1891 Columbus Solons season

1891 Columbus Solons
Major league affiliations
American Association (Since 1889)
Location
Recreation Park (Since 1889) Columbus, Ohio (Since 1889)
1891 Information
Owner(s)
Manager(s)	Gus Schmelz
Previous season

The 1891 Columbus Solons baseball team finished with a 61-76 record, sixth place in the American Association. The team folded at the conclusion of the season.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Opening Day lineup 1.3 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Starters by position 2.1.2 Other batters 2.2 Pitching 2.2.1 Starting pitchers 2.2.2 Other pitchers 2.2.3 Relief pitchers 3 References

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Boston Reds	93	42	--	.689
St. Louis Browns	85	51	8.5	.625
Milwaukee Brewers	21	15	22.5	.583
Baltimore Orioles	71	64	22	.526
Philadelphia Athletics	73	66	22	.525
Columbus Solons	61	76	33	.445
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers	43	57	32.5	.430
Louisville Colonels	54	83	40	.394
Washington Statesmen	44	91	49.0	.326

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1891 Columbus Solons
Roster
Pitchers Ed Clark Dad Clarke John Dolan Jack Easton Hank Gastright Phil Knell Jack Leiper John Lyston Jim Sullivan		Catchers Jim Donahue Tom Dowse Infielders Elmer Cleveland Jack Crooks Jim Donnelly Bill Kuehne Mike Lehane Tim O'Rourke Bobby Wheelock		Outfielders Charlie Duffee Jim McTamany Jack O'Connor John Sneed Larry Twitchell		Manager Gus Schmelz

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Donahue, JimJim Donahue	77	280	61	.218	0	35

Other batters

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
O'Connor, JackJack O'Connor	56	229	61	.266	0	37
Twitchell, LarryLarry Twitchell	57	224	62	.277	2	35
O'Rourke, TimTim O'Rourke	34	136	38	.279	0	12
Donnelly, JimJim Donnelly	17	54	13	.241	0	9

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Knell, PhilPhil Knell	58	462	28	27	2.92	228
Gastright, HankHank Gastright	35	283.2	12	19	3.78	109
Dolan, JohnJohn Dolan	27	203.1	12	11	4.16	68
Easton, JackJack Easton	20	150.1	5	12	4.43	65
Leiper, JackJack Leiper	6	45	2	2	5.40	19
Sullivan (1890s pitcher)Jim Sullivan	1	9	0	1	4.00	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Twitchell, LarryLarry Twitchell	6	31	1	1	4.06	8
Clarke, DadDad Clarke	4	21	1	2	6.86	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Clark, EdEd Clark	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

References

• 1891 Columbus Solons team page at Baseball Reference

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