1891 Milwaukee Brewers season

1891 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1891)
Location
Athletic Field (since 1891)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1891)
Other information
Manager(s)	Charlie Cushman

The Milwaukee Brewers were an American baseball team. They were brought into the American Association from the Western League in August 1891 to replace the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers, who had ceased operations on August 17. In their only season as a major league team, they finished with a record of 21–15, finishing with a better winning percentage than all but two teams in the AA. After the season, the American Association itself folded, as did the Brewers.

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 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers George Davies Frank Dwyer Jim Hughey Frank Killen Willard Mains		Catchers John Grim Farmer Vaughn Infielders Gus Alberts Jim Canavan John Carney Bob Pettit George Shoch		Outfielders Eddie Burke Abner Dalrymple Howard Earl Tom Letcher		Manager Charlie Cushman

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	Vaughn, FarmerFarmer Vaughn	25	99	33	.333	0	9
1B	Carney, JohnJohn Carney	31	110	33	.300	3	23
OF	Burke, EddieEddie Burke	35	144	34	.236	2	21
OF	Earl, HowardHoward Earl	31	129	32	.248	1	17

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
Grim, JohnJohn Grim	29	119	28	.235	1	14
Pettit, BobBob Pettit	21	80	14	.175	1	5
Letcher, TomTom Letcher	6	21	4	.190	0	2

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
Davies, GeorgeGeorge Davies	12	102	7	5	2.65	61
Killen, FrankFrank Killen	11	96.2	7	4	1.68	38
Dwyer, FrankFrank Dwyer	10	86	6	4	2.20	27
Mains, WillardWillard Mains	2	10	0	2	10.80	2

Other 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
Hughey, JimJim Hughey	2	15	1	0	3.00	9

References

• 1891 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference