1891 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1891 throughout the world.  

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See also

Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Nippon Professional Baseball 1891 in sports

Sources

Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

Contents 1 Champions 2 Major League Baseball final standings 2.1 National League final standings 2.2 American Association final standings 3 Statistical leaders 3.1 National League Statistical Leaders 3.2 American Association Statistical Leaders 4 Notable seasons 5 Events 5.1 January-March 5.2 April-June 5.3 July-September 5.4 October-December 6 Births 6.1 January-March 6.2 April-June 6.3 July-September 6.4 October-December 7 Deaths 8 External links

[edit] Champions

• National League: Boston Beaneaters
• American Association: Boston Reds

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Boston Beaneaters	87	51	.630	--
Chicago Colts	82	53	.607	3.5
New York Giants	71	61	.538	13
Philadelphia Phillies	68	69	.496	18.5
Cleveland Spiders	65	74	.468	22.5
Brooklyn Grooms	61	76	.445	25,5
Cincinnati Reds	56	81	.409	30.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	55	80	.407	30.5

[edit] American Association final standings

American Association
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Boston Reds	93	42	.689	--
St. Louis Browns	86	52	.623	8.5
Baltimore Orioles	71	64	.536	22
Philadelphia Athletics	73	66	.525	22
Milwaukee Brewers	21	15	.583	22.5
Cincinnati Porkers	43	57	.430	32.5
Columbus Solons	61	76	.445	33
Louisville Colonels	55	84	.396	40
Washington Statesmen	44	91	.326	49

[edit] Statistical leaders

[edit] National League Statistical Leaders

National League
Type	Name	Stat
AVG	Billy Hamilton PHI	.340
HR	Harry Stovey BSN	16	Mike Tiernan NYG	16
RBI	Cap Anson CHC	120
Wins	Bill Hutchison CHC	44
ERA	John Ewing NYG	2.27
Strikeouts	Amos Rusie NYG	337

[edit] American Association Statistical Leaders

American Association
Type	Name	Stat
AVG	Dan Brouthers BOS	.350
HR	Duke Farrell BOS	12
RBI	Hugh Duffy BOS	110	Duke Farrell BOS	110
Wins	Sadie McMahon BAL	35
ERA	Ed Crane CKK	2.45
Strikeouts	Jack Stivetts STL	259

[edit] Notable seasons

[edit] Events

[edit] January-March

[edit] April-June

• May 14 - Charles Radbourn of the Cincinnati Reds records his 300th career win.

[edit] July-September

[edit] October-December

[edit] Births

[edit] January-March

• January 15 - Ray Chapman
• January 16 - Ferdie Schupp
• January 23 - Ray Haley
• January 28 - Bill Doak
• January 29 - Esty Chaney
• January 31 - Tim Hendryx
• February 5 - Roger Peckinpaugh
• February 18 - Sherry Smith
• February 18 - Zip Zabel
• February 22 - Clarence Mitchell
• March 4 - Dazzy Vance
• March 24 - Ernie Shore
• March 31 - Johnny Couch

[edit] April-June

• April 20 - Dave Bancroft
• May 3 - Eppa Rixey
• May 20 - Joe Harris
• May 21 - Doc Ayers
• June 1 - Hank Severeid

[edit] July-September

• July 6 - Steve O'Neill
• July 19 - Earl Hamilton
• August 11 - Walter Barbare
• August 18 - Wally Gerber
• August 19 - Al DeVormer
• August 22 - Happy Felsch
• August 28 - Byron Houck
• September 16 - George Orme

[edit] October-December

• October 13 - Fred McMullin
• November 5 - Greasy Neale
• November 11 - Rabbit Maranville
• November 12 - Carl Mays

[edit] Deaths

• January 13 - Joe Connors, age unknown, pitched 3 games in 1884 in the Union Association.
• February 6 - Tom Healey, 37?, pitcher in 1878.
• February 25 - Jeremiah Reardon, 22?, pitcher who appeared in 2 games in 1886.
• April 14 - Frank Bell, 27?, played for the 1885 Brooklyn Grays.
• May 20 - Jim Fogarty, 27, utility player from 1884-1890. Led the National League in stolen bases with 99 in 1889.
• May 21 - Jim Whitney, 33, pitcher who had five 20-win seasons, including 37 for 1883 Boston champions; led NL in wins, games and innings as 1881 rookie, in strikeouts in 1883; good hitter also played center field, batted .323 in 1882.
• June 10 - Jerry Dorgan, 34?, reserve player from 1880-1885.
• July 2 - John Cassidy, 34?, right fielder for five teams who batted .378 for the 1877 Hartford Dark Blues.
• July 14 - Bill Crowley, 34, outfielder from 1875-1885.
• July 29 - Steve Matthias, 31?, shortstop for the 1884 Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies of the Union Association.
• August 25 - Jerry Sweeney, 31?, 1st baseman for the 1884 Kansas City Cowboys.
• August 28 - Joe Miller, 41, 2nd baseman who played from 1872-1875.
• October 11 - Will Smalley, 20, 3rd baseman for the 1890 Cleveland Spiders.
• October 14 - Larry Corcoran, 32, pitcher who won 175 games for the Chicago White Stockings from 1880 to 1885, led NL in wins, strikeouts and ERA once each; first pitcher to coordinate signals with his catcher, threw three no-hitters.
• October 21 - Ed Daily, 29, pitcher from 1885-1891. Won 26 games in 1885.
• November 19 - Ernie Hickman, 35?, starting pitcher for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in 1884.

[edit] External links

• 1891 National League season at baseball-reference.com
• 1891 American Association season at baseball-reference.com
• Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com
• Year by Year History at Baseball-Almanac.com
• Retrosheet.org