1890 Pittsburgh Burghers season

1890 Pittsburgh Burghers
League	Players' League
Ballpark	Exposition Park
City	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Manager	Ned Hanlon

The 1890 Pittsburgh Burghers baseball team was a member of the short-lived Players' League. They compiled a 60–68 record, good for sixth place. After the season, the league folded, and the Burghers were bought out by their National League counterpart.

Regular season

Season standings

Players' League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Reds	81	48	.628	—	48‍–‍21	33‍–‍27
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	76	56	.576	6½	46‍–‍19	30‍–‍37
New York Giants	74	57	.565	8	47‍–‍19	27‍–‍38
Chicago Pirates	75	62	.547	10	46‍–‍23	29‍–‍39
Philadelphia Athletics	68	63	.519	14	35‍–‍30	33‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Burghers	60	68	.469	20½	37‍–‍28	23‍–‍40
Cleveland Infants	55	75	.423	26½	31‍–‍30	24‍–‍45
Buffalo Bisons	36	96	.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 Pittsburgh Burghers
Roster
Pitchers Fred Doe Pud Galvin Al Maul Ed Morris Harry Staley John Tener		Catchers Fred Carroll Jerry Hurley Tom Quinn Infielders Jake Beckley Tommy Corcoran Jim Gray Bill Kuehne Yank Robinson		Outfielders Jocko Fields Ned Hanlon Joe Visner		Manager Ned Hanlon

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	Fred Carroll	111	416	124	.298	2	71
1B	Jake Beckley	121	516	167	.324	9	120
2B	Yank Robinson	101	314	72	.229	0	39
SS	Tommy Corcoran	123	503	117	.233	1	61
3B	Bill Kuehne	128	537	126	.235	5	73
OF	Ned Hanlon	118	472	131	.278	1	44
OF	Jocko Fields	126	526	148	.281	9	86
OF	Joe Visner	130	532	143	.269	3	73

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
Tom Quinn	55	207	44	.213	1	15
Jerry Hurley	8	22	6	.273	0	2
Jim Gray	2	9	2	.222	1	3

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
Harry Staley	46	387.2	21	25	3.23	145
Al Maul	30	246.2	16	12	3.79	81
Pud Galvin	26	217.0	12	13	4.35	35
Ed Morris	18	144.1	8	7	4.86	25
John Tener	14	117.0	3	11	7.31	30

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
Fred Doe	1	0	0	0	4.50	2

References

• 1890 Pittsburgh Burghers (PL) season at Baseball Reference