1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

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1890  Brooklyn Bridegrooms
National League Champions
League National League
Ballpark Washington Park
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
President Charles Byrne
Manager Bill McGunnigle
  1889
1891  

The 1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms left the American Association and joined the National League. They won the league championship, becoming one of a select few teams to win championships in different leagues in back-to-back seasons.

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Regular season

Pitcher Bob Caruthers Bob Caruthers Brooklyn.jpg
Pitcher Bob Caruthers
Catcher Tom Daly Tomdaly.png
Catcher Tom Daly
First baseman Dave Foutz Dave Foutz 1895 N566 Newsboy Tobacco Cabinet Card.jpg
First baseman Dave Foutz
Pitcher Tom Lovett Lovett1895.jpg
Pitcher Tom Lovett
Third baseman George Pinkney George Pinkney.jpg
Third baseman George Pinkney
Pitcher Adonis Terry Adonis Terry 1889.jpg
Pitcher Adonis Terry

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 86430.66758–1628–27
Chicago Colts 83530.61048–2435–29
Philadelphia Phillies 78530.595954–2124–32
Cincinnati Reds 77550.58310½50–2327–32
Boston Beaneaters 76570.5711243–2333–34
New York Giants 63680.4812437–2726–41
Cleveland Spiders 44880.33343½30–3714–51
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 231130.16966½14–259–88

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBRCHICINCLENYGPHIPIT
Boston 6–118–1111–813–711–8–111–916–3
Brooklyn 11–611–99–717–310–810–818–2
Chicago 11–89–1112–8–213–713–68–10–117–3
Cincinnati 8–117–98–12–213–414–611–916–4
Cleveland 7–133–177–134–136–12–25–14–112–6–1
New York 8–11–18–106–136–1412–6–26–1117–3–1
Philadelphia 9–118–1010–8–19–1114–5–111–617–2
Pittsburgh 3–162–183–174–166–12–13–17–12–17

Roster

1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Tom Daly 822925571.24354320
1B Dave Foutz 129509106154.30359842
2B Hub Collins 129510148142.27836985
SS Germany Smith 1294817692.19114724
3B George Pinkney 126485115150.30978347
OF Oyster Burns 119472102134.2841312821
OF Darby O'Brien 8535078110.31426338
OF Adonis Terry 9936363101.27845932

Other batters

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

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Bob Caruthers 712384663.26512913
Pop Corkhill 512042346.2251216
Bob Clark 431512433.21901510
Patsy Donovan 281051723.219083
Doc Bushong 1655513.236072
George Stallings 41110.000000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGGSCGIPWLERABBSO
Tom Lovett 444139372.030112.78141124
Adonis Terry 464438370.026162.94133185
Bob Caruthers 373330300.023113.098764
Mickey Hughes 98666.1445.163022

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGGSCGIPWLERABBSO
Dave Foutz 52229.0211.8664
Lady Baldwin 2107.2107.0444

1890 World Series

In the 1890 World Series, the Bridegrooms faced the American Association Champions, the Louisville Colonels. The Series ended in a 3–3–1 tie.

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