1891 Chicago Colts season
The 1891 Chicago Colts season was the 20th season of the Chicago Colts franchise, the 16th in the National League and the 1st at South Side Park. The Colts finished second in the National League with a record of 82–53.
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Owner(s) | Albert Spalding |
Manager(s) | Cap Anson |
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Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 55 | 80 | 0.407 | 30½ | 32–34 | 23–46 |
Record vs. opponents
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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 | |||||||||
Pittsburgh | 3–16–1 | 10–9 | 6–12–1 | 10–10 | 6–14 | 12–7 | 8–12 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager | ||||||
Player stats
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 |
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C | Malachi Kittridge | 79 | 296 | 62 | .209 | 2 | 27 |
1B | Cap Anson | 136 | 540 | 157 | .291 | 8 | 120 |
2B | Fred Pfeffer | 137 | 498 | 123 | .247 | 7 | 77 |
SS | Jimmy Cooney | 118 | 465 | 114 | .245 | 0 | 42 |
3B | Bill Dahlen | 135 | 549 | 143 | .260 | 9 | 76 |
OF | Walt Wilmot | 121 | 498 | 137 | .275 | 11 | 71 |
OF | Cliff Carroll | 130 | 515 | 132 | .256 | 7 | 80 |
OF | Jimmy Ryan | 118 | 505 | 140 | .277 | 9 | 66 |
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 |
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Tom Burns | 59 | 243 | 55 | .226 | 1 | 17 |
Pop Schriver | 27 | 90 | 30 | .333 | 1 | 21 |
Bill Bowman | 15 | 45 | 4 | .089 | 0 | 5 |
Bill Merritt | 11 | 42 | 9 | .214 | 0 | 4 |
Tom Nagle | 8 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 1 |
Elmer Foster | 4 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 1 | 1 |
Marty Honan | 5 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
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 |
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Bill Hutchinson | 66 | 561 | 44 | 19 | 2.81 | 261 |
Ad Gumbert | 32 | 256.1 | 17 | 11 | 3.58 | 73 |
Pat Luby | 30 | 206 | 8 | 11 | 4.76 | 52 |
Ed Stein | 14 | 101 | 7 | 6 | 3.74 | 38 |
Tom Vickery | 14 | 79.2 | 6 | 5 | 4.07 | 39 |
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 |
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George Nicol | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4.91 | 12 |
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 |
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Jimmy Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.59 | 2 |