1889 St. Louis Browns Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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1889 St. Louis Browns (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888/1890)
90-45, Finished 2nd in American Association
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Scored 957 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-47
Managed by Charlie Comiskey

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park I (ballparks.com)

Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 113, Pitching - 110
  (one-year): Batting - 112, Pitching - 109
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1889 Stats / Schedule (1888/1890) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   90-45 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    2.0
Days in First:                 104 (last on August 31, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          45 (last on October 15)
Most Games under .500:       never

Biggest Lead:                  6.0 (last on June 3)
Farthest Behind Leader:        5.0 (last on September 15)

Longest Winning Streak:         12 (September 23 to October 14)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (August 30 to September 3)

Most Runs Allowed:              18 (May 5)
Most Runs Scored:               25 (July 13)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       5
Times Opponent Shutout:          8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        90  45     956     681    .667

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           51  18     582     316    .739
Road           39  27     374     365    .591

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April          11   2     101      68    .846
May            16  10     224     154    .615
June           14   7     127     104    .667
July           16   9     159     108    .640
August         14   8     179     123    .636
September       9   8      85      86    .529
October        10   1      81      38    .909

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     51  23     568     386    .689
Second Half    39  22     388     295    .639

One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        12   6      78      72    .667

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        40  18     532     324    .690

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BAL            12   7     141      84    .632
BRO            11   8     111      86    .579
CIN            12   8     102      95    .600
COL            14   6     169      99    .700
KCC            14   6     183     129    .700
LOU            18   2     155      90    .900
PHA             9   8      95      98    .529

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Wed, Apr 17     STL @CIN  W   5-1        1-0     1    Tied  1:45                            15,000 +
  2 Thu, Apr 18     STL @CIN  W  12-4        2-0     1    Tied  1:58                             4,000 ++
  3 Fri, Apr 19     STL @CIN  W   4-3        3-0     1    Tied                                         +++
  4 Sat, Apr 20     STL @CIN  W   2-0        4-0     1    Tied                                         ++++
  5 Sun, Apr 21     STL @LOU  W  12-10       5-0     1  up 1.0  3:00                                   +++++
  6 Mon, Apr 22     STL @LOU  W  13-6        6-0     1  up 1.5                                         ++++++
  7 Tue, Apr 23     STL @LOU  L   7-17       6-1     1  up 0.5                                         -
  8 Thu, Apr 25     STL  CIN  W  10-5        7-1     1  up 0.5  2:25                                   +
  9 Fri, Apr 26     STL  CIN  W   8-2        8-1     1  up 1.0  2:00                                   ++
 10 Sat, Apr 27     STL  CIN  L  10-12       8-2     1  up 0.5  2:00                                   -
 11 Sun, Apr 28     STL  CIN  W   5-2        9-2     1  up 0.5  2:10                                   +
 12 Tue, Apr 30     STL  LOU  W   3-2       10-2     1  up 1.5                                         ++
 13                 STL  LOU  W  10-4       11-2     1  up 1.5  2:00                                   +++
 14 Wed, May  1     STL  LOU  W   9-1       12-2     1  up 2.0  2:00                                   ++++
 15 Thu, May  2     STL  LOU  W   5-1       13-2     1  up 3.0  1:40                                   +++++
 16 Fri, May  3     STL @KCC  L   3-16      13-3     1  up 3.0  2:05                                   -
 17 Sat, May  4     STL @KCC  L   9-16      13-4     1  up 2.0  2:05                                   --
 18 Sun, May  5     STL @KCC  L  12-18      13-5     1  up 1.0  2:20                                   ---
 19 Mon, May  6     STL @KCC  W  11-9       14-5     1  up 2.0  2:20                                   +
 20 Tue, May  7     STL  COL  W  21-0       15-5     1  up 2.0                                         ++
 21 Wed, May  8     STL  COL  W   9-4       16-5     1  up 3.0  1:50                                   +++
 22 Thu, May  9     STL  COL  L   4-6       16-6     1  up 3.0                                         -
 23 Fri, May 10     STL  COL  W  16-5       17-6     1  up 3.0  2:00                                   +
 24 Sat, May 11     STL  BAL  W  20-4       18-6     1  up 4.0  2:10                                   ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 14     STL  BAL  W   7-2       19-6     1  up 4.5  2:05                                   +++
 26 Wed, May 15     STL  BAL  W   9-7       20-6     1  up 4.5                                         ++++
 27 Thu, May 16     STL  BRO  W   9-7       21-6     1  up 5.0  2:25                                   +++++
 28 Fri, May 17     STL  BRO  W  11-2       22-6     1  up 5.5  2:00                                   ++++++
 29 Sat, May 18     STL  BRO  L   3-5       22-7     1  up 4.5                                         -
 30 Sun, May 19     STL  BRO  L   1-2       22-8     1  up 4.5  1:30                                   --
 31 Mon, May 20     STL  PHA  W   4-1       23-8     1  up 4.5  1:45                                   +
 32 Tue, May 21     STL  PHA  L   2-3       23-9     1  up 4.5  2:00                                   -
 33 Wed, May 22     STL  PHA  W   9-5       24-9     1  up 4.5  2:00                                   +
 34 Thu, May 23     STL  PHA  L   8-9       24-10    1  up 3.5  2:20                                   -
 35 Sat, May 25     STL  KCC  W  10-7       25-10    1  up 3.5  1:45                                   +
 36 Sun, May 26     STL  KCC  W  12-3       26-10    1  up 4.5                                         ++
 37 Mon, May 27     STL  KCC  L   5-8       26-11    1  up 3.5  1:45                                   -
 38 Thu, May 30     STL @BRO  W   8-4       27-11    1  up 4.0                                   8,462 +
 39                 STL @BRO  L   7-9       27-12    1  up 4.0  2:00                            22,000 -
 40 Sun, Jun  2     STL @BRO  W   2-1       28-12    1  up 5.0  1:47                                   +
 41 Mon, Jun  3     STL @COL  W  11-7       29-12    1  up 6.0  2:37                                   ++
 42 Wed, Jun  5     STL @COL  W   4-3       30-12    1  up 5.5  1:45                                   +++
 43 Thu, Jun  6     STL @COL  W   9-3       31-12    1  up 5.5  1:30                                   ++++
 44 Sat, Jun  8     STL @BAL  W   5-1       32-12    1  up 5.0  2:00                                   +++++
 45 Mon, Jun 10     STL @BAL  W   9-1       33-12    1  up 4.5                                         ++++++
 46 Tue, Jun 11     STL @BAL  L   5-7       33-13    1  up 3.5  2:10                                   -
 47 Wed, Jun 12     STL @BAL  L   3-8       33-14    1  up 3.0  2:00                                   --
 48 Thu, Jun 13     STL @PHA  -   2-2       33-14    1  up 3.0  2:15                                   --
 49 Fri, Jun 14     STL @PHA  L   5-8       33-15    1  up 2.0  2:25                                   ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, Jun 16     STL @PHA  W   9-5       34-15    1  up 3.0  2:20                                   +
 51 Mon, Jun 17     STL @PHA  L   2-11      34-16    1  up 2.0  1:40                                   -
 52 Tue, Jun 18     STL @BRO  W   5-4       35-16    1  up 2.0                                         +
 53 Fri, Jun 21     STL @LOU  W   7-3       36-16    1  up 2.0  1:45                                   ++
 54 Sat, Jun 22     STL @LOU  W   7-6       37-16    1  up 2.5  1:50                                   +++
 55                 STL @LOU  W   3-2       38-16    1  up 2.5  1:55                                   ++++
 56 Sun, Jun 23     STL @LOU  L   3-7       38-17    1  up 2.5  1:40                                   -
 57 Tue, Jun 25     STL  CIN  W   7-3       39-17    1  up 4.0  1:30                                   +
 58 Wed, Jun 26     STL  CIN  L   1-6       39-18    1  up 3.5                                         -
 59 Thu, Jun 27     STL  CIN  L   6-8       39-19    1  up 3.0  1:50                                   --
 60 Sat, Jun 29     STL  LOU  W  10-1       40-19    1  up 4.0  1:55                                   +
 61 Sun, Jun 30     STL  LOU  W  12-7       41-19    1  up 4.0  2:00                                   ++
 62 Mon, Jul  1     STL  LOU  W   8-2       42-19    1  up 4.5  1:55                                   +++
 63 Wed, Jul  3     STL  BRO  L   4-7       42-20    1  up 3.5  2:00                                   -
 64 Thu, Jul  4     STL  BRO  W   4-3       43-20    1  up 3.5  2:00                                   +
 65                 STL  BRO  L  10-12      43-21    1  up 3.5  2:35                                   -
 66 Sat, Jul  6     STL  COL  W   8-1       44-21    1  up 3.5  2:00                                   +
 67 Sun, Jul  7     STL  COL  W   8-3       45-21    1  up 4.5                                         ++
 68 Mon, Jul  8     STL  COL  W  14-0       46-21    1  up 4.5  1:50                                   +++
 69 Wed, Jul 10     STL  PHA  L   2-4       46-22    1  up 3.5  1:45                                   -
 70 Thu, Jul 11     STL  PHA  W  13-12      47-22    1  up 4.0  2:15                                   +
 71 Fri, Jul 12     STL  PHA  W   4-2       48-22    1  up 4.5  2:00                                   ++
 72 Sat, Jul 13     STL  BAL  W  25-5       49-22    1  up 4.5  2:50                                   +++
 73 Sun, Jul 14     STL  BAL  W   9-0       50-22    1  up 5.0  1:40                                   ++++
 74 Mon, Jul 15     STL  BAL  L   3-7       50-23    1  up 4.0  2:06                                   -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Tue, Jul 16     STL  KCC  W   4-2       51-23    1  up 5.0  2:00                                   +
 76 Thu, Jul 18     STL @CIN  L   1-5       51-24    1  up 4.0  1:45                                   -
 77 Sat, Jul 20     STL @CIN  W   5-1       52-24    1  up 5.0  1:55                                   +
 78 Sun, Jul 21     STL @CIN  L   1-10      52-25    1  up 4.0  1:40                                   -
 79 Mon, Jul 22     STL @COL  W   5-1       53-25    1  up 4.5  1:50                                   +
 80 Tue, Jul 23     STL @COL  W   9-3       54-25    1  up 4.5  1:48                                   ++
 81 Wed, Jul 24     STL @COL  L   0-5       54-26    1  up 3.5  1:55                                   -
 82 Thu, Jul 25     STL @COL  W  10-8       55-26    1  up 3.5                                         +
 83 Sat, Jul 27     STL @BAL  L   2-4       55-27    1  up 2.5                                         -
 84                 STL @BAL  W   3-1       56-27    1  up 2.5  1:40                                   +
 85 Mon, Jul 29     STL @BAL  W   4-3       57-27    1  up 3.5  2:30                                   ++
 86                 STL @BAL  -   0-0       57-27    1  up 3.5  1:15                                   ++
 87 Wed, Jul 31     STL @PHA  L   3-7       57-28    1  up 3.0  2:00                                   -
 88 Fri, Aug  2     STL @BRO  W   6-2       58-28    1  up 3.0  1:49                                   +
 89 Sat, Aug  3     STL @BRO  L   6-13      58-29    1  up 2.0  2:10                                   -
 90 Sun, Aug  4     STL @BRO  L   2-7       58-30    1  up 1.0  1:30                             1,974 --
 91 Wed, Aug  7     STL @KCC  W   4-1       59-30    1  up 1.0  1:50                                   +
 92 Thu, Aug  8     STL @KCC  W  12-2       60-30    1  up 1.0  2:00                                   ++
 93 Fri, Aug  9     STL @KCC  L   7-11      60-31    1  up 0.5  1:45                                   -
 94 Sat, Aug 10     STL  BRO  W   4-2       61-31    1  up 1.5  2:00                                   +
 95 Sun, Aug 11     STL  BRO  W  14-4       62-31    1  up 2.5  2:50                            14,000 ++
 96 Mon, Aug 12     STL  BRO  W  11-0       63-31    1  up 3.5  1:30                                   +++
 97 Tue, Aug 13     STL  COL  W  12-3       64-31    1  up 3.5  2:15                                   ++++
 98 Wed, Aug 14     STL  COL  L   0-13      64-32    1  up 2.5  2:00                                   -
 99 Thu, Aug 15     STL  COL  W  19-11      65-32    1  up 2.5  2:00                                   +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Aug 17     STL  PHA  W   4-1       66-32    1  up 2.5  2:00                                   ++
101 Sun, Aug 18     STL  PHA  W   4-2       67-32    1  up 2.5                                         +++
102 Tue, Aug 20     STL  PHA  W  14-2       68-32    1  up 2.0  2:00                                   ++++
103 Thu, Aug 22     STL  BAL  L   2-4       68-33    1  up 2.0  2:00                                   -
104 Sat, Aug 24     STL  BAL  W   7-4       69-33    1  up 1.5  2:10                                   +
105 Sun, Aug 25     STL  BAL  W  16-9       70-33    1  up 2.0                                         ++
106 Mon, Aug 26     STL  KCC  L   2-5       70-34    1  up 1.5  2:00                                   -
107 Tue, Aug 27     STL  KCC  W  19-1       71-34    1  up 2.5  1:40                                   +
108 Wed, Aug 28     STL  KCC  -   9-9       71-34    1  up 3.0                                         +
109 Fri, Aug 30     STL @COL  L   4-13      71-35    1  up 1.5                                         -
110 Sat, Aug 31     STL @COL  L   1-4       71-36    1    Tied  1:50                                   --
111 Sun, Sep  1     STL @COL  L   5-6       71-37    2     0.5  2:30                                   ---
112 Tue, Sep  3     STL @BAL  L   1-7       71-38    2     1.5  2:00                                   ----
113 Wed, Sep  4     STL @BAL  W   4-2       72-38    2     1.5  1:35                                   +
114 Thu, Sep  5     STL @BAL  -   5-5       72-38    2     2.0  2:15                                   +
115 Fri, Sep  6     STL @BAL  L   2-3       72-39    2     2.5                                         -
116 Sat, Sep  7     STL @BRO  W   4-2       73-39    2     1.5                                  15,143 +
117 Sun, Sep  8     STL @BRO  L*H 0-0       73-40    2     2.5                                         -
118 Fri, Sep 13     STL @PHA  L   0-11      73-41    2     3.0  1:45                                   --
119 Sat, Sep 14     STL @PHA  W   5-1       74-41    2     3.5  1:15                                   +
120                 STL @PHA  -   4-4       74-41    2     3.5  2:10                                   +
121 Sun, Sep 15     STL @PHA  L   1-8       74-42    2     5.0                                         -
122 Wed, Sep 18     STL @KCC  W   7-2       75-42    2     4.5  1:40                                   +
123 Thu, Sep 19     STL @KCC  W  13-3       76-42    2     3.5  2:00                                   ++
124 Fri, Sep 20     STL @KCC  W   6-0       77-42    2     3.5  1:30                                   +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sat, Sep 21     STL  CIN  L   4-5       77-43    2     4.5                                         -
126 Sun, Sep 22     STL  CIN  L   6-17      77-44    2     4.5  1:55                                   --
127 Mon, Sep 23     STL  CIN  W   5-1       78-44    2     3.5  1:35                                   +
128 Thu, Sep 26     STL  LOU  W   5-4       79-44    2     3.5                                         ++
129 Sat, Sep 28     STL  LOU  -   2-2       79-44    2     4.5                                         ++
130 Mon, Sep 30     STL  LOU  W   6-3       80-44    2     4.5                                         +++
131 Tue, Oct  1     STL  LOU  W   7-4       81-44    2     4.0  2:00                                   ++++
132 Wed, Oct  2     STL  KCC  W  15-5       82-44    2     3.5                                         +++++
133 Thu, Oct  3     STL  KCC  W   7-5       83-44    2     3.5  1:55                                   ++++++
134 Sat, Oct  5     STL  KCC  W   7-2       84-44    2     2.5                                         +++++++
135 Sun, Oct  6     STL  KCC  W   9-4       85-44    2     2.5  1:55                                   ++++++++
136 Tue, Oct  8     STL @LOU  W   9-3       86-44    2     2.0  1:50                                   +++++++++
137 Wed, Oct  9     STL @LOU  W   8-4       87-44    2     2.0  1:47                                   ++++++++++
138 Thu, Oct 10     STL @LOU  W   9-1       88-44    2     2.0  1:15                                   +++++++++++
139 Mon, Oct 14     STL @CIN  W   5-1       89-44    2     2.0  1:45                             3,000 ++++++++++++
140 Tue, Oct 15     STL @CIN  L   3-8       89-45    2     2.0  1:55                                   -
141                 STL @CIN  W   2-1       90-45    2     2.0  1:40                                   +

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