1890 Philadelphia Athletics season

1890 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Jefferson Street Grounds (since 1883)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Sharsig, H. C. Pennypacker, William Whittaker
Manager(s)	Bill Sharsig
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The 1890 Philadelphia Athletics finished with a 54–78 record and finished in eighth place in the American Association. During the season, the team struggled financially and wound up selling or releasing most of their players. They were able to finish the season with a pickup team and were subsequently expelled from the league following the season. They were replaced by a new Philadelphia Athletics team that had played in the Players' League the previous season.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Louisville Colonels	88	44	0.667	—	57–13	31–31
Columbus Solons	79	55	0.590	10	47–22	32–33
St. Louis Browns	78	58	0.574	12	45–25	33–33
Toledo Maumees	68	64	0.515	20	40–27	28–37
Rochester Broncos	63	63	0.500	22	40–22	23–41
Baltimore Orioles	15	19	0.441	24	8–11	7–8
Syracuse Stars	55	72	0.433	30½	30–30	25–42
Philadelphia Athletics	54	78	0.409	34	36–36	18–42
Brooklyn Gladiators	26	73	0.263	45½	15–22	11–51

Record vs. opponents

1890 American Association Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BR	COL	LOU	PHI	ROC	STL	SYR	TOL
Baltimore	—	0–0	2–4–2	1–2–1	2–2	5–1	2–5	1–2	2–3–1
Brooklyn	0–0	—	5–9	2–13	2–10	3–10–1	4–10	5–12	5–9
Columbus	4–2–2	9–5	—	10–8–1	11–9	10–9–1	12–8–2	10–7	13–7
Louisville	2–1–1	13–2	8–10–1	—	17–3	11–6–2	9–11	14–5	14–6
Philadelphia	2–2	10–2	9–11	3–17	—	7–12	7–13	10–7	6–14
Rochester	1–5	10–3–1	9–10–1	6–11–2	12–7	—	8–12–1	11–4–1	6–11–1
St. Louis	5–2	10–4	8–12–2	11–9	13–7	12–8–1	—	10–9	9–7
Syracuse	2–1	12–5	7–10	5–14	7–10	4–11–1	9–10	—	9–11
Toledo	3–2–1	9–5	7–13	6–14	14–6	11–6–1	7–9	11–9	—

Roster

1890 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Duke Esper Ed Green Horace Helmbold Mickey Hughes William Lackey Sadie McMahon Ed O'Neil Bill Price Ed Seward William Stecher Sterling Harry Stine Jim Whitney		Catchers Kid Baldwin Bart Cantz Macey John Riddle Wilbert Robinson Infielders Sam Campbell Ed Carfrey George Carman Bill Collins Ben Conroy Henry Easterday Dennis Fitzgerald Andy Knox Denny Lyons Henry Meyers Jack O'Brien Al Sauter Taylor Shafer Pete Sweeney		Outfielders George Crawford Joe Daly Pete Hasney Joe Kappel McBride Ed Pabst Blondie Purcell Orator Shafer Charles Snyder Stafford Sweigert Curt Welch		Manager Bill Sharsig

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
1B	O'Brien, JackJack O'Brien	109	433	113	.261	4	80
SS	Conroy, BenBen Conroy	117	404	69	.171	0	21
OF	Shafer, OratorOrator Shafer	100	390	110	.282	1	58
OF	Welch, CurtCurt Welch	103	396	106	.268	2	40

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
Collins, BillBill Collins	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Green, EdEd Green	25	191	7	15	5.80	56
Esper, DukeDuke Esper	18	143.2	8	9	4.89	61
Hughes, MickeyMickey Hughes	6	41.1	1	3	5.44	15
Helmbold, HoraceHorace Helmbold	1	7	0	1	14.14	3

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
Whitney, JimJim Whitney	6	40	2	2	5.18	6

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
Welch, CurtCurt Welch	1	0	0	0	54.00	1

References

• 1890 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference