The following are thebaseball events of the year1890 throughout the world.

• National League:Brooklyn Bridegrooms
• American Association:Louisville Colonels
• Players' League:Boston Reds
• World Series:Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3,Louisville Colonels 3, 1 tie
• Inter-league playoff: Brooklyn (NL) declined challenge by Boston (PL)
• Inter-league playoff: Louisville (AA) declined challenge by Boston (PL)

Any team shown insmall text indicates a previous team a player was on during the season.

v t e American Association Team W L Pct. GB Home Road Louisville Colonels 88 44 .667 — 57‍–‍13 31‍–‍31 Columbus Solons 79 55 .590 10 47‍–‍22 32‍–‍33 St. Louis Browns 78 58 .574 12 45‍–‍25 33‍–‍33 Toledo Maumees 68 64 .515 20 40‍–‍27 28‍–‍37 Rochester Broncos 63 63 .500 22 40‍–‍22 23‍–‍41 Baltimore Orioles 15 19 .441 24 8‍–‍11 7‍–‍8 Syracuse Stars 55 72 .433 30½ 30‍–‍30 25‍–‍42 Philadelphia Athletics 54 78 .409 34 36‍–‍36 18‍–‍42 Brooklyn Gladiators 26 73 .263 45½ 15‍–‍22 11‍–‍51

Orioles Gladiators Solons Colonels Athletics Broncos Browns Stars Maumees Locations of teams for the 1890American Association season American Association

v t e National League Team W L Pct. GB Home Road Brooklyn Bridegrooms 86 43 .667 — 58‍–‍16 28‍–‍27 Chicago Colts 83 53 .610 6½ 48‍–‍24 35‍–‍29 Philadelphia Phillies 78 53 .595 9 54‍–‍21 24‍–‍32 Cincinnati Reds 77 55 .583 10½ 50‍–‍23 27‍–‍32 Boston Beaneaters 76 57 .571 12 43‍–‍23 33‍–‍34 New York Giants 63 68 .481 24 37‍–‍27 26‍–‍41 Cleveland Spiders 44 88 .333 43½ 30‍–‍37 14‍–‍51 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 23 113 .169 66½ 14‍–‍25 9‍–‍88

Beaneaters Bridegrooms Colts Reds Spiders Giants Phillies Alleghenys Locations of teams for the 1890National League season National League

v t e Players' League Team W L Pct. GB Home Road Boston Reds 81 48 .628 — 48‍–‍21 33‍–‍27 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders 76 56 .576 6½ 46‍–‍19 30‍–‍37 New York Giants 74 57 .565 8 47‍–‍19 27‍–‍38 Chicago Pirates 75 62 .547 10 46‍–‍23 29‍–‍39 Philadelphia Athletics 68 63 .519 14 35‍–‍30 33‍–‍33 Pittsburgh Burghers 60 68 .469 20½ 37‍–‍28 23‍–‍40 Cleveland Infants 55 75 .423 26½ 31‍–‍30 24‍–‍45 Buffalo Bisons 36 96 .273 46½ 23‍–‍42 13‍–‍54

Reds Ward's Wonders Bisons Pirates Infants Giants Athletics Burghers Locations of teams for the 1890Players' League season Players' League

• Cleveland Infants left fielderPete Browning led the PL in batting average (.373) and adjusted OPS+ (169). He was second in the PL in on-base percentage (.459). He was fifth in the PL in slugging percentage (.517) and hits (184).^[1][2]
• Chicago Pirates pitcherSilver King had a win–loss record of 30–22 and led the PL in earned run average (2.69), adjusted ERA+ (162), and shutouts (4). He was second in the PL in innings pitched (461), wins (30), and strikeouts (185).^[3][4]

