1890 Brooklyn Gladiators season

1890 Brooklyn Gladiators
Major league affiliations
American Association (Since 1890)
Location
Ridgewood Park (Since 1890) Brooklyn, New York (Since 1890)
1890 Information
Owner(s)
Manager(s)	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.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Opening Day lineup 1.3 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Starters by position 2.1.2 Other batters 2.2 Pitching 2.2.1 Starting pitchers 2.2.2 Other pitchers 3 References

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Louisville Colonels	88	44	--	.667
Columbus Solons	79	55	10	.590
St. Louis Browns	78	58	12	.574
Toledo Maumees	68	64	20	.515
Rochester Broncos	63	63	22	.500
Baltimore Orioles	15	19	24	.441
Syracuse Stars	55	72	30.5	.433
Philadelphia Athletics	54	78	34	.409
Brooklyn Gladiators	26	73	45.5	.263

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1890 Brooklyn Gladiators
Roster
Pitchers Tom Ford Jack Lynch Mike Mattimore Charlie McCullough Bob Murphy Jim Powers Steve Toole Gus Williams		Catchers Frank Bowes Herman Pitz Jim Toy Infielders Peter Connell Jumbo Davis Frank Fennelly Joe Gerhardt Candy Nelson Billy O'Brien Fred Siefke		Outfielders Hi Church Ed Daily John Peltz Hank Simon		Manager Jim Kennedy

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
OF	Daily, EdEd Daily	91	394	94	.239	1	39
OF	Simon, HankHank Simon	89	373	96	.257	0	38

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

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
Daily, EdEd Daily	27	235.2	10	14	4.05	82
Ford, TomTom Ford	7	49	0	6	5.14	12
Williams, GusGus Williams	2	12	0	1	7.50	2
Lynch, JackJack Lynch	1	9	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
Powers, JimJim Powers	4	30	1	2	5.70	3

References

• 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators team page at Baseball Reference

1890 MLB season by team National League Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • Cleveland • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh American Association Baltimore • Brooklyn • Columbus • Louisville • Philadelphia • Rochester • St. Louis • Syracuse • Toledo Players' League Boston • Brooklyn • Buffalo • Chicago • Cleveland • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh 1890 World Series