1891 St. Louis Browns season

1891 St. Louis Browns
Major league affiliations
American Association (Since 1882)
Location
Sportsman's Park (Since 1882) St. Louis, Missouri (Since 1882)
1891 Information
Owner(s)	Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s)	Charlie Comiskey
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1891 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 10th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 10th 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.

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

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	Boyle, JackJack Boyle	121	434	122	.281	5	79
1B	Comiskey, CharlieCharlie Comiskey	139	572	148	.259	2	88
2B	Eagan, BillBill Eagan	82	297	65	.219	4	43
3B	Lyons, DennyDenny Lyons	120	451	142	.315	11	84
SS	Fuller, ShortyShorty Fuller	135	576	122	.212	2	61
OF	Hoy, DummyDummy Hoy	139	559	163	.292	5	64
OF	O'Neill, TipTip O'Neill	127	514	166	.323	10	95
OF	McCarthy, TommyTommy McCarthy	134	570	176	.309	8	92

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
Munyan, JohnJohn Munyan	60	176	41	.233	0	19
Darling, DellDell Darling	17	53	7	.132	0	9
Cook, PaulPaul Cook	7	25	5	.200	0	1
Visner, JoeJoe Visner	6	27	4	.148	0	1
Whitney, ArtArt Whitney	3	11	0	.000	0	0
Robinson, YankYank Robinson	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Schultz, JohnJohn Schultz	1	2	0	.000	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
Stivetts, JackJack Stivetts	64	440	33	22	2.86	259
McGill, WillieWillie McGill	33	233	18	9	2.70	146
Neale, JoeJoe Neale	15	110.1	6	4	4.24	24
Rettger, GeorgeGeorge Rettger	14	92.2	7	3	3.40	49
Easton, JackJack Easton	7	47.2	3	2	5.10	22
Duryea, JesseJesse Duryea	3	24	1	1	3.38	13

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
Griffith, ClarkClark Griffith	27	186.1	11	8	3.33	68
Burrell, HarryHarry Burrell	7	43	4	2	4.81	19
Breitenstein, TedTed Breitenstein	6	28.2	2	0	2.20	13

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
McCarthy, TommyTommy McCarthy	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

External links

• 1891 St. Louis Browns
• 1891 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com