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1890 Brooklyn Gladiators
League American Association
Ballpark Ridgewood Park
City Brooklyn, New York
Manager Jim Kennedy

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.

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


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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

Roster

1890 Brooklyn Gladiators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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
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

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
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

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
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

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Powers 4 30.0 1 2 5.70 3

References