1891 Brooklyn Grooms season

The 1891 Brooklyn Grooms (the name was shortened from "Bridegrooms" this season) started the year with real estate mogul George Chauncey purchasing a controlling interest in the ballclub to join Ferdinand Abell and Charles Byrne in the ownership group. The former owner of the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders in the now defunct Players' League, Chauncey organized a merger of his team with the Grooms, forcing the firing of manager Bill McGunnigle (despite his winning two league championships) and replacing him with former Wonders manager and shortstop, John Montgomery Ward. The new owner also thought the team could generate larger revenue from a bigger stadium, so they decided to move the team to his stadium, Eastern Park. Games would be split between the new facility and old Washington Park during the 1891 season and the team would move full-time in 1892.[1] With all the turmoil, the team fell back into the pack, finishing the season in sixth place.

1891 Brooklyn Grooms
LeagueNational League
BallparkWashington Park, Eastern Park
CityBrooklyn, New York
OwnersCharles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey
PresidentCharles Byrne
ManagerJohn Montgomery Ward
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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


Roster

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1891 Brooklyn Grooms
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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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; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Tom Kinslow 61 228 22 54 .237 0 33 3
1B Dave Foutz 130 521 87 134 .257 2 73 48
2B Hub Collins 107 435 82 120 .276 3 31 32
3B George Pinkney 135 501 80 137 .273 2 71 44
SS John Ward 105 441 85 122 .277 0 39 57
OF Mike Griffin 134 521 106 139 .267 3 65 65
OF Oyster Burns 123 470 75 134 .285 4 83 21
OF Darby O'Brien 103 395 79 100 .253 5 57 31

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Con Daily 60 206 25 66 .320 0 30 7
Tom Daly 58 200 29 50 .250 2 27 7
Bob Caruthers 56 171 24 48 .281 2 23 4
John O'Brien 43 167 22 41 .246 0 26 4
Bones Ely 31 111 9 17 .153 0 11 4
Jack Burdock 3 12 1 1 .083 0 1 0
Dude Esterbrook 3 8 1 3 .375 0 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; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG
Tom Lovett 44 43 365.2 23 19 3.69 129 129 39
Bob Caruthers 38 32 297.0 18 14 3.12 107 69 29
George Hemming 27 22 199.2 8 15 4.96 84 84 19
Adonis Terry 25 22 194.0 6 16 4.22 80 65 18
Bert Inks 13 13 96.1 3 10 4.02 43 47 11
Dave Foutz 6 5 52.0 3 2 3.29 16 14 5

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References

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