1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkWashington Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell
PresidentCharles Byrne
ManagerBill McGunnigle
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The 1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms left the American Association and joined the National League. They won the league championship, becoming one of a select few teams to win championships in different leagues in back-to-back seasons.

Regular season

Pitcher Bob Caruthers
Catcher Tom Daly
First baseman Dave Foutz
Pitcher Tom Lovett
Third baseman George Pinkney
Pitcher Adonis Terry

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 86 43 0.667 — 58–16 28–27
Chicago Colts 83 53 0.610 6½ 48–24 35–29
Philadelphia Phillies 78 53 0.595 9 54–21 24–32
Cincinnati Reds 77 55 0.583 10½ 50–23 27–32
Boston Beaneaters 76 57 0.571 12 43–23 33–34
New York Giants 63 68 0.481 24 37–27 26–41
Cleveland Spiders 44 88 0.333 43½ 30–37 14–51
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 23 113 0.169 66½ 14–25 9–88

Record vs. opponents

1890 National League record

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Team BOS BR CHI CIN CLE NYG PHI PIT
Boston — 6–11 8–11 11–8 13–7 11–8–1 11–9 16–3
Brooklyn 11–6 — 11–9 9–7 17–3 10–8 10–8 18–2
Chicago 11–8 9–11 — 12–8–2 13–7 13–6 8–10–1 17–3
Cincinnati 8–11 7–9 8–12–2 — 13–4 14–6 11–9 16–4
Cleveland 7–13 3–17 7–13 4–13 — 6–12–2 5–14–1 12–6–1
New York 8–11–1 8–10 6–13 6–14 12–6–2 — 6–11 17–3–1
Philadelphia 9–11 8–10 10–8–1 9–11 14–5–1 11–6 — 17–2
Pittsburgh 3–16 2–18 3–17 4–16 6–12–1 3–17–1 2–17 —


Roster

1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Tom Daly 82 292 55 71 .243 5 43 20
1B Dave Foutz 129 509 106 154 .303 5 98 42
2B Hub Collins 129 510 148 142 .278 3 69 85
SS Germany Smith 129 481 76 92 .191 1 47 24
3B George Pinkney 126 485 115 150 .309 7 83 47
OF Oyster Burns 119 472 102 134 .284 13 128 21
OF Darby O'Brien 85 350 78 110 .314 2 63 38
OF Adonis Terry 99 363 63 101 .278 4 59 32

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Bob Caruthers 71 238 46 63 .265 1 29 13
Pop Corkhill 51 204 23 46 .225 1 21 6
Bob Clark 43 151 24 33 .219 0 15 10
Patsy Donovan 28 105 17 23 .219 0 8 3
Doc Bushong 16 55 5 13 .236 0 7 2
George Stallings 4 11 1 0 .000 0 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Tom Lovett 44 41 39 372.0 30 11 2.78 141 124
Adonis Terry 46 44 38 370.0 26 16 2.94 133 185
Bob Caruthers 37 33 30 300.0 23 11 3.09 87 64
Mickey Hughes 9 8 6 66.1 4 4 5.16 30 22

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS CG IP W L ERA BB SO
Dave Foutz 5 2 2 29.0 2 1 1.86 6 4
Lady Baldwin 2 1 0 7.2 1 0 7.04 4 4

1890 World Series

Main article: 1890 World Series

In the 1890 World Series, the Bridegrooms faced the American Association Champions, the Louisville Colonels. The Series ended in a 3–3–1 tie.

References

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1890 MLB season by team
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1890 National League champions
Los Angeles Dodgers
National League champions
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