1890 Louisville Colonels season
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The Louisville Colonels
baseball team finished with a 88-44 record and won the American Association
championship. The previous season
, the Colonels had lost 111 games, the most any team in the major leagues had lost up to that point (the record was broken during the 1890 season by the Pittsburg Alleghenys
, who lost 113 games). This remarkable "worst to first" transformation was accomplished partly because of new ownership led by Barney Dreyfuss
. Competition was also diminished due to the advent of the Players' League and a couple of the best AA teams jumping to the National League
.
After the season, Louisville played the NL champions, the Brooklyn Bridegrooms
in the 1890 World Series
. The Bridegrooms were one of the teams that had jumped to the NL, and had been the champions of the AA in . The World Series wound up in a 3-3-1 tie.
in the 1890 World Series
. The series pitted the two most recent American Association champions against each other.
The series winner was to be the first to win four games. Brooklyn started strong, winning the first two games in Louisville, with game 3 called after eight innings with the score tied. Louisville salvaged the fourth game, which was the last one played in Louisville. After Brooklyn won the first game at home to take a 3-1 lead, Louisville came back to win two straight. However, bad weather forced any remaining games to be canceled, with the plan that a deciding game would be played before the 1891 season began. However, due to inter-league disputes, that never occurred, and the series officially ended in a 3-3-1 tie.
Louisville Colonels
The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891, first as the Louisville Eclipse and later as the Louisville Colonels , the latter name derived from the historic Kentucky colonels...
baseball team finished with a 88-44 record and won the American Association
American Association (19th century)
The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...
championship. The previous season
1889 Louisville Colonels season
The 1889 Louisville Colonels season was a season in American baseball. The team finished with a 27-111 record, last in the American Association....
, the Colonels had lost 111 games, the most any team in the major leagues had lost up to that point (the record was broken during the 1890 season by the Pittsburg Alleghenys
1890 Pittsburg Alleghenys season
The Pittsburgh Alleghenys season was a season in American baseball. The team finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 23-113, 66.5 games behind the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. The 113 losses by the Alleghenys set a new major league record, breaking the old record of 111 set the...
, who lost 113 games). This remarkable "worst to first" transformation was accomplished partly because of new ownership led by Barney Dreyfuss
Barney Dreyfuss
Bernhard "Barney" Dreyfuss was an executive in Major League Baseball who owned the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise from 1900 to 1932....
. Competition was also diminished due to the advent of the Players' League and a couple of the best AA teams jumping to the National League
National League
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...
.
After the season, Louisville played the NL champions, the Brooklyn Bridegrooms
1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season
The Brooklyn Bridegrooms left behind the American Association and joined the National League. They were able to win the league championship, becoming one of a select few teams to win championships in different leagues in back-to-back seasons.- Roster :...
in the 1890 World Series
1890 World Series
The 1890 World Series was an end-of-the-year baseball playoff series between the National League champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms and the American Association champion Louisville Colonels....
. The Bridegrooms were one of the teams that had jumped to the NL, and had been the champions of the AA in . The World Series wound up in a 3-3-1 tie.
Roster
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| Pitchers Catchers |
Infielders | Outfielders | Manager | ||||||
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 | 93 | 337 | 73 | .217 | 0 | 35 | |
| 1B | 134 | 553 | 169 | .306 | 0 | 53 | |
| 2B | 133 | 493 | 126 | .256 | 1 | 82 | |
| 3B | 123 | 521 | 135 | .259 | 2 | 51 | |
| SS | 108 | 386 | 107 | .277 | 1 | 58 | |
| OF | 133 | 485 | 132 | .272 | 3 | 77 | |
| OF | 130 | 557 | 161 | .289 | 3 | 67 | |
| OF | 134 | 543 | 197 | .363 | 4 | 98 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 101 | 24 | .238 | 0 | 11 | |
| 24 | 73 | 15 | .205 | 1 | 9 | |
| 8 | 32 | 8 | .250 | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | 26 | 12 | .462 | 0 | 5 | |
| 7 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 49 | 431 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 2.36 | 207 | |
| 43 | 38 | 359 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2.53 | 174 | |
| 28 | 21 | 192 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2.91 | 123 | |
| 18 | 13 | 109 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3.39 | 46 | |
| 12 | 10 | 93 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1.94 | 31 | |
| 3 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 6 |
1890 World Series
Louisville, champions of the American Association, played the National League champions, the Brooklyn Bridegrooms1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season
The Brooklyn Bridegrooms left behind the American Association and joined the National League. They were able to win the league championship, becoming one of a select few teams to win championships in different leagues in back-to-back seasons.- Roster :...
in the 1890 World Series
1890 World Series
The 1890 World Series was an end-of-the-year baseball playoff series between the National League champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms and the American Association champion Louisville Colonels....
. The series pitted the two most recent American Association champions against each other.
The series winner was to be the first to win four games. Brooklyn started strong, winning the first two games in Louisville, with game 3 called after eight innings with the score tied. Louisville salvaged the fourth game, which was the last one played in Louisville. After Brooklyn won the first game at home to take a 3-1 lead, Louisville came back to win two straight. However, bad weather forced any remaining games to be canceled, with the plan that a deciding game would be played before the 1891 season began. However, due to inter-league disputes, that never occurred, and the series officially ended in a 3-3-1 tie.