1891 Philadelphia Athletics season

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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.

LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkForepaugh Park
Record73–66 (.525)
OwnerJ. Earl Wagner
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1891 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkForepaugh Park
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Record73–66 (.525)
League place4th
OwnerJ. Earl Wagner
ManagersBill Sharsig, George Wood
← 1890
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The team finished with a 73–66 record and was fourth place in the AA. The league folded after the 1891 season; the team disbanded with it. It was reported that Athletics ownership earned a $5,000 profit on the season in addition to the rents they charged the Forepaugh and Barnum circuses for use of Forepaugh Park.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Reds 9342 .689 — 51‍–‍17 42‍–‍25
St. Louis Browns 8551 .625 8½ 52‍–‍21 33‍–‍30
Baltimore Orioles 7164 .526 22 44‍–‍24 27‍–‍40
Philadelphia Athletics 7366 .525 22 43‍–‍26 30‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers 2115 .583 22½ 16‍–‍5 5‍–‍10
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 4357 .430 32½ 24‍–‍21 19‍–‍36
Columbus Solons 6176 .445 33 33‍–‍29 28‍–‍47
Louisville Colonels 5483 .394 40 39‍–‍32 15‍–‍51
Washington Statesmen 4491 .326 49 28‍–‍40 16‍–‍51
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Record vs. opponents

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1891 American Association record

Sources:
Team BAL BSR CKE COL LOU MIL PHA STL WAS
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—
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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

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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
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Other batters

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

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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
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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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
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