1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys season

1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys
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Owner(s) William A. Nimick
Manager(s) Guy Hecker
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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.

For all intents and purposes, the Alleghenys' season ended when most of their stars defected to the Pittsburgh Burghers of the Players' League. With a decimated roster, the Alleghenys made a wretched 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. The record would stand until 1899, when the Cleveland Spiders lost 134 games, the all-time record.

Poor attendances meant that they played 97 of their 136 games on the road, finishing with a road record of 9-88 (the 88 losses remained a record until 1899, and is unreachable under current MLB scheduling rules, which allow a maximum of 81 road games). Their .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

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 8643 0.667 — 58–16 28–27
Chicago Colts 8353 0.610 6½ 48–24 35–29
Philadelphia Phillies 7853 0.595 9 54–21 24–32
Cincinnati Reds 7755 0.583 10½ 50–23 27–32
Boston Beaneaters 7657 0.571 12 43–23 33–34
New York Giants 6368 0.481 24 37–27 26–41
Cleveland Spiders 4488 0.333 43½ 30–37 14–51
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 23113 0.169 66½ 14–25 9–88

Record vs. opponents

1890 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHI CIN CLE NYG PHI PIT
Boston —6–118–1111–813–711–8–111–916–3
Brooklyn 11–6—11–99–717–310–810–818–2
Chicago 11–89–11—12–8–213–713–68–10–117–3
Cincinnati 8–117–98–12–2—13–414–611–916–4
Cleveland 7–133–177–134–13—6–12–25–14–112–6–1
New York 8–11–18–106–136–1412–6–2—6–1117–3–1
Philadelphia 9–118–1010–8–19–1114–5–111–6—17–2
Pittsburgh 3–162–183–174–166–12–13–17–12–17—

Roster

1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1BGuy Hecker8634077.226038
OFBilly Sunday8635892.257133

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
Bill Wilson8330465.214021
Fred Osborne4116840.238114
John Coleman3112.18200
John Gilbert280.00000
Jim Gray130.00000

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
Kirtley Baker25178.13195.6076
Guy Hecker14119.2295.1132
Dave Anderson131082114.6741
Billy Gumbert1079.1465.2218
Sumner Bowman970.2256.6222
Pete Daniels428127.078

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
Fred Osborne858058.3814

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Billy Sunday1000∞0

References

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