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1889 Major League Baseball Retirements

1888 MLB  / 1890 MLB  Retirements
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR/pos G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Last Game Age
1 Bill Anderson 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Aug 12 24.205
2 Jim Banning 2 1888 1889 0 0.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 11 23.334
3 Sam Barkley 6 1884 1889 0 7.2 582 2517 2329 362 602 125 39 10 231 51 176 44 .258 .314 .359 .672 Jul 12 31.049
4 John Bates 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 25 21.089
5 George Bausewine 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 7 25 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 .048 .200 .048 .248 Oct 11 20.203
6 Alex Beam 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 2 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 May 29 19.189
7 Jack Bellman 1 1889 1889 0 0.1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 Apr 23 25.050
8 Bill Bishop 3 1886 1889 0 -0.2 7 19 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .059 .158 .059 .217 Sep 19 24.266
9 Red Bittmann 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 4 15 14 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 .286 .333 .286 .619 Oct 14 27.084
10 Henry Boyle 6 1884 1889 0 0.5 291 1104 1049 120 230 42 7 10 70 7 51 129 .219 .258 .301 .559 Oct 2 29.012
11 Bill Burdick 2 1888 1889 0 -0.3 31 93 85 7 12 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 .141 .215 .141 .356 Jul 2 29.264
12 Fred Carl 1 1889 1889 0 -0.6 25 115 99 13 20 2 2 0 13 0 16 22 .202 .313 .263 .576 Aug 31 30.357
13 Harry Clarke 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 28 28.227
14 Theodore Conover 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 26 21.077
15 Jim Conway 3 1884 1889 0 -0.7 57 208 202 17 37 2 2 0 12 1 3 26 .183 .207 .213 .420 Oct 5 30.362
16 Pete Conway 5 1885 1889 0 0.3 164 624 599 85 134 23 5 9 60 5 22 107 .224 .255 .324 .579 May 9 22.191
17 Jim Devlin 4 1886 1889 0 0.3 23 76 70 13 18 1 0 0 4 3 6 5 .257 .316 .271 .587 Jun 17 23.062
18 Joe Dowie 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 20 79 75 12 17 5 0 0 8 5 2 10 .227 .266 .293 .559 Aug 8 24.024
19 Hi Ebright 1 1889 1889 0 0.3 16 63 59 7 15 2 2 1 6 1 3 8 .254 .302 .407 .708 Jun 11 29.364
20 Jack Farrell 11 1879 1889 0 17.1 884 3815 3613 584 877 148 55 23 370 87 197 205 .243 .283 .333 .616 Jun 11 31.341
21 Jack Fee 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 7 21 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 Oct 4 21.285
22 Charles Fisher 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Jun 15 .000
23 Ed Flanagan 2 1887 1889 0 -0.4 42 179 168 23 42 12 3 1 18 4 10 11 .250 .296 .375 .671 Oct 8 28.023
24 Silver Flint 13 1875 1889 0 6.6 760 2968 2913 380 687 129 34 21 295 12 0 54 471 .236 .250 .325 .575 Jul 18 33.349
25 Chris Fulmer 5 1884 1889 0 6.0 252 1004 876 176 216 37 9 1 85 76 122 12 .247 .343 .313 .655 Jun 27 30.358
26 John Galligan 1 1889 1889 0 -1.3 31 127 120 6 20 0 2 0 7 1 6 17 .167 .213 .200 .413 Oct 14 24.000
27 Mike Gaule 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 15 19.315
28 Bill George 3 1887 1889 0 -0.3 30 126 124 15 26 1 0 1 14 5 2 12 .210 .222 .242 .464 Jul 9 24.163
29 Jim Gill 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 2 9 8 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 .250 .333 .375 .708 Jul 1 23.266
30 Bill Gleason 8 1882 1889 0 8.6 798 3624 3395 613 907 111 35 7 298 70 177 1 .267 .313 .327 .640 Jun 18 30.218
31 George Goetz 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 17 .000
