1890 American Association

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The 1890 season of the American Association was the ninth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Louisville Colonels	136	88	44	4	.647	-.-	819 (6.02)	588 (4.32)	0.279	0.337	0.350	2.57	0.933
2	Columbus Solons	140	79	55	6	.564	10.0	831 (5.94)	617 (4.41)	0.258	0.335	0.335	2.99	0.932
3	St. Louis Browns	139	78	58	3	.561	12.0	870 (6.26)	736 (5.29)	0.273	0.338	0.370	3.67	0.916
4	Toledo Maumees	134	68	64	2	.507	20.0	739 (5.51)	689 (5.14)	0.252	0.324	0.348	3.56	0.925
5	Rochester Broncos	133	63	63	7	.474	22.0	709 (5.33)	711 (5.35)	0.239	0.307	0.316	3.56	0.926
6	Baltimore Orioles	38	15	19	4	.395	24.0	182 (4.79)	192 (5.05)	0.229	0.301	0.289	4.00	0.928
7	Syracuse Stars	128	55	72	1	.430	30.5	698 (5.45)	831 (6.49)	0.259	0.328	0.329	4.98	0.925
8	Philadelphia Athletics	132	54	78	0	.409	34.0	702 (5.32)	945 (7.16)	0.235	0.309	0.314	5.22	0.918
9	Brooklyn Gladiators	100	26	73	1	.260	45.5	492 (4.92)	733 (7.33)	0.221	0.288	0.293	4.71	0.910

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Mike Lehane	Columbus Solons	140
At Bats	Harry Lyons	Rochester Broncos	584
Runs Scored	Jim McTamany	Columbus Solons	140
Hits	Jimmy Wolf	Louisville Colonels	197
Doubles	Cupid Childs	Syracuse Stars	33
Triples	Perry Werden	Toledo Maumees	20
Home Runs	Count Campau	St. Louis Browns	9
Total Bases	Jimmy Wolf	Louisville Colonels	260
Runs Batted In	Spud Johnson	Columbus Solons	113
Stolen Bases	Tommy McCarthy	St. Louis Browns	83
Walks	Jim McTamany	Columbus Solons	112
Hit by Pitch	Curt Welch	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	34
Batting Average	Jimmy Wolf	Louisville Colonels	0.363
On-Base Percentage	Denny Lyons	Philadelphia Athletics	0.461
Slugging Percentage	Denny Lyons	Philadelphia Athletics	0.531
On-Base plus Slugging	Denny Lyons	Philadelphia Athletics	0.992
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Denny Lyons	Philadelphia Athletics	194

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Sadie McMahon	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	36
Losses	Bob Barr John Keefe	Rochester Broncos Syracuse Stars	24
Win-Loss Percentage	Scott Stratton	Louisville Colonels	0.708
Appearances	Sadie McMahon	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	60
Games Started	Sadie McMahon	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	57
Complete Games	Sadie McMahon	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	55
Shutouts	Elton Chamberlain	St. Louis Browns/Columbus Solons	6
Games Finished	Jack Easton Jack Stivetts	Columbus Solons St. Louis Browns	8
Saves	Herb Goodall	Louisville Colonels	4
Innings Pitched	Sadie McMahon	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	509.0
Batters Faced	Sadie McMahon	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	2217
Hits Allowed	Sadie McMahon	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	498
Home Runs Allowed	Jack Stivetts	St. Louis Browns	14
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bob Barr	Rochester Broncos	219
Hit Batsmen	Jack Easton	Columbus Solons	27
Strikeouts	Sadie McMahon	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	291
Wild Pitches	Jack Stivetts	St. Louis Browns	33
Balks	70 players tied		0
Runs Allowed	Sadie McMahon	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	287
Earned Runs Allowed	Sadie McMahon	Philadelphia Athletics/Baltimore Orioles	185
Earned Run Average	Scott Stratton	Louisville Colonels	2.36
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Scott Stratton	Louisville Colonels	1.065

Postseason

In the World's Series, the American Association champion Louisville Colonels were defeated by the National League's Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 3 games to 3 with one tie.

Umpires

• Ed Austin*
• George Barnum
• Al Bauer*
• Dan Campbell*
• Terry Connell
• Ed Creighton*
• Wes Curry
• Jim Devine*
• Tom Dolan
• Herm Doscher
• Martin Duke*
• Red Ehret*
• Bob Emslie
• John Healy*
• Bill Higgins*
• Jack Kerins
• John Lyston*
• Billy McLean*
• Sadie McMahon*
• Lee Norton*
• Frank O'Brien
• Larry O'Dea
• Jimmy Peoples
• Harry Sage*
• Louis Schrader*
• Shang Sherman*
• Jim Skerrett*
• Fred Smith*
• Charlie Sprague*
• Walter Taylor
• Steve Toole
• George Townsend*
• Joseph Young*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

• Charles C. Alexander: Turbulent Seasons: Baseball in 1890-1891, Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX, 2011.