1890 Cleveland Spiders season

The 1890 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 44–88 record and a seventh-place finish in the National League.

1890 Cleveland Spiders
League	National League
Ballpark	National League Park
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owner	Frank Robison
Managers	Gus Schmelz, Robert Leadley
← 1889 1891 →

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	86	43	0.667	—	58–16	28–27
Chicago Colts	83	53	0.610	6½	48–24	35–29
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	0.595	9	54–21	24–32
Cincinnati Reds	77	55	0.583	10½	50–23	27–32
Boston Beaneaters	76	57	0.571	12	43–23	33–34
New York Giants	63	68	0.481	24	37–27	26–41
Cleveland Spiders	44	88	0.333	43½	30–37	14–51
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	23	113	0.169	66½	14–25	9–88

Record vs. opponents

1890 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1890 Cleveland Spiders
Roster
Pitchers Ed Beatin Bill Garfield Ezra Lincoln Charlie Parsons Edgar Smith Lee Viau Jack Wadsworth Cy Young		Catchers Andy Sommers Chief Zimmer Infielders Joe Ardner Bill Delaney Pat Lyons Ed McKean Will Smalley Peek-A-Boo Veach Jake Virtue		Outfielders Vince Dailey George Davis Tom Dowse Bob Gilks Joe Sommer Len Stockwell Buck West Rasty Wright		Manager Robert Leadley Gus Schmelz

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	Chief Zimmer	125	444	95	.214	2	57
1B	Peek-A-Boo Veach	64	238	56	.235	0	32
2B	Joe Ardner	84	323	72	.223	0	35
SS	Ed McKean	136	530	157	.296	7	61
3B	Will Smalley	136	502	107	.213	0	42
OF	Bob Gilks	130	544	116	.213	0	41
OF	George Davis	136	526	139	.264	6	73
OF	Vince Dailey	64	246	71	.289	0	32

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
Jake Virtue	62	223	68	.305	2	25
Tom Dowse	40	159	33	.208	0	9
Buck West	37	151	37	.245	2	29
Bill Delaney	36	116	22	.190	1	7
Rasty Wright	13	45	5	.111	0	2
Pat Lyons	11	38	2	.053	0	1
Joe Sommer	9	35	8	.229	0	0
Andy Sommers	9	34	7	.206	0	1
Len Stockwell	2	7	2	.286	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
Ed Beatin	54	474.1	22	30	3.83	155
Jack Wadsworth	20	169.2	2	16	5.20	26
Cy Young	17	147.2	9	7	3.47	39
Ezra Lincoln	15	118.0	3	11	4.42	22
Lee Viau	13	107.0	4	9	3.36	30
Bill Garfield	9	70.0	1	7	4.89	16
Edgar Smith	6	44.0	1	4	4.30	11
Bob Gilks	4	31.2	2	2	4.26	5

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
Charlie Parsons	2	9.0	0	1	6.00	2
Vince Dailey	2	7.0	0	1	7.71	0

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 Dowse	1	0	0	0	5.40	0
Joe Sommer	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

"1890 Cleveland Spiders Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.