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1891 Cleveland Spiders season

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1891 Cleveland Spiders
LeagueNational League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnerFrank Robison
ManagersRobert Leadley, Patsy Tebeau
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The 1891 Cleveland Spiders season was a season in American baseball. They finished with a 65–74 record and a fifth-place finish in the National League.

The Spiders moved to a new ballpark in 1891. League Park was financed by Spiders owner Frank Robison, and it would be the team's home for the remainder of their existence. It would also be home to the Cleveland Indians.

The Spiders also had a new manager. Patsy Tebeau, the team's starting third baseman, was named manager midway through the season. He remained the Spiders manager until his contract was reassigned to the St. Louis Perfectos before the 1899 season.

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 87 51 .630 51‍–‍20 36‍–‍31
Chicago Colts 82 53 .607 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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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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


Opening Day lineup

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Roster

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1891 Cleveland Spiders
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 Chief Zimmer 116 440 112 .255 3 69
1B Jake Virtue 139 517 135 .261 2 72
2B Cupid Childs 141 551 155 .281 2 83
SS Ed McKean 141 603 170 .282 6 69
3B Patsy Tebeau 61 249 65 .261 1 41
OF Jimmy McAleer 136 565 135 .239 1 61
OF Spud Johnson 80 327 84 .257 1 46
OF George Davis 136 570 165 .289 3 89

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
Jack Doyle 69 250 69 .276 0 43
Jesse Burkett 40 167 45 .269 0 13
Jerry Denny 36 138 31 .225 0 21
John Shearon 30 124 30 .242 0 13
Billy Alvord 13 59 17 .288 1 7
Ed Seward 7 19 4 .211 0 1
Marty Sullivan 1 4 1 .250 0 1
Joe Daly 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Bill Collins 2 3 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
Cy Young 55 423.2 27 22 2.85 147
Henry Gruber 44 348.2 17 22 4.13 79
Lee Viau 45 343.2 18 17 3.01 130
John Shearon 6 46.0 1 3 3.52 19
Ed Beatin 5 29.0 0 3 5.28 4
Ed Seward 3 16.1 2 1 3.86 4
Frank Knauss 3 15.0 0 3 7.20 6
Pretzels Getzien 1 9.0 0 1 8.00 4
Henry Killeen 1 8.2 0 1 6.23 3

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
George Davis 3 0 1 1 15.75 4

References

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"1891 Cleveland Spiders Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.