1890 Columbus Solons season

The 1890 Columbus Solons season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 79–55 record, second place in the American Association.

1890 Columbus Solons
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1889)
Location
Recreation Park (since 1889) Columbus, Ohio (since 1889)
Other information
Manager(s)	Al Buckenberger, Gus Schmelz, Pat Sullivan
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Regular season

Season standings

American Association	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 Records Sources:
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

• May 8, 1890: John Munyan was released by the Solons.[1]

Roster

1890 Columbus Solons
Roster
Pitchers Ice Box Chamberlain Jack Easton Tom Ford Hank Gastright Frank Knauss Al Mays Wild Bill Widner		Catchers Ned Bligh Jack Doyle Jack O'Connor Infielders Jack Crooks Henry Easterday Mike Lehane Charlie Reilly Bobby Wheelock		Outfielders Spud Johnson Jim McTamany John Munyan Sam Nicholl John Sneed		Manager Al Buckenberger Gus Schmelz Pat Sullivan

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	Jack O'Connor	121	457	148	.324	2	66
1B	Mike Lehane	140	512	108	.211	0	56
2B	Jack Crooks	135	485	107	.221	1	62
SS	Henry Easterday	58	197	31	.157	1	17
3B	Charlie Reilly	137	530	141	.266	4	77
OF	Spud Johnson	135	538	186	.346	1	113
OF	John Sneed	128	484	141	.291	2	65
OF	Jim McTamany	125	466	120	.258	1	48

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
Jack Doyle	77	298	80	.268	2	44
Bobby Wheelock	52	190	45	.237	1	16
Sam Nicholl	14	56	9	.161	0	4
Ned Bligh	8	29	6	.207	0	5
John Munyan	2	7	1	.143	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
Hank Gastright	48	401.1	30	14	2.94	199
Frank Knauss	37	275.2	17	12	2.81	148
Jack Easton	37	255.2	15	14	3.52	147
Ice Box Chamberlain	25	175	12	6	2.21	114
Wild Bill Widner	13	96	4	8	3.28	14
Al Mays	1	9	0	1	8.00	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tom Ford	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Notes

1. John Munyan page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1890 Columbus Solons team page at Baseball Reference