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1890 Philadelphia Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889

54-78, Finished 8th in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Sharsig (54-78)
Scored 702 runs, Allowed 945 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 48-84

Ballparks: Jefferson Street Grounds & Gloucester Point Grounds ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 102


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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
Kid Baldwin 25 R R 5' 6" 147 Nov 1, 1864 7 24 24 0 19 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Sam Campbell Unknown 1st 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bart Cantz 30 R Jan 29, 1860 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Ed Carfrey 26 Jul, 1863 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
George Carman 24 5' 4" 139 Mar 29, 1866 1st 27 27 0 0 0 2 1 14 0 0 10 10 -1.5
Bill Collins 27 R 150 1863 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Ben Conroy 19 5' 6" 136 Mar 14, 1871 1st 117 117 0 0 0 42 0 74 0 1 0 1 -2.9
George Crawford Unknown 1st 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 -0.2
Joe Daly 21 R 5' 8" 157 Sep 21, 1868 1st 21 21 0 9 0 0 0 0 3 8 3 14 -0.5
Henry Easterday 25 R R 5' 6" 145 Sep 16, 1864 4 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Duke Esper 22 L 5' 11" 185 Jul 28, 1867 1st 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Dennis Fitzgerald 25 5' 10" 160 Mar, 1865 1st 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Ed Green 30 Jan, 1860 1st 39 39 25 0 0 2 10 3 0 0 0 0 -4.1
Pete Hasney 25 May 26, 1865 1st 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.2
Horace Helmbold 22 Aug 27, 1867 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Mickey Hughes 23 R 5' 6" 165 Oct 25, 1866 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -2.2
Joe Kappel 33 R 5' 10" 165 Apr 27, 1857 2 56 56 0 3 0 2 11 18 11 8 5 23 -0.7
Andy Knox 26 R R Jan 6, 1864 1st 21 21 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
William Lackey 19 Dec 8, 1870 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Denny Lyons 24 R R 5' 10" 185 Mar 12, 1866 6 88 88 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 4.9
Macey Unknown 1st 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
McBride Unknown 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -0.1
Sadie McMahon 22 R R 5' 9" 165 Sep 19, 1867 2 49 49 48 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.1
Henry Meyers 30 1860 1st 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jack O'Brien 30 R R 5' 10" 184 Jun 12, 1860 8 109 109 0 1 109 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.8
Ed O'Neil 20 R 5' 11" 180 May 19, 1870 1st 10 10 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 -3.7
Ed Pabst 22 R 5' 11" 170 1868 1st 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 0.5
Bill Price Unknown 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Blondie Purcell 36 R R 5' 9" 159 Mar 16, 1854 12 110 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 0 7 110 0.5
John Riddle 26 R R Feb, 1864 2 27 27 0 13 0 2 1 0 9 3 0 12 -1.2
Wilbert Robinson HOF 26 R R 5' 8" 215 Jun 29, 1864 5 82 82 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Al Sauter 21 Sep 2, 1868 1st 14 14 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 2 0 2 -0.5
Ed Seward 23 R 5' 7" 175 Jun 29, 1867 5 26 26 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0.8
Orator Shafer 38 L R 5' 9" 165 Oct, 1851 13 100 100 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 98 98 0.2
Taylor Shafer 23 L 5' 7" 155 Jul 13, 1866 2 69 69 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.9
Charles Snyder 17 R R 5' 8" 150 Jan, 1873 1st 9 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 -0.3
Stafford Unknown 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1
William Stecher 20 Oct 20, 1869 1st 10 10 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -4.9
Stein Unknown 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Sterling Unknown 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Pete Sweeney 26 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 31, 1863 3 14 14 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 4 0 4 -0.8
Sweigert Unknown 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
Curt Welch 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Feb 10, 1862 7 103 103 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 0 103 1.9
Jim Whitney 32 L R 6' 2" 172 Nov 10, 1857 10 7 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.5
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