1890 Rochester Broncos season

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1890 Rochester Broncos
Major league affiliations
Location
1890 Information
Owner(s)
Manager(s) Pat Powers
Local television
Local radio

The Rochester Broncos 1890 season was the team's only season. 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.

The team had the third best ERA in the league.

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 strike outs and tied for 5th in shut outs.

At 17, Henry Blauvelt was the league's youngest player.

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[edit] Standings

American Association W L GB Pct.
Louisville Colonels 88 44 -- .667
Columbus Solons 79 55 10 .590
St. Louis Browns 78 58 12 .574
Toledo Maumees 68 64 20 .515
Rochester Broncos 63 63 22 .500
Baltimore Orioles 15 19 24 .441
Syracuse Stars 55 72 30.5 .433
Philadelphia Athletics 54 78 34 .409
Brooklyn Gladiators 26 73 45.5 .263

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Deacon McGuire 87 331 99 .299 4 53
Tom O'Brien 73 273 52 .190 0 31
Bill Greenwood 124 437 97 .222 2 41
Jimmy Knowles 123 491 138 .281 5 84
Marr Phillips 64 257 53 .206 0 34
Harry Lyons 133 584 152 .260 3 58
Ted Scheffler 119 445 109 .245 3 34
Sandy Griffin 107 407 125 .307 5 53
Dave McKeough 62 218 49 .225 0 20
John Grim 50 192 51 .266 2 34
Jim Field 52 188 38 .281 4 25
Leo Smith 35 112 21 .188 0 11
Dan Burke 32 102 22 .216 0 9
Phil Reccius 1 4 0 .000 0 1
Bob Barr 57 201 36 .179 2 15
Will Calihan 48 159 23 .145 1 14
Cannonball Titcomb 21 75 8 .107 0 6
Bob Miller 15 40 6 .150 0 2
John Fitzgerald 11 31 6 .194 0 2
Henry Blauvelt 2 6 3 .500 0 1

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Barr 57 493.3 28 24 3.25 209
Will Calihan 37 296.3 18 15 3.28 127
Cannonball Titcomb 20 168.7 10 9 3.74 73
Bob Miller 13 92.3 3 7 4.29 20
John Fitzgerald 11 78 3 8 4.04 35

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Henry Blauvelt 2 12.3 0 0 10.22 5
Jim Field 2 9.7 1 0 2.79 2
Deacon McGuire 1 4.0 0 0 6.75 1
Harry Lyons 1 3.7 0 0 12.27 2
John Grim 1 3.3 0 0 0.00 3

[edit] External links

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1890 World Series