1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers season

1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
Also known as the Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Cincinnati, Ohio (since 1891)
Other information
Owner(s) Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s) King Kelly
     

The 1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers season was a season in American baseball. The "Kelly" in the name came from manager King Kelly, who was also the team's starting catcher. In 1891, their only season of existence, they finished with a record of 43–57, good for 6th place in the American Association, 32½ games behind the Boston Reds.

The team, which was also called the Cincinnati Reds, folded on August 17, and was replaced by the Milwaukee Brewers, brought in from the Western League. Kelly himself moved on to the Boston Reds. After the season, the American Association itself folded.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Reds 93 42 0.689 — 51–17 42–25
St. Louis Browns 85 51 0.625 8½ 52–21 33–30
Baltimore Orioles 71 64 0.526 22 44–24 27–40
Philadelphia Athletics 73 66 0.525 22 43–26 30–40
Milwaukee Brewers 21 15 0.583 22½ 16–5 5–10
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 43 57 0.430 32½ 24–21 19–36
Columbus Solons 61 76 0.445 33 33–29 28–47
Louisville Colonels 54 83 0.394 40 39–32 15–51
Washington Statesmen 44 91 0.326 49 28–40 16–51

Roster

1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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 Kelly, KingKing Kelly 82 283 84 .297 1 53
1B Carney, JohnJohn Carney 99 367 102 .278 3 43
2B Robinson, YankYank Robinson 97 342 61 .178 1 37
OF Andrews, EdEd Andrews 83 356 75 .211 0 26

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
Vaughn, FarmerFarmer Vaughn 51 175 45 .257 1 14
Hurley, JerryJerry Hurley 24 66 14 .212 0 6
Clingman, BillyBilly Clingman 1 5 1 .200 0 0
Burke, JoeJoe Burke 1 4 1 .250 0 1

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
Dwyer, FrankFrank Dwyer 35 289 13 19 4.52 101
Crane, EdEd Crane 32 250 14 14 2.55 122
Mains, WillardWillard Mains 30 204 12 12 2.69 76
Kilroy, MattMatt Kilroy 7 45.1 1 4 2.98 6
Bell, CharlieCharlie Bell 1 9 1 0 0.00 1
Widner, Wild BillWild Bill Widner 1 8 0 1 7.88 0
Keenan, JackJack Keenan 1 8 0 1 0.00 5

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
Kelly, KingKing Kelly 3 0 1 0 5.28 0
Vaughn, FarmerFarmer Vaughn 1 0 0 0 3.86 0

References