1890 Boston Reds season

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.

1890 Boston Reds
1890 Players' League Championship
Major League affiliations
Players' League (since 1890)
Location
Congress Street Grounds (since 1890) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1890)
Other information
Manager(s)	King Kelly
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Regular season

The 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 Records Sources:
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 Bill Daley Ad Gumbert Matt Kilroy Kid Madden Old Hoss Radbourn		Catchers King Kelly Morgan Murphy Pop Swett Infielders Dan Brouthers Arthur Irwin John Morrill Billy Nash Joe Quinn		Outfielders Tom Brown Dick Johnston Hardy Richardson Harry Stovey		Manager King Kelly

Player stats

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
John Morrill	2	7	1	.143	0	2
Dick Johnston	2	9	1	.111	0	0

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	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	18	7	3.60	110
Kid Madden	10	62	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

References

• 1890 Boston Reds team page at Baseball Reference