1891 Washington Statesmen season

The 1891 Washington Statesmen baseball team finished the season with a 44–91 record in the American Association in their first season. After the season, the AA disbanded and the Washington club, renamed the "Senators," joined the National League.

1891 Washington Statesmen
Major League affiliations
American Association (since 1891)
Location
Boundary Field (since 1891) Washington D.C. (since 1891)
Other information
Manager(s)	Sam Trott, Pop Snyder, Dan Shannon, Sandy Griffin
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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 Washington Statesmen
Roster
Pitchers Jersey Bakely Kid Carsey Ed Cassian Martin Duke Ed Eiteljorge Frank Foreman Buck Freeman George Keefe Harry Mace Bob Miller Bill Quarles		Catchers Tom Hart Pete Lohman Deacon McGuire Miah Murray Infielders Billy Alvord Jumbo Davis Tommy Dowd Fred Dunlap Gil Hatfield Al McCauley Tom McLaughlin Mox McQuery Dan Shannon Will Smalley Pop Smith Pop Snyder		Outfielders Ed Beecher Jim Burns Jim Curtiss Ed Daily Patsy Donovan Sandy Griffin Paul Hines Larry Murphy Mike Slattery Sy Sutcliffe Joe Visner		Manager Sandy Griffin Dan Shannon Pop Snyder Sam Trott

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
SS	Gil Hatfield	134	500	128	.256	1	48
OF	Paul Hines	54	206	58	.282	0	31
OF	Ed Beecher	58	235	57	.243	2	28
OF	Larry Murphy	101	400	106	.265	1	35

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
Sandy Griffin	20	69	19	.275	0	10
Dan Shannon	19	67	9	.134	0	3
Tom McLaughlin	14	41	11	.268	0	3
Pop Snyder	8	27	5	.185	0	2

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
Kid Carsey	54	413	14	37	4.99	174
Jersey Bakely	13	104.1	2	10	5.35	32
Ed Eiteljorge	8	61.1	1	5	6.16	23
Ed Cassian	7	53	2	4	5.60	14
Bob Miller	7	42	2	5	4.29	13
Martin Duke	4	23	0	3	7.43	5

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 Quarles	3	22	1	1	8.18	10

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
Gil Hatfield	4	0	0	0	11.00	3

References

• 1891 Washington Statesmen team page at Baseball Reference