1891 Louisville Colonels season

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.

1891 Louisville Colonels
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1882)
Location
Eclipse Park (since 1882) Louisville, Kentucky (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Jack Chapman
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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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

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

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	Tom Cahill	120	433	111	.256	3	47
1B	Harry Taylor	93	356	105	.295	2	37

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
Jack Ryan	75	253	57	.225	2	25
Paul Cook	45	153	35	.229	0	23
Jack Darragh	1	2	1	.500	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
Warren Fitzgerald	33	276	14	17	3.59	111
Jouett Meekin	28	221	9	16	4.28	141
Red Ehret	26	220.2	13	13	3.47	76
Ed Daily	15	111.1	4	8	5.74	27
John Doran	15	126	5	10	5.43	55
Charlie Bell	10	77	2	6	4.68	16

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 Boone	4	15	0	0	7.80	4

References

• 1891 Louisville Colonels team page at Baseball Reference