1890 Boston Reds season

1890 Boston Reds
1890 Players' League Championship
Major league affiliations
Location
1890 Information
Owner(s)
Manager(s) King Kelly
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The 1890 Boston Reds baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. They compiled a 81-47 record and won the league championship. After the season, the league folded, but the Reds were invited to join the American Association for the following season.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

Players' League W L Pct. GB
Boston Reds 81 48 .628 --
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders 76 56 .576
New York Giants 74 57 .565 8
Chicago Pirates 75 62 .547 10
Philadelphia Athletics 68 63 .519 14
Pittsburgh Burghers 60 68 .469 20½
Cleveland Infants 55 75 .423 26½
Buffalo Bisons 36 96 .273 46½

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1890 Boston Reds
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
3B Nash, BillyBilly Nash 129 488 130 .266 5 90

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
Kelly, KingKing Kelly 89 340 111 .326 4 66
Swett, PopPop Swett 37 94 18 .191 1 12

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
Radbourn, Old HossOld Hoss Radbourn 41 343 27 12 3.31 80
Gumbert, AdAd Gumbert 39 277.1 23 12 3.96 81

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
Daley, BillBill Daley 34 235 18 7 3.60 110

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
Kelly, KingKing Kelly 1 1 0 0 4.50 2
Nash, BillyBilly Nash 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

Preceded by
First Season
Players' League Championship Season
1890
Succeeded by
League Folded