1891 Brooklyn Grooms
LeagueNational League
BallparkWashington Park, Eastern Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey
PresidentCharles Byrne
ManagerJohn Montgomery Ward

The 1891 Brooklyn Grooms (the name was shortened from "Bridegrooms" this season) started the year with real estate mogul George Chauncey purchasing a controlling interest in the ballclub to join Ferdinand Abell and Charles Byrne in the ownership group. The former owner of the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders in the now defunct Players' League, Chauncey organized a merger of his team with the Grooms, forcing the firing of manager Bill McGunnigle (despite his winning two league championships) and replacing him with former Wonders manager and shortstop, John Montgomery Ward. The new owner also thought the team could generate larger revenue from a bigger stadium, so they decided to move the team to his stadium, Eastern Park. Games would be split between the new facility and old Washington Park during the 1891 season and the team would move full-time in 1892.[1] With all the turmoil, the team fell back into the pack, finishing the season in sixth place.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 8751 0.630 — 51–20 36–31
Chicago Colts 8253 0.607 3½ 43–22 39–31
New York Giants 7161 0.538 13 39–28 32–33
Philadelphia Phillies 6869 0.496 18½ 35–34 33–35
Cleveland Spiders 6574 0.468 22½ 40–28 25–46
Brooklyn Grooms 6176 0.445 25½ 41–31 20–45
Cincinnati Reds 5681 0.409 30½ 26–41 30–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 5580 0.407 30½ 32–34 23–46

Record vs. opponents

1891 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BRO CHI CIN CLE NYG PHI PIT
Boston —15–57–1311–911–915–5–112–716–3–1
Brooklyn 5–15—7–139–1011–98–1112–89–10
Chicago 13–713–7—14–616–45–13–19–1012–6–1
Cincinnati 9–1110–96–14—7–135–13–19–1110–10
Cleveland 9–119–114–1613–7—6–13–110–10–114–6
New York 5–15–111–813–5–113–5–113–6–1—9–107–12
Philadelphia 7–128–1210–911–910–10–110–9—12–8
Pittsburgh 3–16–110–96–12–110–106–1412–78–12—

Roster

1891 Brooklyn Grooms
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CTom Kinslow612282254.2370333
1BDave Foutz13052187134.25727348
2BHub Collins10743582120.27633132
3BGeorge Pinkney13550180137.27327144
SSJohn Ward10544185122.27703957
OFMike Griffin134521106139.26736565
OFOyster Burns12347075134.28548321
OFDarby O'Brien10339579100.25355731

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Con Daily602062566.3200307
Tom Daly582002950.2502277
Bob Caruthers561712448.2812234
John O'Brien431672241.2460264
Bones Ely31111917.1530114
Jack Burdock31211.083010
Dude Esterbrook3813.375000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Tom Lovett4443365.223193.6912912939
Bob Caruthers3832297.018143.121076929
George Hemming2722199.28154.96848419
Adonis Terry2522194.06164.22806518
Bert Inks131396.13104.02434711
Dave Foutz6552.0323.2916145

Notes

  1. ↑ Dodgers park history from MLB.com

References


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