# 1890 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1890 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished third in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 86 | 43 | .667 | — | 58‍–‍16 | 28‍–‍27 |
| Chicago Colts | 83 | 53 | .610 | 6½ | 48‍–‍24 | 35‍–‍29 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 53 | .595 | 9 | 54‍–‍21 | 24‍–‍32 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 55 | .583 | 10½ | 50‍–‍23 | 27‍–‍32 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 76 | 57 | .571 | 12 | 43‍–‍23 | 33‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 63 | 68 | .481 | 24 | 37‍–‍27 | 26‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 44 | 88 | .333 | 43½ | 30‍–‍37 | 14‍–‍51 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 23 | 113 | .169 | 66½ | 14‍–‍25 | 9‍–‍88 |

### Record vs. opponents

1890 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | NYG | PHI | PIT |
| Boston | — | 6–11 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 13–7 | 11–8–1 | 11–9 | 16–3 |
| Brooklyn | 11–6 | — | 11–9 | 9–7 | 17–3 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 18–2 |
| Chicago | 11–8 | 9–11 | — | 12–8–2 | 13–7 | 13–6 | 8–10–1 | 17–3 |
| Cincinnati | 8–11 | 7–9 | 8–12–2 | — | 13–4 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 16–4 |
| Cleveland | 7–13 | 3–17 | 7–13 | 4–13 | — | 6–12–2 | 5–14–1 | 12–6–1 |
| New York | 8–11–1 | 8–10 | 6–13 | 6–14 | 12–6–2 | — | 6–11 | 17–3–1 |
| Philadelphia | 9–11 | 8–10 | 10–8–1 | 9–11 | 14–5–1 | 11–6 | — | 17–2 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–16 | 2–18 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 6–12–1 | 3–17–1 | 2–17 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K |
| C | Jack Clements | 97 | 381 | 120 | .315 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 74 | 10 | 45 | 30 |
| 1B | Al McCauley | 112 | 418 | 102 | .244 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 8 | 57 | 38 |
| 2B | Al Myers | 117 | 487 | 135 | .277 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 44 | 57 | 46 |
| 3B | Ed Mayer | 117 | 484 | 117 | .242 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 20 | 22 | 36 |
| SS | Bob Allen | 133 | 456 | 103 | .226 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 87 | 54 |
| OF | Sam Thompson | 132 | 549 | 172 | .313 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 102 | 25 | 42 | 29 |
| OF | Billy Hamilton | 123 | 496 | 161 | .325 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 102 | 83 | 37 |
| OF | Eddie Burke | 100 | 430 | 113 | .263 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 50 | 38 | 49 | 40 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K |
| Pop Schriver | 57 | 223 | 61 | .274 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 22 | 15 |
| Bill Gray | 34 | 128 | 31 | .242 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Billy Sunday | 31 | 119 | 31 | .261 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 7 |
| Harry Decker | 5 | 19 | 7 | .368 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Frank Motz | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | H | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
| Kid Gleason | 60 | 506.0 | 479 | 38 | 17 | 2.63 | 167 | 222 |
| Tom Vickery | 46 | 382.0 | 405 | 24 | 22 | 3.44 | 184 | 162 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 24 | 204.0 | 209 | 8 | 12 | 4.28 | 89 | 81 |
| Duke Esper | 5 | 41.0 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 3.07 | 16 | 18 |
| Jack McFetridge | 1 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 2 | 4 |
| Sumner Bowman | 1 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 2 | 2 |
| John Coleman | 1 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21.60 | 3 | 2 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | H | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
| Bill Day | 4 | 23.2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 3.04 | 12 | 9 |
| Dave Anderson | 3 | 19.1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 7.45 | 11 | 7 |