Rochester Broncos

Rochester Broncos

The Rochester Broncos were a short-lived baseball team in the American Association, playing only one season, 1890. They finished fifth in the league with a record of 63-63. Their home games were played at Culver Field.Rochester was one of three clubs (the other two were Syracuse and Toledo) who played in the International Association in 1889 and were brought in to replace Brooklyn and Cincinnati (who defected to the National League), Baltimore (who left for the Atlantic Association), and Kansas City (who ended up in the Western Association)The Broncos were managed by Pat Powers, who later managed the New York Giants in 1892. Their leading hitter was center fielder Sandy Griffin, who batted .307 in 107 games. Bob Barr (28-24, 3.25) and Will Calihan (18-15, 3.28) were their best pitchers. Cannonball Titcomb threw a no-hitter on Sept. 15.

ee also

*1890 Rochester Broncos season

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ROC/ Baseball Reference Team Index]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 1890 Rochester Broncos season — MLB yearly infobox pre1969 name = Rochester Broncos season = 1890 misc = current league = American Association (19th century)!American Association y1 = 1890 Uniform ballpark = Culver Field y4 = 1890 city = Rochester, New York y5 = 1890 owners =… …   Wikipedia

  • Dave McKeough — Catcher Born: December 1, 1863(1863 12 01) Utica, New York Died: July 11, 1901( …   Wikipedia

  • Dan Burke (baseball) — Dan Burke Outfielder / Catcher Born: October 28, 1868(1868 10 28) Abington, Massachusetts Died: March …   Wikipedia

  • Marr Phillips — Shortstop Born: June 16, 1857(1857 06 16) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Died: April 1, 1928 …   Wikipedia

  • American Association (19th century) — This article refers to the former Baseball major league that existed from 1882 to 1891. For the minor league, which existed from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997, see American Association (20th century). For the independent league, which started… …   Wikipedia

  • Deacon McGuire — Catcher Born: November 18, 1863(1863 11 18) Youngstown, Ohio …   Wikipedia

  • 1890 in baseball — Year in baseball this year = 1890 Champions*World Series: Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3, Louisville Colonels 3, 1 tie *National League: Brooklyn Bridegrooms *American Association: Louisville Colonels *Players League: Boston RedsMajor League Baseball… …   Wikipedia

  • John Grim — Infobox MLB retired name=John Grim position=Catcher bgcolor1=black bgcolor2=black textcolor1=white textcolor2=white bats=Right throws=Right birthdate=August 9, 1867 deathdate=death date and age|1961|7|28|1867|8|9 debutdate= September 29 debutyear …   Wikipedia

  • Bob Barr (baseball) — Infobox MLB retired name=Bob Barr position=Pitcher bgcolor1=black bgcolor2=black textcolor1=white textcolor2=white bats=Right throws=Right birthdate=December, 1856 Washington, D.C. deathdate=death date and age|1930|3|11|1856|12|1 Washington, D.C …   Wikipedia

  • Cannonball Titcomb — Infobox MLB retired name=Cannonball Titcomb position=Pitcher birthdate=August 26, 1866 city state|West Baldwin|Maine deathdate=death date and age|1950|6|8|1866|8|26 city state|Kingston|New Hampshire bats=Left throws=Left debutdate=May 5 debutyear …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”