1890 Cleveland Infants season

1890 Cleveland Infants
LeaguePlayers' League
BallparkBrotherhood Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnerAl Johnson
ManagerHenry Larkin, Patsy Tebeau

The 1890 Cleveland Infants baseball team was a member of the short-lived Players' League. They compiled a 55–75 record, finishing in seventh place. After the season, both the Infants and the league folded.

Regular season

Season standings

Players' League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Reds 81 48 .628 — 48‍–‍21 33‍–‍27
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders 76 56 .576 6½ 46‍–‍19 30‍–‍37
New York Giants 74 57 .565 8 47‍–‍19 27‍–‍38
Chicago Pirates 75 62 .547 10 46‍–‍23 29‍–‍39
Philadelphia Athletics 68 63 .519 14 35‍–‍30 33‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Burghers 60 68 .469 20½ 37‍–‍28 23‍–‍40
Cleveland Infants 55 75 .423 26½ 31‍–‍30 24‍–‍45
Buffalo Bisons 36 96 .273 46½ 23‍–‍42 13‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

1890 Players' League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR BUF CHI CLE NY PHI PIT
Boston — 11–7 14–6–1 12–8 12–8 12–8 10–6 10–5
Brooklyn 7–11 — 12–6–1 10–9 12–8 7–10 14–6 14–6
Buffalo 6–14–1 6–12–1 — 5–15 7–9 3–17 4–16 5–13
Chicago 8–12 9–10 15–5 — 13–7 9–9–1 10–10 11–9
Cleveland 8–12 8–12 9–7 7–13 — 8–11 8–11–1 7–9
New York 8–12 10–7 17–3 9–9–1 11–8 — 5–12 14–6
Philadelphia 6–10 6–14 16–4 10–10 11–8–1 12–5 — 7–12
Pittsburgh 5–10 6–14 13–5 9–11 9–7 6–14 12–7 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1890 Cleveland Infants
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 Sy Sutcliffe 99 386 127 .329 2 60
1B Henry Larkin 125 506 167 .330 5 112
2B Cub Stricker 127 544 133 .244 2 65
SS Ed Delahanty 115 517 153 .296 3 64
3B Patsy Tebeau 110 450 134 .298 5 74
OF Jimmy McAleer 86 341 91 .267 1 42
OF Paul Radford 122 466 136 .292 2 62
OF Pete Browning 118 493 184 .373 5 93

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
Jack Brennan 59 233 59 .253 0 26
Larry Twitchell 56 233 52 .223 2 36
Jack Carney 25 89 31 .348 0 21
Pop Snyder 13 48 9 .188 0 12
Neil Stynes 2 8 0 .000 0 0
Jay Budd 1 4 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
Henry Gruber 48 383.1 22 23 4.27 110
Jersey Bakely 43 326.1 12 25 4.47 67
Cinders O'Brien 25 206.1 8 16 3.40 54
Willie McGill 24 183.2 11 9 4.12 82
Charlie Dewald 2 14.0 2 0 0.64 6
Bill Gleason 1 4.0 0 1 27.00 0

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
George Hemming 3 21.0 0 1 6.86 3

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
Paul Radford 1 0 0 0 3.60 3

References