1890 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1890 Boston Beaneaters season was the 20th season of the franchise.

1890 Boston Beaneaters
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	76–57 (.571)
League place	5th
Owner	Arthur Soden
Manager	Frank Selee

Regular season

Boston Beaneaters, 1890

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	86	43	.667	—	58‍–‍16	28‍–‍27
Chicago Colts	83	53	.610	6½	48‍–‍24	35‍–‍29
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	.595	9	54‍–‍21	24‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds	77	55	.583	10½	50‍–‍23	27‍–‍32
Boston Beaneaters	76	57	.571	12	43‍–‍23	33‍–‍34
New York Giants	63	68	.481	24	37‍–‍27	26‍–‍41
Cleveland Spiders	44	88	.333	43½	30‍–‍37	14‍–‍51
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	23	113	.169	66½	14‍–‍25	9‍–‍88

Record vs. opponents

1890 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	NYG	PHI	PIT
Boston	—	6–11	8–11	11–8	13–7	11–8–1	11–9	16–3
Brooklyn	11–6	—	11–9	9–7	17–3	10–8	10–8	18–2
Chicago	11–8	9–11	—	12–8–2	13–7	13–6	8–10–1	17–3
Cincinnati	8–11	7–9	8–12–2	—	13–4	14–6	11–9	16–4
Cleveland	7–13	3–17	7–13	4–13	—	6–12–2	5–14–1	12–6–1
New York	8–11–1	8–10	6–13	6–14	12–6–2	—	6–11	17–3–1
Philadelphia	9–11	8–10	10–8–1	9–11	14–5–1	11–6	—	17–2
Pittsburgh	3–16	2–18	3–17	4–16	6–12–1	3–17–1	2–17	—

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Charlie Bennett	85	281	60	.214	3	40
1B	Tommy Tucker	132	539	159	.295	1	62
2B	Pop Smith	134	463	106	.229	1	53
SS	Herman Long	101	431	108	.251	8	52
3B	Chippy McGarr	121	487	115	.236	1	51
OF	Marty Sullivan	121	505	144	.285	6	61
OF	Paul Hines	69	273	72	.264	2	48
OF	Steve Brodie	132	514	152	.296	0	67

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bobby Lowe	52	207	58	.280	2	21
Lou Hardie	47	185	42	.227	3	17
Charlie Ganzel	38	163	44	.270	0	24
Patsy Donovan	32	140	36	.257	0	9
Al Schellhase	9	29	4	.138	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Kid Nichols	48	424.0	27	19	2.23	222
John Clarkson	44	383.0	26	18	3.27	138
Charlie Getzien	40	350.0	23	17	3.19	140
Alfred Lawson	1	9.0	0	1	4.00	1
Tony Von Fricken	1	8.0	0	1	10.13	2

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
John Taber	2	13.0	0	1	4.15	3

References

• 1890 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference