1890 St. Louis Browns season

The 1890 St. Louis Browns season was the team's ninth season in St. Louis, Missouri and its ninth season in the American Association. The Browns went 78–58 during the season and finished third in the American Association.

1890 St. Louis Browns
League	American Association
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	78–58 (.574)
League place	3rd
Owner	Chris von der Ahe
Managers	Tommy McCarthy (15–12) John Kerins (9–8) Chief Roseman (7–8) Count Campau (27–14) Joe Gerhardt (20–16)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Louisville Colonels	88	44	.667	—	57‍–‍13	31‍–‍31
Columbus Solons	79	55	.590	10	47‍–‍22	32‍–‍33
St. Louis Browns	78	58	.574	12	45‍–‍25	33‍–‍33
Toledo Maumees	68	64	.515	20	40‍–‍27	28‍–‍37
Rochester Broncos	63	63	.500	22	40‍–‍22	23‍–‍41
Baltimore Orioles	15	19	.441	24	8‍–‍11	7‍–‍8
Syracuse Stars	55	72	.433	30½	30‍–‍30	25‍–‍42
Philadelphia Athletics	54	78	.409	34	36‍–‍36	18‍–‍42
Brooklyn Gladiators	26	73	.263	45½	15‍–‍22	11‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1890 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Team	BAL	BR	COL	LOU	PHI	ROC	STL	SYR	TOL
Baltimore	—	0–0	2–4–2	1–2–1	2–2	5–1	2–5	1–2	2–3–1
Brooklyn	0–0	—	5–9	2–13	2–10	3–10–1	4–10	5–12	5–9
Columbus	4–2–2	9–5	—	10–8–1	11–9	10–9–1	12–8–2	10–7	13–7
Louisville	2–1–1	13–2	8–10–1	—	17–3	11–6–2	9–11	14–5	14–6
Philadelphia	2–2	10–2	9–11	3–17	—	7–12	7–13	10–7	6–14
Rochester	1–5	10–3–1	9–10–1	6–11–2	12–7	—	8–12–1	11–4–1	6–11–1
St. Louis	5–2	10–4	8–12–2	11–9	13–7	12–8–1	—	10–9	9–7
Syracuse	2–1	12–5	7–10	5–14	7–10	4–11–1	9–10	—	9–11
Toledo	3–2–1	9–5	7–13	6–14	14–6	11–6–1	7–9	11–9	—

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	John Munyan	96	342	91	.266	4	42
1B	Ed Cartwright	75	300	90	.300	8	60
2B	Bill Higgins	67	258	65	.252	0	35
SS	Shorty Fuller	130	526	146	.278	1	40
3B	Jumbo Davis	21	71	18	.254	0	13
OF	Count Campau	75	314	101	.322	9	75
OF	Charlie Duffee	98	378	104	.275	3	54
OF	Tommy McCarthy	133	548	192	.350	6	69

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
Chief Roseman	80	302	103	.341	2	58
Tom Gettinger	58	227	54	.238	3	30
Pete Sweeney	49	190	34	.179	0	10
Joe Gerhardt	37	125	32	.256	1	11
Jake Wells	30	105	25	.238	0	12
Dusty Miller	26	96	21	.219	1	10
Billy Earle	22	73	17	.233	0	12
Billy Klusman	15	65	18	.277	1	11
John Kerins	18	63	8	.127	0	3
Pat Hartnett	14	53	10	.189	0	4
Mike Trost	17	51	13	.255	1	7
Jim Donnelly	11	42	14	.333	0	13
Joseph Herr	12	41	9	.220	0	1
Jerry Kane	8	25	5	.200	0	2
Dad Meek	4	16	5	.313	0	1
Gus Creely	4	15	0	.000	0	0
Ed Pabst	4	14	2	.143	0	0
Joe Burke	2	6	4	.667	0	2
Jim Adams	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Frank Millard	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jack Stivetts	54	419.1	27	21	3.52	289
Toad Ramsey	44	348.2	23	17	3.69	257
Billy Hart	26	201.1	12	8	3.67	95
Bill Whitrock	16	105.0	5	6	3.51	39
Joe Neale	10	69.0	5	3	3.39	23
Ice Box Chamberlain	5	35.0	3	1	5.91	14
George Nicol	3	17.0	2	1	4.76	16

References

• 1890 St. Louis Browns at Baseball Reference
• 1890 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com