New Brunswick League

The New Brunswick League of 1890 was a Non-Signatory League, which meant that it did not sign the National Agreement of 1883.

As baseball grew in popularity in the province of New Brunswick, during the 1889 season, teams from Fredericton, Moncton, and St. John organized a three-team contest for the Spaulding Pennant. With each team playing 12 games, the pennant was easily won by St. John. For 1890, four teams formed the New Brunswick League, with a second team from St. John, the Shamrocks, joining the league. The teams all formed from athletic clubs from their respective cities: the Fredericton Amateur Athletic Association, Moncton Cricket and Athletic Association, St. John Athletic Association, and Shamrock Athletic Club.

Standings

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Saint John Shamrocks	18	6	.750	-	John Keefe
Saint John AA	14	6	.700	2	Frank White (captain)
Moncton	9	13	.409	8	Fred Lake/John Roach (captains)
Fredericton Celestials	3	19	.136	14	James Hawthorne

Notable Players

Major Leaguers

• Fred Lake - Moncton, major leaguer from 1891-1910
• Abel Lizotte - Shamrocks, major leaguer in 1896
• Bill Merritt - Shamrocks, major leaguer from 1891-1899
• John O'Brien - Shamrocks, major leaguer from 1891-1899
• John Roach - Moncton, major leaguer in 1888
• Frank Sexton - Shamrocks, major leaguer in 1895
• Neil Stynes - Fredericton/Moncton, major leaguer in 1890
• Jim Sullivan - Shamrocks, major leaguer from 1891-1898

Minor Leaguers

• Henry Burns - Moncton, minor leaguer from 1887-1895
• "Petie" Burns - Fredericton/St John AA, minor leaguer from 1888-1898
• William Donovan - Shamrocks, minor leaguer in 1891
• Charles Farrell - Moncton, minor leaguer from 1890-1896
• Charles Kearns - St. John AA, minor leaguer in 1897
• Lin McKie - Moncton, minor leaguer in 1892
• David Parsons - St. John AA, minor leaguer in 1891
• Frank Small - St. John AA, minor leaguer from 1887-1888

Collegians

• Everett Howe - St. John AA, played at Harvard University
• Billy Keith - Moncton, played at Maine State College
• Frank Larrabee - Fredericton, played at Bates College
• Bernard McGrath - Shamrocks, played at Boston College and Georgetown College
• Edgar Pennell - Fredericton, played at Bates College
• Verna Pierce - St. John AA, played at Maine State College
• George Rich - Moncton, played at Maine State College
• Eugene Thayer - Fredericton, played at Amherst College
• Alvin Wagg - Fredericton, played at Colby College