The 1890 Boston Reds baseball team was a member of the short-lived Players' League. They compiled an 81–47 record and won the league championship. After the season, the league folded, but the Reds were invited to join the American Association for the following season and folded after a single season with players dispersed to other AA teams.
1890 Boston Reds | |
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1890 Players' League Championship | |
League | Players' League |
Ballpark | Congress Street Grounds |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Manager | King Kelly |
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
Players' League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Reds | 81 | 48 | 0.628 | — | 48–21 | 33–27 |
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders | 76 | 56 | 0.576 | 6½ | 46–19 | 30–37 |
New York Giants | 74 | 57 | 0.565 | 8 | 47–19 | 27–38 |
Chicago Pirates | 75 | 62 | 0.547 | 10 | 46–23 | 29–39 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 63 | 0.519 | 14 | 35–30 | 33–33 |
Pittsburgh Burghers | 60 | 68 | 0.469 | 20½ | 37–28 | 23–40 |
Cleveland Infants | 55 | 75 | 0.423 | 26½ | 31–30 | 24–45 |
Buffalo Bisons | 36 | 96 | 0.273 | 46½ | 23–42 | 13–54 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | BR | BUF | CHI | CLE | NY | PHI | PIT | |||||||||
Boston | — | 11–7 | 14–6–1 | 12–8 | 12–8 | 12–8 | 10–6 | 10–5 | |||||||||
Brooklyn | 7–11 | — | 12–6–1 | 10–9 | 12–8 | 7–10 | 14–6 | 14–6 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 6–14–1 | 6–12–1 | — | 5–15 | 7–9 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 5–13 | |||||||||
Chicago | 8–12 | 9–10 | 15–5 | — | 13–7 | 9–9–1 | 10–10 | 11–9 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 8–12 | 8–12 | 9–7 | 7–13 | — | 8–11 | 8–11–1 | 7–9 | |||||||||
New York | 8–12 | 10–7 | 17–3 | 9–9–1 | 11–8 | — | 5–12 | 14–6 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 6–10 | 6–14 | 16–4 | 10–10 | 11–8–1 | 12–5 | — | 7–12 | |||||||||
Pittsburgh | 5–10 | 6–14 | 13–5 | 9–11 | 9–7 | 6–14 | 12–7 | — |
Roster edit
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Morgan Murphy | 68 | 246 | 56 | .228 | 2 | 32 |
1B | Dan Brouthers | 126 | 475 | 159 | .335 | 2 | 102 |
2B | Joe Quinn | 133 | 523 | 157 | .300 | 7 | 86 |
SS | Arthur Irwin | 96 | 354 | 92 | .260 | 0 | 45 |
3B | Billy Nash | 129 | 488 | 130 | .266 | 5 | 90 |
OF | Harry Stovey | 121 | 496 | 148 | .298 | 12 | 88 |
OF | Tom Brown | 131 | 558 | 156 | .280 | 4 | 67 |
OF | Hardy Richardson | 133 | 570 | 187 | .328 | 16 | 152 |
Other batters edit
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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King Kelly | 89 | 340 | 111 | .326 | 4 | 66 |
Pop Swett | 37 | 94 | 18 | .191 | 1 | 12 |
Kid Madden | 13 | 38 | 7 | .184 | 0 | 4 |
Gil Hatfield | 3 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Dick Johnston | 2 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
John Morrill | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Old Hoss Radbourn | 41 | 343.0 | 27 | 12 | 3.31 | 80 |
Ad Gumbert | 39 | 277.1 | 23 | 12 | 3.96 | 81 |
Matt Kilroy | 30 | 217.2 | 9 | 15 | 4.26 | 48 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bill Daley | 34 | 235.0 | 18 | 7 | 3.60 | 110 |
Kid Madden | 10 | 62.0 | 3 | 2 | 4.79 | 24 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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King Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |
Billy Nash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |