The 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators baseball team finished with a 26–73 record, last place in the American Association during their only season in existence. The team failed to finish the season, folding after their game against the Syracuse Stars on August 25. They were replaced by the resurrected Baltimore Orioles franchise, which had left the league at the end of the 1889 season.
1890 Brooklyn Gladiators | |
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League | American Association |
Ballpark | Ridgewood Park |
City | Brooklyn, New York |
Manager | Jim Kennedy |
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 edit
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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup edit
Roster edit
1890 Brooklyn Gladiators | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Jim Toy | 44 | 160 | 29 | .181 | 0 | 7 |
1B | Billy O'Brien | 96 | 388 | 108 | .278 | 4 | 67 |
2B | Joe Gerhardt | 99 | 369 | 75 | .203 | 2 | 40 |
SS | Candy Nelson | 60 | 223 | 56 | .251 | 0 | 12 |
3B | Jumbo Davis | 38 | 142 | 43 | .303 | 2 | 28 |
OF | Hank Simon | 89 | 373 | 96 | .257 | 0 | 38 |
OF | John Peltz | 98 | 384 | 87 | .227 | 1 | 33 |
OF | Ed Daily | 91 | 394 | 94 | .239 | 1 | 39 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Frank Bowes | 61 | 232 | 51 | .220 | 0 | 24 |
Herman Pitz | 61 | 189 | 26 | .138 | 0 | 6 |
Frank Fennelly | 45 | 178 | 44 | .247 | 2 | 18 |
Fred Siefke | 16 | 58 | 8 | .138 | 0 | 3 |
Peter Connell | 11 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 0 | 3 |
Hi Church | 3 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ed Daily | 27 | 235.2 | 10 | 14 | 4.05 | 82 |
Charlie McCullough | 26 | 215.2 | 4 | 21 | 4.59 | 61 |
Mike Mattimore | 19 | 178.1 | 6 | 13 | 4.54 | 33 |
Bob Murphy | 12 | 96.0 | 3 | 9 | 5.72 | 26 |
Steve Toole | 6 | 53.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.05 | 10 |
Tom Ford | 7 | 49.0 | 0 | 6 | 5.14 | 12 |
Gus Williams | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 2 |
Jack Lynch | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 1 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Powers | 4 | 30.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.70 | 3 |
References edit