1891 Boston Reds season

1891 Boston Reds
1891 American Association Championship
League	American Association
Ballpark	Congress Street Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Manager	Arthur Irwin

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.

Regular season

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	8½	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

1891 American Association record v t e 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 Boston Reds
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Buffinton Bill Daley John Fitzgerald Clark Griffith George Haddock Kid Madden Darby O'Brien		Catchers Tom Cotter Tim Donahue Mike Flynn King Kelly Morgan Murphy Frank Quinlan Infielders Dan Brouthers Duke Farrell Arthur Irwin Bill Joyce Paul Radford Cub Stricker		Outfielders Tom Brown Tommy Dowd Hugh Duffy John Irwin Jack McGeachey Hardy Richardson		Manager Arthur Irwin

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	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

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

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
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

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

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

• 1891 Boston Reds team page at Baseball Reference