1890 National League

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The 1890 season of the National League was the fifteenth 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	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

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Cap Anson Tom Burns Walt Wilmot	Chicago Colts Chicago Colts Chicago Colts	139
At Bats	Cliff Carroll	Chicago Colts	582
Runs Scored	Hub Collins	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	148
Hits	Jack Glasscock Sam Thompson	New York Giants Philadelphia Phillies	172
Doubles	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia Phillies	41
Triples	John Reilly	Cincinnati Reds	26
Home Runs	Oyster Burns Mike Tiernan Walt Wilmot	Brooklyn Bridegrooms New York Giants Chicago Colts	13
Total Bases	Mike Tiernan	New York Giants	274
Runs Batted In	Oyster Burns	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	128
Stolen Bases	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	102
Walks	Cap Anson	Chicago Colts	113
Hit by Pitch	Tommy Tucker	Boston Beaneaters	25
Strikeouts	Pop Smith	Boston Beaneaters	81
Batting Average	Jack Glasscock	New York Giants	0.336
On-Base Percentage	Cap Anson	Chicago Colts	0.443
Slugging Percentage	Mike Tiernan	New York Giants	0.495
On-Base plus Slugging	Mike Tiernan	New York Giants	0.880
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Mike Tiernan	New York Giants	156

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	42
Losses	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	34
Win-Loss Percentage	Tom Lovett	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	0.732
Appearances	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	71
Games Started	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	66
Complete Games	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	65
Shutouts	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	7
Games Finished	Jesse Burkett	New York Giants	7
Saves	Dave Foutz Kid Gleason Bill Hutchison	Brooklyn Bridegrooms Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Colts	2
Innings Pitched	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	603.0
Batters Faced	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	1744
Hits Allowed	Ed Beatin	Cleveland Spiders	518
Home Runs Allowed	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	20
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	289
Hit Batsmen	Kirtley Baker	Pittsburgh Alleghenys	17
Strikeouts	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	341
Wild Pitches	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	36
Balks	Kid Gleason Tom Lovett Billy Rhines John Taber Tom Vickery	Philadelphia Phillies Brooklyn Bridegrooms Cincinnati Reds Boston Beaneaters Philadelphia Phillies	1
Runs Allowed	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	315
Earned Runs Allowed	Ed Beatin	Cleveland Spiders	202
Earned Run Average	Billy Rhines	Cincinnati Reds	1.95
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Billy Rhines	Cincinnati Reds	1.121

Postseason

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.

Umpires

• 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

• 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