Cleveland Infants

1890 Cleveland Infants / Franchise: Cleveland Infants / BR Team Page

Record: 55-75-1, Finished 7th in Players League

Managed by Henry Larkin 34-45 (.430) and Patsy Tebeau 21-30-1 (.413)

Ballpark: Brotherhood Park (April 30-October 4, 1890)

History, Comments, Contributions

Owned by Al Johnson, the Infants were the representatives of the city of Cleveland in the Players League. The was formed on November 7, 1889 when many of the players left the Cleveland Spiders due to the unhappiness of their contracts. The team posted a 55-75-1 record while the Spiders posted an even worse record of 44-88-4. The two clubs would merge on October 20th. Of the members of the Infants team, only 2 would go onto become managers: Larry Twitchell with the Milwaukee Brewers and Jimmy McAleer would become the first manager of what is now the Cleveland Indians. Manager Patsy Tebeau would become manager of the Spiders during the 1891 season.

Complete Roster

Roster				Coaching Staff		Off Field Staff
Pitchers Jersey Bakely Charlie Dewald Bill Gleason Henry Gruber George Hemming Willie McGill Darby O'Brien Catchers Jim Brennan Pop Snyder Neil Stynes Sy Sutcliffe		Infielders Ed Delahanty Henry Larkin Cub Stricker Patsy Tebeau Outfielders Pete Browning Budd John Carney Jimmy McAleer Paul Radford Larry Twitchell		Managers Henry Larkin Patsy Tebeau		Ownership Al Johnson

Source:

• Peter Filichia: Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebrations of All 273 Major League and Negro League Ballparks Past and Present, Addison Wesley Publishing Company (March 1993)
• Dennis Pajot: The Rise of Milwaukee Baseball: The Cream City from Midwestern Outpost to the Major Leagues, 1859-1901, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2009.
• Brian A. Podoll: The Minor League Milwaukee Brewers 1859-1952, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2003.
• Russell Schneider : The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1996

• Infants' Ballpark