1891 Louisville Colonels season

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American Association (19th century)|American Association team season

1891 Louisville Colonels

League| American Association
Ballpark| Eclipse Park
City| Louisville, Kentucky
Owner| Barney Dreyfuss
Manager| Jack Chapman

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The 1891 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 54–83 record, collapsing back into mediocrity after their pennant winning season of 1890. They finished the season in eighth place in the American Association. After the season, the Association folded and four teams, including Louisville, were admitted into the National League.

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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American Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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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[edit]

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[edit]

### Roster[edit]

1891 Louisville Colonels

Roster
Pitchers

* Charlie Bell
* George Boone
* Ed Daily
* John Doran
* Red Ehret
* Warren Fitzgerald
* Jouett Meekin
* Scott Stratton

Catchers

* Grant Briggs
* Tom Cahill
* Paul Cook
* Jack Ryan
* Al Schellhase

|  | Infielders

* Ollie Beard
* Jack Darragh
* George Fox
* Joe Gerhardt
* John Irwin
* Hughie Jennings
* Bill Kuehne
* Sam LaRocque
* Pat Pettee
* Harry Raymond
* Nick Reeder
* Tim Shinnick
* Harry Taylor
* Jack Wentz

|  | Outfielders

* Monk Cline
* Patsy Donovan
* Jim Long
* Farmer Weaver
* Jimmy Wolf

|  | Manager

* Jack Chapman

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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

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C | Tom Cahill | 120 | 433 | 111 | .256 | 3 | 47
1B | Harry Taylor | 93 | 356 | 105 | .295 | 2 | 37
2B | Tim Shinnick | 126 | 436 | 96 | .220 | 1 | 52
SS | Hughie Jennings | 88 | 351 | 103 | .293 | 1 | 58
3B | Ollie Beard | 68 | 257 | 62 | .241 | 0 | 24
OF | Chicken Wolf | 136 | 528 | 135 | .256 | 1 | 81
OF | Farmer Weaver | 133 | 556 | 157 | .282 | 1 | 53
OF | Patsy Donovan | 105 | 439 | 141 | .321 | 2 | 53

#### Other batters[edit]

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

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Jack Ryan | 75 | 253 | 57 | .225 | 2 | 25
Paul Cook | 45 | 153 | 35 | .229 | 0 | 23
Bill Kuehne | 39 | 152 | 41 | .270 | 1 | 17
Monk Cline | 19 | 70 | 21 | .300 | 0 | 11
Harry Raymond | 14 | 59 | 12 | .203 | 0 | 2
John Irwin | 14 | 55 | 15 | .273 | 0 | 7
Sam LaRocque | 10 | 35 | 11 | .314 | 1 | 8
Jim Long | 30 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 0 | 4
George Fox | 6 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 2
Al Schellhase | 6 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0
Joe Gerhardt | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Pat Pettee | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Jack Wentz | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0
Grant Briggs | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0
Nick Reeder | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Jack Darragh | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Warren Fitzgerald | 33 | 276.0 | 14 | 17 | 3.59 | 111
Jouett Meekin | 28 | 221.0 | 9 | 16 | 4.28 | 141
Red Ehret | 26 | 220.2 | 13 | 13 | 3.47 | 76
Scott Stratton | 20 | 172.0 | 6 | 13 | 4.08 | 52
John Doran | 15 | 126.0 | 5 | 10 | 5.43 | 55
Ed Daily | 15 | 111.1 | 4 | 8 | 5.74 | 27
Charlie Bell | 10 | 77.0 | 2 | 6 | 4.68 | 16

#### Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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George Boone | 4 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 7.80 | 4

## References[edit]

* 1891 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference

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1891 MLB season by team

National League|

* Boston
* Brooklyn
* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Cleveland
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh

American Association|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* Cincinnati
* Columbus
* Louisville
* Milwaukee
* Philadelphia
* St. Louis
* Washington

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Louisville Colonels

Based in Louisville, Kentucky

The Franchise|

* Players
* Managers
* Opening Day starting pitchers

Ballparks|

* Eclipse Park

Spring Training:|

* Herald Park

Championships|

* 1890 AA Pennant
* 1890 World Series (tied)

Seasons|

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