1890 Columbus Solons season

The 1890 Columbus Solons season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 79–55 record, second place in the American Association.

1890 Columbus Solons
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkRecreation Park
CityColumbus, Ohio
ManagersAl Buckenberger, Gus Schmelz, Pat Sullivan
← 1889
1891 →

Regular season

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1890 Columbus Solons

Season standings

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American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Louisville Colonels 88 44 .667 57‍–‍13 31‍–‍31
Columbus Solons 79 55 .590 10 47‍–‍22 32‍–‍33
St. Louis Browns 78 58 .574 12 45‍–‍25 33‍–‍33
Toledo Maumees 68 64 .515 20 40‍–‍27 28‍–‍37
Rochester Broncos 63 63 .500 22 40‍–‍22 23‍–‍41
Baltimore Orioles 15 19 .441 24 8‍–‍11 7‍–‍8
Syracuse Stars 55 72 .433 30½ 30‍–‍30 25‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics 54 78 .409 34 36‍–‍36 18‍–‍42
Brooklyn Gladiators 26 73 .263 45½ 15‍–‍22 11‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1890 Columbus Solons
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Jack O'Connor 121 457 148 .324 2 66
1B Mike Lehane 140 512 108 .211 0 56
2B Jack Crooks 135 485 107 .221 1 62
SS Henry Easterday 58 197 31 .157 1 17
3B Charlie Reilly 137 530 141 .266 4 77
OF Spud Johnson 135 538 186 .346 1 113
OF John Sneed 128 484 141 .291 2 65
OF Jim McTamany 125 466 120 .258 1 48

Other batters

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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
Jack Doyle 77 298 80 .268 2 44
Bobby Wheelock 52 190 45 .237 1 16
Sam Nicholl 14 56 9 .161 0 4
Ned Bligh 8 29 6 .207 0 5
John Munyan 2 7 1 .143 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Hank Gastright 48 401.1 30 14 2.94 199
Frank Knauss 37 275.2 17 12 2.81 148
Jack Easton 37 255.2 15 14 3.52 147
Ice Box Chamberlain 25 175.0 12 6 2.21 114
Wild Bill Widner 13 96.0 4 8 3.28 14
Al Mays 1 9.0 0 1 8.00 2

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Ford 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Notes

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References

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