• January 9 – TheBrooklyn Gladiators are admitted to theAmerican Association, joiningToledo,Rochester andSyracuse as new members.
• January 28 –New York Supreme Court Justice Morgan J. O'Brien rules in favor ofJohn Montgomery Ward's Reserve Clause case, and by extension thePlayers' League, by ruling baseball contracts lacked mutuality and were therefore unenforceable. This is the first in several rulings that allows the Players' League to proceed as planned.
• February 1 – TheNational League finalizes its schedule for 1890, but refuses to release it. Speculation abounds that they are waiting for thePlayers' League to release their own schedule so that the new circuit may purposely schedule conflicting games in the same cities where both leagues have teams.
• February 20 –Sam Rice is born inMorocco, Indiana. A quick outfielder with a great arm, Rice will lead theAmerican League in hits twice, in stolen bases once, and collect at least 200 hits on six occasions, while finishing in the top ten in batting average eight times. Rice will gain election to theHall of Fame in 1963.
• February 24 – An anonymous group allegedly offers $1 million to purchase the entireNational League. The National League, believing the offer a hoax, turns it down. Some believe the offer was made by thePlayers' League, knowing the new circuit would refuse the offer, so they could point to the refusal as proof that the National League was in much better financial shape than they claimed.
• March 6 – TheNational League releases its official schedule although many believe it to be an intentional fake as it includes theIndianapolis Hoosiers and theWashington Nationals, who are rumored to be on the brink of being bought out by the league.
• March 11 – ThePlayers' League releases its schedule while claiming it paid no attention to the previously releasedNational League schedule.
• March 27 – The Inter-State League rejects an application from an all-black team made up of formerCuban Giants.

• April 15 – A judge inPhiladelphia, citing theJohn Montgomery Ward decision, refuses to grant an injunction againstBill Hallman that would keep him from playing in thePlayers' League.
• April 17 – ThePlayers' League is officially launched even though the structure has been in place for several months. Due to player contract wording, the PL's legal representation thought it best to wait until 1890 to officially form. The Players' League had also decided to wait until several lawsuits and injunctions were decided.
• April 17 – TheAmerican Association season begins. Despite being only marginally involved in the war between thePlayers' League and theNational League, the AA will receive as many battle wounds as the 2 openly fighting leagues do.
• April 19 – Amid much hoopla, theNational League and thePlayers' League both open their seasons with directly conflicting games. Both leagues will inflate attendance figures all season in an effort to influence public opinion.
• April 19 –George Davis makes his major league debut with theCleveland Spiders.
• April 19 –Henry Gruber of theCleveland Infantswalks 16 batters in one game.^[5]
• April 22 – ThePhiladelphia Athletics of theAmerican Association steal 19 bases against rookie catcher Grant Briggs of theSyracuse Stars in a 17–6 victory.
• April 22 –Jesse Burkett makes his major league debut with theNew York Giants.
• April 23 –Kid Nichols makes his major league debut with theBoston Beaneaters.
• April 26 –Charlie Ganzel of theBoston Beaneaters tags 2 runners out at the plate in completing a triple play against theNew York Giants.
• May 1 –George Pinkney of theBrooklyn Bridegrooms has his consecutive games streak stopped at 577 after being spiked in a game. Pinkney's game streak would stand until 1920 when it was broken byEverett Scott, but Pinkney's consecutive innings streak would last until it was broken byCal Ripken Jr. nearly 100 years later.
• May 8 –Wee Willie McGill starts today for the Cleveland Infants against the Buffalo Bisons in aPlayers' League game. McGill, who is only 16 years and 6 months, yields 7 hits, walks 7, strikes out 10, and singles in a 14–5 complete game victory.
• May 3 –Jack Stivetts of theSt. Louis Browns strikes out 7 consecutive batters for the 2nd time in a week.
• May 12 –Mike Tiernan of theNew York Giants hits a mammoth 13th-inning solo home run off ofBoston Beaneaters pitcherKid Nichols to giveAmos Rusie a 1–0 win. Tiernan's shot lands in the outfield of the adjacentPolo Grounds while aPlayers' League game is being played. Crowds from both games cheer Tiernan as he circles the bases.
• May 22 –Harry Wright, manager of thePhiladelphia Phillies, is inexplicably struck blind. It will take 10 days before Wright can even distinguish light from dark, and he will not return to managing until August 6.
• May 31 –George Gore,Buck Ewing, andRoger Connor of thePlayers' LeagueNew York Giants become the first trio to hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in a win over thePittsburgh Burghers.
• June 4 –Tim Keefe of theNew York Giants of thePlayers' League wins his 300th career game with a 9–4 victory over theBoston Reds.
• June 7 –Jack McFetridge of thePhiladelphia Phillies pitches a 5-hitter in his major league debut, winning 4–1. McFetridge will not appear again in the majors until 1903, when he goes 1–11 for the Phillies.
• June 15 –Bill Greenwood of theRochester Broncos becomes the only left-handed shortstop to participate in a triple play as the Broncos turn it against theSyracuse Stars. It is the last game Greenwood plays at shortstop in his career.
• June 21 –Silver King of theChicago Pirates of thePlayers' League pitches a no-hitter against theBrooklyn Ward's Wonders but loses 1–0 when the game's only run comes on a 2-base error. As King only pitched eight innings, Brooklyn not having to bat in the bottom of the ninth, this game is not an official major league no-hitter.
• June 23 –Mike Griffin of thePlayers' LeaguePhiladelphia Quakers sets a record by reaching base by way of error in all 4 at-bats in a game against thePittsburgh Burghers.
• June 28 –Mike Tiernan of theNew York Giants hits for the cycle for the 2nd time in his career.

