1st June 1889
The teams so-so start to the season continued to frustrate their fans in May after another average month of play. The team put together a 13 win and 14 loss month to move up 1 place to 5th in the NL table, 7.5 games behind the leaders.
Series results
won final game of a home series against the Chicago White Stockings
2-1 on the road to the Boston Beaneaters
0-4 at home to the Philadelphia Quakers
1-2 at home to the St Louis Browns
2-0 on the road to the New York Giants
0-3 on the road to the Cincinnati Red Stockings
0-3 at home to the Boston Beaneaters
3-0 at home to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1 game postponed due to bad weather)
2-1 on the road to the St Louis Browns
won the first 2 games of a home series against the New York Giants
It was good news on the injury front for the Bridegrooms when they had the return to fitness of Left Fielder Jim O'Rourke early in the month.
Short Stop Herman Long put up some excellent numbers during May. He claimed 37 hits from his 111 at bats in 27 games. He scored 25 runs with 10 RBI's for an average of .333. These figures earned him the NL Rookie of the Month award.
Pitching
Batting
