1890 Philadelphia Athletics (PL) season

1890 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Players' League (since 1890)
Location
Forepaugh Park (since 1890)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1890)
Other information
Owner(s)	J. Earl Wagner
Manager(s)	Jim Fogarty, Charlie Buffinton
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The 1890 Philadelphia Athletics (alternately known as the Quakers) baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. They compiled a 68–63 record and finished in fifth place in the league. After the season, the league folded, and the Athletics were admitted into the American Association as a replacement for the AA version of the Philadelphia Athletics, a team expelled after the 1890 season.

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

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 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Buffinton Bert Cunningham Bill Husted Phil Knell Ben Sanders		Catchers Lave Cross Jocko Milligan Infielders Sid Farrar Joe Mulvey John Pickett Dan Shannon Billy Shindle		Outfielders Jim Fogarty Mike Griffin Bill Hallman George Wood		Manager Charlie Buffinton Jim Fogarty

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
OF	Griffin, MikeMike Griffin	115	489	140	.286	6	54
OF	Fogarty, JimJim Fogarty	91	347	83	.239	4	58

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
Shannon, DanDan Shannon	19	75	18	.240	1	16

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
Buffinton, CharlieCharlie Buffinton	36	283.1	19	15	3.81	89
Husted, BillBill Husted	18	129	5	10	4.88	33
Cunningham, BertBert Cunningham	14	108.2	3	9	5.22	33

References

• 1890 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference