1890 Chicago Pirates season

The 1890 Chicago Pirates baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. They compiled a 75–62 record, good for fourth place, ten games behind the league champion Boston Reds. After the season, the league folded, and the Pirates were bought out by the Chicago Colts.

1890 Chicago Pirates
League	Players' League
Ballpark	South Side Park
City	Chicago
Owner	John Addison
Manager	Charlie Comiskey

Regular season

Pitcher Silver King

Pitcher Mark Baldwin

Right fielder Hugh Duffy

Center fielder Jimmy Ryan

Left fielder Tip O'Neill

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	—

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	Duke Farrell	117	451	131	.290	2	84
1B	Charlie Comiskey	88	377	92	.244	0	59
2B	Fred Pfeffer	124	499	128	.257	5	80
3B	Arlie Latham	52	214	49	.229	1	20
SS	Charlie Bastian	80	283	54	.191	0	29
OF	Hugh Duffy	137	596	191	.320	7	82
OF	Jimmy Ryan	118	486	165	.340	6	89
OF	Tip O'Neill	137	577	174	.302	3	75

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
Jack Boyle	100	369	96	.260	1	49
Ned Williamson	73	261	51	.195	2	26
Dell Darling	58	221	57	.258	2	39
Frank Shugart	29	106	20	.189	0	15

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
Mark Baldwin	59	501.0	34	24	3.31	211
Silver King	56	461.0	30	22	2.69	185
Charlie Bartson	25	188.0	8	10	4.26	47

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
Frank Dwyer	12	69.1	3	6	6.23	17

References

• 1890 Chicago Pirates team page at Baseball Reference