1891_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season
1891 Pittsburgh Pirates season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the tenth season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise and the first season under the "Pirates" name; their fifth place in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 55–80.
1891 Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Exposition Park | |||
City | Allegheny, Pennsylvania | |||
Owner | William A. Nimick | |||
Managers | Bill McGunnigle, Ned Hanlon | |||
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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 | BRO | 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 | — |
Opening Day lineup
Roster
1891 Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 |
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C | Connie Mack | 75 | 280 | 60 | .214 | 0 | 29 |
1B | Jake Beckley | 133 | 554 | 162 | .292 | 4 | 73 |
2B | Lou Bierbauer | 121 | 500 | 103 | .206 | 1 | 47 |
SS | Frank Shugart | 75 | 320 | 88 | .275 | 3 | 33 |
3B | Charlie Reilly | 114 | 415 | 91 | .219 | 3 | 44 |
OF | Ned Hanlon | 119 | 455 | 121 | .266 | 0 | 60 |
OF | Fred Carroll | 91 | 353 | 77 | .218 | 4 | 48 |
OF | Pete Browning | 50 | 203 | 59 | .291 | 4 | 28 |
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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Doggie Miller | 135 | 548 | 156 | .285 | 4 | 57 |
Al Maul | 47 | 149 | 28 | .188 | 0 | 14 |
Pop Corkhill | 41 | 145 | 33 | .228 | 3 | 20 |
Dan Lally | 41 | 143 | 32 | .224 | 1 | 17 |
Tun Berger | 43 | 134 | 32 | .239 | 1 | 14 |
Jocko Fields | 23 | 75 | 18 | .240 | 0 | 5 |
Piggy Ward | 6 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
John Newell | 5 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 2 |
Ed Spurney | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Sam LaRocque | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Mark Baldwin | 53 | 437.2 | 21 | 28 | 2.76 | 197 |
Silver King | 48 | 384.1 | 14 | 29 | 3.11 | 160 |
Pud Galvin | 33 | 246.2 | 15 | 14 | 2.88 | 46 |
Harry Staley | 9 | 71.2 | 4 | 5 | 2.89 | 25 |
Scott Stratton | 2 | 18.1 | 0 | 2 | 2.45 | 5 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
- 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
- 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
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