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

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1890 Cleveland Spiders Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 130 544 116 .213 0 41 OF George Davis 136 526 139 .264 6 73 OF 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 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 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 15 118.0 3 11 4.42 22 Lee Viau 13 107.0 4 9 3.36 30 9 70.0 1 7 4.89 16 Edgar Smith 6 44.0 1 4 4.30 11 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 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

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