Cleveland Infants
The Cleveland Infants were a one-year baseball team in the Players' League. Owned by Al Johnson, the Infants finished 1890, their hola season, with 55 wins and 75 losses. Their home games were played at Brotherhood Park.[1]
The team
The Infants featured star hitter Pete Browning. Browning had defected to the Players' League from the American Association's Louisville Colonels, who had finished the 1889 season with a 27-111 win-loss record.[2] Browning hit for a .373 batting average in 1890, leading the Players' League.[3] He also led the league in doubles. At one point during the season, he was running the bases and broke up a no-hitter by pitcher Ad Gumbert in the ninth inning of a game. With two outs, Browning was on first base after being hit by a pitch. The batter hit a ground ball and Browning let the ball hit his foot, rendering himself out but crediting the batter with a hit under the rules of that era.[4]
Roster
- Jersey Bakely
- Jack Brennan
- Jay Budd
- Pete Browning
- John Carney
- Ed Delahanty
- Charlie Dewald
- Bill Gleason
- Henry Gruber
- George Hemming
- Henry Larkin
- Jimmy McAleer
- Willie McGill
- Cinders O'Brien
- Paul Radford
- Pop Snyder
- Cub Stricker
- Neil Stynes
- Sy Sutcliffe
- Patsy Tebeau
- Larry Twitchell
See also
External links
References
- ↑ Project Ballpark
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