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.Wild Bill Widner at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1889 Columbus Solons Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
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 107 398 107 .269 4 60 1B 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 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 28 93 13 .140 0 5 Jack Crooks 12 43 14 .326 0 7 11 36 10 .278 0 3 8 26 3 .115 0 0 6 23 11 .478 3 6 5 17 4 .235 0 3 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 63 513.2 27 34 3.61 368 41 294.0 12 20 5.20 63 32 222.2 10 16 4.57 115 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 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 2 0 0 0 7.88 3 2 0 0 1 21.60 2 1 0 0 0 27.00 0
Notes
References 1889 Columbus Solons at Baseball Reference