The Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...

left behind the American Association

American Association (19th century)

The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...

 and joined the National League

National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional...

. They were able to win the league championship, becoming one of a select few teams to win championships in different leagues in back-to-back seasons.

Roster

1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Roster
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Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C		82	292	55	71	.243	5	43	20
1B		129	509	106	154	.303	5	98	42
2B		129	510	148	142	.278	3	69	85
3B		129	481	76	92	.191	1	47	24
SS		126	485	115	150	.309	7	83	47
OF		119	472	102	134	.284	13	128	21
OF		85	350	78	110	.314	2	63	38
OF		99	363	63	101	.278	4	59	32

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
	71	238	46	63	.265	1	29	13
	51	204	.225	23	46	1	21	6
	43	151	24	33	.219	0	15	10
	28	105	17	23	.219	0	8	3
	16	55	5	13	.236	0	7	2
	4	11	1	0	.000	0	0	0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
	46	44	38	370	26	16	2.94	133	185
	44	41	39	372	30	11	2.78	141	124
	37	33	30	300	23	11	3.09	87	64
	9	8	6	66.1	4	4	5.16	30	22

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
	5	2	2	29	2	1	1.86	6	4
	2	1	0	7.2	1	0	7.04	4	4

1890 World Series

In the 1890 World Series

1890 World Series

The 1890 World Series was an end-of-the-year baseball playoff series between the National League champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms and the American Association champion Louisville Colonels....

, the Bridegrooms faced the American Association

American Association (19th century)

The American Association was a Major League Baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to . During that time, it challenged the National League for dominance of professional baseball...

 Champions, the Louisville Colonels

1890 Louisville Colonels season

The Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 88-44 record and won the American Association championship. The previous season, the Colonels had lost 111 games, the most any team in the major leagues had lost up to that point...

. The Series ended in a 3-3-1 tie.

External links

• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Dodgers Media Guide History
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet