1891 Louisville Colonels season
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1891 Louisville Colonels | |
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Ballpark | Eclipse Park |
City | Louisville, Kentucky |
Owners | Barney Dreyfuss |
Managers | Jack Chapman |
The 1891 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 54–83 record, collapsing back into mediocrity after their pennant winning season of 1890. They finished the season in eighth place in the American Association. After the season, the Association folded and four teams, including Louisville, were admitted into the National League.
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Reds | 93 | 42 | .689 | — | 51–17 | 42–25 |
St. Louis Browns | 85 | 51 | .625 | 8½ | 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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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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
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Pitchers
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Infielders | Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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C | Tom Cahill | 120 | 433 | 111 | .256 | 3 | 47 |
1B | Harry Taylor | 93 | 356 | 105 | .295 | 2 | 37 |
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 |
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Jack Ryan | 75 | 253 | 57 | .225 | 2 | 25 |
Paul Cook | 45 | 153 | 35 | .229 | 0 | 23 |
Jack Darragh | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
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Warren Fitzgerald | 33 | 276 | 14 | 17 | 3.59 | 111 |
Jouett Meekin | 28 | 221 | 9 | 16 | 4.28 | 141 |
Red Ehret | 26 | 220.2 | 13 | 13 | 3.47 | 76 |
Ed Daily | 15 | 111.1 | 4 | 8 | 5.74 | 27 |
John Doran | 15 | 126 | 5 | 10 | 5.43 | 55 |
Charlie Bell | 10 | 77 | 2 | 6 | 4.68 | 16 |
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 |
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George Boone | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7.80 | 4 |
References