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1888 Kansas City Cowboys

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889

43-89, Finished 8th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dave Rowe (14-36), Sam Barkley (21-36) and Bill Watkins (8-17)
Scored 579 runs, Allowed 896 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 41-91

Ballparks: Association Park & ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 112 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 112


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1889 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
Myron Allen 34 R R 5' 8" 150 Mar 22, 1854 4 37 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 0 35 0.5
Sam Barkley 30 R R 5' 11" 180 May 24, 1858 5 116 116 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.2
Jack Brennan 24 155 Sep 15, 1863 3 34 34 0 25 0 0 5 0 2 1 2 5 -0.9
Fatty Briody 29 R 5' 8" 190 Aug 13, 1858 8 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Jim Burns 5' 7" 168 Unknown 1st 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 0.0
Monk Cline 30 L L 5' 4" 150 Mar 3, 1858 4 73 73 0 0 0 3 1 0 32 0 38 70 -0.7
Law Daniels 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Jul 14, 1862 2 61 61 0 29 0 0 2 1 14 9 7 30 -1.1
Jumbo Davis 26 L R 5' 11" 195 Sep 5, 1861 4 121 121 0 0 0 0 113 8 0 0 0 0 1.5
Jim Donahue 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 8, 1862 3 88 88 0 67 0 1 5 0 12 5 1 18 -0.3
Henry Easterday 23 R R 5' 6" 145 Sep 16, 1864 2 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0.5
Red Ehret 19 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 31, 1868 1st 17 17 7 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 10 0.1
Bill Fagan 19 L 5' 11" 165 Feb 15, 1869 2 18 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -3.5
Ed Glenn 27 R R 5' 10" 160 Sep 19, 1860 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 -0.1
Frank Hafner 20 R Aug 14, 1867 1st 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Billy Hamilton HOF 22 L R 5' 6" 165 Feb 15, 1866 1st 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 32 35 0.0
Frank Hankinson 32 R R 5' 11" 168 Apr 29, 1856 10 37 37 0 0 2 13 7 9 6 1 0 7 -0.8
Frank Hoffman R 5' 9" 163 Unknown 1st 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Charlie Hoover 22 L R 5' 8" 170 Sep 9, 1865 1st 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Charley Jones 38 R R 5' 11" 202 Apr 30, 1850 12 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 -0.3
John Kirby 23 R 5' 8" 172 Jan 13, 1865 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Jim McTamany 24 R R 5' 8" 190 Jul 1, 1863 4 130 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 50 130 1.0
Bill Phillips 31 R R 6' 0" 202 Apr, 1857 10 129 129 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Henry Porter 30 R R 142 Jun, 1858 5 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.5
Dave Rowe 33 R R 5' 9" 180 Oct 9, 1854 7 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 32 -0.9
Tom Sullivan 28 5' 10" 165 Mar 1, 1860 3 28 28 24 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.6
Steve Toole 29 R L 6' 0" 170 Apr 9, 1859 3 13 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 -2.4
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1889 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers