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1891 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1891 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkExposition Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
OwnerWilliam A. Nimick
ManagersBill McGunnigle, Ned Hanlon
← 1890 Seasons 1892 →

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.

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 87 51 .630 51‍–‍20 36‍–‍31
Chicago Colts 82 53 .607 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

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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


Opening Day lineup

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Roster

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1891 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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References

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