1890 Columbus Solons

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

79-55, Finished 2nd in American Association (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Buckenberger (39-41), Gus Schmelz (38-13) and Pat Sullivan (2-1)
Scored 831 runs, Allowed 617 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-49

Ballparks: Recreation Park II ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 96

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1889 / 1891 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	79-55, Final Rank:2, GB: 10.0
Days in First	5	last on Wednesday, Apr 23, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	9	last on Apr 26, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	1	last on Saturday, Apr 19, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	12.5	last on Sunday, Aug 17, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	24	last on Monday, Oct 13
Most Games under .500	5	last on Tuesday, Jun 17
Longest Winning Streak	8	Sunday, Jun 22 to Tuesday, Jul 1
Longest Losing Streak	7	Sunday, Apr 27 to Saturday, May 3
Most Runs Allowed	15	Sunday, Jun 1 and Thursday, Jul 31
Most Runs Scored	21	Thursday, Aug 28
Times Shutout by Opponent	6
Times Opponent Shutout	14

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	79	55	830	615	.590
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	47	22	453	246	.681
Road	32	33	377	369	.492
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	4	6	50	69	.400
May	11	12	119	94	.478
June	16	8	170	103	.667
July	9	16	142	163	.360
August	15	5	150	74	.750
September	15	6	119	76	.714
October	9	2	80	36	.818

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	35	34	407	336	.507
Second Half	44	21	423	279	.677
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	11	16	111	116	.407
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	41	14	466	255	.745

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BAL	4	2	47	34	.667
BRG	9	5	108	61	.643
LOU	10	8	77	58	.556
PHA	11	9	171	110	.550
ROC	10	9	100	94	.526
STL	12	8	117	100	.600
SYR	10	7	79	56	.588
TOL	13	7	131	102	.650

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Thursday, Apr 17	COL		TOL	W	14	9		1-0	1	Tied				2:00		4,000	`+`
2	2	Friday, Apr 18	COL		TOL	W	4	3		2-0	1	Tied				1:38			`++`
3	3	Saturday, Apr 19	COL		TOL	W	13	10		3-0	1	up 1.0							`+++`
4	4	Sunday, Apr 20	COL		TOL	L	4	9		3-1	1	up 0.5							`-`
5	5	Tuesday, Apr 22	COL	@	LOU	L	1	2		3-2	2	1.0							`--`
6	6	Wednesday, Apr 23	COL	@	LOU	W	3	2		4-2	1	Tied							`+`
7	7	Sunday, Apr 27	COL	@	STL	L	1	14		4-3	4	1.0							`-`
8	8	Monday, Apr 28	COL	@	STL	L	8	9		4-4	5	2.0							`--`
9	9	Tuesday, Apr 29	COL	@	STL	L	1	5		4-5	6	3.0							`---`
10	10	Wednesday, Apr 30	COL	@	STL	L	1	6		4-6	6	3.5							`----`
11	11	Thursday, May 1	COL	@	TOL	L	3	8		4-7	6	4.5				2:00			`-----`
12	12	Friday, May 2	COL	@	TOL	L	3	13		4-8	7	4.5				1:50			`------`
13	13	Saturday, May 3	COL	@	TOL	L	4	7		4-9	8	5.5				2:15			`-------`
14	14	Sunday, May 4	COL	@	TOL	W	11	3		5-9	7	5.0							`+`
15	15	Tuesday, May 6	COL		STL	L	0	7		5-10	7	5.5							`-`
16	16	Thursday, May 8	COL		STL	W	7	3		6-10	8	5.0							`+`
17	17	Saturday, May 10	COL		LOU	W	6	2		7-10	7	5.0							`++`
18	18	Sunday, May 11	COL		LOU	W	10	0		8-10	6	5.0							`+++`
19	19	Monday, May 12	COL		LOU	L	0	1		8-11	7	6.0							`-`
20	20	Thursday, May 15	COL	@	ROC	W	5	4		9-11	7	5.0							`+`
21	21	Friday, May 16	COL	@	ROC	L	2	6		9-12	7	6.0							`-`
22	22	Saturday, May 17	COL	@	ROC	L	6	7		9-13	8	7.0							`--`
23	23	Sunday, May 18	COL	@	ROC	W	11	2		10-13	8	6.0							`+`
24	24	Wednesday, May 21	COL	@	SYR	W	4	1		11-13	6	5.5							`++`
25	25	Thursday, May 22	COL	@	SYR	L	3	5		11-14	7	6.5							`-`
26	26	Friday, May 23	COL	@	SYR	W	4	0		12-14	6	5.5							`+`
27	27	Saturday, May 24	COL	@	BRG	L	1	3		12-15	8	6.5							`-`
28	28	Sunday, May 25	COL	@	BRG	W	13	3		13-15	5	6.0				2:05			`+`
29	29	Sunday, May 25	COL	@	BRG	W	9	1		14-15	5	6.0				2:05			`++`
30	30	Monday, May 26	COL	@	BRG	L	4	8		14-16	5	6.5				1:58			`-`
31	31	Friday, May 30	COL		PHA	L	3	5		14-17	6	6.5							`--`
32	32	Friday, May 30	COL		PHA	W	8	2		15-17	6	6.5							`+`
33	33	Saturday, May 31	COL		PHA	L	2	3		15-18	7	7.5				1:35			`-`
34	34	Sunday, Jun 1	COL		PHA	L	14	15		15-19	7	8.5				1:50			`--`
35	35	Tuesday, Jun 3	COL		TOL	W	6	3		16-19	7	8.5				1:55			`+`
36	36	Wednesday, Jun 4	COL		TOL	W	14	0		17-19	6	8.0							`++`
37	37	Thursday, Jun 5	COL		TOL	L	3	5		17-20	7	9.0							`-`
38	38	Saturday, Jun 7	COL	@	LOU	L	9	10		17-21	7	9.0							`--`
39	39	Sunday, Jun 8	COL	@	LOU	W	10	5		18-21	7	9.0				2:30			`+`
40	40	Tuesday, Jun 10	COL	@	LOU	L	1	9		18-22	7	8.5							`-`
41	41	Wednesday, Jun 11	COL	@	LOU	L	2	4		18-23	7	9.0							`--`
42	42	Thursday, Jun 12	COL	@	STL	W	13	5		19-23	6	8.5							`+`
43	43	Saturday, Jun 14	COL	@	STL	L	3	6		19-24	7	9.0							`-`
44	44	Sunday, Jun 15	COL	@	STL	W	9	1		20-24	6	8.0							`+`
45	45	Tuesday, Jun 17	COL		LOU	L	2	4		20-25	7	9.5							`-`
46	46	Wednesday, Jun 18	COL		LOU	W	6	4		21-25	7	10.0				1:50			`+`
47	47	Thursday, Jun 19	COL		LOU	W	7	1		22-25	6	10.0							`++`
48	48	Friday, Jun 20	COL		STL	W	7	3		23-25	6	9.0							`+++`
49	49	Saturday, Jun 21	COL		STL	W	10	4		24-25	5	8.5							`++++`
50	50	Sunday, Jun 22	COL		STL	L	4	5		24-26	5	9.0				2:10			`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Sunday, Jun 22	COL		STL	W	7	1		25-26	5	9.0				1:32			`+`
52	52	Monday, Jun 23	COL		STL	W	2	1		26-26	4	9.5							`++`
53	53	Wednesday, Jun 25	COL	@	TOL	W	10	6		27-26	4	9.0							`+++`
54	54	Thursday, Jun 26	COL	@	TOL	W	8	0		28-26	4	9.0							`++++`
55	55	Friday, Jun 27	COL	@	TOL	W	9	5		29-26	3	8.5				2:10			`+++++`
56	56	Saturday, Jun 28	COL		SYR	W	7	5		30-26	3	7.5							`++++++`
57	57	Monday, Jun 30	COL		SYR	W	7	1		31-26	3	6.5							`+++++++`
58	58	Tuesday, Jul 1	COL		SYR	W	3	1		32-26	3	5.5							`++++++++`
59	59	Wednesday, Jul 2	COL		SYR	L	2	7		32-27	4	6.5				1:55			`-`
60	60	Friday, Jul 4	COL	@	PHA	L	1	4		32-28	5	8.5							`--`
61	61	Friday, Jul 4	COL	@	PHA	L	7	9		32-29	5	8.5						11,810	`---`
62	62	Saturday, Jul 5	COL	@	PHA	W	10	4		33-29	5	7.5				1:55			`+`
63	63	Sunday, Jul 6	COL	@	PHA	L	4	14		33-30	5	8.5				2:00			`-`
64	64	Tuesday, Jul 8	COL		ROC	L	5	6		33-31	5	8.5				2:05			`--`
65	65	Wednesday, Jul 9	COL		ROC	L	6	7		33-32	5	8.5							`---`
66	66	Thursday, Jul 10	COL		ROC	L	9	11		33-33	5	8.5				2:00			`----`
67	67	Saturday, Jul 12	COL		ROC	W	3	2		34-33	5	7.5							`+`
68	68	Sunday, Jul 13	COL		BRG	L	2	3		34-34	5	8.5							`-`
69	69	Tuesday, Jul 15	COL		BRG	W	16	2		35-34	5	7.5				1:45			`+`
70	70	Wednesday, Jul 16	COL		BRG	W	9	2		36-34	5	6.5							`++`
71	71	Thursday, Jul 17	COL		BRG	L	5	6		36-35	5	7.5							`-`
72	72	Saturday, Jul 19	COL	@	ROC	L	1	7		36-36	5	8.0							`--`
73	73	Sunday, Jul 20	COL	@	ROC	L	3	8		36-37	6	9.0							`---`
74	74	Monday, Jul 21	COL	@	ROC	L	6	10		36-38	6	10.0							`----`
75	75	Tuesday, Jul 22	COL	@	SYR	L	4	10		36-39	6	10.5							`-----`
76	76	Wednesday, Jul 23	COL	@	SYR	W	13	8		37-39	6	10.5				2:15			`+`
77	77	Thursday, Jul 24	COL	@	SYR	W	2	0		38-39	6	10.5							`++`
78	78	Saturday, Jul 26	COL	@	SYR	L	0	3		38-40	6	10.5				1:50			`-`
79	79	Sunday, Jul 27	COL	@	BRG	W *V	8	13		39-40	6	10.0							`+`
80	80	Monday, Jul 28	COL	@	BRG	L	2	6		39-41	6	11.0							`-`
81	81	Wednesday, Jul 30	COL	@	BRG	W	12	5		40-41	6	10.0							`+`
82	82	Thursday, Jul 31	COL	@	PHA	L	9	15		40-42	6	11.0				2:30			`-`
83	83	Saturday, Aug 2	COL	@	PHA	W	3	0		41-42	6	11.5				2:00			`+`
84	84	Sunday, Aug 3	COL		PHA	L	3	7		41-43	6	11.5							`-`
85	85	Tuesday, Aug 5	COL		PHA	W	19	3		42-43	6	10.5							`+`
86	86	Wednesday, Aug 6	COL		PHA	W	12	6		43-43	5	10.5							`++`
87	87	Saturday, Aug 9	COL		ROC	W	10	3		44-43	5	11.5							`+++`
88	88	Sunday, Aug 10	COL		ROC	W	6	3		45-43	5	11.5							`++++`
89	89	Tuesday, Aug 12	COL		ROC	W	2	0		46-43	4	11.5							`+++++`
90	90	Friday, Aug 15	COL		SYR	L	2	5		46-44	4	12.5							`-`
91	91	Saturday, Aug 16	COL		SYR	W	7	1		47-44	4	12.5							`+`
92	92	Sunday, Aug 17	COL		SYR	W	14	1		48-44	4	12.5							`++`
93	93	Tuesday, Aug 19	COL		BRG	W	6	3		49-44	4	12.0							`+++`
94	94	Wednesday, Aug 20	COL		BRG	W	9	2		50-44	3	11.5							`++++`
95	95	Thursday, Aug 21	COL		BRG	W	12	4		51-44	3	11.5							`+++++`
96	96	Saturday, Aug 23	COL	@	TOL	W	3	2		52-44	3	11.5							`++++++`
