1891 Philadelphia Phillies season

1891 Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Record	68–69 (.496)
League place	4th
Owners	Al Reach, John Rogers
Manager	Harry Wright
Seasons

Spring Training

The Phillies held spring training in 1891 in Cape May, New Jersey where the team stayed at the Aldine Hotel. The team had planned to practice at the Cape May Athletic Field, where the team held spring training 1888. Finding it unfit, the Phillies instead practiced on the Gas House field. It was the second of three seasons the Phillies trained in Cape May.

Regular season

After the season it was reported that the Phillies had earned about $5,000 in profit on the season.

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1891 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BSN	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	—

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	Jack Clements	107	423	131	.310	4	75
1B	William Brown	115	441	107	.243	0	50
2B	Al Myers	135	514	118	.230	2	69
SS	Bob Allen	118	438	97	.221	1	51
3B	Billy Shindle	103	415	87	.210	0	38
OF	Sam Thompson	133	554	163	.294	7	90
OF	Ed Delahanty	128	543	132	.243	5	86
OF	Billy Hamilton	133	527	179	.340	2	60

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
Ed Mayer	68	268	50	.187	0	31
Bill Gray	23	75	18	.240	0	7
Jerry Denny	19	73	21	.288	0	11
Jocko Fields	8	30	7	.233	0	5
Billy Graulich	7	26	8	.308	0	3
Alexander Donoghue	6	22	7	.318	0	2
Harry Morelock	4	14	1	.071	0	0
Walter Plock	2	5	2	.400	0	0
Charlie Bastian	1	0	0	----	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
Kid Gleason	53	418.0	24	22	3.51	100
Duke Esper	39	296.0	20	15	3.56	108
John Thornton	37	269.0	15	16	3.68	52
Tim Keefe	11	78.1	3	6	3.91	34
Joe Gormley	1	8.0	0	1	5.63	2

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
Bill Kling	12	75.0	4	2	4.32	26
Ed Cassian	6	38.0	1	3	2.84	10
Phenomenal Smith	3	19.0	1	1	4.26	3
Mike Kilroy	3	10.0	0	2	9.90	3

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
John Schultz	6	0	1	0	6.60	4
Phil Saylor	1	0	0	0	6.00	0

References

• 1891 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference