1890 St. Louis Browns season
Major League Baseball season
American Association (19th century)|American Association team season
| 1890 St. Louis Browns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | American Association | |||
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |||
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
| Record | 78–58 (.574) | |||
| League place | 3rd | |||
| Owner | Chris von der Ahe | |||
| Managers | Tommy McCarthy (15–12) John Kerins (9–8) Chief Roseman (7–8) Count Campau (27–14) Joe Gerhardt (20–16) | |||
| Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |||
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The 1890 St. Louis Browns season was the team's ninth season in St. Louis, Missouri and its ninth season in the American Association. The Browns went 78–58 during the season and finished third in the American Association.
Regular season
Season standings
| W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Colonels | 88 | 44 | 0.667 | — | 57–13 | 31–31 |
| Columbus Solons | 79 | 55 | 0.590 | 10 | 47–22 | 32–33 |
| St. Louis Browns | 78 | 58 | 0.574 | 12 | 45–25 | 33–33 |
| Toledo Maumees | 68 | 64 | 0.515 | 20 | 40–27 | 28–37 |
| Rochester Broncos | 63 | 63 | 0.500 | 22 | 40–22 | 23–41 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 15 | 19 | 0.441 | 24 | 8–11 | 7–8 |
| Syracuse Stars | 55 | 72 | 0.433 | 30½ | 30–30 | 25–42 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 78 | 0.409 | 34 | 36–36 | 18–42 |
| Brooklyn Gladiators | 26 | 73 | 0.263 | 45½ | 15–22 | 11–51 |
Record vs. opponents
1890 American Association record
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| Team | BAL | BR | COL | LOU | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR | TOL | ||||||||
| Baltimore | — | 0–0 | 2–4–2 | 1–2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–3–1 | ||||||||
| Brooklyn | 0–0 | — | 5–9 | 2–13 | 2–10 | 3–10–1 | 4–10 | 5–12 | 5–9 | ||||||||
| Columbus | 4–2–2 | 9–5 | — | 10–8–1 | 11–9 | 10–9–1 | 12–8–2 | 10–7 | 13–7 | ||||||||
| Louisville | 2–1–1 | 13–2 | 8–10–1 | — | 17–3 | 11–6–2 | 9–11 | 14–5 | 14–6 | ||||||||
| Philadelphia | 2–2 | 10–2 | 9–11 | 3–17 | — | 7–12 | 7–13 | 10–7 | 6–14 | ||||||||
| Rochester | 1–5 | 10–3–1 | 9–10–1 | 6–11–2 | 12–7 | — | 8–12–1 | 11–4–1 | 6–11–1 | ||||||||
| St. Louis | 5–2 | 10–4 | 8–12–2 | 11–9 | 13–7 | 12–8–1 | — | 10–9 | 9–7 | ||||||||
| Syracuse | 2–1 | 12–5 | 7–10 | 5–14 | 7–10 | 4–11–1 | 9–10 | — | 9–11 | ||||||||
| Toledo | 3–2–1 | 9–5 | 7–13 | 6–14 | 14–6 | 11–6–1 | 7–9 | 11–9 | — | ||||||||
Roster
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Pitchers
Catchers
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | John Munyan | 96 | 342 | 91 | .266 | 4 | 42 |
| 1B | Ed Cartwright | 75 | 300 | 90 | .300 | 8 | 60 |
| 2B | Bill Higgins | 67 | 258 | 65 | .252 | 0 | 35 |
| SS | Shorty Fuller | 130 | 526 | 146 | .278 | 1 | 40 |
| 3B | Jumbo Davis | 21 | 71 | 18 | .254 | 0 | 13 |
| OF | Count Campau | 75 | 314 | 101 | .322 | 9 | 75 |
| OF | Charlie Duffee | 98 | 378 | 104 | .275 | 3 | 54 |
| OF | Tommy McCarthy | 133 | 548 | 192 | .350 | 6 | 69 |
Other batters
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Roseman | 80 | 302 | 103 | .341 | 2 | 58 |
| Tom Gettinger | 58 | 227 | 54 | .238 | 3 | 30 |
| Pete Sweeney | 49 | 190 | 34 | .179 | 0 | 10 |
| Joe Gerhardt | 37 | 125 | 32 | .256 | 1 | 11 |
| Jake Wells | 30 | 105 | 25 | .238 | 0 | 12 |
| Dusty Miller | 26 | 96 | 21 | .219 | 1 | 10 |
| Billy Earle | 22 | 73 | 17 | .233 | 0 | 12 |
| Billy Klusman | 15 | 65 | 18 | .277 | 1 | 11 |
| John Kerins | 18 | 63 | 8 | .127 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Hartnett | 14 | 53 | 10 | .189 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Trost | 17 | 51 | 13 | .255 | 1 | 7 |
| Jim Donnelly | 11 | 42 | 14 | .333 | 0 | 13 |
| Joseph Herr | 12 | 41 | 9 | .220 | 0 | 1 |
| Jerry Kane | 8 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Dad Meek | 4 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 1 |
| Gus Creely | 4 | 15 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Pabst | 4 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Burke | 2 | 6 | 4 | .667 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Adams | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Millard | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Stivetts | 54 | 419.1 | 27 | 21 | 3.52 | 289 |
| Toad Ramsey | 44 | 348.2 | 23 | 17 | 3.69 | 257 |
| Billy Hart | 26 | 201.1 | 12 | 8 | 3.67 | 95 |
| Bill Whitrock | 16 | 105.0 | 5 | 6 | 3.51 | 39 |
| Joe Neale | 10 | 69.0 | 5 | 3 | 3.39 | 23 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 5 | 35.0 | 3 | 1 | 5.91 | 14 |
| George Nicol | 3 | 17.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.76 | 16 |
References
- 1890 St. Louis Browns at Baseball Reference
- 1890 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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