1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders season

1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Brooklyn, New York (since 1890)
Other information
Owner(s) George Chauncey
Manager(s) John Montgomery Ward
     

The 1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. They compiled a 76–56 record, good for second place. The team was named by the press for their manager, John Montgomery Ward, who helped to organize the Players' League. After the season, the league folded, and the Wonders were bought out by the National League's Brooklyn Bridegrooms.

Regular season

Season standings

Players' League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Reds 81 48 0.628 — 48–21 33–27
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders 76 56 0.576 6½ 46–19 30–37
New York Giants 74 57 0.565 8 47–19 27–38
Chicago Pirates 75 62 0.547 10 46–23 29–39
Philadelphia Athletics 68 63 0.519 14 35–30 33–33
Pittsburgh Burghers 60 68 0.469 20½ 37–28 23–40
Cleveland Infants 55 75 0.423 26½ 31–30 24–45
Buffalo Bisons 36 96 0.273 46½ 23–42 13–54

Roster

1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders
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 Joyce, BillBill Joyce 133 489 123 .252 1 78
SS Ward, JohnJohn Ward 128 561 188 .335 4 60
OF McGeachey, JackJack McGeachey 104 443 108 .244 1 65

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
Van Haltren, GeorgeGeorge Van Haltren 92 376 126 .335 5 54
Cook, PaulPaul Cook 58 218 55 .252 0 31

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
Weyhing, GusGus Weyhing 49 390 30 16 3.60 177
Sowders, JohnJohn Sowders 39 309 19 16 3.82 91
Van Haltren, GeorgeGeorge Van Haltren 28 223 15 10 4.28 48

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
Murphy, ConCon Murphy 20 139 4 10 4.79 29
Hemming, GeorgeGeorge Hemming 19 123 8 4 3.80 32

References