• July 5 –Bill Van Dyke, outfielder for theToledo Maumees,hits for the cycle in a 13–12 loss to theSyracuse Stars.
• July 12 – The visitingBuffalo Bisons pick up a localBrooklyn player named Lewis to pitch in their game against theBrooklyn Ward's Wonders. Lewis allows 20 runs on 13 hits and 7 walks in 3 innings before he is moved to left field for the remainder of the game. It is the only known appearance in the major leagues for Mr. Lewis.
• July 15 –National League leaders, includingAlbert Spalding, pool $80,000 to keep theNew York Giants from going bankrupt in order to maintain an NL presence in New York City.
• July 17 - The first ever battle between two 300 game winners takes place asTim Keefe of the New York Giants facesPud Galvin of thePittsburgh Burghers. New York won 8-2.
• July 18 –Brooklyn Gladiators third basemanJumbo Davishits for the cycle in a 7–6 loss to theLouisville Colonels.
• July 21 –Roger Connor, first baseman of thePlayers' LeagueNew York Giants,hits for the cycle against theBuffalo Bisons. New York wins, 7–5.
• July 22 – TheBrooklyn Daily Eagle prints an article about a night game scheduled to be played the next evening inHartford against a visitingBaltimore team.
• July 23 –Harry Stovey becomes the first player in major league history to reach 100 career home runs when he hits one for theBoston Reds in aPlayers' League game.
• July 27 – TheBrooklyn Gladiators, leading 13–8, are forced to forfeit their game against theColumbus Solons in the 8th inning when they run out of game balls.
• August 1 – OutfielderOyster Burns of theBrooklyn Bridegroomshits for the cycle against thePittsburgh Alleghenys.
• August 2 –Arlie Latham, playing for theChicago Pirates in thePlayers' League, has his reserve rights, still held by theSt. Louis Browns of theAmerican Association, sold to theCincinnati Reds of theNational League for $2,500. Latham leaves the Brotherhood and jumps to the Reds after he is given $500 of the purchase price.
• August 6
  • John Reilly becomes the first player inMajor League Baseball history tohit for the cycle for the 3rd time in his career, a record that has since been tied byBob Meusel andBabe Herman but not surpassed. Reilly'sCincinnati Reds defeat thePittsburgh Alleghenys, 16-3.
  • Cy Young makes his major league debut with theCleveland Spiders.
• August 11 –Mickey Welch of theNew York Giants records his 300th career win.
• August 12 –Louisville Colonels outfielderFarmer Weaverhits for the cycle in an 18–4 victory over theSyracuse Stars.
• August 16 –Pittsburgh Alleghenys pitcherBill Phillips sets a record when he allows twogrand slams in the same inning, one toTom Burns and one toMalachi Kittridge, in an 18–5 loss to theChicago Colts.
• August 25 – TheBrooklyn Gladiators, losers of 14 straight who are now 16 games out of 7th place in theAmerican Association and fighting for attendance with the first-placeBridegrooms of theNational League and the 2nd-placeBrooklyn Ward's Wonders of thePlayers' League, disband. They are replaced in the AA by theBaltimore Orioles who had previously dropped out of the AA following the1889 season.
• September 1 –Brooklyn andPittsburgh work overtime onLabor Day. In the first tripleheader ever – 1 game in the morning and 2 in the afternoon – the Bridegrooms beat the visiting Alleghenys, 10–9, 3–2, and 8–4, atWashington Park. The trio of winning Brooklyn pitchers areBob Caruthers,Tom Lovett, andAdonis Terry.
• September 6 – InBaltimore, with no umpire present, theToledo Maumees and theBaltimore Orioles each supply a player to officiate. After 7 innings with the game tied at 2, the Toledo umpire calls the game because of darkness. The Baltimore umpire promptly calls the game a forfeit in favor of the Orioles. TheAmerican Association will officially declare the game a tie.
• September 14 –Connie Mack begins his long managerial career when he takes over as interim manager of theBuffalo Bisons of thePlayers' League.
• September 15 –Ledell Titcomb throws a no-hitter for theAmerican AssociationRochester Broncos in a 7–0 win over theSyracuse Stars.
• September 17 – ThePhiladelphia Athletics of theAmerican Association release or sell most of their players because of severe financial problems. The Athletics finish the season losing all 21 of their remaining scheduled games with assorted pick-up players.
• September 22 – TheBoston Reds clinch thePlayers' League pennant.
• September 23 –George Nicol of theSt. Louis Browns throws a no-hitter in his major league debut in a game called after seven innings due to darkness.Ed Cartwright chips in with a three-run home run and a grand slam in an 11-run third inning of the 21–2 rout.
• September 29 – TheLouisville Colonels, who had finished last in1889, clinch theAmerican Association pennant with a 6–1 win over theSyracuse Stars.
• September 30 –Chicago Colts outfielderWalt Wilmot, who will tie for theNational League lead in home runs, is called out twice in one game for being struck by a batted ball while base-running.
• September 30 – TheBrooklyn Bridegrooms clinch theNational League pennant.

