1891 Boston Reds season

The 1891 Boston Reds baseball team finished the season with a 93–42 record and won the American Association championship in their first season in the new league after the demise of the Players' League. Thus they became only the second team (after the 1889–1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms) to win championships in two different leagues in successive seasons, as well as the only team to win the pennant every single season of its existence. After the season, the AA also disbanded, and the Reds team folded with the league.

1891 Boston Reds
1891 American Association Championship
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkCongress Street Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
ManagerArthur Irwin
← 1890

Regular season

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Season standings

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American Association
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Reds 93 42 .689 51‍–‍17 42‍–‍25
St. Louis Browns 85 51 .625 52‍–‍21 33‍–‍30
Baltimore Orioles 71 64 .526 22 44‍–‍24 27‍–‍40
Philadelphia Athletics 73 66 .525 22 43‍–‍26 30‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers 21 15 .583 22½ 16‍–‍5 5‍–‍10
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 43 57 .430 32½ 24‍–‍21 19‍–‍36
Columbus Solons 61 76 .445 33 33‍–‍29 28‍–‍47
Louisville Colonels 54 83 .394 40 39‍–‍32 15‍–‍51
Washington Statesmen 44 91 .326 49 28‍–‍40 16‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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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

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Roster

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1891 Boston Reds
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 Morgan Murphy 106 402 87 .216 4 54
1B Dan Brouthers 130 486 170 .350 5 109
2B Cub Stricker 139 514 111 .216 0 46
SS Paul Radford 133 456 118 .259 0 65
3B Duke Farrell 122 473 143 .302 12 110
OF Hugh Duffy 127 536 180 .336 9 110
OF Tom Brown 137 589 189 .321 5 72
OF Hardy Richardson 74 278 71 .255 7 52

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
Bill Joyce 65 243 75 .309 3 51
Jack McGeachey 41 178 45 .253 1 21
John Irwin 19 72 16 .222 0 15
Arthur Irwin 6 17 2 .118 0 0
King Kelly 4 15 4 .267 1 4
Tom Cotter 6 12 3 .250 0 4
Tommy Dowd 4 11 1 .091 0 0
Tim Donahue 4 7 0 .000 0 0
Frank Quinlan 2 5 0 .000 0 0
Mike Flynn 1 2 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
George Haddock 51 379.2 34 11 2.49 169
Charlie Buffinton 48 363.2 29 9 2.55 158
Cinders O'Brien 40 268.2 18 13 3.65 87
Kid Madden 1 8.0 0 1 6.75 6

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
Bill Daley 19 126.2 8 6 2.98 68
Clark Griffith 7 40.0 3 1 5.63 20
John Fitzgerald 6 32.0 1 1 5.63 16

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Paul Radford 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

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