1891 Baltimore Orioles season

In their last season in the American Association, the 1891 Baltimore Orioles finished in fourth place (third among teams that played a full schedule) with a record of 71–64. After the season, the AA folded, and the Orioles joined the National League.

1891 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Union Park (since 1891) Baltimore, Maryland (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Harry Von der Horst
Manager(s)	Billy Barnie
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Regular season

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
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	—

Roster

1891 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Jersey Bakely Bert Cunningham Egyptian Healy Kid Madden Sadie McMahon		Catchers Wilbert Robinson George Townsend Infielders Pete Gilbert John McGraw John O'Connell Joe Walsh Perry Werden Sam Wise		Outfielders Lou Hardie Lefty Johnson Irv Ray George Van Haltren Curt Welch		Manager Billy Barnie

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
OF	Lefty Johnson	129	480	130	.271	2	79
OF	George Van Haltren	139	566	180	.318	9	83

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
George Townsend	61	204	39	.191	0	18
Joe Walsh	26	100	21	.210	1	10
John O'Connell	8	29	5	.172	0	7

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
Sadie McMahon	61	503	35	24	2.81	219
Bert Cunningham	30	237.2	11	14	4.01	59
Kid Madden	32	224	13	12	4.10	56
Egyptian Healy	23	170.1	8	10	3.75	54
Jersey Bakely	8	59	4	2	2.29	13

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
George Van Haltren	6	23	0	1	5.09	7

References

• 1891 Baltimore Orioles season
• 1891 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com