1890 Cleveland Spiders season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Spiders 1890 National League National League Park Cleveland, Ohio 44 88 y 7th Frank Robison Gus Schmelz, Robert Leadley The 1890 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 44–88 record and a seventh-place finish in the National League. The team played six straight home games in Indianapolis, Indiana at Indianapolis Park between July 28 and August 2 against the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and New York Giants. It was a former Sunday-games ballpark of the Indianapolis Hoosiers who had folded at the end of the previous season. Regular season Season standings Cleveland Spiders Record vs. opponents CLE 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 Rasty Wright (outfielder) 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 https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLV/1890.shtml 1890 Cleveland Spiders Statistics 2018 Baseball Reference Sports Reference LLC March 16, 2018 Category:Cleveland Spiders seasons Cleveland Spiders season Cleveland Spiders Category:1890s in Cleveland