1891 Philadelphia Athletics season

1891 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1891)
Location
Athletic Park (since 1891)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1890)
Other information
Owner(s)	J. Earl Wagner
Manager(s)	Bill Sharsig, George Wood
Previous season

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, who were expelled after the 1890 season. They finished with a 73–66 record and fifth place in the AA. This league folded after the 1891 season and the team disbanded with it.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Reds	93	42	0.689	—	51–17	42–25
St. Louis Browns	85	51	0.625	8½	52–21	33–30
Baltimore Orioles	71	64	0.526	22	44–24	27–40
Philadelphia Athletics	73	66	0.525	22	43–26	30–40
Milwaukee Brewers	21	15	0.583	22½	16–5	5–10
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers	43	57	0.430	32½	24–21	19–36
Columbus Solons	61	76	0.445	33	33–29	28–47
Louisville Colonels	54	83	0.394	40	39–32	15–51
Washington Statesmen	44	91	0.326	49	28–40	16–51

Record vs. opponents

1891 American Association Records Sources:
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	—

Roster

1891 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Sumner Bowman Will Calihan Ice Box Chamberlain George Meakim Mike Sullivan Gus Weyhing		Catchers Dave McKeough Jocko Milligan Infielders Bill Clymer Tommy Corcoran Bill Hallman Henry Larkin Joe Mulvey		Outfielders Ed Beecher Pop Corkhill Lave Cross Pat Friel Charles Matthews Jack McGeachey Jim McTamany Ben Sanders George Wood		Manager Bill Sharsig George Wood

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
C	Milligan, JockoJocko Milligan	118	455	138	.303	11	106
1B	Larkin, HenryHenry Larkin	133	526	147	.279	10	93
SS	Corcoran, TommyTommy Corcoran	133	511	130	.254	7	71
OF	Wood, GeorgeGeorge Wood	132	528	163	.309	3	61

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
Cross, LaveLave Cross	110	402	121	.301	5	52
McGeachey, JackJack McGeachey	50	201	46	.229	2	13
Sanders, BenBen Sanders	40	156	39	.250	1	19
Beecher, EdEd Beecher	16	71	15	.211	0	7
McKeough, DaveDave McKeough	15	54	14	.259	0	3
Clymer, BillBill Clymer	3	11	0	.000	0	0
Matthews, CharlesCharles Matthews	1	3	1	.333	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
Weyhing, GusGus Weyhing	52	450	31	20	3.18	219
Chamberlain, Ice BoxIce Box Chamberlain	49	405.2	22	23	4.22	204
Sanders, BenBen Sanders	19	145	11	5	3.79	40
Calihan, WillWill Calihan	13	112	6	6	6.43	28
Bowman, SumnerSumner Bowman	8	68	2	5	3.44	22
Meakim, GeorgeGeorge Meakim	6	35	1	4	6.94	13
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	2	18	0	2	3.50	7

References

• 1891 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference