1890 Rochester Broncos season

November 2013 Rochester Broncos 1890 American Association (19th century)American Association Culver Field Rochester, New York 63 63 y 5th Pat Powers The 1890 Rochester Broncos season was the team's only season in Major League Baseball. In 1889, the team had played in the minor league International Association as the Rochester Jingoes. The Broncos went 63–63 during the season and finished 5th in the American Association. They went 40–22 at home, but 23–41 on the road. After the season, the team returned to the minor leagues, moving to the Eastern Association as the Rochester Hop Bitters. Regular season 300px|thumb|Rochester Broncos Harry Lyons led the league in at bats and in outs. Sandy Griffin was tied for 4th in the league in doubles. Jimmy Knowles was 4th in RBIs. Ted Scheffler was 2nd in stolen bases, 4th in hit by pitches, and tied for 4th in bases on balls. Bob Barr was 1st in the league in walks issued and tied for 1st in games lost. Barr was 2nd in the league in games pitched, games started, complete games, batters faced, hits allowed, earned runs, and innings pitched. He was 4th in wins and in wild pitches. He was 5th in strikeouts and tied for 5th in shutouts. The team had the third best ERA in the league. At 17, Harvey Blauvelt was the league's youngest player. Season standings Rochester Broncos Record vs. opponents RCH Roster 1890 Rochester Broncos Roster Pitchers Bob Barr Harvey Blauvelt Will Calihan John Fitzgerald Bob Miller Ledell Titcomb Catchers Deacon McGuire Dave McKeough Infielders Jim Field Bill Greenwood John Grim Jimmy Knowles Tom O'Brien Marr Phillips Leo Smith Outfielders Dan Burke Sandy Griffin Harry Lyons Phil Reccius Ted Scheffler Manager Pat Powers 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 Deacon McGuire 87 331 99 .299 4 53 1B Tom O'Brien Tom O'Brien (second baseman) 73 273 52 .190 0 31 2B Bill Greenwood Bill Greenwood (baseball) 124 437 97 .222 2 41 3B Jimmy Knowles Jimmy Knowles (baseball) 123 491 138 .281 5 84 SS Marr Phillips 64 257 53 .206 0 34 OF Harry Lyons baseball 133 584 152 .260 3 58 OF Ted Scheffler 119 445 109 .245 3 34 OF Sandy Griffin 107 407 125 .307 5 53 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 Dave McKeough 62 218 49 .225 0 20 John Grim baseball 50 192 51 .266 2 34 Jim Field 52 188 38 .281 4 25 Leo Smith Leo Smith (baseball) 35 112 21 .188 0 11 Dan Burke Dan Burke (baseball) 32 102 22 .216 0 9 Phil Reccius 1 4 0 .000 0 1 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 Bob Barr Bob Barr (1880s pitcher) 57 493.1 28 24 3.25 209 Will Calihan 37 296.1 18 15 3.28 127 Ledell Titcomb 20 168.2 10 9 3.74 73 Bob Miller Bob Miller (1890s pitcher) 13 92.1 3 7 4.29 20 John Fitzgerald John Fitzgerald (Rochester Broncos pitcher) 11 78.0 3 8 4.04 35 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 Jim Field 2 9.2 1 0 2.79 2 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 Harvey Blauvelt 2 0 0 0 10.22 5 Deacon McGuire 1 0 0 0 6.75 1 Harry Lyons baseball 1 0 0 0 12.27 2 John Grim baseball 1 0 0 0 0.00 3 External links 1890 Rochester Broncos at Baseball Reference Rochester Broncos season