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1890 Syracuse Stars
League American Association
Ballpark Star Park
City Syracuse, New York
Owner George Frazier
Managers George Frazier, Wallace Fessenden

The 1890 Syracuse Stars baseball team finished with a 55–72 record, seventh place in the American Association during their only season in Major League baseball. They had previously played in the International Association in 1888 and 1889.

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

Notable transactions

Roster

1890 Syracuse Stars
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 Grant Briggs 86 316 57 .180 0 21
1B Mox McQuery 122 461 142 .308 2 55
2B Cupid Childs 126 493 170 .345 2 89
3B Tim O'Rourke 87 332 94 .283 1 46
SS Barney McLaughlin 86 329 87 .264 2 40
OF Rasty Wright 88 348 106 .305 0 27
OF Bones Ely 119 496 130 .262 0 64
OF Pat Friel 62 261 65 .249 3 21

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
Hank Simon 38 156 47 .301 2 23
Tom O'Rourke 41 153 33 .216 0 12
Mike Dorgan 33 139 30 .216 0 18
Joe Battin 29 119 25 .210 0 13
Herman Pitz 29 95 21 .221 0 3
Pat Dealy 18 66 12 .182 0 4
George Proeser 13 53 13 .245 1 6
Ducky Hemp 9 33 5 .152 0 1
John Leighton 7 27 8 .296 0 0
Dan Burke 9 20 0 .000 0 0
John Peltz 5 17 3 .176 0 2
Louis Graff 1 5 2 .400 0 3
Bill Higgins 1 4 1 .250 0 1

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
Dan Casey 45 360.2 19 22 4.14 169
John Keefe 43 352.1 17 24 4.32 120
Mike Morrison 17 127.0 6 9 5.88 69
Ed Mars 16 121.1 9 5 4.67 59
Bill Sullivan 6 42.0 1 4 7.93 13
Charlie McCullough 3 26.0 1 2 7.27 8
Toby Lyons 3 22.1 0 2 10.48 6
Ezra Lincoln 3 20.0 0 3 10.35 6

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
Frank Keffer 2 16.0 1 1 5.63 4

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
Bones Ely 1 0 0 0 22.50 0

Notes

References