32 James Graham 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 4 18 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 Sep 8 .000
33 Tom Gunning 6 1884 1889 0 -1.4 146 558 537 79 110 12 4 2 46 38 16 70 .205 .235 .253 .488 Jun 18 27.106
34 Will Holland 1 1889 1889 0 -0.8 40 154 143 13 27 1 2 0 16 4 9 28 .189 .247 .224 .471 Oct 12 .000
35 Charlie Hoover 2 1888 1889 0 -0.3 74 299 268 44 67 2 5 1 26 9 29 38 .250 .328 .306 .634 Sep 28 24.019
36 Nat Hudson 4 1886 1889 0 0.5 125 483 446 56 110 14 3 3 58 12 35 11 .247 .304 .312 .616 Jun 27 20.166
37 Heinie Kappel 3 1887 1889 0 0.7 105 422 394 54 106 14 11 4 51 33 25 28 .269 .318 .391 .708 Aug 1 25.000
38 Rudy Kemmler 8 1879 1889 0 0.2 236 906 862 79 168 18 6 0 11 0 42 5 .195 .234 .230 .464 Aug 11 29.000
39 Ed Knouff 5 1885 1889 0 -0.5 53 199 187 16 35 3 2 0 14 4 9 1 .187 .236 .225 .461 Jun 7 .000
40 Al Krumm 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 17 24.124
41 Steve Ladew 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 28 .000
42 Jim Manning 5 1884 1889 0 -1.4 364 1505 1384 188 298 39 25 8 149 68 107 168 .215 .278 .297 .575 Oct 13 27.255
43 Sparrow McCaffrey 1 1889 1889 0 0.1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Aug 15 .000
44 John McCarty 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 20 81 79 12 18 0 1 0 12 3 1 9 .228 .247 .253 .500 Jul 7 .000
45 Art McCoy 1 1889 1889 0 -0.1 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 Jul 9 24.359
46 Michael McDermott 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 9 35 33 7 6 2 0 0 3 0 2 3 .182 .229 .242 .471 Oct 13 25.160
47 George Myers 6 1884 1889 0 -1.6 424 1699 1578 183 321 43 8 5 126 72 109 149 .203 .260 .250 .510 Aug 3 28.263
48 Jimmy Peoples 6 1884 1889 0 -1.4 344 1319 1251 157 264 38 13 7 141 55 62 8 .211 .252 .279 .531 Jul 23 25.288
49 Henry Porter 6 1884 1889 0 -1.6 212 798 770 79 142 13 8 1 52 10 28 3 .184 .213 .226 .439 May 25 30.000
50 Charlie Reynolds 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 13 47 46 6 10 1 1 0 4 2 1 7 .217 .234 .283 .517 Aug 19 24.110
51 Harry Scherer 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Jul 24 .000
52 Jumbo Schoeneck 3 1884 1889 0 2.2 170 681 657 79 186 30 4 2 28 12 20 27 .283 .308 .350 .658 May 11 27.069
53 Lev Shreve 3 1887 1889 0 -0.2 59 204 195 20 38 4 1 0 8 8 9 10 .195 .230 .226 .456 Sep 27 22.256
54 Harry Smith 2 1877 1889 0 -0.8 35 137 132 11 29 3 1 0 7 0 5 12 .220 .248 .258 .506 Aug 19 33.195
55 Ed Springer 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 12 .000
56 Dan Stearns 7 1880 1889 0 0.1 509 2210 2025 295 491 72 36 8 173 67 173 94 .242 .306 .325 .631 Oct 14 27.362
57 Tom Sullivan 4 1884 1889 0 -0.7 51 184 163 20 19 2 0 0 6 7 19 8 .117 .217 .129 .346 Jun 23 29.114
58 Parke Swartzel 1 1889 1889 0 -0.6 51 198 174 19 25 4 0 0 20 7 18 33 .144 .247 .167 .414 Oct 14 23.327
59 John Traffley 1 1889 1889 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Jun 15 .000
60 John Weyhing 2 1888 1889 0 -0.1 9 24 23 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .130 .167 .130 .297 Apr 20 19.300
61 Pat Whitaker 2 1888 1889 0 -0.1 3 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 Jul 25 23.231
62 Pete Wood 2 1885 1889 0 -0.4 31 112 112 10 23 3 1 0 7 0 0 19 .205 .205 .250 .455 Sep 7 22.218
Totals 179 1875 1889 0 33.3 7143 29147 27393 3873 6378 960 327 125 2456 743 0 1585 1858 .233 .279 .305 .584
Rk Yrs From To ASG WAR W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Last Game Age
1 Bill Anderson 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 10.13 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 10 10 9 2 6 2 0 1 40 Aug 12 24.205
2 John Bates 1 1889 1889 0 -0.3 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 15 14 12 0 5 3 0 1 44 Aug 25 21.089
3 George Bausewine 1 1889 1889 0 -0.5 1 4 .200 3.90 7 6 1 6 0 0 55.1 64 46 24 1 33 18 9 5 270 Oct 11 20.203
4 Alex Beam 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 1 1 .500 6.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 11 16 13 0 15 1 0 0 3 79 May 29 19.189
5 Bill Bishop 3 1886 1889 0 -1.8 0 4 .000 9.96 7 5 2 5 0 2 47.0 68 73 52 2 39 9 3 0 11 261 Sep 19 24.266
6 Henry Boyle 6 1884 1889 0 20.5 89 111 .445 3.06 207 199 8 189 10 1 1756.1 1740 983 597 46 378 602 36 1 84 7447 Oct 2 29.012
7 Bill Burdick 2 1888 1889 0 1.9 12 14 .462 3.17 30 24 5 22 0 1 221.2 226 130 78 19 56 71 6 0 16 948 Jul 2 29.264
8 Theodore Conover 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 4 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 12 May 26 21.077
9 Jim Conway 3 1884 1889 0 2.7 22 29 .431 3.64 56 52 4 44 0 0 452.2 485 332 183 16 107 140 17 0 36 1960 Oct 5 30.362
10 Pete Conway 5 1885 1889 0 3.0 61 61 .500 3.59 126 123 3 117 5 0 1040.0 1058 694 415 32 250 428 18 0 67 4497 May 9 22.191
11 Jim Devlin 4 1886 1889 0 0.0 11 10 .524 3.38 23 21 2 17 0 1 170.1 161 116 64 3 58 90 18 0 19 749 Jun 17 23.062
12 Jack Fee 1 1889 1889 0 0.1 2 2 .500 4.28 7 3 4 2 0 0 40.0 39 29 19 2 31 10 6 0 4 194 Oct 4 21.285
13 Chris Fulmer 5 1884 1889 0 0.0 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 Jun 27 30.358
14 Bill George 3 1887 1889 0 -1.7 5 10 .333 4.51 19 16 3 14 1 0 149.2 155 134 75 2 103 78 15 0 26 705 Jul 9 24.163
15 George Goetz 1 1889 1889 0 0.1 1 0 1.000 4.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 12 6 4 0 0 2 0 1 39 Jun 17 .000
16 Nat Hudson 4 1886 1889 0 5.3 48 26 .649 3.08 86 78 8 72 5 1 694.1 669 381 238 15 156 258 25 0 28 2925 Jun 27 20.166
17 Ed Knouff 5 1885 1889 0 -0.9 20 20 .500 4.17 44 43 2 37 1 0 343.0 335 258 159 2 175 128 38 2 44 1595 Jun 7 .000
18 Al Krumm 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 10.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 11 10 0 10 4 0 0 1 45 May 17 24.124
19 Steve Ladew 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 Sep 28 .000
20 John McCarty 1 1889 1889 0 -0.6 8 6 .571 3.91 15 14 1 13 0 0 119.2 147 108 52 4 61 36 6 2 569 Jul 7 .000
21 Michael McDermott 1 1889 1889 0 0.3 1 8 .111 4.16 9 9 0 9 0 0 84.1 108 65 39 4 34 22 2 4 394 Oct 13 25.160
22 Jimmy Peoples 6 1884 1889 0 -0.8 0 2 .000 12.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 30 28 20 0 2 4 3 1 1 82 Jul 23 25.288
23 Henry Porter 6 1884 1889 0 5.9 96 107 .473 3.70 207 206 1 201 9 0 1793.1 1893 1209 737 43 466 659 52 3 88 7822 May 25 30.000
24 Jumbo Schoeneck 3 1884 1889 0 -0.1 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 23 May 11 27.069
25 Lev Shreve 3 1887 1889 0 -2.3 19 37 .339 4.89 57 57 0 53 3 0 473.1 551 361 257 31 189 141 14 0 40 2150 Sep 27 22.256
26 Ed Springer 1 1889 1889 0 -0.2 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 8 8 5 0 2 1 2 0 27 Jul 12 .000
27 Tom Sullivan 4 1884 1889 0 -1.8 14 33 .298 4.04 47 47 0 46 0 0 408.0 474 326 183 12 152 147 33 0 48 1863 Jun 23 29.114
28 Parke Swartzel 1 1889 1889 0 0.8 19 27 .413 4.32 48 47 1 45 0 1 410.1 481 334 197 21 117 147 23 37 1837 Oct 14 23.327
29 John Weyhing 2 1888 1889 0 1.1 3 4 .429 1.62 9 8 1 7 0 0 66.2 53 29 12 0 21 30 1 0 1 274 Apr 20 19.300
30 Pat Whitaker 2 1888 1889 0 -0.1 2 1 .667 3.91 3 3 0 3 0 0 23.0 23 16 10 0 10 6 2 0 0 104 Jul 25 23.231
31 Pete Wood 2 1885 1889 0 -1.3 9 16 .360 4.51 27 24 3 23 0 0 217.2 263 185 109 8 69 46 0 0 21 993 Sep 7 22.218
Totals 81 1884 1889 0 28.3 444 537 .453 3.72 1048 994 53 932 34 8 8649.0 9099 5916 3578 265 2552 3085 329 7 590 37967


1888 MLB  / 1890 MLB  Retirements