1889 St. Louis Cardinals roster

18 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1889 MLB season.

1889 Cardinals roster: batting

1889 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Tommy McCarthy1406041361762057.291.348.712
Charlie Comiskey1375871051683065.286.312.695
Tip O'Neill1345341231799028.335.419.897
Shorty Fuller140517911170038.226.303.587
Arlie Latham1185121101264069.246.317.623
Charlie Duffee1375099312416021.244.327.738
Yank Robinson13245297945039.208.378.671
Jack Boyle993475485305.245.301.633
Jocko Milligan72273531001202.366.4081.030
Jack Stivetts27791218000.228.265.569
Tom Gettinger41627100.438.5001.125
Jim Gill2822001.250.333.708
Jack Bellman1211000.500.6671.167
Dad Meek2221001.500.5001.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1889 Cardinals roster: pitching

1889 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Silver KingP565335163.14458.01881.281
Elton ChamberlainP535132152.97421.22021.281
Jim DevlinP98532.4060.0371.330
Nat HudsonP95324.2060.0131.430

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.