1891 Pittsburg Pirates season

1891 Pittsburg Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Exposition Park (since 1891)
Allegheny, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	William A. Nimick
Manager(s)	Bill McGunnigle, Ned Hanlon
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The 1891 Pittsburg Pirates season was the 10th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates^[1] franchise (and the first under the "Pirates" name); their 5th in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 55–80.

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 Pittsburg Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Mark Baldwin Pud Galvin Silver King Harry Staley Scott Stratton		Catchers Tun Berger Jocko Fields Connie Mack Doggie Miller Infielders Jake Beckley Lou Bierbauer Sam LaRocque John Newell Charlie Reilly Frank Shugart Ed Spurney		Outfielders Pete Browning Fred Carroll Pop Corkhill Ned Hanlon Dan Lally Al Maul Piggy Ward		Manager Bill McGunnigle Ned Hanlon

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	Mack, ConnieConnie Mack	75	280	60	.214	0	29
OF	Hanlon, NedNed Hanlon	119	455	121	.266	0	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
Maul, AlAl Maul	47	149	28	.188	0	14
Newell, JohnJohn Newell	5	18	2	.111	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
Baldwin, MarkMark Baldwin	53	437.2	21	28	2.76	197
Galvin, PudPud Galvin	33	246.2	15	14	2.88	46

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
Maul, AlAl Maul	8	39	1	2	2.31	13

References

• 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac

Notes

1. In 1891 the United States Board on Geographic Names forced the city of Pittsburgh to undergo a controversial name change by having them drop the "h" at the end of the name, making the team's official name the "Pittsburg Pirates" from the adoption of the Pirates nickname until Pittsburgh was able to get the "h" restored to its name in 1911.