# 1890 Rochester Broncos season

The 1890 Rochester Broncos season was the team's only season in Major League Baseball. In 1889, the team had played in the minor league International Association as the Rochester Jingoes. The Broncos went 63–63 during the season and finished 5th in the American Association. They went 40–22 at home, but 23–41 on the road. After the season, the team returned to the minor leagues, moving to the Eastern Association as the Rochester Hop Bitters.

## Regular season

Harry Lyons led the league in at bats and in outs. Sandy Griffin was tied for 4th in the league in doubles. Jimmy Knowles was 4th in RBIs. Ted Scheffler was 2nd in stolen bases, 4th in hit by pitches, and tied for 4th in bases on balls.
Bob Barr was 1st in the league in walks issued and tied for 1st in games lost. Barr was 2nd in the league in games pitched, games started, complete games, batters faced, hits allowed, earned runs, and innings pitched. He was 4th in wins and in wild pitches. He was 5th in strikeouts and tied for 5th in shutouts.
The team had the third best ERA in the league. At 17, Harvey Blauvelt was the league's youngest player.

### Season standings

vteAmerican Association :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Louisville Colonels | 88 | 44 | .667 | — | 57‍–‍13 | 31‍–‍31 |
| Columbus Solons | 79 | 55 | .590 | 10 | 47‍–‍22 | 32‍–‍33 |
| St. Louis Browns | 78 | 58 | .574 | 12 | 45‍–‍25 | 33‍–‍33 |
| Toledo Maumees | 68 | 64 | .515 | 20 | 40‍–‍27 | 28‍–‍37 |
| Rochester Broncos | 63 | 63 | .500 | 22 | 40‍–‍22 | 23‍–‍41 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 15 | 19 | .441 | 24 | 8‍–‍11 | 7‍–‍8 |
| Syracuse Stars | 55 | 72 | .433 | 30½ | 30‍–‍30 | 25‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 78 | .409 | 34 | 36‍–‍36 | 18‍–‍42 |
| Brooklyn Gladiators | 26 | 73 | .263 | 45½ | 15‍–‍22 | 11‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1890 American Association recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BR | COL | LOU | PHI | ROC | STL | SYR | TOL |
| Baltimore | — | 0–0 | 2–4–2 | 1–2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–3–1 |
| Brooklyn | 0–0 | — | 5–9 | 2–13 | 2–10 | 3–10–1 | 4–10 | 5–12 | 5–9 |
| Columbus | 4–2–2 | 9–5 | — | 10–8–1 | 11–9 | 10–9–1 | 12–8–2 | 10–7 | 13–7 |
| Louisville | 2–1–1 | 13–2 | 8–10–1 | — | 17–3 | 11–6–2 | 9–11 | 14–5 | 14–6 |
| Philadelphia | 2–2 | 10–2 | 9–11 | 3–17 | — | 7–12 | 7–13 | 10–7 | 6–14 |
| Rochester | 1–5 | 10–3–1 | 9–10–1 | 6–11–2 | 12–7 | — | 8–12–1 | 11–4–1 | 6–11–1 |
| St. Louis | 5–2 | 10–4 | 8–12–2 | 11–9 | 13–7 | 12–8–1 | — | 10–9 | 9–7 |
| Syracuse | 2–1 | 12–5 | 7–10 | 5–14 | 7–10 | 4–11–1 | 9–10 | — | 9–11 |
| Toledo | 3–2–1 | 9–5 | 7–13 | 6–14 | 14–6 | 11–6–1 | 7–9 | 11–9 | — |

### 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 | Deacon McGuire | 87 | 331 | 99 | .299 | 4 | 53 |
| 1B | Tom O'Brien | 73 | 273 | 52 | .190 | 0 | 31 |
| 2B | Bill Greenwood | 124 | 437 | 97 | .222 | 2 | 41 |
| 3B | Jimmy Knowles | 123 | 491 | 138 | .281 | 5 | 84 |
| SS | Marr Phillips | 64 | 257 | 53 | .206 | 0 | 34 |
| OF | Harry Lyons | 133 | 584 | 152 | .260 | 3 | 58 |
| OF | Ted Scheffler | 119 | 445 | 109 | .245 | 3 | 34 |
| OF | Sandy Griffin | 107 | 407 | 125 | .307 | 5 | 53 |

#### 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 |
| Dave McKeough | 62 | 218 | 49 | .225 | 0 | 20 |
| John Grim | 50 | 192 | 51 | .266 | 2 | 34 |
| Jim Field | 52 | 188 | 38 | .281 | 4 | 25 |
| Leo Smith | 35 | 112 | 21 | .188 | 0 | 11 |
| Dan Burke | 32 | 102 | 22 | .216 | 0 | 9 |
| Phil Reccius | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Bob Barr | 57 | 493.1 | 28 | 24 | 3.25 | 209 |
| Will Calihan | 37 | 296.1 | 18 | 15 | 3.28 | 127 |
| Ledell Titcomb | 20 | 168.2 | 10 | 9 | 3.74 | 73 |
| Bob Miller | 13 | 92.1 | 3 | 7 | 4.29 | 20 |
| John Fitzgerald | 11 | 78.0 | 3 | 8 | 4.04 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Field | 2 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | 2.79 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Harvey Blauvelt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.22 | 5 |
| Deacon McGuire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
| Harry Lyons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 2 |
| John Grim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |