1891 Philadelphia Phillies season

Summary

1891 Philadelphia Phillies
LeagueNational League
BallparkPhiladelphia Base Ball Grounds
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnersAl Reach, John Rogers
ManagerHarry Wright
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Spring Training edit

The Phillies held spring training in 1891 in Cape May, New Jersey where the team stayed at the Aldine Hotel. The team had planned to practice at the Cape May Athletic Field,[1] where the team held spring training 1888. Finding it unfit, the Phillies instead practiced on the Gas House field.[2] It was the second of three seasons the Phillies trained in Cape May.

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 87 51 0.630 51–20 36–31
Chicago Colts 82 53 0.607 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 edit


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


Roster edit

1891 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 Jack Clements 107 423 131 .310 4 75
1B William Brown 115 441 107 .243 0 50
2B Al Myers 135 514 118 .230 2 69
SS Bob Allen 118 438 97 .221 1 51
3B Billy Shindle 103 415 87 .210 0 38
OF Sam Thompson 133 554 163 .294 7 90
OF Ed Delahanty 128 543 132 .243 5 86
OF Billy Hamilton 133 527 179 .340 2 60

Other batters edit

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
Ed Mayer 68 268 50 .187 0 31
Bill Gray 23 75 18 .240 0 7
Jerry Denny 19 73 21 .288 0 11
Jocko Fields 8 30 7 .233 0 5
Billy Graulich 7 26 8 .308 0 3
Alexander Donoghue 6 22 7 .318 0 2
Harry Morelock 4 14 1 .071 0 0
Walter Plock 2 5 2 .400 0 0
Charlie Bastian 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kid Gleason 53 418.0 24 22 3.51 100
Duke Esper 39 296.0 20 15 3.56 108
John Thornton 37 269.0 15 16 3.68 52
Tim Keefe 11 78.1 3 6 3.91 34
Joe Gormley 1 8.0 0 1 5.63 2

Other pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Kling 12 75.0 4 2 4.32 26
Ed Cassian 6 38.0 1 3 2.84 10
Phenomenal Smith 3 19.0 1 1 4.26 3
Mike Kilroy 3 10.0 0 2 9.90 3

Relief pitchers edit

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Schultz 6 0 1 0 6.60 4
Phil Saylor 1 0 0 0 6.00 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Off For Cape May". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 11, 1891. p. 3.
  2. ^ "The Phillies At Work: Manager Wright's Boys Tossing the Ball on Cape May Beach". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 14, 1891. p. 3.
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