1889 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1889 throughout the world.

Champions

 * National League: New York Giants
 * American Association: Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Births

 * January 22 - Amos Strunk
 * March 5 - Jeff Tesreau
 * April 13 - Claude Hendrix
 * April 27 - Hy Myers
 * July 13 - Stan Coveleski
 * July 16 - Shoeless Joe Jackson
 * July 28 - Bullet Rogan
 * August 22 - Wally Schang
 * August 24 - Hank Gowdy
 * September 5 - Bingo DeMoss
 * September 18 - Heinie Groh
 * September 22 - Hooks Dauss
 * September 28 - Jack Fournier
 * October 5 - Jim Bagby
 * October 25 - Smokey Joe Wood
 * October 26 - Tommy Griffith
 * November 24 - George J. Burns
 * December 10 - Jimmy Johnston

Deaths

 * January 15 - Lew Brown, 30, catcher for 1877 NL champion Boston Red Caps who batted .305 for 1878 Providence club
 * May 20 - Oscar Walker, 35, center fielder and first baseman who led American Association in home runs with 1882 St. Louis Browns