# 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators season

The 1890 Brooklyn Gladiators baseball team finished with a 26–73 record, last place in the American Association during their only season in existence. The team failed to finish the season, folding after their game against the Syracuse Stars on August 25. They were replaced by the resurrected Baltimore Orioles franchise, which had left the league at the end of the 1889 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 | Jim Toy | 44 | 160 | 29 | .181 | 0 | 7 |
| 1B | Billy O'Brien | 96 | 388 | 108 | .278 | 4 | 67 |
| 2B | Joe Gerhardt | 99 | 369 | 75 | .203 | 2 | 40 |
| SS | Candy Nelson | 60 | 223 | 56 | .251 | 0 | 12 |
| 3B | Jumbo Davis | 38 | 142 | 43 | .303 | 2 | 28 |
| OF | Hank Simon | 89 | 373 | 96 | .257 | 0 | 38 |
| OF | John Peltz | 98 | 384 | 87 | .227 | 1 | 33 |
| OF | Ed Daily | 91 | 394 | 94 | .239 | 1 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Bowes | 61 | 232 | 51 | .220 | 0 | 24 |
| Herman Pitz | 61 | 189 | 26 | .138 | 0 | 6 |
| Frank Fennelly | 45 | 178 | 44 | .247 | 2 | 18 |
| Fred Siefke | 16 | 58 | 8 | .138 | 0 | 3 |
| Peter Connell | 11 | 40 | 9 | .225 | 0 | 3 |
| Hi Church | 3 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 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 |
| Ed Daily | 27 | 235.2 | 10 | 14 | 4.05 | 82 |
| Charlie McCullough | 26 | 215.2 | 4 | 21 | 4.59 | 61 |
| Mike Mattimore | 19 | 178.1 | 6 | 13 | 4.54 | 33 |
| Bob Murphy | 12 | 96.0 | 3 | 9 | 5.72 | 26 |
| Steve Toole | 6 | 53.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.05 | 10 |
| Tom Ford | 7 | 49.0 | 0 | 6 | 5.14 | 12 |
| Gus Williams | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 2 |
| Jack Lynch | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 1 |

#### 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 Powers | 4 | 30.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.70 | 3 |