1890 Chicago Pirates season

1890 Chicago Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Chicago, Illinois (since 1890)
Other information
Owner(s) John Addison
Manager(s) Charlie Comiskey
     

The 1890 Chicago Pirates baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. They compiled a 75–62 record, good for fourth place, ten games behind the league champion Boston Reds. After the season, the league folded, and the Pirates were bought out by the Chicago Colts.

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 Chicago Pirates
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 Farrell, DukeDuke Farrell 117 451 131 .290 2 84
1B Comiskey, CharlieCharlie Comiskey 88 377 92 .244 0 59
2B Pfeffer, FredFred Pfeffer 124 499 128 .257 5 80
3B Latham, ArlieArlie Latham 52 214 49 .229 1 20
SS Bastian, CharlieCharlie Bastian 80 283 54 .191 0 29
OF Duffy, HughHugh Duffy 137 596 191 .320 7 82
OF Ryan, JimmyJimmy Ryan 118 486 165 .340 6 89
OF O'Neill, TipTip O'Neill 137 577 174 .302 3 75

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
Boyle, JackJack Boyle 100 369 96 .260 1 49
Williamson, NedNed Williamson 73 261 51 .195 2 26
Darling, DellDell Darling 58 221 57 .258 2 39
Shugart, FrankFrank Shugart 29 106 20 .189 0 15

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
Baldwin, MarkMark Baldwin 59 501 34 24 3.31 211
King, SilverSilver King 56 461 30 22 2.69 185
Bartson, CharlieCharlie Bartson 25 188 8 10 4.26 47

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
Dwyer, FrankFrank Dwyer 12 69.1 3 6 6.23 17

References