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1890 Cleveland Spiders Season
The 1890 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 44–88 record and a seventh-place finish in the National League. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Other pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Relief pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' References {{Cleveland Spiders Cleveland Spiders seasons Cleveland Spiders season C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National League Park
National League Park is the name of two former baseball grounds located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The first ground was home to the Cleveland Blues of the National League from 1879 to 1884. The Kennard Street Baseball Grounds (Kennard Street Park) was bounded by Sibley Street (present Carnegie Avenue) on the north, Cedar Avenue on the south, Kennard Street (present East 46th Street) on the west, and the eastern edge ended at the boundary of the back yards of the houses facing Willson Avenue (present East 55th Street).''City Atlas of Cleveland, Ohio,'' plate 5. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins C.L., 1881. Available aCleveland Public Library Image Collections/ref> A contemporary plat map indicates the diamond was closest to the Kennard-Cedar intersection. The second National League Park was the home of the Cleveland Spiders of the American Association from 1887 to 1888 and of the National League from 1889 to 1890. This ground was located a few blocks northwest of the Kennard site. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Ardner
Joseph A. "Old Hoss" Ardner (February 27, 1858 – September 15, 1935) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played two non-consecutive seasons for Cleveland teams – the Cleveland Blues in and the Cleveland Spiders in . He was buried at Woodland Cemetery Woodland Cemetery may refer to: * Woodland cemetery, a type of cemetery or it may refer to specific places: in Sweden * Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery) in Stockholm, Sweden in the United States (by state) * Woodland Cemetery (Quincy, I ... in Cleveland. Sources 1858 births 1935 deaths 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Ohio Major League Baseball second basemen Cleveland Spiders players Cleveland Blues (NL) players People from Mount Vernon, Ohio Altoona (minor league baseball) players Reading Actives players Springfield, Ohio (minor league baseball) players Scranton Indians players Oswego Starchboxes players Topeka (minor league baseball) players Kansas City B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buck West
Milton Douglas "Buck" West (August 29, 1860 – January 13, 1929) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. West played for the Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA), Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1884 and the Cleveland Spiders in 1890. Both seasons were ones with three major leagues. West played for the Northwestern League champion Saginaw Old Golds in early 1884. After the league folded, he joined the Red Stockings. West was the first major leaguer ever to hit a home run in his List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their final major league at bat, final at bat. After his baseball career ended, West went into the retail liquor business and also engaged in a restaurant enterprise. . ''saginawoldgolds.com''. Retrieved 2010-10-23. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Stockwell
Leonard Clark Stockwell (August 25, 1859 – January 28, 1905) was an American professional baseball player who played outfield, first base, and catcher from 1879 to 1890. He was born in Cordova, Illinois and died in Niles, California Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the East Bay region of the Bay Area, Fremont has a population of 230,504 as of 2020, making it the fourth most populous city in the Bay Area, behind San Jose, San Fran .... References External links Baseball players from Illinois Louisville Eclipse players Cleveland Blues (NL) players Cleveland Spiders players 19th-century baseball players 1859 births 1905 deaths Major League Baseball outfielders Davenport Brown Stockings players Grand Rapids (minor league baseball) players Norfolk (minor league baseball) players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players New Britain (minor league baseball) players Utica Pent-Ups players Eau Claire Lumbermen players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sommer
Joseph John Sommer (November 20, 1858 – January 16, 1938) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1880 to 1890 for the Cincinnati Stars, Cincinnati Red Stockings, Baltimore Orioles, and Cleveland Spiders. Sommer and Jimmy Macullar unsuccessfully attempted to engineer the departure of Pop Corkhill and Chick Fulmer from the Reds in 1883, and as a consequence Sommer and Macullar were sent to Baltimore that offseason.Nemec, David, and Mark Rucker. ''The Beer and Whisky League: The Illustrated History of the American Association-- Baseball's Renegade Major League'', Globe Pequot, 2004, pp. 66-67. There, they helped lead a turnaround for the Orioles in 1884, which secured the status of manager Billy Barnie. Cincinnati replaced Sommer that season by signing Browns outfielder Tom Mansell, with a $400 raise as an inducement. In 1886, Sommer set the record for the lowest single-season batting average (.209) by a player with 500 or m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Gilks
Robert James Gilks (July 2, 1864 in Cincinnati – August 21, 1944 in Brunswick, Georgia), was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder from 1887 to 1893. He played for the Cleveland Blues, Cleveland Spiders, and Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. As one of the American League's eight charter .... See also * List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders External links 1864 births 1944 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball left fielders Baseball players from Cincinnati 19th-century baseball players Cleveland Spiders players Baltimore Orioles (NL) players Minor league baseball managers Gulfport-Biloxi Sand Crabs players Hamilton (minor league baseball) players {{Baseball-left-fielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Dowse
