# 1890 Chicago Colts season

The 1890 Chicago Colts season was the 19th season of the Chicago Colts franchise, the 15th in the National League and the sixth at the first West Side Park. The Colts finished second in the National League with a record of 83–53.

## 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 | Malachi Kittridge | 96 | 333 | 67 | .201 | 3 | 35 |
| 1B | Cap Anson | 139 | 504 | 157 | .312 | 7 | 107 |
| 2B | Bob Glenalvin | 66 | 250 | 67 | .268 | 4 | 26 |
| 3B | Tom Burns | 139 | 538 | 149 | .277 | 5 | 86 |
| SS | Jimmy Cooney | 135 | 574 | 156 | .272 | 4 | 52 |
| OF | Walt Wilmot | 139 | 571 | 159 | .278 | 13 | 99 |
| OF | Jim Andrews | 53 | 202 | 38 | .188 | 3 | 17 |
| OF | Cliff Carroll | 136 | 582 | 166 | .285 | 7 | 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 |
| Howard Earl | 92 | 384 | 95 | .247 | 7 | 51 |
| Tom Nagle | 38 | 144 | 39 | .271 | 1 | 11 |
| Pete O'Brien | 27 | 106 | 30 | .283 | 3 | 16 |
| Elmer Foster | 27 | 105 | 26 | .248 | 5 | 23 |
| Jake Stenzel | 11 | 41 | 11 | .268 | 0 | 3 |
| Ed Hutchinson | 4 | 17 | 1 | .059 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Lauer | 2 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Dad Lytle | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Honan | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Wright | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Bill Hutchison | 71 | 603.0 | 42 | 25 | 2.70 | 289 |
| Pat Luby | 34 | 267.2 | 20 | 9 | 3.19 | 85 |
| Ed Stein | 20 | 160.2 | 12 | 6 | 3.81 | 65 |
| Mike Sullivan | 12 | 96.0 | 5 | 6 | 4.59 | 33 |
| Roscoe Coughlin | 11 | 95.0 | 4 | 6 | 4.26 | 29 |
| Robert Gibson | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Ed Eiteljorge | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 22.50 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Demarais | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Ossie France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |