1890 Philadelphia Phillies season

1890 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds (since 1887) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Al Reach, John Rogers
Manager(s)	Jack Clements, Al Reach, Bob Allen, Harry Wright
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Regular season

The 1890 Philadelphia Phillies

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	86	43	0.667	—	58–16	28–27
Chicago Colts	83	53	0.610	6½	48–24	35–29
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	0.595	9	54–21	24–32
Cincinnati Reds	77	55	0.583	10½	50–23	27–32
Boston Beaneaters	76	57	0.571	12	43–23	33–34
New York Giants	63	68	0.481	24	37–27	26–41
Cleveland Spiders	44	88	0.333	43½	30–37	14–51
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	23	113	0.169	66½	14–25	9–88

Record vs. opponents

1890 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	NYG	PHI	PIT
Boston	—	6–11	8–11	11–8	13–7	11–8–1	11–9	16–3
Brooklyn	11–6	—	11–9	9–7	17–3	10–8	10–8	18–2
Chicago	11–8	9–11	—	12–8–2	13–7	13–6	8–10–1	17–3
Cincinnati	8–11	7–9	8–12–2	—	13–4	14–6	11–9	16–4
Cleveland	7–13	3–17	7–13	4–13	—	6–12–2	5–14–1	12–6–1
New York	8–11–1	8–10	6–13	6–14	12–6–2	—	6–11	17–3–1
Philadelphia	9–11	8–10	10–8–1	9–11	14–5–1	11–6	—	17–2
Pittsburgh	3–16	2–18	3–17	4–16	6–12–1	3–17–1	2–17	—

Roster

1890 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Dave Anderson Sumner Bowman John Coleman Bill Day Duke Esper Kid Gleason Jack McFetridge Phenomenal Smith Tom Vickery		Catchers Jack Clements Pop Schriver Infielders Bob Allen Harry Decker Ed Mayer Al McCauley Frank Motz Al Myers		Outfielders Eddie Burke Bill Gray Billy Hamilton Billy Sunday Sam Thompson		Manager Jack Clements Al Reach Bob Allen Harry Wright

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; 2B = doubles; 3B = triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K
C	Jack Clements	97	381	120	.315	23	8	7	74	10	45	30
1B	Al McCauley	112	418	102	.244	25	7	1	42	8	57	38
2B	Al Myers	117	487	135	.277	29	7	2	81	44	57	46
3B	Ed Mayer	117	484	117	.242	25	5	1	70	20	22	36
SS	Bob Allen	133	456	103	.226	15	11	2	57	13	87	54
OF	Sam Thompson	132	549	172	.313	41	9	4	102	25	42	29
OF	Billy Hamilton	123	496	161	.325	13	9	2	49	102	83	37
OF	Eddie Burke	100	430	113	.263	16	11	4	50	38	49	40

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; 2B = doubles; 3B = triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K
Pop Schriver	57	223	61	.274	9	6	0	35	9	22	15
Bill Gray	34	128	31	.242	8	4	0	21	5	6	3
Billy Sunday	31	119	31	.261	3	1	0	6	28	18	7
Harry Decker	5	19	7	.368	1	0	0	2	4	4	1
Frank Motz	1	2	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	H	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Kid Gleason	60	506	479	38	17	2.63	167	222
Tom Vickery	46	382	405	24	22	3.44	184	162
Phenomenal Smith	24	204	209	8	12	4.28	89	81
Duke Esper	5	41	40	5	0	3.07	16	18
Jack McFetridge	1	9	5	1	0	1.00	2	4
Sumner Bowman	1	8	11	0	0	7.88	2	2
John Coleman	1	1.2	4	0	1	21.60	3	2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	H	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Bill Day	4	23.2	26	1	1	3.04	12	9
Dave Anderson	3	19.1	31	1	1	7.45	11	7

References

• 1890 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference