1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders season

1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders
LeaguePlayers' League
BallparkEastern Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnerGeorge Chauncey
ManagerJohn Montgomery Ward

The 1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. They compiled a 76–56 record, good for second place. The team was named by the press for their manager, John Montgomery Ward, who helped to organize the Players' League. After the season, the league folded, and the Wonders were bought out by the National League's Brooklyn Bridegrooms.

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 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders
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
C Tom Kinslow 64 242 64 .264 4 46
1B Dave Orr 107 464 172 .371 6 124
2B Lou Bierbauer 133 589 180 .306 7 99
3B Bill Joyce 133 489 123 .252 1 78
SS John Ward 128 561 188 .335 4 60
OF Emmett Seery 104 394 88 .223 1 50
OF Ed Andrews 94 395 100 .253 3 38
OF Jack McGeachey 104 443 108 .244 1 65

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
George Van Haltren 92 376 126 .335 5 54
Paul Cook 58 218 55 .252 0 31
Con Daily 46 168 42 .250 0 35
Art Sunday 24 83 22 .265 0 13
Jackie Hayes 12 42 8 .190 0 5

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
Gus Weyhing 49 390.0 30 16 3.60 177
John Sowders 39 309.0 19 16 3.82 91
George Van Haltren 28 223.0 15 10 4.28 48

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
Con Murphy 20 139.0 4 10 4.79 29
George Hemming 19 123.0 8 4 3.80 32

References