1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders season

1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders
Ballpark	Eastern Park
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	George Chauncey
Managers	John Montgomery Ward

The 1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. They compiled a 76–56 record, good for second place. The team was named by the press for their manager, John Montgomery Ward, who helped to organize the Players' League. After the season, the league folded, and the Wonders were bought out by the National League's Brooklyn Bridegrooms.

Regular season

Season standings

Players' League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Reds	81	48	0.628	—	48–21	33–27
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	76	56	0.576	6½	46–19	30–37
New York Giants	74	57	0.565	8	47–19	27–38
Chicago Pirates	75	62	0.547	10	46–23	29–39
Philadelphia Athletics	68	63	0.519	14	35–30	33–33
Pittsburgh Burghers	60	68	0.469	20½	37–28	23–40
Cleveland Infants	55	75	0.423	26½	31–30	24–45
Buffalo Bisons	36	96	0.273	46½	23–42	13–54

Record vs. opponents

1890 Players' League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	BUF	CHI	CLE	NY	PHI	PIT
Boston	—	11–7	14–6–1	12–8	12–8	12–8	10–6	10–5
Brooklyn	7–11	—	12–6–1	10–9	12–8	7–10	14–6	14–6
Buffalo	6–14–1	6–12–1	—	5–15	7–9	3–17	4–16	5–13
Chicago	8–12	9–10	15–5	—	13–7	9–9–1	10–10	11–9
Cleveland	8–12	8–12	9–7	7–13	—	8–11	8–11–1	7–9
New York	8–12	10–7	17–3	9–9–1	11–8	—	5–12	14–6
Philadelphia	6–10	6–14	16–4	10–10	11–8–1	12–5	—	7–12
Pittsburgh	5–10	6–14	13–5	9–11	9–7	6–14	12–7	—

Roster

1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders
Roster
Pitchers George Hemming Con Murphy John Sowders Gus Weyhing		Catchers Paul Cook Con Daily Tom Kinslow Infielders Lou Bierbauer Bill Joyce Dave Orr John Ward		Outfielders Ed Andrews Jackie Hayes Jack McGeachey Emmett Seery Art Sunday George Van Haltren		Manager John Ward

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
3B	Bill Joyce	133	489	123	.252	1	78
SS	John Ward	128	561	188	.335	4	60
OF	Jack McGeachey	104	443	108	.244	1	65

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
George Van Haltren	92	376	126	.335	5	54
Paul Cook	58	218	55	.252	0	31

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
Gus Weyhing	49	390	30	16	3.60	177
John Sowders	39	309	19	16	3.82	91
George Van Haltren	28	223	15	10	4.28	48

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
Con Murphy	20	139	4	10	4.79	29
George Hemming	19	123	8	4	3.80	32

References

• 1890 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders team page at Baseball Reference