1891 Boston Beaneaters season

1891 Boston Beaneaters
1891 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	87–51 (.630)
League place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Soden
Manager(s)	Frank Selee
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	87	51	0.630	—	51–20	36–31
Chicago Colts	82	53	0.607	3½	43–22	39–31
New York Giants	71	61	0.538	13	39–28	32–33
Philadelphia Phillies	68	69	0.496	18½	35–34	33–35
Cleveland Spiders	65	74	0.468	22½	40–28	25–46
Brooklyn Grooms	61	76	0.445	25½	41–31	20–45
Cincinnati Reds	56	81	0.409	30½	26–41	30–40
Pittsburg Pirates	55	80	0.407	30½	32–34	23–46

Record vs. opponents

1891 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	NYG	PHI	PIT
Boston	—	15–5	7–13	11–9	11–9	15–5–1	12–7	16–3–1
Brooklyn	5–15	—	7–13	9–10	11–9	8–11	12–8	9–10
Chicago	13–7	13–7	—	14–6	16–4	5–13–1	9–10	12–6–1
Cincinnati	9–11	10–9	6–14	—	7–13	5–13–1	9–11	10–10
Cleveland	9–11	9–11	4–16	13–7	—	6–13–1	10–10–1	14–6
New York	5–15–1	11–8	13–5–1	13–5–1	13–6–1	—	9–10	7–12
Philadelphia	7–12	8–12	10–9	11–9	10–10–1	10–9	—	12–8
Pittsburg	3–16–1	10–9	6–12–1	10–10	6–14	12–7	8–12	—

Roster

1891 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers Tod Brynan John Clarkson Charlie Getzien John Kiley Kid Nichols Cyclone Ryan Harry Staley Jim Sullivan		Catchers Charlie Bennett Charlie Ganzel King Kelly Fred Lake Infielders Herman Long Billy Nash Joe Quinn Tommy Tucker		Outfielders Steve Brodie Joe Kelley Bobby Lowe George Rooks Harry Stovey Marty Sullivan		Manager Frank Selee

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
1B	Tucker, TommyTommy Tucker	140	548	148	.270	2	69

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

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
Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson	55	460.2	33	19	2.79	141
Brynan, TodTod Brynan	1	1	0	1	54.00	0

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tucker, TommyTommy Tucker	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

References

• 1891 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference