1890 Philadelphia Athletics (PL) season

The 1890 Philadelphia Athletics (alternately known as the Quakers) baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. The team compiled a 68–63 record and finished in fifth place in the league.

1890 Philadelphia Athletics
League	Players' League
Ballpark	Forepaugh Park
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owner	J. Earl Wagner
Managers	Jim Fogarty, Charlie Buffinton

After the season ended, the league folded, and the Athletics were admitted into the American Association as a replacement for the AA version of the Philadelphia Athletics, a team that was expelled after the 1890 season.

Spring training

The team traveled south for spring training in March 1890, and trained in Gainesville, Florida at The Ballpark.

Regular season

Season standings

Players' League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Reds	81	48	.628	—	48‍–‍21	33‍–‍27
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	76	56	.576	6½	46‍–‍19	30‍–‍37
New York Giants	74	57	.565	8	47‍–‍19	27‍–‍38
Chicago Pirates	75	62	.547	10	46‍–‍23	29‍–‍39
Philadelphia Athletics	68	63	.519	14	35‍–‍30	33‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Burghers	60	68	.469	20½	37‍–‍28	23‍–‍40
Cleveland Infants	55	75	.423	26½	31‍–‍30	24‍–‍45
Buffalo Bisons	36	96	.273	46½	23‍–‍42	13‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1890 Players' League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	BUF	CHI	CLE	NY	PHI	PIT
Boston	—	11–7	14–6–1	12–8	12–8	12–8	10–6	10–5
Brooklyn	7–11	—	12–6–1	10–9	12–8	7–10	14–6	14–6
Buffalo	6–14–1	6–12–1	—	5–15	7–9	3–17	4–16	5–13
Chicago	8–12	9–10	15–5	—	13–7	9–9–1	10–10	11–9
Cleveland	8–12	8–12	9–7	7–13	—	8–11	8–11–1	7–9
New York	8–12	10–7	17–3	9–9–1	11–8	—	5–12	14–6
Philadelphia	6–10	6–14	16–4	10–10	11–8–1	12–5	—	7–12
Pittsburgh	5–10	6–14	13–5	9–11	9–7	6–14	12–7	—

Roster

1890 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Buffinton Bert Cunningham Bill Husted Phil Knell Ben Sanders		Catchers Lave Cross Jocko Milligan Infielders Sid Farrar Joe Mulvey John Pickett Dan Shannon Billy Shindle		Outfielders Jim Fogarty Mike Griffin Bill Hallman George Wood		Manager Charlie Buffinton Jim Fogarty

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	Jocko Milligan	62	234	69	.295	3	57
1B	Sid Farrar	127	481	123	.256	1	69
2B	John Pickett	100	407	114	.280	4	64
SS	Billy Shindle	132	584	189	.324	10	90
3B	Joe Mulvey	120	519	149	.287	5	87
OF	Mike Griffin	115	489	140	.286	6	54
OF	Jim Fogarty	91	347	83	.239	4	58
OF	George Wood	132	539	156	.289	9	102

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
Bill Hallman	84	356	95	.267	1	37
Lave Cross	63	245	73	.298	3	47
Dan Shannon	19	75	18	.240	1	16

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
Ben Sanders	43	346.2	19	18	3.76	107
Phil Knell	35	286.2	22	11	3.83	99
Charlie Buffinton	36	283.1	19	15	3.81	89
Bill Husted	18	129.0	5	10	4.88	33
Bert Cunningham	14	108.2	3	9	5.22	33

References

• 1890 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference