1891 St. Louis Browns season
1891 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American Association | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 85–51 (.625) | |
League place | 2nd | |
Owner | Chris von der Ahe | |
Manager | Charlie Comiskey | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1891 St. Louis Browns season was the team's tenth season in St. Louis, Missouri and the tenth season in the American Association. The Browns went 85–51 during the season and finished second in the American Association.
This was the Browns final season in the American Association. The league folded after the season, and the Browns moved to the National League where they remain today as the St. Louis Cardinals.
Regular season
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Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Reds | 93 | 42 | .689 | — | 51–17 | 42–25 |
St. Louis Browns | 85 | 51 | .625 | 8½ | 52–21 | 33–30 |
Baltimore Orioles | 71 | 64 | .526 | 22 | 44–24 | 27–40 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 73 | 66 | .525 | 22 | 43–26 | 30–40 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 21 | 15 | .583 | 22½ | 16–5 | 5–10 |
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers | 43 | 57 | .430 | 32½ | 24–21 | 19–36 |
Columbus Solons | 61 | 76 | .445 | 33 | 33–29 | 28–47 |
Louisville Colonels | 54 | 83 | .394 | 40 | 39–32 | 15–51 |
Washington Statesmen | 44 | 91 | .326 | 49 | 28–40 | 16–51 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | CIN | COL | LOU | MIL | PHI | STL | WSH | ||||||||
Baltimore | — | 8–12–1 | 7–5 | 12–7 | 14–6 | 3–3 | 9–10–2 | 7–12–1 | 11–9 | ||||||||
Boston | 12–8–1 | — | 8–5 | 15–5 | 14–3–2 | 5–2 | 13–7–1 | 8–10 | 18–2 | ||||||||
Cincinnati | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 8–7 | 7–9 | 0–0 | 4–8 | 5–14–1 | 9–4–1 | ||||||||
Columbus | 7–12 | 5–15 | 7–8 | — | 12–8 | 0–5 | 9–11 | 9–11 | 12–6–1 | ||||||||
Louisville | 6–14 | 3–14–2 | 9–7 | 8–12 | — | 1–3 | 8–12 | 9–11 | 10–10 | ||||||||
Milwaukee | 3–3 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–5 | 1–0 | 4–1 | ||||||||
Philadelphia | 10–9–2 | 7–13–1 | 8–4 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 5–3 | — | 10–10 | 10–10–1 | ||||||||
St. Louis | 12–7–1 | 10–8 | 14–5–1 | 11–9 | 11–9 | 0–1 | 10–10 | — | 17–2–1 | ||||||||
Washington | 9–11 | 2–18 | 4–9–1 | 6–12–1 | 10–10 | 1–4 | 10–10–1 | 2–17–1 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jack Boyle | 121 | 434 | 122 | .281 | 5 | 79 |
1B | Charlie Comiskey | 139 | 572 | 148 | .259 | 2 | 88 |
2B | Bill Eagan | 82 | 297 | 65 | .219 | 4 | 43 |
3B | Denny Lyons | 120 | 451 | 142 | .315 | 11 | 84 |
SS | Shorty Fuller | 135 | 576 | 122 | .212 | 2 | 61 |
OF | Dummy Hoy | 139 | 559 | 163 | .292 | 5 | 64 |
OF | Tip O'Neill | 127 | 514 | 166 | .323 | 10 | 95 |
OF | Tommy McCarthy | 134 | 570 | 176 | .309 | 8 | 92 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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John Munyan | 60 | 176 | 41 | .233 | 0 | 19 |
Dell Darling | 17 | 53 | 7 | .132 | 0 | 9 |
Joe Visner | 6 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Cook | 7 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
John Ricks | 5 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Paul McSweeney | 3 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Mart McQuaid | 4 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 1 |
Art Whitney | 3 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Yank Robinson | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Zies | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Fuller | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
John Schulze | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Stivetts | 64 | 440.0 | 33 | 22 | 2.86 | 259 |
Willie McGill | 33 | 233.0 | 18 | 9 | 2.70 | 146 |
Joe Neale | 15 | 110.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.24 | 24 |
George Rettger | 14 | 92.2 | 7 | 3 | 3.40 | 49 |
Jack Easton | 7 | 47.2 | 3 | 2 | 5.10 | 22 |
Jesse Duryea | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 13 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Clark Griffith | 27 | 186.1 | 11 | 8 | 3.33 | 68 |
Harry Burrell | 7 | 43.0 | 4 | 2 | 4.81 | 19 |
Ted Breitenstein | 6 | 28.2 | 2 | 0 | 2.20 | 13 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tommy McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
External links
[edit]- 1891 St. Louis Browns at Baseball Reference
- 1891 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com