1891 Philadelphia Athletics season

1891  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American Association
Ballpark	Athletic Park
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owner	J. Earl Wagner
Managers	Bill Sharsig, George Wood
←  1890

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

v t e 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 record v t e 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	Jocko Milligan	118	455	138	.303	11	106
1B	Henry Larkin	133	526	147	.279	10	93
2B	Bill Hallman	141	587	166	.283	6	69
SS	Tommy Corcoran	133	511	130	.254	7	71
3B	Joe Mulvey	113	453	115	.254	5	66
OF	Pop Corkhill	83	349	73	.209	0	31
OF	Jim McTamany	58	218	49	.225	3	21
OF	George 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
Lave Cross	110	402	121	.301	5	52
Jack McGeachey	50	201	46	.229	2	13
Ben Sanders	40	156	39	.250	1	19
Ed Beecher	16	71	15	.211	0	7
Dave McKeough	15	54	14	.259	0	3
Bill Clymer	3	11	0	.000	0	0
Pat Friel	2	8	2	.250	0	0
Charles 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
Gus Weyhing	52	450.0	31	20	3.18	219
Ice Box Chamberlain	49	405.2	22	23	4.22	204
Ben Sanders	19	145.0	11	5	3.79	40
Will Calihan	13	112.0	6	6	6.43	28
Sumner Bowman	8	68.0	2	5	3.44	22
George Meakim	6	35.0	1	4	6.94	13
Mike Sullivan	2	18.0	0	2	3.50	7

References

• 1891 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference