1889 World Series
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The 1889 World Series was an end-of-the-year baseball playoff series between the National League
champion New York Giants
and the American Association
champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms
(later known as the Dodgers).
This Series was part of the pre-modern World Series, an annual competition between the champions of the National League and the American Association. The Giants won this best-of-11-games series, 6 games to 3. The 1889 Series was the first involving solely New York City area clubs, and was part of the continuum of a long-standing rivalry that developed between the clubs in New York, particularly the Giants and the Dodgers. Brooklyn was then a separate city from New York; Brooklyn (and the other three boroughs) would merge with New York City in 1898.
Despite this Series setback, the Brooklyns would come back strong in 1890. The club transferred to the National League, and with the Giants suffering raids by the Players' League, would win the league championship, the first major league club to win consecutive pennants in two different leagues.
On October 17, the two clubs owners, John B. Day of the New York club and Charles H. Byrne of the Brooklyn club, met to arrange a post-season series. They agreed that the Series would end when one club had won six games. The Series commenced the next day, and continued through October 29, when the Giants won their sixth game, ending the Series.
Attendance was good for the first two games, at the Polo Grounds
and Washington Park
respectively, but the weather turned cold and rainy, and the remainder of the Series was sparsely attended.
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
champion New York Giants
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
and the American Association
American Association (19th century)
The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...
champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...
(later known as the Dodgers).
This Series was part of the pre-modern World Series, an annual competition between the champions of the National League and the American Association. The Giants won this best-of-11-games series, 6 games to 3. The 1889 Series was the first involving solely New York City area clubs, and was part of the continuum of a long-standing rivalry that developed between the clubs in New York, particularly the Giants and the Dodgers. Brooklyn was then a separate city from New York; Brooklyn (and the other three boroughs) would merge with New York City in 1898.
Despite this Series setback, the Brooklyns would come back strong in 1890. The club transferred to the National League, and with the Giants suffering raids by the Players' League, would win the league championship, the first major league club to win consecutive pennants in two different leagues.
World Series Summary
The New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Bridegrooms in the 1889 World Series, 6 games to 3.On October 17, the two clubs owners, John B. Day of the New York club and Charles H. Byrne of the Brooklyn club, met to arrange a post-season series. They agreed that the Series would end when one club had won six games. The Series commenced the next day, and continued through October 29, when the Giants won their sixth game, ending the Series.
Attendance was good for the first two games, at the Polo Grounds
Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used by many professional teams in both baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963...
and Washington Park
Washington Park
Washington Park was the name given to three major league baseball parks on two different sites in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, located at 3rd St. and 4th Ave. The first two sites were diagonally opposite each other at that intersection...
respectively, but the weather turned cold and rainy, and the remainder of the Series was sparsely attended.
- Game 1, October 18, at New York - Brooklyn 12, New York 10
- Game 2, October 19, at Brooklyn - New York 6, Brooklyn 2
- Game 3, October 22, at New York - Brooklyn 8, New York 7 (8 innings)
- Game 4, October 23, at Brooklyn - Brooklyn 10, New York 7 (6 innings)
- Game 5, October 24, at Brooklyn - New York 11, Brooklyn 3
- Game 6, October 25, at New York - New York 2, Brooklyn 1 (11 innings)
- Game 7, October 26, at New York - New York 11, Brooklyn 7
- Game 8, October 28, at Brooklyn - New York 16, Brooklyn 7
- Game 9, October 29, at New York - New York 3, Brooklyn 2
Sources
- Baseball Library chronology for 1889
- Glory Fades Away: The Nineteenth-Century World Series Rediscovered, by Jerry Lansche, Taylor Publishing, Dallas, Texas, 1991: pp. 153-182.
See also
- The original World Series