# 1890 Boston Reds season

The 1890 Boston Reds baseball team was a member of the short-lived Players' League. They compiled an 81–47 record and won the league championship. After the season, the league folded, but the Reds were invited to join the American Association for the following season and folded after a single season with players dispersed to other AA teams.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vtePlayers' League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Reds | 81 | 48 | .628 | — | 48‍–‍21 | 33‍–‍27 |
| Brooklyn Ward's Wonders | 76 | 56 | .576 | 6½ | 46‍–‍19 | 30‍–‍37 |
| New York Giants | 74 | 57 | .565 | 8 | 47‍–‍19 | 27‍–‍38 |
| Chicago Pirates | 75 | 62 | .547 | 10 | 46‍–‍23 | 29‍–‍39 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 63 | .519 | 14 | 35‍–‍30 | 33‍–‍33 |
| Pittsburgh Burghers | 60 | 68 | .469 | 20½ | 37‍–‍28 | 23‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Infants | 55 | 75 | .423 | 26½ | 31‍–‍30 | 24‍–‍45 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 36 | 96 | .273 | 46½ | 23‍–‍42 | 13‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1890 Players' League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | BUF | CHI | CLE | NY | PHI | PIT |
| Boston | — | 11–7 | 14–6–1 | 12–8 | 12–8 | 12–8 | 10–6 | 10–5 |
| Brooklyn | 7–11 | — | 12–6–1 | 10–9 | 12–8 | 7–10 | 14–6 | 14–6 |
| Buffalo | 6–14–1 | 6–12–1 | — | 5–15 | 7–9 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 5–13 |
| Chicago | 8–12 | 9–10 | 15–5 | — | 13–7 | 9–9–1 | 10–10 | 11–9 |
| Cleveland | 8–12 | 8–12 | 9–7 | 7–13 | — | 8–11 | 8–11–1 | 7–9 |
| New York | 8–12 | 10–7 | 17–3 | 9–9–1 | 11–8 | — | 5–12 | 14–6 |
| Philadelphia | 6–10 | 6–14 | 16–4 | 10–10 | 11–8–1 | 12–5 | — | 7–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–10 | 6–14 | 13–5 | 9–11 | 9–7 | 6–14 | 12–7 | — |

### 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 | Morgan Murphy | 68 | 246 | 56 | .228 | 2 | 32 |
| 1B | Dan Brouthers | 126 | 475 | 159 | .335 | 2 | 102 |
| 2B | Joe Quinn | 133 | 523 | 157 | .300 | 7 | 86 |
| SS | Arthur Irwin | 96 | 354 | 92 | .260 | 0 | 45 |
| 3B | Billy Nash | 129 | 488 | 130 | .266 | 5 | 90 |
| OF | Harry Stovey | 121 | 496 | 148 | .298 | 12 | 88 |
| OF | Tom Brown | 131 | 558 | 156 | .280 | 4 | 67 |
| OF | Hardy Richardson | 133 | 570 | 187 | .328 | 16 | 152 |

#### 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 |
| King Kelly | 89 | 340 | 111 | .326 | 4 | 66 |
| Pop Swett | 37 | 94 | 18 | .191 | 1 | 12 |
| Kid Madden | 13 | 38 | 7 | .184 | 0 | 4 |
| Gil Hatfield | 3 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Dick Johnston | 2 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| John Morrill | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Old Hoss Radbourn | 41 | 343.0 | 27 | 12 | 3.31 | 80 |
| Ad Gumbert | 39 | 277.1 | 23 | 12 | 3.96 | 81 |
| Matt Kilroy | 30 | 217.2 | 9 | 15 | 4.26 | 48 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Daley | 34 | 235.0 | 18 | 7 | 3.60 | 110 |
| Kid Madden | 10 | 62.0 | 3 | 2 | 4.79 | 24 |

#### 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 |
| King Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |
| Billy Nash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |