# 1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders season

The 1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. They compiled a 76–56 record, good for second place. The team was named by the press for their manager, John Montgomery Ward, who helped to organize the Players' League. After the season, the league folded, and the Wonders were bought out by the National League's Brooklyn Bridegrooms.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vtePlayers' 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### 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 | Tom Kinslow | 64 | 242 | 64 | .264 | 4 | 46 |
| 1B | Dave Orr | 107 | 464 | 172 | .371 | 6 | 124 |
| 2B | Lou Bierbauer | 133 | 589 | 180 | .306 | 7 | 99 |
| 3B | Bill Joyce | 133 | 489 | 123 | .252 | 1 | 78 |
| SS | John Ward | 128 | 561 | 188 | .335 | 4 | 60 |
| OF | Emmett Seery | 104 | 394 | 88 | .223 | 1 | 50 |
| OF | Ed Andrews | 94 | 395 | 100 | .253 | 3 | 38 |
| OF | Jack McGeachey | 104 | 443 | 108 | .244 | 1 | 65 |

#### 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 |
| George Van Haltren | 92 | 376 | 126 | .335 | 5 | 54 |
| Paul Cook | 58 | 218 | 55 | .252 | 0 | 31 |
| Con Daily | 46 | 168 | 42 | .250 | 0 | 35 |
| Art Sunday | 24 | 83 | 22 | .265 | 0 | 13 |
| Jackie Hayes | 12 | 42 | 8 | .190 | 0 | 5 |

### 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 |
| Gus Weyhing | 49 | 390.0 | 30 | 16 | 3.60 | 177 |
| John Sowders | 39 | 309.0 | 19 | 16 | 3.82 | 91 |
| George Van Haltren | 28 | 223.0 | 15 | 10 | 4.28 | 48 |

#### 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 |
| Con Murphy | 20 | 139.0 | 4 | 10 | 4.79 | 29 |
| George Hemming | 19 | 123.0 | 8 | 4 | 3.80 | 32 |