# 1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season

The 1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms left the American Association and joined the National League. They won the league championship, becoming one of a select few teams to win championships in different leagues in back-to-back seasons.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Bridegrooms | 86 | 43 | .667 | — | 58‍–‍16 | 28‍–‍27 |
| Chicago Colts | 83 | 53 | .610 | 6½ | 48‍–‍24 | 35‍–‍29 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 53 | .595 | 9 | 54‍–‍21 | 24‍–‍32 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 77 | 55 | .583 | 10½ | 50‍–‍23 | 27‍–‍32 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 76 | 57 | .571 | 12 | 43‍–‍23 | 33‍–‍34 |
| New York Giants | 63 | 68 | .481 | 24 | 37‍–‍27 | 26‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 44 | 88 | .333 | 43½ | 30‍–‍37 | 14‍–‍51 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 23 | 113 | .169 | 66½ | 14‍–‍25 | 9‍–‍88 |

### Record vs. opponents

1890 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | NYG | PHI | PIT |
| Boston | — | 6–11 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 13–7 | 11–8–1 | 11–9 | 16–3 |
| Brooklyn | 11–6 | — | 11–9 | 9–7 | 17–3 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 18–2 |
| Chicago | 11–8 | 9–11 | — | 12–8–2 | 13–7 | 13–6 | 8–10–1 | 17–3 |
| Cincinnati | 8–11 | 7–9 | 8–12–2 | — | 13–4 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 16–4 |
| Cleveland | 7–13 | 3–17 | 7–13 | 4–13 | — | 6–12–2 | 5–14–1 | 12–6–1 |
| New York | 8–11–1 | 8–10 | 6–13 | 6–14 | 12–6–2 | — | 6–11 | 17–3–1 |
| Philadelphia | 9–11 | 8–10 | 10–8–1 | 9–11 | 14–5–1 | 11–6 | — | 17–2 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–16 | 2–18 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 6–12–1 | 3–17–1 | 2–17 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Tom Daly | 82 | 292 | 55 | 71 | .243 | 5 | 43 | 20 |
| 1B | Dave Foutz | 129 | 509 | 106 | 154 | .303 | 5 | 98 | 42 |
| 2B | Hub Collins | 129 | 510 | 148 | 142 | .278 | 3 | 69 | 85 |
| SS | Germany Smith | 129 | 481 | 76 | 92 | .191 | 1 | 47 | 24 |
| 3B | George Pinkney | 126 | 485 | 115 | 150 | .309 | 7 | 83 | 47 |
| OF | Oyster Burns | 119 | 472 | 102 | 134 | .284 | 13 | 128 | 21 |
| OF | Darby O'Brien | 85 | 350 | 78 | 110 | .314 | 2 | 63 | 38 |
| OF | Adonis Terry | 99 | 363 | 63 | 101 | .278 | 4 | 59 | 32 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Bob Caruthers | 71 | 238 | 46 | 63 | .265 | 1 | 29 | 13 |
| Pop Corkhill | 51 | 204 | 23 | 46 | .225 | 1 | 21 | 6 |
| Bob Clark | 43 | 151 | 24 | 33 | .219 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
| Patsy Donovan | 28 | 105 | 17 | 23 | .219 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Doc Bushong | 16 | 55 | 5 | 13 | .236 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| George Stallings | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
| Tom Lovett | 44 | 41 | 39 | 372.0 | 30 | 11 | 2.78 | 141 | 124 |
| Adonis Terry | 46 | 44 | 38 | 370.0 | 26 | 16 | 2.94 | 133 | 185 |
| Bob Caruthers | 37 | 33 | 30 | 300.0 | 23 | 11 | 3.09 | 87 | 64 |
| Mickey Hughes | 9 | 8 | 6 | 66.1 | 4 | 4 | 5.16 | 30 | 22 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | CG | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO |
| Dave Foutz | 5 | 2 | 2 | 29.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.86 | 6 | 4 |
| Lady Baldwin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 7.04 | 4 | 4 |

## 1890 World Series

In the 1890 World Series, the Bridegrooms faced the American Association Champions, the Louisville Colonels. The Series ended in a 3–3–1 tie.