1891 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkAthletic Park
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
OwnerJ. Earl Wagner
ManagersBill Sharsig, George Wood
← 1890

The 1891 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team, which had played the 1890 season in the defunct Players' League, joined the American Association as a replacement for the previous version of the Philadelphia Athletics, which was expelled after the 1890 season.

The team finished with a 73–66 record and was fifth place in the AA. The league folded after the 1891 season; the team disbanded with it.

Regular season

Season standings

American Association 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Reds 93 42 0.689 — 51–17 42–25
St. Louis Browns 85 51 0.625 8½ 52–21 33–30
Baltimore Orioles 71 64 0.526 22 44–24 27–40
Philadelphia Athletics 73 66 0.525 22 43–26 30–40
Milwaukee Brewers 21 15 0.583 22½ 16–5 5–10
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 43 57 0.430 32½ 24–21 19–36
Columbus Solons 61 76 0.445 33 33–29 28–47
Louisville Colonels 54 83 0.394 40 39–32 15–51
Washington Statesmen 44 91 0.326 49 28–40 16–51

Record vs. opponents

1891 American Association record

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Team BAL BOS CIN COL LOU MIL PHI STL WSH
Baltimore — 8–12–1 7–5 12–7 14–6 3–3 9–10–2 7–12–1 11–9
Boston 12–8–1 — 8–5 15–5 14–3–2 5–2 13–7–1 8–10 18–2
Cincinnati 5–7 5–8 — 8–7 7–9 0–0 4–8 5–14–1 9–4–1
Columbus 7–12 5–15 7–8 — 12–8 0–5 9–11 9–11 12–6–1
Louisville 6–14 3–14–2 9–7 8–12 — 1–3 8–12 9–11 10–10
Milwaukee 3–3 2–5 0–0 5–0 3–1 — 3–5 1–0 4–1
Philadelphia 10–9–2 7–13–1 8–4 11–9 12–8 5–3 — 10–10 10–10–1
St. Louis 12–7–1 10–8 14–5–1 11–9 11–9 0–1 10–10 — 17–2–1
Washington 9–11 2–18 4–9–1 6–12–1 10–10 1–4 10–10–1 2–17–1 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1891 Philadelphia Athletics
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 Jocko Milligan 118 455 138 .303 11 106
1B Henry Larkin 133 526 147 .279 10 93
2B Bill Hallman 141 587 166 .283 6 69
SS Tommy Corcoran 133 511 130 .254 7 71
3B Joe Mulvey 113 453 115 .254 5 66
OF Pop Corkhill 83 349 73 .209 0 31
OF Jim McTamany 58 218 49 .225 3 21
OF George Wood 132 528 163 .309 3 61

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
Lave Cross 110 402 121 .301 5 52
Jack McGeachey 50 201 46 .229 2 13
Ben Sanders 40 156 39 .250 1 19
Ed Beecher 16 71 15 .211 0 7
Dave McKeough 15 54 14 .259 0 3
Bill Clymer 3 11 0 .000 0 0
Pat Friel 2 8 2 .250 0 0
Charles Matthews 1 3 1 .333 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
Gus Weyhing 52 450.0 31 20 3.18 219
Ice Box Chamberlain 49 405.2 22 23 4.22 204
Ben Sanders 19 145.0 11 5 3.79 40
Will Calihan 13 112.0 6 6 6.43 28
Sumner Bowman 8 68.0 2 5 3.44 22
George Meakim 6 35.0 1 4 6.94 13
Mike Sullivan 2 18.0 0 2 3.50 7

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