# 1890 Cleveland Spiders season

The 1890 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 44–88 record and a seventh-place finish in the National League.
The team played six straight home games in Indianapolis, Indiana at Indianapolis Park between July 28 and August 2 against the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and New York Giants. It was a former Sunday-games ballpark of the Indianapolis Hoosiers who had folded at the end of the previous season.

## 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; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Chief Zimmer | 125 | 444 | 95 | .214 | 2 | 57 |
| 1B | Peek-A-Boo Veach | 64 | 238 | 56 | .235 | 0 | 32 |
| 2B | Joe Ardner | 84 | 323 | 72 | .223 | 0 | 35 |
| SS | Ed McKean | 136 | 530 | 157 | .296 | 7 | 61 |
| 3B | Will Smalley | 136 | 502 | 107 | .213 | 0 | 42 |
| OF | Bob Gilks | 130 | 544 | 116 | .213 | 0 | 41 |
| OF | George Davis | 136 | 526 | 139 | .264 | 6 | 73 |
| OF | Vince Dailey | 64 | 246 | 71 | .289 | 0 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Jake Virtue | 62 | 223 | 68 | .305 | 2 | 25 |
| Tom Dowse | 40 | 159 | 33 | .208 | 0 | 9 |
| Buck West | 37 | 151 | 37 | .245 | 2 | 29 |
| Bill Delaney | 36 | 116 | 22 | .190 | 1 | 7 |
| Rasty Wright | 13 | 45 | 5 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Lyons | 11 | 38 | 2 | .053 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Sommer | 9 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Sommers | 9 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 1 |
| Len Stockwell | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 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 Beatin | 54 | 474.1 | 22 | 30 | 3.83 | 155 |
| Jack Wadsworth | 20 | 169.2 | 2 | 16 | 5.20 | 26 |
| Cy Young | 17 | 147.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.47 | 39 |
| Ezra Lincoln | 15 | 118.0 | 3 | 11 | 4.42 | 22 |
| Lee Viau | 13 | 107.0 | 4 | 9 | 3.36 | 30 |
| Bill Garfield | 9 | 70.0 | 1 | 7 | 4.89 | 16 |
| Edgar Smith | 6 | 44.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.30 | 11 |
| Bob Gilks | 4 | 31.2 | 2 | 2 | 4.26 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Parsons | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 2 |
| Vince Dailey | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 0 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Tom Dowse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |
| Joe Sommer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |