1890 Rochester Broncos season

The 1890 Rochester Broncos season was the team's only season in Major League Baseball. In 1889, the team had played in the minor league International Association as the Rochester Jingoes. The Broncos went 63–63 during the season and finished 5th in the American Association. They went 40–22 at home, but 23–41 on the road. After the season, the team returned to the minor leagues, moving to the Eastern Association as the Rochester Hop Bitters.

1890 Rochester Broncos
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Location
Other information
Manager(s)Pat Powers
     

Regular season
Rochester Broncos

Harry Lyons led the league in at bats and in outs. Sandy Griffin was tied for 4th in the league in doubles. Jimmy Knowles was 4th in RBIs. Ted Scheffler was 2nd in stolen bases, 4th in hit by pitches, and tied for 4th in bases on balls.

Bob Barr was 1st in the league in walks issued and tied for 1st in games lost. Barr was 2nd in the league in games pitched, games started, complete games, batters faced, hits allowed, earned runs and innings pitched. He was 4th in wins and in wild pitches. He was 5th in strikeouts and tied for 5th in shutouts.

The team had the third best ERA in the league. At 17, Harvey Blauvelt was the league's youngest player.

Season standings
American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
Louisville Colonels 8844 0.667 — 57–13 31–31
Columbus Solons 7955 0.590 10 47–22 32–33
St. Louis Browns 7858 0.574 12 45–25 33–33
Toledo Maumees 6864 0.515 20 40–27 28–37
Rochester Broncos 6363 0.500 22 40–22 23–41
Baltimore Orioles 1519 0.441 24 8–11 7–8
Syracuse Stars 5572 0.433 30½ 30–30 25–42
Philadelphia Athletics 5478 0.409 34 36–36 18–42
Brooklyn Gladiators 2673 0.263 45½ 15–22 11–51

Record vs. opponents
1890 American Association Records

Sources:
Team BAL BR COL LOU PHI ROC STL SYR TOL
Baltimore —0–02–4–21–2–12–25–12–51–22–3–1
Brooklyn 0–0—5–92–132–103–10–14–105–125–9
Columbus 4–2–29–5—10–8–111–910–9–112–8–210–713–7
Louisville 2–1–113–28–10–1—17–311–6–29–1114–514–6
Philadelphia 2–210–29–113–17—7–127–1310–76–14
Rochester 1–510–3–19–10–16–11–212–7—8–12–111–4–16–11–1
St. Louis 5–210–48–12–211–913–712–8–1—10–99–7
Syracuse 2–112–57–105–147–104–11–19–10—9–11
Toledo 3–2–19–57–136–1414–611–6–17–911–9—

Roster
1890 Rochester Broncos
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
CDeacon McGuire8733199.299453
1BTom O'Brien7327352.190031
2BBill Greenwood12443797.222241
3BJimmy Knowles123491138.281584
SSMarr Phillips6425753.206034
OFHarry Lyons133584152.260358
OFTed Scheffler119445109.245334
OFSandy Griffin107407125.307553

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
Dave McKeough6221849.225020
John Grim5019251.266234
Jim Field5218838.281425
Leo Smith3511221.188011
Dan Burke3210222.21609
Phil Reccius140.00001

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
Bob Barr57493.128243.25209
Will Calihan37296.118153.28127
Cannonball Titcomb20168.21093.7473
Bob Miller1392.1374.2920
John Fitzgerald1178384.0435

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
Jim Field29.2102.792

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
Harvey Blauvelt200010.225
Deacon McGuire10006.751
Harry Lyons100012.272
John Grim10000.003
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