1891 Washington Statesmen season

1891 Washington Statesmen
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkBoundary Field
CityWashington D.C.
ManagersSam Trott, Pop Snyder, Dan Shannon, Sandy Griffin
1892 →

The 1891 Washington Statesmen baseball team finished the season with a 44–91 record in the American Association in their first season. After the season, the AA disbanded and the Washington club, renamed the "Senators," joined the National League.

Regular season

[edit]

Season standings

[edit]
American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Reds 93 42 .689 51‍–‍17 42‍–‍25
St. Louis Browns 85 51 .625 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

[edit]

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
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

[edit]

Roster

[edit]
1891 Washington Statesmen
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

[edit]

Batting

[edit]

Starters by position

[edit]

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 Deacon McGuire 114 413 125 .303 3 66
1B Mox McQuery 68 261 63 .241 2 37
2B Tommy Dowd 112 464 120 .259 1 44
SS Gil Hatfield 134 500 128 .256 1 48
3B Billy Alvord 81 312 73 .234 0 30
OF Paul Hines 54 206 58 .282 0 31
OF Ed Beecher 58 235 57 .243 2 28
OF Larry Murphy 101 400 106 .265 1 35

Other batters

[edit]

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
Al McCauley 59 206 58 .282 1 31
Sy Sutcliffe 53 201 71 .353 2 33
Pete Lohman 32 109 21 .193 1 11
Jim Curtiss 29 103 26 .252 0 12
Pop Smith 27 90 16 .178 0 13
Jim Burns 20 82 26 .317 0 10
Ed Daily 21 79 18 .228 0 6
Patsy Donovan 17 70 14 .200 0 3
Sandy Griffin 20 69 19 .275 0 10
Joe Visner 18 68 19 .279 1 7
Dan Shannon 19 67 9 .134 0 3
Mike Slattery 15 60 17 .283 0 5
Jumbo Davis 12 44 14 .318 0 9
Tom McLaughlin 14 41 11 .268 0 3
Will Smalley 11 38 6 .158 0 3
Pop Snyder 8 27 5 .185 0 2
Fred Dunlap 8 25 5 .200 0 4
Tom Hart 8 24 3 .125 0 2
Miah Murray 2 8 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

[edit]

Starting pitchers

[edit]

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 Carsey 54 413.0 14 37 4.99 174
Frank Foreman 43 345.1 18 20 3.73 170
Jersey Bakely 13 104.1 2 10 5.35 32
Ed Eiteljorge 8 61.1 1 5 6.16 23
Ed Cassian 7 53.0 2 4 5.60 14
Buck Freeman 5 44.0 3 2 3.89 28
Bob Miller 7 42.0 2 5 4.29 13
George Keefe 5 37.0 0 3 2.68 11
Martin Duke 4 23.0 0 3 7.43 5

Other pitchers

[edit]

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 Quarles 3 22.0 1 1 8.18 10
Harry Mace 3 16.0 0 1 7.31 3

Relief pitchers

[edit]

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Gil Hatfield 4 0 0 0 11.00 3

References

[edit]