1890 Cleveland Spiders season

1890 Cleveland Spiders
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1889)
Location
National League Park (since 1887)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison
Manager(s)	Gus Schmelz, Robert Leadley
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The 1890 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 44–88 record and a seventh-place finish in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	86	43	0.667	—	58–16	28–27
Chicago Colts	83	53	0.610	6½	48–24	35–29
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	0.595	9	54–21	24–32
Cincinnati Reds	77	55	0.583	10½	50–23	27–32
Boston Beaneaters	76	57	0.571	12	43–23	33–34
New York Giants	63	68	0.481	24	37–27	26–41
Cleveland Spiders	44	88	0.333	43½	30–37	14–51
Pittsburg Alleghenys	23	113	0.169	66½	14–25	9–88

Record vs. opponents

1890 National League Records Sources:
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
Pittsburg	3–16	2–18	3–17	4–16	6–12–1	3–17–1	2–17	—

Roster

1890 Cleveland Spiders
Roster
Pitchers Ed Beatin Bill Garfield Ezra Lincoln Charlie Parsons Edgar Smith Lee Viau Jack Wadsworth Cy Young		Catchers Pete Sommers Chief Zimmer Infielders Joe Ardner Bill Delaney Pat Lyons Ed McKean Will Smalley Peek-A-Boo Veach Jake Virtue		Outfielders Vince Dailey George Davis Tom Dowse Bob Gilks Joe Sommer Len Stockwell Buck West Rasty Wright		Manager Robert Leadley Gus Schmelz

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
OF	Gilks, BobBob Gilks	130	544	116	.213	0	41
OF	Dailey, VinceVince Dailey	64	246	71	.289	0	32

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
Wright, RastyRasty Wright	13	45	5	.111	0	2

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
Beatin, EdEd Beatin	54	474.1	22	30	3.83	155
Lincoln, EzraEzra Lincoln	15	118	3	11	4.42	22
Garfield, BillBill Garfield	9	70	1	7	4.89	16
Gilks, BobBob Gilks	4	31.2	2	2	4.26	5

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
Dailey, VinceVince Dailey	2	7	0	1	7.71	0

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

References

• 1890 Cleveland Spiders team page at Baseball Reference