1889 Kansas City Cowboys

55-82 • .401 Win% • 7th in AA

📊 Season Record

55 Wins
82 Losses
.401 Win %
7th Rank
852 R 1031 RA
Diff -179

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852 Runs Scored
1031 Runs Allowed
-179 Run Diff
18 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1889 AA Average

Batting Avg .253 3% below the 1889 league average (.261)
OBP .321 3% below the 1889 league average (.332)
SLG .328 7% below the 1889 league average (.354)
Team ERA 4.36 13% worse than the 1889 league average (3.84)
Runs Scored 852 equal to the 1889 league average (848 R)

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Home Games 70

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1889

Batting Avg

1 Jim Burns 0.304 2 Billy Hamilton 0.301 3 Chippy McGarr 0.287 4 Dan Stearns 0.286 5 Sam Barkley 0.284

Home Runs

1 Jim Burns 5 2 Billy Hamilton 3 3 Herman Long 3 4 Jim Manning 3 5 Dan Stearns 3

RBI

1 Jim Burns 97 2 Dan Stearns 87 3 Billy Hamilton 77 4 Jim Manning 68 5 Herman Long 60
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jim Burns 134 579 103 176 23 11 5 97 20 68 56 0.304
Herman Long 136 574 137 158 32 6 3 60 64 63 89 0.275
Dan Stearns 139 560 96 160 24 12 3 87 56 69 67 0.286
Billy Hamilton 137 534 144 161 17 12 3 77 87 41 111 0.301
Jim Manning 132 506 68 103 16 7 3 68 54 61 58 0.204
Charlie Hoover 71 258 44 64 2 5 1 25 29 38 9 0.248
Jim Donahue 67 252 30 59 5 4 0 32 21 20 12 0.234
Jumbo Davis 62 241 40 64 4 3 0 30 17 35 25 0.266
John Pickett 53 201 20 45 7 0 0 12 11 21 7 0.224
Billy Alvord 50 186 23 43 8 9 0 18 10 35 3 0.231
Sam Barkley 45 176 36 50 6 2 0 23 15 20 8 0.284
Park Swartzel 51 174 19 25 4 0 0 20 18 33 7 0.144
Jim Conway 41 149 14 31 2 2 0 12 2 26 1 0.208
Joe Gunson 34 122 15 24 3 1 0 12 3 17 2 0.197
Chippy McGarr 25 108 22 31 3 0 0 16 6 11 12 0.287
John Sowders 28 87 11 19 3 0 0 6 4 20 1 0.218
John McCarty 20 79 12 18 0 1 0 12 1 9 3 0.228
Mike Mattimore 19 75 6 12 1 1 0 5 3 16 0 0.160
Tom Sullivan 10 33 8 5 1 0 0 1 5 8 0 0.152
Red Bittmann 4 14 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0.286
Frank Pears 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.091
Henry Porter 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.100
Charlie Bell 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0.167
John Bates 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Steve Ladew 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Charlie Reynolds 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1889

ERA

1 Jim Conway 3.25 2 John McCarty 3.91 3 Park Swartzel 4.32 4 John Sowders 4.82 5 Tom Sullivan 5.67

Wins

1 Jim Conway 19 2 Park Swartzel 19 3 John McCarty 8 4 John Sowders 6 5 Tom Sullivan 2

Strikeouts

1 Park Swartzel 147 2 Jim Conway 115 3 John Sowders 104 4 John McCarty 36 5 Tom Sullivan 24
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Park Swartzel 19 27 4.32 48 47 1 410.1 481 197 117 147
Jim Conway 19 19 3.25 41 37 0 335.0 334 121 90 115
John Sowders 6 16 4.82 25 23 1 185.0 204 99 105 104
John McCarty 8 6 3.91 15 14 0 119.2 147 52 61 36
Tom Sullivan 2 8 5.67 10 10 0 87.1 111 55 48 24
Henry Porter 0 3 12.52 4 4 0 23.0 52 32 14 9
Frank Pears 0 2 4.91 3 2 0 22.0 21 12 9 5
Charlie Bell 1 0 1.00 1 1 0 9.0 4 1 3 3
John Bates 0 1 13.50 1 1 0 8.0 15 12 5 3
Mike Mattimore 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 3.0 3 1 2 1
Steve Ladew 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 3 0

👥 Roster (26)

Billy Alvord Sam Barkley John Bates Charlie Bell Red Bittmann Jim Burns Jim Conway Jumbo Davis Jim Donahue Joe Gunson Billy Hamilton Charlie Hoover +14 more

26 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1889 Kansas City Cowboys

What was the 1889 Kansas City Cowboys record?
The 1889 Kansas City Cowboys finished 55-82 (.401 win pct).
Who led the 1889 Kansas City Cowboys in home runs?
Jim Burns led the 1889 Kansas City Cowboys with 5 home runs.
What was the 1889 Kansas City Cowboys team ERA?
The 1889 Kansas City Cowboys posted a team ERA of 4.36.
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