97	97	Sunday, Aug 24	COL	@	TOL	L	3	7		52-45	3	11.5							`-`
98	98	Monday, Aug 25	COL	@	TOL	L	0	8		52-46	3	11.5							`--`
99	99	Wednesday, Aug 27	COL	@	PHA	L	3	6		52-47	3	12.0							`---`
100	100	Thursday, Aug 28	COL	@	PHA	W	21	8		53-47	3	12.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Saturday, Aug 30	COL	@	PHA	W	8	3		54-47	3	11.5							`++`
102	102	Saturday, Aug 30	COL	@	PHA	W	7	2		55-47	3	11.5							`+++`
103	103	Monday, Sep 1	COL	@	BAL	W	7	0		56-47	3	10.0				1:50			`++++`
104	104	Monday, Sep 1	COL	@	BAL	T	6	6		56-47	3	10.0						4,192	`++++`
105	105	Tuesday, Sep 2	COL	@	BAL	T	6	6		56-47	3	9.5							`++++`
106	106	Wednesday, Sep 3	COL	@	ROC	L	5	7		56-48	3	10.5				2:00			`-`
107	107	Thursday, Sep 4	COL	@	ROC	W	6	3		57-48	3	10.5							`+`
108	108	Saturday, Sep 6	COL	@	ROC	W	3	2		58-48	3	10.5							`++`
109	109	Tuesday, Sep 9	COL	@	SYR	W	4	3		59-48	3	10.0							`+++`
110	110	Friday, Sep 12	COL		LOU	W	4	3		60-48	3	9.0							`++++`
111	111	Saturday, Sep 13	COL		LOU	W	4	1		61-48	3	8.0							`+++++`
112	112	Sunday, Sep 14	COL		LOU	W	3	0		62-48	3	7.0							`++++++`
113	113	Monday, Sep 15	COL		STL	T	3	3		62-48	3	7.5							`++++++`
114	114	Tuesday, Sep 16	COL		STL	W	1	0		63-48	3	8.0							`+++++++`
115	115	Wednesday, Sep 17	COL		STL	L	5	6		63-49	3	8.5							`-`
116	116	Wednesday, Sep 17	COL		STL	W	6	1		64-49	3	8.5							`+`
117	117	Friday, Sep 19	COL		BAL	W	9	4		65-49	3	8.5							`++`
118	118	Saturday, Sep 20	COL		BAL	L	3	5		65-50	3	9.5							`-`
119	119	Saturday, Sep 20	COL		BAL	W	3	2		66-50	3	9.5							`+`
120	120	Sunday, Sep 21	COL		BAL	L	6	7		66-51	3	10.5							`-`
121	121	Sunday, Sep 21	COL		BAL	W	7	4		67-51	3	10.5							`+`
122	122	Tuesday, Sep 23	COL		SYR	L	1	2		67-52	3	11.5							`-`
123	123	Wednesday, Sep 24	COL		SYR	L	2	3		67-53	3	12.0							`--`
124	124	Sunday, Sep 28	COL		ROC	W	4	2		68-53	3	11.5							`+`
125	125	Sunday, Sep 28	COL		ROC	T	2	2		68-53	3	11.5							`+`
126	126	Monday, Sep 29	COL		ROC	W	5	2		69-53	3	11.5							`++`
127	127	Tuesday, Sep 30	COL		PHA	W	14	2		70-53	3	11.5							`+++`
128	128	Wednesday, Oct 1	COL		PHA	W	14	0		71-53	3	11.0							`++++`
129	129	Thursday, Oct 2	COL		PHA	W	9	2		72-53	3	10.5							`+++++`
130	130	Friday, Oct 3	COL	@	LOU	L	3	5		72-54	3	11.5							`-`
131	131	Saturday, Oct 4	COL	@	LOU	W	6	3		73-54	3	10.5							`+`
132	132	Sunday, Oct 5	COL	@	LOU	T	0	0		73-54	3	10.5							`+`
133	133	Monday, Oct 6	COL	@	LOU	L	0	2		73-55	3	11.5							`-`
134	134	Tuesday, Oct 7	COL	@	STL	T	3	3		73-55	3	12.0							`-`
135	135	Wednesday, Oct 8	COL	@	STL	W	11	6		74-55	3	12.0							`+`
136	136	Thursday, Oct 9	COL	@	STL	W	7	5		75-55	3	11.0							`++`
137	137	Friday, Oct 10	COL	@	STL	W	8	6		76-55	2	11.0							`+++`
138	138	Saturday, Oct 11	COL		TOL	W	7	4		77-55	2	11.0							`++++`
139	139	Sunday, Oct 12	COL		TOL	W	6	0		78-55	2	10.0							`+++++`
140	140	Monday, Oct 13	COL		TOL	W	6	0		79-55	2	9.5							`++++++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1889 / 1891 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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