1891 Brooklyn Grooms season

March 2026 November 2013 Brooklyn Grooms 1891 National League Washington Park, Eastern Park Brooklyn, New York 61 76 y 6th Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey Charles Byrne John Montgomery Ward 1890 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season The 1891 Brooklyn Grooms (the name was shortened from "Bridegrooms" this season) started the year with real estate mogul George Chauncey purchasing a controlling interest in the ballclub to join Ferdinand Abell and Charles Byrne in the ownership group. The former owner of the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders in the now defunct Players' League, Chauncey organized a merger of his team with the Grooms, forcing the firing of manager Bill McGunnigle (despite his winning two league championships) and replacing him with former Wonders manager and shortstop, John Montgomery Ward. The new owner also thought the team could generate larger revenue from a bigger stadium, so they decided to move the team to his stadium, Eastern Park. Games would be split between the new facility and old Washington Park during the 1891 season and the team would move full-time in 1892.Dodgers park history from MLB.com With all the turmoil, the team fell back into the pack, finishing the season in sixth place. Regular season Season standings Brooklyn Grooms Record vs. opponents BRO Roster 1891 Brooklyn Grooms Roster Pitchers Bob Caruthers George Hemming Bert Inks Tom Lovett Adonis Terry Catchers Con Daily Tom Daly Tom Kinslow Infielders Jack Burdock Hub Collins Bones Ely Dave Foutz John O'Brien George Pinkney John Ward Outfielders Oyster Burns Dude Esterbrook Mike Griffin Darby O'Brien Manager John Ward Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB C Tom Kinslow 61 228 22 54 .237 0 33 3 1B Dave Foutz 130 521 87 134 .257 2 73 48 2B Hub Collins 107 435 82 120 .276 3 31 32 3B George Pinkney 135 501 80 137 .273 2 71 44 SS John Ward John Montgomery Ward 105 441 85 122 .277 0 39 57 OF Mike Griffin Mike Griffin (outfielder) 134 521 106 139 .267 3 65 65 OF Oyster Burns 123 470 75 134 .285 4 83 21 OF Darby O'Brien 103 395 79 100 .253 5 57 31 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB Con Daily 60 206 25 66 .320 0 30 7 Tom Daly Tom Daly (infielder) 58 200 29 50 .250 2 27 7 Bob Caruthers 56 171 24 48 .281 2 23 4 John O'Brien John O'Brien (second baseman) 43 167 22 41 .246 0 26 4 Bones Ely 31 111 9 17 .153 0 11 4 Jack Burdock 3 12 1 1 .083 0 1 0 Dude Esterbrook 3 8 1 3 .375 0 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games Player G GS IP W L ERA BB SO CG Tom Lovett 44 43 365.2 23 19 3.69 129 129 39 Bob Caruthers 38 32 297.0 18 14 3.12 107 69 29 George Hemming 27 22 199.2 8 15 4.96 84 84 19 Adonis Terry 25 22 194.0 6 16 4.22 80 65 18 Bert Inks 13 13 96.1 3 10 4.02 43 47 11 Dave Foutz 6 5 52.0 3 2 3.29 16 14 5 Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links Brooklyn Dodgers reference site Acme Dodgers page https://web.archive.org/web/20070913213938/http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ September 13, 2007 Retrosheet Category:Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Grooms season Brooklyn Category:19th century in Brooklyn Category:Brownsville, Brooklyn Category:Park Slope