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1890 Major League Baseball season
| 1890 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | American Association (AA) National League (NL) Players' League (PL) |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | Regular season:
|
| Number of games | 140 |
| Number of teams | 25 (8 active per league, 9 AA total) |
| Pennant winner | |
| AA champions | Louisville Colonels |
| AA runners-up | Columbus Solons |
| NL champions | Brooklyn Bridegrooms |
| NL runners-up | Chicago Colts |
| PL champions | Boston Reds |
| PL runners-up | Brooklyn Ward's Wonders |
| World's Championship Series | |
| Champions | Series ended in a tie |
| Runners-up | Brooklyn Bridegrooms / Louisville Colonels |
The 1890 Major League baseball season began on April 17, 1890. The National League and newly-founded Players' League regular seasons ended on October 4, with the Boston Beaneaters and Boston Reds as the NL and PL pennant winners, respectively. The American Association regular season ended on October 15 and saw the Louisville Colonels the winners of the AA pennant. The postseason between the AA and NL began with Game 1 of the seventh World's Championship Series on October 17 and ended with Game 7 on October 28. The series ended in a tie, with the Bridegrooms and Colonels each with three wins, and a tie game. The series was unique in that the Bridegrooms reached the series back-to-back, but with each season in a different league, a feat that has not been matched since. The Reds had floated a three-way Championship series with them and the AA & NL pennant winners, though the idea fell on deaf ears.
This was the final season of a dual-league championship until the founding of the modern World Series in 1903 between the National League and American League.
The major league world was in turmoil in 1890, as many of the best players had jumped to the "outlaw" Players' League. Although the Brotherhood only lasted the one season, it had a detrimental financial effect on the other two leagues, especially the Association, who would not survive the following season, merging into the National League in December 1891.
Over the prior offseason, the Indianapolis Hoosiers and Washington Nationals of the National League, and Kansas City Cowboys of the American Association folded. The Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Cincinnati Red Stockings (now Reds) transfer from the American Association to the National League, while the Baltimore Orioles departed the AA for the minor league Atlantic Association, leaving four vacancies in the American Association that would be filled by the Brooklyn Gladiators (who would fold in August, being replace by a returning Orioles team), Rochester Broncos, Syracuse Stars, and Toledo Maumees.
Following the 1890 season, the single season Players' League disbanded during the offseason, with most teams either folding or merging with existing American Association and National League teams; the Boston Reds and Philadelphia Athletics would join the AA for the 1891 season, with the latter replacing the financially struggling original AA Philadelphia Athletics.
The major-league status of the Federal League was confirmed by the Special Baseball Records Committee (as convened by then-Commissioner of Baseball William Eckert) in 1969.[1]
- ^ Thorn, John (May 4, 2015). "Why Is the National Association Not a Major League … and Other Records Issues". Our Game. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
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