1889 Kansas City Cowboys Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 55-82
Finished 7th in the AA
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Manager: Bill Watkins (55-82)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1889 Kansas City Cowboys RosterTeam Record: 55-82
Finished 7th in the AA
Ballpark: Exposition Park
Manager: Bill Watkins (55-82)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1889 Kansas City Cowboys Results
The Kansas City Cowboys of the American Association ended the 1889 season with a record of 55 wins and 82 losses, finishing seventh in the AA.
The Cowboys scored 852 runs and allowed 1031 runs. Jim Burns recorded 97 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .304 clip. Park Swartzel and Jim Conway paced the team with 19 wins each, while Jim Conway recorded a 3.25 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Bill Watkins coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Conway | 19 | 19 | .500 | 3.25 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 335.0 | 334 | 232 | 121 | 12 | 90 | 0 | 115 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 1431 |
| Park Swartzel | 19 | 27 | .413 | 4.32 | 48 | 47 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 410.3 | 481 | 334 | 197 | 21 | 117 | 0 | 147 | 23 | 0 | 37 | 1837 |
| John McCarty | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.91 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 119.7 | 147 | 108 | 52 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 569 |
| John Sowders | 6 | 16 | .273 | 4.82 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 185.0 | 204 | 181 | 99 | 9 | 105 | 0 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 864 |
| Tom Sullivan | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.67 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 87.3 | 111 | 88 | 55 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 425 |
| Charlie Bell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Mike Mattimore | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Steve Ladew | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| John Bates | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| Frank Pears | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.91 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| Henry Porter | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12.52 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 52 | 46 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 135 |
| Totals | 55 | 82 | .401 | 4.36 | 150 | 139 | 11 | 128 | 0 | 2 | 1204.3 | 1373 | 1031 | 583 | 51 | 457 | 0 | 447 | 60 | 0 | 91 | 5460 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Burns | 134 | 606 | 579 | 103 | 176 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 97 | 56 | 0 | 20 | 68 | .304 | .335 | .408 | .743 | 236 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hamilton | 137 | 635 | 534 | 144 | 161 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 77 | 111 | 0 | 87 | 41 | .301 | .413 | .395 | .808 | 211 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Stearns | 139 | 616 | 560 | 96 | 160 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 87 | 67 | 0 | 56 | 69 | .286 | .351 | .388 | .738 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Long | 136 | 648 | 574 | 137 | 158 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 89 | 0 | 64 | 63 | .275 | .358 | .368 | .726 | 211 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Manning | 132 | 573 | 506 | 68 | 103 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 68 | 58 | 0 | 54 | 61 | .204 | .297 | .281 | .577 | 142 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jumbo Davis | 62 | 260 | 241 | 40 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 35 | .266 | .319 | .307 | .626 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Hoover | 71 | 289 | 258 | 44 | 64 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 38 | .248 | .329 | .306 | .635 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Donahue | 67 | 273 | 252 | 30 | 59 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 20 | .234 | .293 | .286 | .579 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Barkley | 45 | 191 | 176 | 36 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 20 | .284 | .340 | .341 | .681 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Pickett | 53 | 214 | 201 | 20 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 21 | .224 | .271 | .259 | .530 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Alvord | 50 | 196 | 186 | 23 | 43 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 35 | .231 | .270 | .371 | .641 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chippy McGarr | 25 | 115 | 108 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .287 | .330 | .315 | .645 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Conway | 41 | 153 | 149 | 14 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .208 | .229 | .248 | .477 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Park Swartzel | 51 | 198 | 174 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 33 | .144 | .247 | .167 | .414 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gunson | 34 | 127 | 122 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .197 | .228 | .238 | .466 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sowders | 28 | 93 | 87 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .218 | .269 | .253 | .522 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John McCarty | 20 | 81 | 79 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .228 | .247 | .253 | .500 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mattimore | 19 | 78 | 75 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .160 | .192 | .200 | .392 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 10 | 40 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .152 | .300 | .182 | .482 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Bittmann | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Reynolds | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bell | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .375 | .333 | .708 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Porter | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Pears | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Bates | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Ladew | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1271 | 5443 | 4947 | 852 | 1256 | 162 | 76 | 18 | 621 | 472 | 0 | 430 | 626 | .254 | .322 | .328 | .650 | 1624 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Stearns | 1B | 135 | 0 | 1174.0 | 1398 | 56 | 49 | 75 | .967 | 11.147 | 1.770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Barkley | 1B | 4 | 0 | 29.0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 8.379 | 6.