 579 176 .304 5 97 OF Billy Hamilton 137 534 161 .301 3 77 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 Jim Donahue 67 252 59 .234 0 32 John Pickett 53 201 45 .224 0 12 Billy Alvord 50 186 43 .231 0 18 Joe Gunson 34 122 24 .197 0 12 Chippy McGarr 25 108 31 .287 0 16 Mike Mattimore 19 75 12 .160 0 5 Red Bittman 4 14 4 .286 0 2 Steve Ladew 2 4 0 .000 0 0 Charlie Reynolds 1 4 1 .250 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 Park Swartzel 48 410.1 19 27 4.32 147 Jim Conway Jim Conway (baseball) 41 335.0 19 19 3.25 115 John Sowders 25 185.0 6 16 4.82 104 John McCarty John McCarty (baseball) 15 119.2 8 6 3.91 36 Tom Sullivan 10 87.1 2 8 5.67 24 Henry Porter 4 23.0 0 3 12.52 9 Charlie Bell Charlie Bell (baseball) 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 3 John Bates John Bates (baseball) 1 8.0 0 1 13.50 3 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 Frank Pears 3 22.0 0 2 4.91 5 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 Mike Mattimore 1 0 0 0 3.00 1 Steve Ladew 1 0 0 0 4.50 0 References 1889 Kansas City Cowboys team page at Baseball Reference Kansas City Cowboys season Kansas City Cowboys Category:Kansas City Cowboys (AA)