1891 Boston Beaneaters
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record87–51 (.630)
League place1st
OwnerArthur Soden
ManagerFrank Selee
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1892 →

The 1891 Boston Beaneaters season was the 21st season of the franchise. The team finished first in the National League with an 87–51 record. After trailing the Chicago Colts by seven games in early September, the Beaneaters won 25 of their last 29 games to finish first in the league.

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
Pittsburgh Pirates 55 80 0.407 30½ 32–34 23–46

Record vs. opponents

1891 National League record

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

1891 Boston Beaneaters
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 Charlie Bennett 75 256 55 .215 5 39
1B Tommy Tucker 140 548 148 .270 2 69
2B Joe Quinn 124 508 122 .240 3 63
SS Herman Long 139 577 163 .282 9 75
3B Billy Nash 140 537 148 .276 5 95
OF Harry Stovey 134 544 152 .279 16 95
OF Bobby Lowe 125 497 129 .260 6 74
OF Steve Brodie 133 523 136 .260 2 78

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
Charlie Ganzel 70 263 68 .259 1 29
Marty Sullivan 17 67 15 .224 2 7
King Kelly 16 52 12 .231 0 5
Joe Kelley 12 45 11 .244 0 3
George Rooks 5 16 2 .125 0 0
Fred Lake 5 7 1 .143 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
John Clarkson 55 460.2 33 19 2.79 141
Kid Nichols 52 425.1 30 17 2.39 240
Harry Staley 31 252.1 20 8 2.50 114
Pretzels Getzien 11 89.0 4 5 3.84 29
John Kiley 1 8.0 0 1 6.75 1
Tod Brynan 1 1.0 0 1 54.00 0

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
Cyclone Ryan 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tommy Tucker 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Bobby Lowe 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
Jim Sullivan 1 0 0 0 81.00 0

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