1891 Philadelphia Athletics season

1891 Philadelphia Athletics
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Owner(s) J. Earl Wagner
Manager(s) Bill Sharsig, George Wood
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The 1891 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team, which had played the 1890 season in the defunct Players' League, joined the American Association as a replacement for the previous version of the Philadelphia Athletics, who were expelled after the 1890 season. They finished with a 73–66 record and fifth place in the AA. This league folded after the 1891 season and the team disbanded with it.

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

Record vs. opponents

1891 American Association Records

Sources:

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

1891 Philadelphia Athletics
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 Milligan, JockoJocko Milligan 118 455 138 .303 11 106
1B Larkin, HenryHenry Larkin 133 526 147 .279 10 93
SS Corcoran, TommyTommy Corcoran 133 511 130 .254 7 71
OF Wood, GeorgeGeorge Wood 132 528 163 .309 3 61

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
Cross, LaveLave Cross 110 402 121 .301 5 52
McGeachey, JackJack McGeachey 50 201 46 .229 2 13
Sanders, BenBen Sanders 40 156 39 .250 1 19
Beecher, EdEd Beecher 16 71 15 .211 0 7
McKeough, DaveDave McKeough 15 54 14 .259 0 3
Clymer, BillBill Clymer 3 11 0 .000 0 0
Matthews, CharlesCharles Matthews 1 3 1 .333 0 0

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
Weyhing, GusGus Weyhing 52 450 31 20 3.18 219
Chamberlain, Ice BoxIce Box Chamberlain 49 405.2 22 23 4.22 204
Sanders, BenBen Sanders 19 145 11 5 3.79 40
Calihan, WillWill Calihan 13 112 6 6 6.43 28
Bowman, SumnerSumner Bowman 8 68 2 5 3.44 22
Meakim, GeorgeGeorge Meakim 6 35 1 4 6.94 13
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan 2 18 0 2 3.50 7

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