1889 Cleveland Spiders

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

61-72, Finished 6th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tom Loftus (61-72)
Scored 656 runs, Allowed 720 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-72

Ballparks: National League Park II ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 105

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1888 / 1890 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Jersey Bakley	25	R	R	5' 8"	170	Apr 17, 1864	4	36		36		36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			4.1	$1,800
Ed Beatin	22	R	L	5' 9"	162	Aug 10, 1866	3	37		37		36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			3.6	$
Jay Faatz	28	R	R	6' 4"	196	Oct 24, 1860	3	117		117		0	0	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.3	$2,200
Bob Gilks	24	R	R	5' 8"	178	Jul 2, 1864	3	53		53		0	0	10	1	0	13	2	26	1	29			-0.7	$
Henry Gruber	25	R	R	5' 9"	155	Dec 14, 1863	3	25		25		25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.8	$
Jimmy McAleer	24	R	R	6' 0"	175	Jul 10, 1864	1st	110		110		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	110	0	110			-0.7	$1,800
Ed McKean	25	R	R	5' 9"	160	Jun 6, 1864	3	123		123		0	0	0	1	0	122	0	0	0	0			4.2	$2,000
Cinders O'Brien	22	R	R	5' 10"	165	Apr 15, 1867	2	41		41		41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			3.4	$1,750
Paul Radford	27	R	R	5' 6"	148	Oct 14, 1861	7	136		136		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	136	136			0.7	$
Pop Snyder	34	R	R	5' 11"	184	Oct 6, 1854	16	22		22		0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.5	$2,000
Charlie Sprague	24	L	L	5' 11"	150	Oct 10, 1864	2	2		2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-1.7	$
Cub Stricker	30	R	R	5' 3"	138	Jun 8, 1859	7	136		136		0	0	0	135	0	1	0	0	0	0			0.5	$2,000
Sy Sutcliffe	27	L	L	6' 2"	170	Apr 15, 1862	5	46		46		0	37	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			0.0	$1,750
Patsy Tebeau	24	R	R	5' 8"	163	Dec 5, 1864	2	136		136		0	0	0	0	136	0	0	0	0	0			2.1	$2,300
Larry Twitchell	25	R	R	6' 0"	185	Feb 18, 1864	4	134		134		1	0	0	0	0	0	134	0	0	134			-0.6	$1,750
Chief Zimmer	28	R	R	6' 0"	190	Nov 23, 1860	5	84		84		0	81	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.4	$
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

1888 / 1890 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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