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25 teams in AA, NL, PL · 1611 regular-season games · 1890-04-17 to 1890-10-15 · attendance 776,042

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Pennants

Louisville Colonels Brooklyn Bridegrooms Boston Reds

Standings

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	86	43	.667	—	620	121,412	Bill McGunnigle	Pennant
2	Chicago Colts	83	53	.610	6.5	692	102,536	Cap Anson
3	Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	.595	9	707	148,366	Harry Wright, Jack Clements, Al Reach, Bob Allen, Harry Wright
4	Cincinnati Reds	77	55	.583	10.5	633	131,980	Tom Loftus
5	Boston Beaneaters	76	57	.571	12	593	147,539	Frank Selee
6	New York Giants	63	68	.481	24	698	60,667	Jim Mutrie
7	Cleveland Spiders	44	88	.333	43.5	832	47,478	Gus Schmelz, Bob Leadley
8	Pittsburg Alleghenys	23	113	.169	66.5	1235	16,064	Guy Hecker

American Association

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Louisville Colonels	88	44	.667	—	588		Jack Chapman	Pennant
2	Columbus Solons	79	55	.590	10	617		Al Buckenberger, Gus Schmelz, Pat Sullivan
3	St. Louis Browns	77	58	.570	12.5	736		Tommy McCarthy, John Kerins, Chief Roseman, Count Campau, Tommy McCarthy, Joe Gerhardt
4	Toledo Maumees	68	64	.515	20	689		Charlie Morton
5	Rochester Broncos	63	63	.500	22	711		Pat Powers
6	Baltimore Orioles	15	19	.441	24	192		Billy Barnie
7	Syracuse Stars	55	72	.433	30.5	831		George Frazer, Wally Fessenden, George Frazer
8	Philadelphia Athletics	54	78	.409	34	945		Bill Sharsig
9	Brooklyn Gladiators	26	72	.265	45	733		Jim Kennedy

Players League

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Boston Reds	81	48	.628	—	781		King Kelly	Pennant
2	Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	76	56	.576	6.5	893		John Ward
3	New York Giants	74	57	.565	8	875		Buck Ewing
4	Chicago Pirates	75	62	.547	10	770		Charlie Comiskey
5	Philadelphia Athletics	68	63	.519	14	855		Jim Fogarty, Charlie Buffinton
6	Pittsburgh Burghers	60	68	.469	20.5	931		Ned Hanlon
7	Cleveland Infants	55	75	.423	26.5	1027		Henry Larkin, Patsy Tebeau
8	Buffalo Bisons	36	96	.273	46.5	1199		Jack Rowe, Jay Faatz, Jack Rowe

Leaders

NL

HR

1. 13Walt Wilmot
2. 13Mike Tiernan
3. 13Oyster Burns

RBI

1. 128Oyster Burns
2. 107Cap Anson
3. 102Sam Thompson

AVG

1. .336Jack Glasscock
2. .325Billy Hamilton
3. .315Jack Clements

SB

1. 102Billy Hamilton
2. 85Hub Collins
3. 84Billy Sunday

W

1. 41Bill Hutchison
2. 38Kid Gleason
3. 30Tom Lovett

ERA

1. 1.95Billy Rhines
2. 2.23Kid Nichols
3. 2.24Tony Mullane

SO

1. 341Amos Rusie
2. 289Bill Hutchison
3. 222Kid Nichols

SV

1. 2Bill Hutchison
2. 2Kid Gleason
3. 2Dave Foutz

AA

HR

1. 9Count Campau
2. 8Ed Cartwright
3. 7Jack Stivetts

RBI

1. 113Spud Johnson
2. 98Chicken Wolf
3. 89Cupid Childs

AVG

1. .363Chicken Wolf
2. .350Tommy McCarthy
3. .346Spud Johnson

SB

1. 83Tommy McCarthy
2. 77Ted Scheffler
3. 73Bill Van Dyke

W

1. 36Sadie McMahon
2. 34Scott Stratton
3. 30Hank Gastright

ERA

1. 2.36Scott Stratton
2. 2.53Red Ehret
3. 2.81Frank Knauss

SO

1. 291Sadie McMahon
2. 289Jack Stivetts
3. 257Toad Ramsey

SV

1. 4Herb Goodall
2. 2Frank Knauss
3. 2Red Ehret

PL

HR

1. 16Hardy Richardson
2. 14Roger Connor
3. 12Harry Stovey

RBI

1. 152Hardy Richardson
2. 124Dave Orr
3. 123Jake Beckley

AVG

1. .373Pete Browning
2. .371Dave Orr
3. .360Jim O'Rourke

SB

1. 97Harry Stovey
2. 80Tom Brown
3. 78Hugh Duffy

W

1. 33Mark Baldwin
2. 30Gus Weyhing
3. 30Silver King

ERA

1. 2.69Silver King
2. 3.29Harry Staley
3. 3.31Old Hoss Radbourn

SO

1. 206Mark Baldwin
2. 185Silver King
3. 177Gus Weyhing

SV

1. 3Hank O'Day
2. 3George Hemming
3. 2George Van Haltren