# 1890 St. Louis Browns season

The 1890 St. Louis Browns season was the team's ninth season in St. Louis, Missouri and its ninth season in the American Association. The Browns went 78–58 during the season and finished third 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 | — |

### 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 | John Munyan | 96 | 342 | 91 | .266 | 4 | 42 |
| 1B | Ed Cartwright | 75 | 300 | 90 | .300 | 8 | 60 |
| 2B | Bill Higgins | 67 | 258 | 65 | .252 | 0 | 35 |
| SS | Shorty Fuller | 130 | 526 | 146 | .278 | 1 | 40 |
| 3B | Jumbo Davis | 21 | 71 | 18 | .254 | 0 | 13 |
| OF | Count Campau | 75 | 314 | 101 | .322 | 9 | 75 |
| OF | Charlie Duffee | 98 | 378 | 104 | .275 | 3 | 54 |
| OF | Tommy McCarthy | 133 | 548 | 192 | .350 | 6 | 69 |

#### 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 |
| Chief Roseman | 80 | 302 | 103 | .341 | 2 | 58 |
| Tom Gettinger | 58 | 227 | 54 | .238 | 3 | 30 |
| Pete Sweeney | 49 | 190 | 34 | .179 | 0 | 10 |
| Joe Gerhardt | 37 | 125 | 32 | .256 | 1 | 11 |
| Jake Wells | 30 | 105 | 25 | .238 | 0 | 12 |
| Dusty Miller | 26 | 96 | 21 | .219 | 1 | 10 |
| Billy Earle | 22 | 73 | 17 | .233 | 0 | 12 |
| Billy Klusman | 15 | 65 | 18 | .277 | 1 | 11 |
| John Kerins | 18 | 63 | 8 | .127 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Hartnett | 14 | 53 | 10 | .189 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Trost | 17 | 51 | 13 | .255 | 1 | 7 |
| Jim Donnelly | 11 | 42 | 14 | .333 | 0 | 13 |
| Joseph Herr | 12 | 41 | 9 | .220 | 0 | 1 |
| Jerry Kane | 8 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Dad Meek | 4 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 1 |
| Gus Creely | 4 | 15 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Pabst | 4 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Burke | 2 | 6 | 4 | .667 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Adams | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Millard | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Jack Stivetts | 54 | 419.1 | 27 | 21 | 3.52 | 289 |
| Toad Ramsey | 44 | 348.2 | 23 | 17 | 3.69 | 257 |
| Billy Hart | 26 | 201.1 | 12 | 8 | 3.67 | 95 |
| Bill Whitrock | 16 | 105.0 | 5 | 6 | 3.51 | 39 |
| Joe Neale | 10 | 69.0 | 5 | 3 | 3.39 | 23 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 5 | 35.0 | 3 | 1 | 5.91 | 14 |
| George Nicol | 3 | 17.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.76 | 16 |