# 1890 Philadelphia Athletics (PL) season

The 1890 Philadelphia Athletics (alternately known as the Quakers) baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. The team compiled a 68–63 record and finished in fifth place in the league.
After the season ended, the league folded, and the Athletics were admitted into the American Association as a replacement for the AA version of the Philadelphia Athletics, a team that was expelled after the 1890 season.

## Spring training

The team traveled south for spring training in March 1890, and trained in Gainesville, Florida at The Ballpark.

## 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 | Jocko Milligan | 62 | 234 | 69 | .295 | 3 | 57 |
| 1B | Sid Farrar | 127 | 481 | 123 | .256 | 1 | 69 |
| 2B | John Pickett | 100 | 407 | 114 | .280 | 4 | 64 |
| SS | Billy Shindle | 132 | 584 | 189 | .324 | 10 | 90 |
| 3B | Joe Mulvey | 120 | 519 | 149 | .287 | 5 | 87 |
| OF | Mike Griffin | 115 | 489 | 140 | .286 | 6 | 54 |
| OF | Jim Fogarty | 91 | 347 | 83 | .239 | 4 | 58 |
| OF | George Wood | 132 | 539 | 156 | .289 | 9 | 102 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Hallman | 84 | 356 | 95 | .267 | 1 | 37 |
| Lave Cross | 63 | 245 | 73 | .298 | 3 | 47 |
| Dan Shannon | 19 | 75 | 18 | .240 | 1 | 16 |

### 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 |
| Ben Sanders | 43 | 346.2 | 19 | 18 | 3.76 | 107 |
| Phil Knell | 35 | 286.2 | 22 | 11 | 3.83 | 99 |
| Charlie Buffinton | 36 | 283.1 | 19 | 15 | 3.81 | 89 |
| Bill Husted | 18 | 129.0 | 5 | 10 | 4.88 | 33 |
| Bert Cunningham | 14 | 108.2 | 3 | 9 | 5.22 | 33 |