1890 Boston Reds
1890 Players' League Championship
LeaguePlayers' League
BallparkCongress Street Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
ManagerKing Kelly
1891 →

The 1890 Boston Reds baseball team was a member of the short-lived Players' League. They compiled an 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 and folded after a single season with players dispersed to other AA teams.

Regular season

1890 Boston Reds

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

Record vs. opponents

1890 Players' League record

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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 —


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
C Morgan Murphy 68 246 56 .228 2 32
1B Dan Brouthers 126 475 159 .335 2 102
2B Joe Quinn 133 523 157 .300 7 86
SS Arthur Irwin 96 354 92 .260 0 45
3B Billy Nash 129 488 130 .266 5 90
OF Harry Stovey 121 496 148 .298 12 88
OF Tom Brown 131 558 156 .280 4 67
OF Hardy Richardson 133 570 187 .328 16 152

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
King Kelly 89 340 111 .326 4 66
Pop Swett 37 94 18 .191 1 12
Kid Madden 13 38 7 .184 0 4
Gil Hatfield 3 14 2 .143 0 1
Dick Johnston 2 9 1 .111 0 0
John Morrill 2 7 1 .143 0 2

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
Old Hoss Radbourn 41 343.0 27 12 3.31 80
Ad Gumbert 39 277.1 23 12 3.96 81
Matt Kilroy 30 217.2 9 15 4.26 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
Bill Daley 34 235.0 18 7 3.60 110
Kid Madden 10 62.0 3 2 4.79 24

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
King Kelly 1 1 0 0 4.50 2
Billy Nash 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

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