1890 Chicago Pirates
LeaguePlayers' League
BallparkSouth Side Park
CityChicago
OwnerJohn Addison
ManagerCharlie 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

Pitcher Silver King
Pitcher Mark Baldwin
Right fielder Hugh Duffy
Center fielder Jimmy Ryan
Left fielder Tip O'Neill

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

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 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 Duke Farrell 117 451 131 .290 2 84
1B Charlie Comiskey 88 377 92 .244 0 59
2B Fred Pfeffer 124 499 128 .257 5 80
3B Arlie Latham 52 214 49 .229 1 20
SS Charlie Bastian 80 283 54 .191 0 29
OF Hugh Duffy 137 596 191 .320 7 82
OF Jimmy Ryan 118 486 165 .340 6 89
OF Tip 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
Jack Boyle 100 369 96 .260 1 49
Ned Williamson 73 261 51 .195 2 26
Dell Darling 58 221 57 .258 2 39
Frank 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
Mark Baldwin 59 501.0 34 24 3.31 211
Silver King 56 461.0 30 22 2.69 185
Charlie Bartson 25 188.0 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
Frank Dwyer 12 69.1 3 6 6.23 17

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