The Cleveland Infants were a one-year baseball team in the

Players' League The Players' National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, popularly known as the Players' League (PL), was a short-lived but star-studded professional American baseball league of the 19th century. The PL was formed by the Brotherhood of Prof ...

, a short-lived Major League that existed only for the 1890 season. Owned by Al Johnson, the Infants finished , their lone season, with 55 wins and 75 losses. Their home games were played at

Brotherhood Park Brotherhood Park is a former baseball ground located in Cleveland, Ohio. The ground was home to the Cleveland Infants of the Players' League in 1890. According to sources, it stood at Willson (or Wilson) Avenue (now East 55th Street) and the Nickel ...

The team

The Infants featured star hitter Pete Browning. Browning had defected to the Players' League from the American Association's

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, who had finished the 1889 season with a 27–111

win–loss record In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. The statistic is commonly used in standings or rankings to compare teams or individuals. It is defined as wins divided by the total number of match ...

. Browning hit for a .373

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in 1890, leading the Players' League. He also led the league in doubles. At one point during the season, he was running the bases and broke up a

no-hitter In baseball, a no-hitter is a game in which a team was not able to record a hit. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine innings recorded no hits. A pitcher w ...

by pitcher

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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.

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Team history and Encyclopedia

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The team

Roster

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