1890 Philadelphia Athletics (PL) season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1890
League:	Players' League
Ballpark:	Forepaugh Park
City:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owner:	J. Earl Wagner
Managers:	Jim Fogarty, Charlie Buffinton

The 1890 Philadelphia Athletics (alternately known as the Quakers) baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. The team compiled a 68–63 record and finished in fifth place in the league.

After the season ended, 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 that was expelled after the 1890 season.

Spring training

The team traveled south for spring training in March 1890, and trained in Gainesville, Florida at The Ballpark.^[1]

Regular season

Roster

1890 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	62	234	69	.295	3	57
1B	127	481	123	.256	1	69
2B	100	407	114	.280	4	64
SS	132	584	189	.324	10	90
3B	120	519	149	.287	5	87
OF	115	489	140	.286	6	54
OF	91	347	83	.239	4	58
OF	132	539	156	.289	9	102

Other batters

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
84	356	95	.267	1	37
63	245	73	.298	3	47
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
43	346.2	19	18	3.76	107
35	286.2	22	11	3.83	99
36	283.1	19	15	3.81	89
18	129.0	5	10	4.88	33
14	108.2	3	9	5.22	33

References

1890 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

News: March 2, 1890. Base Ball Comment: The Season Near at Hand and the Outlook Very Promising. Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6.