1891 Philadelphia Phillies season

1891 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds (since 1887)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Al Reach, John Rogers
Manager(s)	Harry Wright
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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 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Ed Cassian Duke Esper Kid Gleason Joe Gormley Tim Keefe Mike Kilroy Bill Kling Phil Saylor John Schultz Phenomenal Smith John Thornton		Catchers Jack Clements Jocko Fields Lew Graulich Bill Gray Infielders Bob Allen Charlie Bastian William Brown Jerry Denny Ed Mayer Harry Morelock Al Myers Billy Shindle		Outfielders Ed Delahanty Alexander Donoghue Billy Hamilton Walter Plock Sam Thompson		Manager Harry Wright

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	Clements, JackJack Clements	107	423	131	.310	4	75
1B	Brown, WilliamWilliam Brown	115	441	107	.243	0	50
2B	Myers, AlAl Myers	135	514	118	.230	2	69
SS	Allen, BobBob Allen	118	438	97	.221	1	51
3B	Shindle, BillyBilly Shindle	103	415	87	.210	0	38
OF	Thompson, SamSam Thompson	133	554	163	.294	7	90
OF	Delahanty, EdEd Delahanty	128	543	132	.243	5	86
OF	Hamilton, BillyBilly Hamilton	133	527	179	.340	2	60

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
Mayer, EdEd Mayer	68	268	50	.187	0	31

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
Gleason, KidKid Gleason	53	418	24	22	3.51	100
Esper, DukeDuke Esper	39	296	20	15	3.56	108
Gormley, JoeJoe Gormley	1	8	0	1	5.63	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
Cassian, EdEd Cassian	6	38	1	3	2.84	10

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
Schultz, JohnJohn Schultz	6	0	1	0	6.60	4
Saylor, PhilPhil Saylor	1	0	0	0	6.00	0

References

• 1891 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference