1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers season

1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
Also known as the Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1891)
Location
East End Park (since 1891)
Cincinnati, Ohio (since 1891)
Other information
Owner(s)	Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s)	King Kelly

The 1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers season was a season in American baseball. The "Kelly" in the name came from manager King Kelly, who was also the team's starting catcher. In 1891, their only season of existence, they finished with a record of 43–57, good for sixth place in the American Association, 32½ games behind the Boston Reds.

The team, which was also called the Cincinnati Reds, folded on August 17, and was replaced by the Milwaukee Brewers, brought in from the Western League. Kelly himself moved on to the Boston Reds. After the season, the American Association itself folded.

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 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Bell Ed Crane Frank Dwyer Jack Keenan Matt Kilroy Willard Mains Willie McGill John Slagle Wild Bill Widner		Catchers Jerry Hurley King Kelly Farmer Vaughn Infielders Charlie Bastian Joe Burke Jim Canavan John Carney Billy Clingman Yank Robinson Art Whitney		Outfielders Ed Andrews Dick Johnston Lefty Marr Emmett Seery		Manager King Kelly

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	Kelly, KingKing Kelly	82	283	84	.297	1	53
1B	Carney, JohnJohn Carney	99	367	102	.278	3	43
2B	Robinson, YankYank Robinson	97	342	61	.178	1	37
OF	Andrews, EdEd Andrews	83	356	75	.211	0	26

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
Vaughn, FarmerFarmer Vaughn	51	175	45	.257	1	14
Hurley, JerryJerry Hurley	24	66	14	.212	0	6
Clingman, BillyBilly Clingman	1	5	1	.200	0	0
Burke, JoeJoe Burke	1	4	1	.250	0	1

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
Dwyer, FrankFrank Dwyer	35	289	13	19	4.52	101
Crane, EdEd Crane	32	250	14	14	2.55	122
Mains, WillardWillard Mains	30	204	12	12	2.69	76
Kilroy, MattMatt Kilroy	7	45.1	1	4	2.98	6
Bell, CharlieCharlie Bell	1	9	1	0	0.00	1
Widner, Wild BillWild Bill Widner	1	8	0	1	7.88	0
Keenan, JackJack Keenan	1	8	0	1	0.00	5

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
Kelly, KingKing Kelly	3	0	1	0	5.28	0
Vaughn, FarmerFarmer Vaughn	1	0	0	0	3.86	0

References

• 1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers at Baseball Reference