1891 Milwaukee Brewers season
The Milwaukee Brewers of 1891 were an American professional baseball team. They were brought into the major-league American Association (AA) from the minor-league Western Association in August 1891 to replace the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers, who had ceased operations on August 17. In their only season as a major-league team, the Brewers finished with a record of 21–15 (.583), finishing with a better winning percentage than all but two teams in the AA. After the season, the AA folded, while the Brewers lasted one season in the Western League before they folded.
1891 Milwaukee Brewers | |
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League | American Association |
Ballpark | Athletic Park |
City | Milwaukee |
Manager | Charlie Cushman |
Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 edit
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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 | — |
Roster edit
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Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Farmer Vaughn | 25 | 99 | 33 | .333 | 0 | 9 |
1B | John Carney | 31 | 110 | 33 | .300 | 3 | 23 |
2B | Jim Canavan | 35 | 142 | 38 | .268 | 3 | 21 |
SS | George Shoch | 34 | 127 | 40 | .315 | 1 | 16 |
3B | Gus Alberts | 12 | 41 | 4 | .098 | 0 | 2 |
OF | Eddie Burke | 35 | 144 | 34 | .236 | 2 | 21 |
OF | Abner Dalrymple | 32 | 135 | 42 | .311 | 1 | 22 |
OF | Howard Earl | 31 | 129 | 32 | .248 | 1 | 17 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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John Grim | 29 | 119 | 28 | .235 | 1 | 14 |
Bob Pettit | 21 | 80 | 14 | .175 | 1 | 5 |
Tom Letcher | 6 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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George Davies | 12 | 102.0 | 7 | 5 | 2.65 | 61 |
Frank Killen | 11 | 96.2 | 7 | 4 | 1.68 | 38 |
Frank Dwyer | 10 | 86.0 | 6 | 4 | 2.20 | 27 |
Willard Mains | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 2 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jim Hughey | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 9 |
References edit
- 1891 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference