1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season explained

Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Season:	1890
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Recreation Park
City:	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owner:	William A. Nimick
Manager:	Guy Hecker
Next Season:	1891 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was the ninth season for the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The team finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 23–113, 66.5 games behind the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.

This was the final season for the team with the name "Alleghenys," as the team changed its name to the Pittsburgh Pirates the next season, a name it has retained to the present day.

Background

The Alleghenys' season essentially ended when most of its stars defected to the Pittsburgh Burghers of the Players' League. With a decimated roster, the Alleghenys made a poor showing. The 113 losses by the Alleghenys set a new major league record, breaking the old record of 111 set the previous year by the Louisville Colonels. That record would stand until 1899, when the Cleveland Spiders lost 134 games, the all-time record.

Poor crowd attendance meant that this team played 97 of its 136 games on the road, finishing with a road record of 9-88. (The 88 losses remained a record until 1899 and continues to be one that cannot be replicated under current MLB scheduling rules, which only allow a maximum of 81 road games.)

The team's .093 road winning percentage is the lowest in MLB history for a minimum of 60 games. This would be the last time the Pittsburgh franchise reached the century mark in the loss column until 1917, when the team was known as the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Regular season

Roster

1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
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	92	354	97	.274	5	38
1B	86	340	77	.226	0	38
2B	111	434	105	.242	1	40
SS	51	189	43	.228	1	23
3B	138	549	150	.273	4	66
OF	104	391	104	.266	0	40
OF	59	207	49	.237	1	27
OF	86	358	92	.257	1	33

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
83	304	65	.214	0	21
57	215	48	.223	2	17
41	168	40	.238	1	14
37	125	12	.096	0	6
31	124	26	.210	1	7
31	121	22	.182	0	9
22	82	16	.195	0	3
21	81	19	.235	0	4
17	64	11	.172	0	3
15	55	8	.145	0	0
13	47	6	.128	0	4
8	30	9	.300	2	5
3	13	3	.231	0	1
3	11	2	.182	0	0
2	8	0	.000	0	0
2	8	2	.250	0	0
1	4	1	.250	0	1
1	4	0	.000	0	0
1	3	0	.000	0	0
1	3	1	.333	0	1
1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
25	178.1	3	19	5.60	76
14	119.2	2	9	5.11	32
13	108.0	2	11	4.67	41
15	106.0	3	8	4.42	30
11	83.1	1	9	5.83	35
10	82.0	1	9	7.57	25
10	79.1	4	6	5.22	18
9	70.2	2	5	6.62	22
6	50.0	0	6	5.22	10
5	44.0	1	3	3.07	15
6	44.0	0	6	8.39	13
4	28.0	1	2	7.07	8
2	17.0	0	2	5.29	9
2	14.0	0	2	9.64	3
1	6.0	0	1	10.50	1

Other pitchers