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6 unusual facts about 1890 in baseball


1891 Philadelphia Athletics season

The team, which had played the 1890 season in the defunct Players' League, joined the American Association as a replacement for the previous version of the Philadelphia Athletics, who were expelled after the 1890 season.

Ed Cartwright

Edward Charles "Jumbo" Cartwright (October 6, 1859 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania – September 3, 1933 in St. Petersburg, Florida) was a Major League Baseball First baseman from 1890 to 1897.

Jefferson Street Grounds

Later it was home to the American Association Athletics beginning 1883, moving in from Oakdale Park, until 1890.

John T. Brush

Brush also devised a salary scale system which was designed to curtail player salaries, a move which helped contribute to the breakaway Players' League in 1890.

John Tomlinson Brush (June 15, 1845 – November 26, 1912) was an American sports executive who was the owner of the New York Giants franchise in Major League Baseball from 1890 until his death.

Tom Loftus

In 1890, he was hired to manage the Cincinnati Reds, who had recently made the jump from the American Association to the National League.



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