Thomas Joseph Dowse (August 12, 1866 – December 14, 1946) was a catcher/outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from through . Listed at 5' 11", 175 lb, Dowse batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Mohill, Ireland. In a three-season career, Dowse was a .197 hitter (116-for-590) with 46 RBI without home runs in 160 games played. Despite his modest numbers, he entered the record books by playing for four different teams in a single season, matching a very uncommon feat set by Harry Wheeler in . Basically a catcher, Dowse also played every position but third baseman and shortstop during his major-league tenure. He started his career in 1890 with the Cleveland Spiders of the National League, appearing in 40 games for them while hitting a .208 average. That season, he also served as an emergency umpire in three games. In 1891 he played for the Columbus Solons of the American Association and posted career-numbers in average (.224), RBI (22), runs (24), and dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davis (shortstop)
George Stacey Davis (August 23, 1870 – October 17, 1940) was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Davis also spent multiple seasons as a third baseman and center fielder, and lesser amounts of time at other positions. He broke into the major leagues in 1890 and played through 1909. He is ranked among the top 100 players of all-time in several statistical categories. Davis was a switch hitter. After his playing career, Davis managed the Amherst College baseball team for several years. He died in a mental institution, suffering the effects of syphilis. Not much was known about Davis's life or career until the 1990s, when he gained some recognition from the city historian of his hometown of Cohoes, New York. He was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1998. Early life Born on August 23, 1870, in Cohoes, New York, Davis was one of seven children born to Abram and Sarah Davis. His f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Dailey
Vincent Perry Dailey (December 25, 1864 – November 14, 1919) was an American professional baseball player. An outfielder in Major League Baseball, he played for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League in . He was born in Osceola, Pennsylvania and died aged 54 in Hornell, New York Hornell is a Administrative divisions of New York#City, city in Steuben County, New York, Steuben County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 8,259 at the 2020 census. The city is named after the Hornell family, early set .... Sources 1864 births 1919 deaths 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Tioga County, Pennsylvania Major League Baseball outfielders Cleveland Spiders players Scranton Miners players Allentown Peanuts players Kalamazoo Kazoos players Oakland Colonels players Elmira Gladiators players Harrisburg Senators players Lancaster Chicks players Williamsport Demorest Bicycle Boys players Batavia Giants players Geneva Alhambras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Virtue
Jacob Kitchline "Guesses" Virtue (March 2, 1865 – February 3, 1943) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1890 to 1894. He played for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League (NL)."Jake Virtue Statistics and History" baseball-reference.com. Retrieved September 28, 2011. During the split-season format played in 1892, he was Cleveland's first baseman when they won the second half of the season but ultimately lost the NL pennant to Boston. Biography Born in Philadelphia on March 2, 1865, Virtue debuted in the major leagues with Cleveland in 1890. In ''The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball'', Virtue is described as a 5'9" player with excellent defensive skills. However, he also "had a huge failing. He was so shor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peek-A-Boo Veach
William Walter "Peek-A-Boo" Veach (June 15, 1862 – November 12, 1937) was an American Major League Baseball player born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Veach began his career with the ill-fated Union Association in when he joined the Kansas City Cowboys as a pitcher/outfielder. As a pitcher he started and completed all 12 games in which he pitched, resulting in a 3 win and 9 loss record. Three years later he pitched just one game for the Louisville Colonels, a complete game loss. This would be the last game he would pitch in the majors until he returned three years later in , this time as a first baseman, splitting time with the Cleveland Spiders and the Pittsburgh Alleghenys. As a batter, he had career total that included a .215 batting average and three home runs. Veach acquired his nickname when playing for Kansas City in 1884. It was during this season that his manager Ted Sullivan had set up timing plays to pick runners off first base through the use of signals that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Smalley
William Darwin Smalley (June 27, 1871 – October 11, 1891), nicknamed "Deacon", was a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League in and the Washington Statesmen of the American Association in . Baseball career Born in Oakland, California on June 27, 1871, Smalley was just 17 when he joined his hometown team, the California League's Oakland Greenhood and Morans in 1888. Smalley switched to the San Francisco Haverleys later that season and then to the Oakland Colonels in 1889 when a scout for the Cleveland Spiders spotted him, inviting Smalley and several of his teammates to make the trek east to Cleveland. Still only eighteen when he made his big-league debut, Smalley proved to be a slick-fielding but weak-hitting third baseman, batting just .213 on the season. Still, Smalley played all 136 of the team's games, as did outfielder (and future Hall-of-Famer) George Davis. (Smalley's 502 at-bats in 1890 is still ninth-highest all-time for a teena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
