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1891 St. Louis Browns season

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1891 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record85–51 (.625)
League place2nd
OwnerChris von der Ahe
ManagerCharlie Comiskey
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
← 1890 Seasons 1892 →

The 1891 St. Louis Browns season was the team's tenth season in St. Louis, Missouri and the tenth season in the American Association. The Browns went 85–51 during the season and finished second in the American Association.

This was the Browns final season in the American Association. The league folded after the season, and the Browns moved to the National League where they remain today as the St. Louis Cardinals.

Regular season

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Pitcher Jack Stivetts
Center fielder Dummy Hoy
Left fielder Tip O'Neill
Right fielder Tommy McCarthy
Catcher Jack Boyle
Shortstop Shorty Fuller
Pitcher Clark Griffith

Season standings

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American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Reds 93 42 .689 51‍–‍17 42‍–‍25
St. Louis Browns 85 51 .625 52‍–‍21 33‍–‍30
Baltimore Orioles 71 64 .526 22 44‍–‍24 27‍–‍40
Philadelphia Athletics 73 66 .525 22 43‍–‍26 30‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers 21 15 .583 22½ 16‍–‍5 5‍–‍10
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 43 57 .430 32½ 24‍–‍21 19‍–‍36
Columbus Solons 61 76 .445 33 33‍–‍29 28‍–‍47
Louisville Colonels 54 83 .394 40 39‍–‍32 15‍–‍51
Washington Statesmen 44 91 .326 49 28‍–‍40 16‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
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

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1891 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Jack Boyle 121 434 122 .281 5 79
1B Charlie Comiskey 139 572 148 .259 2 88
2B Bill Eagan 82 297 65 .219 4 43
3B Denny Lyons 120 451 142 .315 11 84
SS Shorty Fuller 135 576 122 .212 2 61
OF Dummy Hoy 139 559 163 .292 5 64
OF Tip O'Neill 127 514 166 .323 10 95
OF Tommy McCarthy 134 570 176 .309 8 92

Other batters

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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
John Munyan 60 176 41 .233 0 19
Dell Darling 17 53 7 .132 0 9
Joe Visner 6 27 4 .148 0 1
Paul Cook 7 25 5 .200 0 1
John Ricks 5 18 3 .167 0 0
Paul McSweeney 3 12 3 .250 0 2
Mart McQuaid 4 11 4 .364 0 1
Art Whitney 3 11 0 .000 0 0
Yank Robinson 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Bill Zies 2 3 1 .333 0 0
Harry Fuller 1 2 0 .000 0 0
John Schulze 1 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Stivetts 64 440.0 33 22 2.86 259
Willie McGill 33 233.0 18 9 2.70 146
Joe Neale 15 110.1 6 4 4.24 24
George Rettger 14 92.2 7 3 3.40 49
Jack Easton 7 47.2 3 2 5.10 22
Jesse Duryea 3 24.0 1 1 3.38 13

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Clark Griffith 27 186.1 11 8 3.33 68
Harry Burrell 7 43.0 4 2 4.81 19
Ted Breitenstein 6 28.2 2 0 2.20 13

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tommy McCarthy 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
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