1891 Louisville Colonels season

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American Association
BallparkEclipse Park
CityLouisville, Kentucky
OwnerBarney Dreyfuss
ManagerJack Chapman

The 1891

American Association. After the season, the Association folded and four teams, including Louisville, were admitted into the National League
.

Regular season

Season standings

W
L
Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Reds 93 42 0.689 51–17 42–25
St. Louis Browns 85 51 0.625 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


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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


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1891 Louisville Colonels
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 Tom Cahill 120 433 111 .256 3 47
1B Harry Taylor 93 356 105 .295 2 37
2B Tim Shinnick 126 436 96 .220 1 52
SS Hughie Jennings 88 351 103 .293 1 58
3B Ollie Beard 68 257 62 .241 0 24
OF
Chicken Wolf
136 528 135 .256 1 81
OF Farmer Weaver 133 556 157 .282 1 53
OF Patsy Donovan 105 439 141 .321 2 53

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
Jack Ryan 75 253 57 .225 2 25
Paul Cook 45 153 35 .229 0 23
Bill Kuehne 39 152 41 .270 1 17
Monk Cline 19 70 21 .300 0 11
Harry Raymond 14 59 12 .203 0 2
John Irwin 14 55 15 .273 0 7
Sam LaRocque 10 35 11 .314 1 8
Jim Long 30 25 6 .240 0 4
George Fox 6 19 2 .105 0 2
Al Schellhase 6 16 2 .125 0 0
Joe Gerhardt 2 6 0 .000 0 0
Pat Pettee 2 5 0 .000 0 0
Jack Wentz 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Grant Briggs 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Nick Reeder 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Jack Darragh 1 2 1 .500 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
Warren Fitzgerald 33 276.0 14 17 3.59 111
Jouett Meekin 28 221.0 9 16 4.28 141
Red Ehret 26 220.2 13 13 3.47 76
Scott Stratton 20 172.0 6 13 4.08 52
John Doran 15 126.0 5 10 5.43 55
Ed Daily 15 111.1 4 8 5.74 27
Charlie Bell 10 77.0 2 6 4.68 16

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
George Boone 4 15.0 0 0 7.80 4

References