# 1890 Syracuse Stars season

The 1890 Syracuse Stars baseball team finished with a 55–72 record, seventh place in the American Association during their only season in Major League baseball. They had previously played in the International Association in 1888 and 1889.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 16, 1890: Rasty Wright was released by the Stars.

### 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 | Grant Briggs | 86 | 316 | 57 | .180 | 0 | 21 |
| 1B | Mox McQuery | 122 | 461 | 142 | .308 | 2 | 55 |
| 2B | Cupid Childs | 126 | 493 | 170 | .345 | 2 | 89 |
| 3B | Tim O'Rourke | 87 | 332 | 94 | .283 | 1 | 46 |
| SS | Barney McLaughlin | 86 | 329 | 87 | .264 | 2 | 40 |
| OF | Rasty Wright | 88 | 348 | 106 | .305 | 0 | 27 |
| OF | Bones Ely | 119 | 496 | 130 | .262 | 0 | 64 |
| OF | Pat Friel | 62 | 261 | 65 | .249 | 3 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Hank Simon | 38 | 156 | 47 | .301 | 2 | 23 |
| Tom O'Rourke | 41 | 153 | 33 | .216 | 0 | 12 |
| Mike Dorgan | 33 | 139 | 30 | .216 | 0 | 18 |
| Joe Battin | 29 | 119 | 25 | .210 | 0 | 13 |
| Herman Pitz | 29 | 95 | 21 | .221 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Dealy | 18 | 66 | 12 | .182 | 0 | 4 |
| George Proeser | 13 | 53 | 13 | .245 | 1 | 6 |
| Ducky Hemp | 9 | 33 | 5 | .152 | 0 | 1 |
| John Leighton | 7 | 27 | 8 | .296 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Burke | 9 | 20 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Peltz | 5 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 2 |
| Louis Graff | 1 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 3 |
| Bill Higgins | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 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 |
| Dan Casey | 45 | 360.2 | 19 | 22 | 4.14 | 169 |
| John Keefe | 43 | 352.1 | 17 | 24 | 4.32 | 120 |
| Mike Morrison | 17 | 127.0 | 6 | 9 | 5.88 | 69 |
| Ed Mars | 16 | 121.1 | 9 | 5 | 4.67 | 59 |
| Bill Sullivan | 6 | 42.0 | 1 | 4 | 7.93 | 13 |
| Charlie McCullough | 3 | 26.0 | 1 | 2 | 7.27 | 8 |
| Toby Lyons | 3 | 22.1 | 0 | 2 | 10.48 | 6 |
| Ezra Lincoln | 3 | 20.0 | 0 | 3 | 10.35 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Keffer | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.63 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Bones Ely | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 0 |