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1889 Major League Baseball Retirements

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Rk Yrs From To ASG G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Last Game Age
1 Jim Banning 2 1888 1889 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 11 0.00
2 Sam Barkley 6 1884 1889 0 582 2517 2329 362 602 125 39 10 231 51 176 44 .258 .314 .359 .672 Jul 12 31.049
3 John Bates 1 1889 1889 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 25 21.089
4 George Bausewine 1 1889 1889 0 7 25 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 .048 .200 .048 .248 Oct 11 20.203
5 Alex Beam 1 1889 1889 0 2 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 May 29 19.189
6 Jack Bellman 1 1889 1889 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 Apr 23 25.050
7 Bill Bishop 3 1886 1889 0 7 19 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .059 .158 .059 .217 Sep 19 19.266
8 Red Bittman 1 1889 1889 0 4 15 14 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 .286 .333 .286 .619 Oct 14 27.084
9 Henry Boyle 6 1884 1889 0 291 1104 1049 120 230 42 7 10 70 7 51 129 .219 .258 .301 .559 Oct 2 29.012
10 Bill Burdick 2 1888 1889 0 31 93 85 7 12 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 .141 .215 .141 .356 Jul 2 29.264
11 Fred Carl 1 1889 1889 0 25 115 99 13 20 2 2 0 13 0 16 22 .202 .313 .263 .576 Aug 31 30.357
12 Harry Clarke 1 1889 1889 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 28 28.227
13 Ted Conovar 1 1889 1889 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 26 21.077
14 Jim Conway 3 1884 1889 0 57 208 202 17 37 2 2 0 12 1 3 26 .183 .207 .213 .420 Oct 5 30.362
15 Pete Conway 5 1885 1889 0 164 624 599 85 134 23 5 9 60 5 22 107 .224 .255 .324 .579 May 9 22.191
16 Jim Devlin 4 1886 1889 0 23 76 70 13 18 1 0 0 4 3 6 5 .257 .316 .271 .587 Jun 17 23.062
17 Joe Dowie 1 1889 1889 0 20 79 75 12 17 5 0 0 8 5 2 10 .227 .266 .293 .559 Aug 8 24.024
18 Hi Ebright 1 1889 1889 0 16 63 59 7 15 2 2 1 6 1 3 8 .254 .302 .407 .708 Jun 11 29.364
19 Jack Farrell 11 1879 1889 0 884 3815 3613 584 877 148 55 23 370 87 197 205 .243 .283 .333 .616 Jun 11 31.341
20 Jack Fee 1 1889 1889 0 7 21 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 Oct 4 21.285
21 Charles Fisher 1 1889 1889 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.00
22 Ed Flanagan 2 1887 1889 0 42 179 168 23 42 12 3 1 18 4 10 11 .250 .296 .375 .671 Oct 8 28.023
23 Silver Flint 13 1875 1889 0 760 2968 2913 380 687 129 34 21 295 12 0 54 471 .236 .250 .325 .575 Jul 18 33.349
24 Chris Fulmer 5 1884 1889 0 252 1004 876 176 216 37 9 1 85 76 122 12 .247 .343 .313 .655 Jun 27 30.358
25 Jim Galligan 1 1889 1889 0 31 127 120 6 20 0 2 0 7 1 6 17 .167 .213 .200 .413 Oct 14 24.000
26 Mike Gaule 1 1889 1889 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 15 19.315
27 Bill George 3 1887 1889 0 30 126 124 15 26 1 0 1 14 5 2 12 .210 .222 .242 .464 Jul 9 24.163
28 Jim Gill 1 1889 1889 0 2 9 8 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 .250 .333 .375 .708 Jul 1 0.00
29 Bill Gleason 8 1882 1889 0 798 3624 3395 613 907 111 35 7 298 70 177 1 .267 .313 .327 .640 Jun 18 30.218
30 George Goetz 1 1889 1889 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jun 17 0.00
31 Barney Graham 1 1889 1889 0 4 18 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 Sep 8 0.00
32 Tom Gunning 6 1884 1889 0 146 558 537 79 110 12 4 2 46 38 16 70 .205 .235 .253 .488 Jun 18 27.106
33 Will Holland 1 1889 1889 0 40 154 143 13 27 1 2 0 16 4 9 28 .189 .247 .224 .471 Oct 12 0.00
34 Charlie Hoover 2 1888 1889 0 74 299 268 44 67 2 5 1 26 9 29 38 .250 .328 .306 .634 Sep 28 24.007
35 Nat Hudson 4 1886 1889 0 125 483 446 56 110 14 3 3 58 12 35 11 .247 .304 .312 .616 Jun 27 30.166
36 Heinie Kappel 3 1887 1889 0 105 422 394 54 106 14 11 4 51 33 25 28 .269 .318 .391 .708 Aug 1 25.000
37 Rudy Kemmler 8 1879 1889 0 236 906 862 79 168 18 6 0 11 0 42 5 .195 .234 .230 .464 Aug 11 0.00
38 Ed Knouff 5 1885 1889 0 53 199 187 16 35 3 2 0 14 4 9 1 .187 .236 .225 .461 Jun 7 0.00
39 Al Krumm 1 1889 1889 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 17 24.000
40 Steve Ladew 1 1889 1889 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 28 0.00
41 Jim Manning 5 1884 1889 0 364 1505 1384 188 298 39 25 8 149 68 107 168 .215 .278 .297 .575 Oct 13 27.255
42 Sparrow McCaffrey 1 1889 1889 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 Aug 15 0.00
43 John McCarty 1 1889 1889 0 20 81 79 12 18 0 1 0 12 3 1 9 .228 .247 .253 .500 Jul 7 0.00
44 Art McCoy 1 1889 1889 0 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 Jul 9 24.359
45 Mike McDermott 1 1889 1889 0 9 35 33 7 6 2 0 0 3 0 2 3 .182 .229 .242 .471 Oct 13 25.160
46 George Myers 6 1884 1889 0 424 1699 1578 183 321 43 8 5 126 72 109 149 .203 .260 .250 .510 Aug 3 28.263
47 Jimmy Peoples 6 1884 1889 0 344 1319 1251 157 264 38 13 7 141 55 62 8 .211 .252 .279 .531 Jul 23 25.288
48 Henry Porter 6 1884 1889 0 212 798 770 79 142 13 8 1 52 10 28 3 .184 .213 .226 .439 May 25 30.000
49 Charlie Reynolds 1 1889 1889 0 13 47 46 6 10 1 1 0 4 2 1 7 .217 .234 .283 .517 Aug 19 24.110
50 Bill Robinson 1 1889 1889 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Aug 12 24.205
51 Harry Scherer 1 1889 1889 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 Jul 24 0.00
52 Jumbo Schoeneck 3 1884 1889 0 170 681 657 79 186 30 4 2 28 12 20 27 .283 .308 .350 .658 May 11 27.069
53 Lev Shreve 3 1887 1889 0 59 204 195 20 38 4 1 0 8 8 9 10 .195 .230 .226 .456 Sep 27 20.256
54 Harry Smith 2 1877 1889 0 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 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jul 12 28.153
56 Ecky Stearns 7 1880 1889 0 509 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 51 184 163 20 19 2 0 0 6 7 19 8 .117 .217 .129 .346 Jun 23 29.114
58 Park Swartzel 1 1889 1889 0 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 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 Jun 15 0.00
60 John Weyhing 2 1888 1889 0 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 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 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 7143 29147 27393 3873 6378 960 327 125 2456 743 0 1585 1858 .233 .279 .305 .584
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Pitching

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Rk Yrs From To ASG 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 John Bates 1 1889 1889 0 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 15 14 12 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 Aug 25 21.089
2 George Bausewine 1 1889 1889 0 1 4 .200 3.90 7 6 1 6 0 0 55.1 64 46 24 1 33 18 0 0 0 0 Oct 11 20.203
3 Alex Beam 1 1889 1889 0 1 1 .500 6.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 11 16 13 0 15 1 0 0 3 85 May 29 19.189
4 Bill Bishop 3 1886 1889 0 0 4 .000 9.96 7 5 2 5 0 2 47.0 68 73 52 2 39 9 3 0 4 240 Sep 19 19.266
5 Henry Boyle 6 1884 1889 0 89 111 .445 3.06 207 199 8 189 10 1 1756.1 1740 983 597 46 378 602 36 1 81 6893 Oct 2 29.012
6 Bill Burdick 2 1888 1889 0 12 14 .462 3.17 30 24 5 22 0 1 221.2 226 130 78 19 56 71 6 0 16 905 Jul 2 29.264
7 Ted Conovar 1 1889 1889 0 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 4 4 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 May 26 21.077
8 Jim Conway 3 1884 1889 0 22 29 .431 3.64 56 52 4 44 0 0 452.2 485 332 183 16 107 140 3 0 21 1977 Oct 5 30.362
9 Pete Conway 5 1885 1889 0 61 61 .500 3.59 126 123 3 117 5 0 1040.0 1058 694 415 32 250 428 18 0 67 4507 May 9 22.191
10 Jim Devlin 4 1886 1889 0 10 9 .526 3.38 23 21 2 17 0 1 170.1 161 116 64 3 58 90 3 0 2 104 Jun 17 23.062
11 Jack Fee 1 1889 1889 0 2 2 .500 4.28 7 3 4 2 0 0 40.0 39 29 19 2 31 10 0 0 4 132 Oct 4 21.285
12 Chris Fulmer 5 1884 1889 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
13 Bill George 3 1887 1889 0 5 10 .333 4.51 19 16 3 14 1 0 149.2 155 134 75 2 103 78 15 0 25 668 Jul 9 24.163
14 George Goetz 1 1889 1889 0 1 0 1.000 4.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 12 6 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Jun 17 0.00
15 Nat Hudson 4 1886 1889 0 48 26 .649 3.08 86 78 8 72 5 1 694.1 669 381 238 15 156 258 6 0 0 2640 Jun 27 30.166
16 Ed Knouff 5 1885 1889 0 20 20 .500 4.17 44 43 2 37 1 0 343.0 335 258 159 2 175 128 28 0 15 1082 Jun 7 0.00
17 Al Krumm 1 1889 1889 0 0 1 .000 10.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 11 10 0 10 4 0 0 1 40 May 17 24.000
18 Steve Ladew 1 1889 1889 0 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 28 0.00
19 John McCarty 1 1889 1889 0 8 6 .571 3.91 15 14 1 13 0 0 119.2 147 108 52 4 61 36 0 0 0 0 Jul 7 0.00
20 Mike McDermott 1 1889 1889 0 1 8 .111 4.16 9 9 0 9 0 0 84.1 108 65 39 4 34 22 0 0 0 0 Oct 13 25.160
21 Jimmy Peoples 6 1884 1889 0 0 2 .000 12.00 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 30 28 20 0 2 4 3 0 2 82 Jul 23 25.288
22 Henry Porter 6 1884 1889 0 96 107 .473 3.70 207 206 1 201 9 0 1793.1 1893 1209 737 43 466 659 28 0 46 5403 May 25 30.000
23 Bill Robinson 1 1889 1889 0 0 1 .000 10.12 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 10 10 9 2 6 2 0 0 2 40 Aug 12 24.205
24 Jumbo Schoeneck 3 1884 1889 0 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 19 37 .339 4.89 57 57 0 53 3 0 473.1 551 361 257 31 189 141 13 0 32 2066 Sep 27 20.256
26 Ed Springer 1 1889 1889 0 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 8 8 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Jul 12 28.153
27 Tom Sullivan 4 1884 1889 0 14 33 .298 4.04 47 47 0 46 0 0 408.0 474 326 183 12 152 147 32 0 49 1843 Jun 23 29.114
28 Park Swartzel 1 1889 1889 0 19 27 .413 4.32 48 47 1 45 0 1 410.1 481 334 197 21 117 147 0 0 35 1830 Oct 14 23.327
29 John Weyhing 2 1888 1889 0 3 4 .429 1.62 9 8 1 7 0 0 66.2 53 29 12 0 21 30 0 0 0 0 Apr 20 19.300
30 Pat Whitaker 2 1888 1889 0 2 1 .667 3.91 3 3 0 3 0 0 23.0 23 16 10 0 10 6 2 0 0 61 Jul 25 23.231
31 Pete Wood 2 1885 1889 0 9 16 .360 4.51 27 24 3 23 0 0 217.2 263 185 109 8 69 46 0 0 21 976 Sep 7 22.218
Totals 81 1884 1889 0 443 536 .453 3.72 1048 994 53 932 34 8 8649.0 9099 5916 3578 265 2552 3085 196 1 427 31606
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