1891 Philadelphia Athletics season

November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1891 American Association (19th century)American Association Forepaugh Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 73 66 y 4th J. Earl Wagner Bill Sharsig, George Wood 1890 Philadelphia Athletics (PL) season The 1891 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. The team, which had played the 1890 season in the defunct Players' League, joined the American Association as a replacement for the previous version of the Philadelphia Athletics, which was expelled after the 1890 season. The team finished with a 73–66 record and was fourth place in the AA. The league folded after the 1891 season; the team disbanded with it. It was reported that Athletics ownership earned a $5,000 profit on the season in addition to the rents they charged the Forepaugh and Barnum circuses for use of Forepaugh Park. October 15, 1891 Chat of the Diamonds Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Opening Day lineup Roster 1891 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Sumner Bowman Will Calihan Ice Box Chamberlain George Meakim Mike Sullivan Gus Weyhing Catchers Dave McKeough Jocko Milligan Infielders Bill Clymer Tommy Corcoran Bill Hallman Henry Larkin Joe Mulvey Outfielders Ed Beecher Pop Corkhill Lave Cross Pat Friel Charles Matthews Jack McGeachey Jim McTamany Ben Sanders George Wood Manager Bill Sharsig George Wood 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 Jocko Milligan 118 455 138 .303 11 106 1B Henry Larkin 133 526 147 .279 10 93 2B Bill Hallman 141 587 166 .283 6 69 SS Tommy Corcoran Tommy Corcoran (baseball) 133 511 130 .254 7 71 3B Joe Mulvey 113 453 115 .254 5 66 OF Pop Corkhill 83 349 73 .209 0 31 OF Jim McTamany 58 218 49 .225 3 21 OF George Wood George Wood (baseball) 132 528 163 .309 3 61 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 Lave Cross 110 402 121 .301 5 52 Jack McGeachey 50 201 46 .229 2 13 Ben Sanders 40 156 39 .250 1 19 Ed Beecher 16 71 15 .211 0 7 Dave McKeough 15 54 14 .259 0 3 Bill Clymer 3 11 0 .000 0 0 Pat Friel 2 8 2 .250 0 0 Charles Matthews Charles Matthews (baseball) 1 3 1 .333 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 Gus Weyhing 52 450.0 31 20 3.18 219 Ice Box Chamberlain 49 405.2 22 23 4.22 204 Ben Sanders 19 145.0 11 5 3.79 40 Will Calihan 13 112.0 6 6 6.43 28 Sumner Bowman 8 68.0 2 5 3.44 22 George Meakim 6 35.0 1 4 6.94 13 Mike Sullivan Mike Sullivan (pitcher) 2 18.0 0 2 3.50 7 References 1891 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference Philadelphia Athletics season