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Manning | 2B | 63 | 0 | 541.0 | 119 | 184 | 31 | 23 | .907 | 5.041 | 4.810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Barkley | 2B | 41 | 0 | 347.0 | 90 | 103 | 16 | 20 | .923 | 5.006 | 4.707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Alvord | 2B | 8 | 0 | 81.0 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 4 | .857 | 5.333 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Pickett | 2B | 11 | 0 | 77.0 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .909 | 4.675 | 3.636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Long | 2B | 8 | 0 | 77.0 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 4 | .904 | 5.494 | 5.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chippy McGarr | 2B | 5 | 0 | 50.0 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | .941 | 5.760 | 6.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Bittmann | 2B | 4 | 0 | 32.0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.906 | 5.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jumbo Davis | 3B | 62 | 0 | 563.0 | 93 | 140 | 57 | 14 | .803 | 3.725 | 3.758 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Alvord | 3B | 34 | 0 | 294.0 | 34 | 94 | 18 | 8 | .877 | 3.918 | 3.765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Pickett | 3B | 14 | 0 | 115.0 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 1 | .720 | 2.817 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chippy McGarr | 3B | 11 | 0 | 95.0 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 6 | .857 | 3.411 | 3.273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | 3B | 10 | 0 | 83.0 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 3 | .795 | 3.361 | 3.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Stearns | 3B | 4 | 0 | 19.0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 2.842 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hoover | 3B | 4 | 0 | 19.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 3.316 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Manning | 3B | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Burns | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Gunson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hoover | C | 66 | 0 | 563.0 | 266 | 105 | 34 | 8 | .916 | 5.931 | 5.621 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | C | 46 | 0 | 373.0 | 158 | 77 | 30 | 4 | .887 | 5.670 | 5.109 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Gunson | C | 32 | 0 | 263.0 | 118 | 44 | 26 | 2 | .862 | 5.544 | 5.063 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Reynolds | C | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hamilton | OF | 137 | 0 | 1203.0 | 202 | 20 | 37 | 6 | .857 | 1.661 | 1.620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Burns | OF | 134 | 0 | 1141.0 | 323 | 11 | 32 | 4 | .913 | 2.635 | 2.493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Manning | OF | 69 | 0 | 589.0 | 119 | 20 | 11 | 2 | .927 | 2.124 | 2.014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Pickett | OF | 28 | 0 | 209.0 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .900 | 1.938 | 1.607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mattimore | OF | 19 | 0 | 166.0 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .844 | 2.060 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | OF | 14 | 0 | 111.0 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .724 | 1.703 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John McCarty | OF | 6 | 0 | 74.0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 2.432 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chippy McGarr | OF | 6 | 0 | 54.0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.833 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Hoover | OF | 3 | 0 | 23.0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .333 | .783 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Park Swartzel | OF | 4 | 0 | 17.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.647 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Sowders | OF | 3 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.500 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Ladew | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bell | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Pears | OF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Long | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Gunson | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Park Swartzel | P | 48 | 0 | 410.0 | 19 | 120 | 11 | 6 | .927 | 3.051 | 2.896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Conway | P | 41 | 0 | 335.0 | 10 | 71 | 7 | 2 | .920 | 2.176 | 1.976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Sowders | P | 25 | 0 | 185.0 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 0 | .842 | 1.557 | 1.280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John McCarty | P | 15 | 0 | 120.0 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 0 | .750 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Sullivan | P | 10 | 0 | 87.0 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .792 | 1.966 | 1.900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Porter | P | 4 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 2.348 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Pears | P | 3 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.227 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bell | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Bates | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Mattimore | P | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Ladew | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Long | SS | 128 | 0 | 1110.0 | 335 | 479 | 117 | 55 | .874 | 6.600 | 6.359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Alvord | SS | 8 | 0 | 67.0 | 12 | 28 | 17 | 5 | .702 | 5.373 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chippy McGarr | SS | 3 | 0 | 25.0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .667 | 4.320 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Manning | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1284 | 0 | 10839.0 | 3607 | 1830 | 611 | 264 | .899 | 4.515 | 4.234 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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