1891 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkAthletic Park
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnerJ. Earl Wagner
ManagersBill Sharsig, George Wood

The 1891 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team, which had played the 1890 season in the defunct Players' League, joined the American Association as a replacement for the previous version of the Philadelphia Athletics, which was expelled after the 1890 season.

The team finished with a 73–66 record and was fifth place in the AA. The league folded after the 1891 season; the team disbanded with it.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Reds 9342 0.689 — 51–17 42–25
St. Louis Browns 8551 0.625 8½ 52–21 33–30
Baltimore Orioles 7164 0.526 22 44–24 27–40
Philadelphia Athletics 7366 0.525 22 43–26 30–40
Milwaukee Brewers 2115 0.583 22½ 16–5 5–10
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 4357 0.430 32½ 24–21 19–36
Columbus Solons 6176 0.445 33 33–29 28–47
Louisville Colonels 5483 0.394 40 39–32 15–51
Washington Statesmen 4491 0.326 49 28–40 16–51

Record vs. opponents

1891 American Association record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CIN COL LOU MIL PHI STL WSH
Baltimore —8–12–17–512–714–63–39–10–27–12–111–9
Boston 12–8–1—8–515–514–3–25–213–7–18–1018–2
Cincinnati 5–75–8—8–77–90–04–85–14–19–4–1
Columbus 7–125–157–8—12–80–59–119–1112–6–1
Louisville 6–143–14–29–78–12—1–38–129–1110–10
Milwaukee 3–32–50–05–03–1—3–51–04–1
Philadelphia 10–9–27–13–18–411–912–85–3—10–1010–10–1
St. Louis 12–7–110–814–5–111–911–90–110–10—17–2–1
Washington 9–112–184–9–16–12–110–101–410–10–12–17–1—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1891 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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
CJocko Milligan118455138.30311106
1BHenry Larkin133526147.2791093
2BBill Hallman141587166.283669
SSTommy Corcoran133511130.254771
3BJoe Mulvey113453115.254566
OFPop Corkhill8334973.209031
OFJim McTamany5821849.225321
OFGeorge Wood132528163.309361

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
Lave Cross110402121.301552
Jack McGeachey5020146.229213
Ben Sanders4015639.250119
Ed Beecher167115.21107
Dave McKeough155414.25903
Bill Clymer3110.00000
Pat Friel282.25000
Charles Matthews131.33300

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
Gus Weyhing52450.031203.18219
Ice Box Chamberlain49405.222234.22204
Ben Sanders19145.01153.7940
Will Calihan13112.0666.4328
Sumner Bowman868.0253.4422
George Meakim635.0146.9413
Mike Sullivan218.0023.507

References


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