1891 Brooklyn Grooms season

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1891  Brooklyn Grooms
League National League
Ballpark Washington Park, Eastern Park
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey
President Charles Byrne
Manager John Montgomery Ward
  1890
1892  

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.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 8751.63051203631
Chicago Colts 8253.60743223931
New York Giants 7161.5381339283233
Philadelphia Phillies 6869.49618½35343335
Cleveland Spiders 6574.46822½40282546
Brooklyn Grooms 6176.44525½41312045
Cincinnati Reds 5681.40930½26413040
Pittsburgh Pirates 5580.40730½32342346

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSBROCHICINCLENYGPHIPIT
Boston 15–57–1311–911–915–5–112–716–3–1
Brooklyn 5–157–139–1011–98–1112–89–10
Chicago 13–713–714–616–45–13–19–1012–6–1
Cincinnati 9–1110–96–147–135–13–19–1110–10
Cleveland 9–119–114–1613–76–13–110–10–114–6
New York 5–15–111–813–5–113–5–113–6–19–107–12
Philadelphia 7–128–1210–911–910–10–110–912–8
Pittsburgh 3–16–110–96–12–110–106–1412–78–12

Roster

1891 Brooklyn Grooms
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Tom Kinslow 612282254.2370333
1B Dave Foutz 13052187134.25727348
2B Hub Collins 10743582120.27633132
3B George Pinkney 13550180137.27327144
SS John Ward 10544185122.27703957
OF Mike Griffin 134521106139.26736565
OF Oyster Burns 12347075134.28548321
OF Darby O'Brien 10339579100.25355731

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

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Con Daily 602062566.3200307
Tom Daly 582002950.2502277
Bob Caruthers 561712448.2812234
John O'Brien 431672241.2460264
Bones Ely 31111917.1530114
Jack Burdock 31211.083010
Dude Esterbrook 3813.375000

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

PlayerGGSIPWLERABBSOCG
Tom Lovett 4443365.223193.6912912939
Bob Caruthers 3832297.018143.121076929
George Hemming 2722199.28154.96848419
Adonis Terry 2522194.06164.22806518
Bert Inks 131396.13104.02434711
Dave Foutz 6552.0323.2916145

Notes

  1. Dodgers park history from MLB.com

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