• October 3 – In a game called because of darkness after seven innings, Chicago'sPat Luby beats the Giants, 3–2, for his 17th consecutive win.Amos Rusie is the losing pitcher.
• October 9 –Cincinnati Reds owner, Aaron Stern, sells the club for $48,000 to club owners in thePlayers' League.
• October 12 –Hank Gastright of theColumbus Solons pitches a no-hitter against theToledo Maumees in a game called after 8 innings.
• October 17 – TheBrooklyn Bridegrooms win game one of the World Series, 9–0, over theLouisville Colonels.
• November 22 – At theAmerican Association annual meeting in Louisville, thePhiladelphia Athletics are expelled for violating the league's constitution. A new team in Philadelphia is admitted, plus entries from Boston, Washington, and Cincinnati, replacing Syracuse, Toledo, and Rochester.

• January 4 –Ossie Vitt
• January 5 –Benny Kauff
• January 11 –Max Carey
• January 16 –Erskine Mayer *
• January 17 –Louis Santop
• January 23 –Ed Barney
• February 3 –Larry MacPhail **
• February 4
  • Eddie Ainsmith
  • Possum Whitted
• February 5 –Max Flack
• February 20 –Sam Rice
• March 28 –Dee Walsh
• April 6 –Red Smith
• April 14 –Dick Redding
• April 22 –Fred House
• Some sources show1889
  ** Some sources show 1888

• May 14 –Alex Pompez
• June 3 –José Junco
• June 17 –Phil Douglas
• June 20 –Cumberland Posey
• June 27 –Rube Benton
• June 28 –Ken Williams
• July 8
  • Rowdy Elliott
  • Wally Mayer
  • Ivey Wingo
• July 21 –Howie Shanks
• July 30 –Casey Stengel
• August 4 –Dolf Luque
• August 16 –Baby Doll Jacobson
• August 18 –Buck Weaver
• August 22 –Urban Shocker

• September 8 –Press Cruthers
• September 19 –Stuffy McInnis
• September 24 –Mike González
• October 16 –Milo Allison
• October 29 –Happy Finneran
• November 16 –Jake Munch
• November 23 –Al Halt
• December 4 –Bob Shawkey
• December 27 –Ernie Krueger
• December 30 –Jim Viox

• January 13 –Buck Gladmon, 26, third baseman who played from 1883 to 1886.
• February 1 –George Trenwith, 38?, third baseman for the1875Philadelphia Centennials.
• February 4 –Ed Greer, 26, outfielder who played from 1885 to 1887.
• February 22 –Bill Blair, 26, pitched in1888 for thePhiladelphia Athletics of theAmerican Association.
• March 9 –Jake Goodman, 36, first baseman for the1878Milwaukee Grays.
• April 25 –Charlie Hodnett, 29?, pitcher who went 12–2 for the1884St. Louis Maroons.
• June 12 –Warren White, 46?, starting third baseman for 6 different teams from 1871 to 1875, 1884.
• June 20 –John Weyhing, 20, pitcher who made eight starts for 1888 Cincinnati Red Stockings, one inning for 1889 Columbus team; brother of star pitcherGus.
• September 26 –Jerry Moore, 35?, reserve catcher from 1884 to 1885.
• October 14 –Gus Williams, 20?, pitched in 2 games for the 1890Brooklyn Gladiators.
• November 9 –Jim Lillie, outfielder from 1883 to 1886.

• 1890 National League season at Baseball-Reference.com
• 1890 American Association season at Baseball-Reference.com
• 1890 Players' League season at Baseball-Reference.com
• Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com
• Year by Year History at Baseball-Almanac.com
• Retrosheet.org

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