1891 Boston Beaneaters season
Appearance
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1891 Boston Beaneaters | |
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National League Champions | |
League | National League |
Ballpark | South End Grounds |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 87–51 (.630) |
League place | 1st |
Owner | Arthur Soden |
Manager | Frank Selee |
The 1891 Boston Beaneaters season was the 21st season of the franchise. The team finished first in the National League with an 87–51 record. After trailing the Chicago Colts by seven games in early September, the Beaneaters won 25 of their last 29 games to finish first in the league.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Beaneaters | 87 | 51 | .630 | — | 51–20 | 36–31 |
Chicago Colts | 82 | 53 | .607 | 3½ | 43–22 | 39–31 |
New York Giants | 71 | 61 | .538 | 13 | 39–28 | 32–33 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 68 | 69 | .496 | 18½ | 35–34 | 33–35 |
Cleveland Spiders | 65 | 74 | .468 | 22½ | 40–28 | 25–46 |
Brooklyn Grooms | 61 | 76 | .445 | 25½ | 41–31 | 20–45 |
Cincinnati Reds | 56 | 81 | .409 | 30½ | 26–41 | 30–40 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 55 | 80 | .407 | 30½ | 32–34 | 23–46 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BRO | CHI | CIN | CLE | NYG | PHI | PIT | |||||||||
Boston | — | 15–5 | 7–13 | 11–9 | 11–9 | 15–5–1 | 12–7 | 16–3–1 | |||||||||
Brooklyn | 5–15 | — | 7–13 | 9–10 | 11–9 | 8–11 | 12–8 | 9–10 | |||||||||
Chicago | 13–7 | 13–7 | — | 14–6 | 16–4 | 5–13–1 | 9–10 | 12–6–1 | |||||||||
Cincinnati | 9–11 | 10–9 | 6–14 | — | 7–13 | 5–13–1 | 9–11 | 10–10 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 9–11 | 9–11 | 4–16 | 13–7 | — | 6–13–1 | 10–10–1 | 14–6 | |||||||||
New York | 5–15–1 | 11–8 | 13–5–1 | 13–5–1 | 13–6–1 | — | 9–10 | 7–12 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 7–12 | 8–12 | 10–9 | 11–9 | 10–10–1 | 10–9 | — | 12–8 | |||||||||
Pittsburgh | 3–16–1 | 10–9 | 6–12–1 | 10–10 | 6–14 | 12–7 | 8–12 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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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 | Charlie Bennett | 75 | 256 | 55 | .215 | 5 | 39 |
1B | Tommy Tucker | 140 | 548 | 148 | .270 | 2 | 69 |
2B | Joe Quinn | 124 | 508 | 122 | .240 | 3 | 63 |
SS | Herman Long | 139 | 577 | 163 | .282 | 9 | 75 |
3B | Billy Nash | 140 | 537 | 148 | .276 | 5 | 95 |
OF | Harry Stovey | 134 | 544 | 152 | .279 | 16 | 95 |
OF | Bobby Lowe | 125 | 497 | 129 | .260 | 6 | 74 |
OF | Steve Brodie | 133 | 523 | 136 | .260 | 2 | 78 |
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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Charlie Ganzel | 70 | 263 | 68 | .259 | 1 | 29 |
Marty Sullivan | 17 | 67 | 15 | .224 | 2 | 7 |
King Kelly | 16 | 52 | 12 | .231 | 0 | 5 |
Joe Kelley | 12 | 45 | 11 | .244 | 0 | 3 |
George Rooks | 5 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Lake | 5 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
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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John Clarkson | 55 | 460.2 | 33 | 19 | 2.79 | 141 |
Kid Nichols | 52 | 425.1 | 30 | 17 | 2.39 | 240 |
Harry Staley | 31 | 252.1 | 20 | 8 | 2.50 | 114 |
Pretzels Getzien | 11 | 89.0 | 4 | 5 | 3.84 | 29 |
John Kiley | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 1 |
Tod Brynan | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 54.00 | 0 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Cyclone Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Tommy Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Bobby Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Jim Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 0 |
References
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