1889 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1889 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

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1889 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American Association -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	0	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	T - S - R	140	93	44	.679	--	995	706	289	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
2	2	0	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	141	90	45	.667	2.0	957	680	277	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
3	3	0	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	138	75	58	.564	16.0	880	787	93	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
4	4	0	Cincinnati Red Stockings	T - S - R	141	76	63	.547	18.0	897	769	128	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
5	5	0	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R	139	70	65	.519	22.0	791	795	-4	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
6	6	0	Columbus Solons	T - S - R	140	60	78	.435	33.5	779	924	-145	dnq	0	0	---	Al Buckenberger	---
7	7	0	Kansas City Cowboys	T - S - R	139	55	82	.401	38.0	852	1031	-179	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
8	8	0	Louisville Colonels	T - S - R	140	27	111	.196	66.5	632	1091	-459	dnq	0	0	---	---	---
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Giants	T - S - R	131	83	43	.659	--	935	708	227	dnq	0	0	---	Jim Mutrie	Polo Grounds
2	2	2	Boston Beaneaters	T - S - R	133	83	45	.648	1.0	826	626	200	dnq	0	0	---	---	South End Grounds
3	3	3	Chicago White Stockings	T - S - R	136	67	65	.508	19.0	867	814	53	dnq	0	0	---	Cap Anson	West Side Park
4	4	4	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	130	63	64	.496	20.5	742	748	-6	dnq	0	0	---	Harry Wright	Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds
5	5	5	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	T - S - R	134	61	71	.462	25.0	726	804	-78	dnq	0	0	---	---	Recreation park
6	6	6	Cleveland Spiders	T - S - R	136	61	72	.459	25.5	656	720	-64	dnq	0	0	---	---	Olympic Park I
7	7	7	Indianapolis Hoosiers	T - S - R	135	59	75	.440	28.0	819	894	-75	dnq	0	0	---	---	Seventh Street Park III
8	8	8	Washington Nationals	T - S - R	127	41	83	.331	41.0	632	892	-260	dnq	0	0	---	Arthur Irwin	Swampoodle Grounds
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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