1890 National League
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The 1890 season of the National League was the fifteenth season of the league.
Season summary[edit]
Standings[edit]
- 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 | Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 129 | 86 | 43 | 0 | .667 | -.- | 884 (6.85) | 620 (4.81) | 0.264 | 0.341 | 0.369 | 3.06 | 0.940 |
2 | Chicago Colts | 139 | 84 | 53 | 2 | .604 | 6.0 | 847 (6.09) | 692 (4.98) | 0.260 | 0.330 | 0.355 | 3.24 | 0.939 |
3 | Philadelphia Phillies | 133 | 78 | 54 | 1 | .586 | 9.5 | 823 (6.19) | 707 (5.32) | 0.269 | 0.342 | 0.364 | 3.32 | 0.929 |
4 | Cincinnati Reds | 134 | 77 | 55 | 2 | .575 | 10.5 | 753 (5.62) | 633 (4.72) | 0.259 | 0.322 | 0.361 | 2.79 | 0.933 |
5 | Boston Beaneaters | 134 | 76 | 57 | 1 | .567 | 12.0 | 763 (5.69) | 593 (4.43) | 0.258 | 0.333 | 0.341 | 2.93 | 0.935 |
6 | New York Giants | 135 | 63 | 68 | 4 | .467 | 24.0 | 713 (5.28) | 698 (5.17) | 0.259 | 0.309 | 0.354 | 3.06 | 0.922 |
7 | Cleveland Spiders | 136 | 44 | 88 | 4 | .324 | 43.5 | 630 (4.63) | 832 (6.12) | 0.232 | 0.306 | 0.299 | 4.13 | 0.929 |
8 | Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 138 | 23 | 113 | 2 | .167 | 66.5 | 597 (4.33) | 1235 (8.95) | 0.230 | 0.291 | 0.294 | 5.97 | 0.896 |
League leaders[edit]
- Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record
Batting[edit]
Pitching[edit]
Postseason[edit]
In the World's Series, the National League champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms defeated the American Association's Louisville Colonels, 3 games to 3 with one tie.
Notable events[edit]
Umpires[edit]
- Dave Anderson*
- Doc Bushong*
- Artie Clarke*
- John Clarkson*
- Sam Crane*
- Tom Dowse*
- Wallace Fessenden
- Charlie Getzien*
- Kid Gleason*
- Shorty Howe*
- Henry Jones*
- Jim Keenan*
- Malachi Kittridge*
- Tom Lynch
- Al McCauley*
- Sandy McDermott
- Jack McQuaid
- Lip Pike*
- Phil Powers
- Billy Quinn
- Edgar Smith*
- Andy Sommers*
- Ed Stein*
- George Strief*
- Charles Tindill*
- Tom Vickery*
- Charles Weden*
- Mickey Welch*
- Buck West*
- Bill Wilson*
- Thomas Zachariah
* Denotes a fill-in umpire
Further Reading[edit]
- Charles C. Alexander: Turbulent Seasons: Baseball in 1890-1891, Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX, 2011.
- Scott D. Peterson: Reporting Baseball's Sensational Season of 1890: The Brotherhood War and the Rise of Modern Sports Journalism, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2015. ISBN 978-0-7864-7368-7
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