1890 Players League

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The 1890 season of the Players League was the only season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Boston Reds	130	81	48	1	.623	-.-	992 (7.63)	767 (5.90)	0.282	0.371	0.398	3.79	0.918
2	Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	133	76	56	1	.571	6.5	964 (7.25)	893 (6.71)	0.277	0.344	0.374	3.95	0.909
3	New York Giants	132	74	57	1	.561	8.0	1018 (7.71)	875 (6.63)	0.284	0.348	0.405	4.17	0.921
4	Chicago Pirates	138	75	62	1	.543	10.0	886 (6.42)	770 (5.58)	0.264	0.330	0.361	3.39	0.918
5	Philadelphia Athletics	132	68	63	1	.515	14.0	941 (7.13)	855 (6.48)	0.278	0.337	0.393	4.05	0.910
6	Pittsburgh Burghers	128	60	68	0	.469	20.5	835 (6.52)	892 (6.97)	0.260	0.342	0.369	4.22	0.907
7	Cleveland Infants	131	55	75	1	.420	26.5	849 (6.48)	1027 (7.84)	0.286	0.354	0.386	4.23	0.907
8	Buffalo Bisons	134	36	96	2	.269	46.5	793 (5.92)	1199 (8.95)	0.260	0.335	0.337	6.11	0.914

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Hugh Duffy	Chicago Pirates	138
At Bats	Hugh Duffy	Chicago Pirates	596
Runs Scored	Hugh Duffy	Chicago Pirates	161
Hits	Hugh Duffy	Chicago Pirates	191
Doubles	Pete Browning	Cleveland Infants	40
Triples	Jake Beckley Joe Visner	Pittsburgh Burghers Pittsburgh Burghers	22
Home Runs	Roger Connor	New York Giants	14
Total Bases	Billy Shindle	Philadelphia Athletics	282
Runs Batted In	Hardy Richardson	Boston Reds	146
Stolen Bases	Harry Stovey	Boston Reds	97
Walks	Bill Joyce	Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	123
Hit by Pitch	Connie Mack	Buffalo Bisons	20
Strikeouts	Tom Brown	Boston Reds	84
Batting Average	Pete Browning	Cleveland Infants	'0.373
On-Base Percentage	Dan Brouthers	Boston Reds	'0.466
Slugging Percentage	Roger Connor	New York Giants	'0.548
On-Base plus Slugging	Roger Connor	New York Giants	'0.998
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Pete Browning	Cleveland Infants	169

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Mark Baldwin	Chicago Pirates	34
Losses	George Haddock	Buffalo Bisons	26
Win-Loss Percentage	Bill Daley	Boston Reds	'0.720
Appearances	Mark Baldwin	Chicago Pirates	59
Games Started	Mark Baldwin	Chicago Pirates	57
Complete Games	Mark Baldwin	Chicago Pirates	54
Shutouts	Silver King	Chicago Pirates	4
Games Finished	George Hemming	Cleveland Infants/Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	10
Saves	George Hemming Hank O'Day	Cleveland Infants/Brooklyn Ward's Wonders New York Giants	3
Innings Pitched	Mark Baldwin	Chicago Pirates	501.0
Batters Faced	Mark Baldwin	Chicago Pirates	2225
Hits Allowed	Mark Baldwin	Chicago Pirates	498
Home Runs Allowed	Ad Gumbert	Boston Reds	18
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Mark Baldwin	Chicago Pirates	249
Hit Batsmen	George Van Haltren	Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	19
Strikeouts	Mark Baldwin	Chicago Pirates	211
Wild Pitches	Henry Gruber	Cleveland Infants	47
Balks	Buck Ewing	New York Giants	1
Runs Allowed	Henry Gruber	Cleveland Infants	352
Earned Runs Allowed	Bert Cunningham	Philadelphia Athletics/Buffalo Bisons	200
Earned Run Average	Silver King	Chicago Pirates	'2.69
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Harry Staley	Pittsburgh Burghers	'1.202

Umpires

• Jersey Bakely*
• Ross Barnes
• Al Buckenberger*
• Jack Carney*
• Ed Caskin*
• Charlie Comiskey*
• Con Daily*
• Bob Ferguson
• John Gaffney
• Ad Gumbert*
• Tom Gunning
• George Haddock*
• Bill Hallman*
• Bill Holbert
• Charley Jones
• Tim Keefe*
• King Kelly*
• Lon Knight
• Harry Leach
• Kid Madden*
• Bobby Mathews
• Jocko Milligan*
• Hank O'Day*
• Gracie Pierce
• Jack Sheridan
• Pop Snyder
• John Tener*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

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