1891 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1891 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkExposition Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
Record55–80 (.407)
League place8th
OwnerWilliam A. Nimick
ManagersBill McGunnigle: 1st season, 24–33 (.421)
Ned Hanlon: 1st season, 31–47 (.397)

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 55–80–2 (.407), 30.5 games behind the first-place Boston Beaneaters.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 87 51 .630 — 51‍–‍20 36‍–‍31
Chicago Colts 82 53 .607 3½ 43‍–‍22 39‍–‍31
New York Giants 71 61 .538 13 39‍–‍28 32‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies 68 69 .496 18½ 35‍–‍34 33‍–‍35
Cleveland Spiders 65 74 .468 22½ 40‍–‍28 25‍–‍46
Brooklyn Grooms 61 76 .445 25½ 41‍–‍31 20‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds 56 81 .409 30½ 26‍–‍41 30‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates 55 80 .407 30½ 32‍–‍34 23‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1891 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BSN 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

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 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
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
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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Al Maul 8 39.0 1 2 2.31 13

Notes

References


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