1891 Columbus Solons season

American Association (19th century)|American Association team season
1891 Columbus Solons
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkRecreation Park
CityColumbus, Ohio
ManagerGus Schmelz
← 1890

The 1891 Columbus Solons baseball team finished with a 61–76 record, sixth place in the American Association. The team folded at the conclusion of the season.

Regular season

Season standings

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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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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
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 Columbus Solons
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 Jim Donahue 77 280 61 .218 0 35
1B Mike Lehane 137 511 110 .215 1 52
2B Jack Crooks 138 519 127 .245 0 46
SS Bobby Wheelock 136 498 114 .229 0 39
3B Bill Kuehne 68 261 56 .215 2 22
OF Charlie Duffee 137 552 166 .301 10 90
OF John Sneed 99 366 94 .257 1 61
OF Jim McTamany 81 304 76 .250 3 35

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
Jack O'Connor 56 229 61 .266 0 37
Larry Twitchell 57 224 62 .277 2 35
Tom Dowse 55 201 45 .224 0 22
Tim O'Rourke 34 136 38 .279 0 12
Jim Donnelly 17 54 13 .241 0 9
Elmer Cleveland 12 41 7 .171 0 4

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
Phil Knell 58 462.0 28 27 2.92 228
Hank Gastright 35 283.2 12 19 3.78 109
John Dolan 27 203.1 12 11 4.16 68
Jack Easton 20 150.1 5 12 4.43 65
Jack Leiper 6 45.0 2 2 5.40 19
Jim Sullivan 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 1

Other 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
Larry Twitchell 6 31.0 1 1 4.06 8
Dad Clarke 4 21.0 1 2 6.86 2

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
Ed Clark 1 0 0 0 0.00 1

References

  • 1891 Columbus Solons team page at Baseball Reference
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