# 1890 Baltimore Orioles season

The Baltimore Orioles team left the American Association after the 1889 season and started playing in the minor Atlantic Association. However, when the Brooklyn Gladiators ballclub folded mid-way through the 1890 season, the Orioles returned to the AA to finish out the season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | George Townsend | 18 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 0 | 9 |
| 1B | Tom Power | 38 | 125 | 26 | .208 | 0 | 6 |
| 2B | Reddy Mack | 26 | 95 | 27 | .284 | 0 | 11 |
| 3B | Pete Gilbert | 29 | 100 | 28 | .280 | 1 | 18 |
| SS | Irv Ray | 38 | 139 | 50 | .360 | 1 | 20 |
| OF | Joe Sommer | 38 | 129 | 33 | .256 | 0 | 23 |
| OF | Dan Long | 21 | 77 | 12 | .156 | 0 | 2 |
| OF | Lefty Johnson | 24 | 95 | 28 | .295 | 0 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Pop Tate | 19 | 71 | 13 | .183 | 0 | 6 |
| Curt Welch | 19 | 68 | 9 | .132 | 0 | 5 |
| Wilbert Robinson | 14 | 48 | 13 | .271 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe McGuckin | 11 | 37 | 4 | .108 | 0 | 2 |
| Belden Hill | 9 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Les German | 17 | 132.1 | 5 | 11 | 4.83 | 37 |
| Sadie McMahon | 12 | 99.0 | 7 | 3 | 3.00 | 66 |
| Mike O'Rourke | 5 | 41.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.95 | 8 |
| Mike Morrison | 4 | 26.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.81 | 13 |
| Norm Baker | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.71 | 10 |