# 1890 Columbus Solons season

The 1890 Columbus Solons season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 79–55 record, second place in the American Association.

## 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

* May 8, 1890: John Munyan was released by the Solons.

### 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 | Jack O'Connor | 121 | 457 | 148 | .324 | 2 | 66 |
| 1B | Mike Lehane | 140 | 512 | 108 | .211 | 0 | 56 |
| 2B | Jack Crooks | 135 | 485 | 107 | .221 | 1 | 62 |
| SS | Henry Easterday | 58 | 197 | 31 | .157 | 1 | 17 |
| 3B | Charlie Reilly | 137 | 530 | 141 | .266 | 4 | 77 |
| OF | Spud Johnson | 135 | 538 | 186 | .346 | 1 | 113 |
| OF | John Sneed | 128 | 484 | 141 | .291 | 2 | 65 |
| OF | Jim McTamany | 125 | 466 | 120 | .258 | 1 | 48 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Doyle | 77 | 298 | 80 | .268 | 2 | 44 |
| Bobby Wheelock | 52 | 190 | 45 | .237 | 1 | 16 |
| Sam Nicholl | 14 | 56 | 9 | .161 | 0 | 4 |
| Ned Bligh | 8 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 5 |
| John Munyan | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 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 |
| Hank Gastright | 48 | 401.1 | 30 | 14 | 2.94 | 199 |
| Frank Knauss | 37 | 275.2 | 17 | 12 | 2.81 | 148 |
| Jack Easton | 37 | 255.2 | 15 | 14 | 3.52 | 147 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 25 | 175.0 | 12 | 6 | 2.21 | 114 |
| Wild Bill Widner | 13 | 96.0 | 4 | 8 | 3.28 | 14 |
| Al Mays | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.00 | 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 |
| Tom Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |