1891 Boston Beaneaters season

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.

1891 Boston Beaneaters
National League Champions
League	National League
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	87–51 (.630)
League place	1st
Owner	Arthur Soden
Manager	Frank Selee

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	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	—

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

References

• 1891 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference