1891 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1891 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Exposition Park
City	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Owner	William A. Nimick
Managers	Bill McGunnigle, Ned Hanlon
Seasons

The 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the tenth season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise and the first season under the "Pirates" name; their fifth place in the National League. The Pirates finished eighth and last in the National League with a record of 55–80.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	87	51	.630	—	51‍–‍20	36‍–‍31
Chicago Colts	82	53	.607	3½	43‍–‍22	39‍–‍31
New York Giants	71	61	.538	13	39‍–‍28	32‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies	68	69	.496	18½	35‍–‍34	33‍–‍35
Cleveland Spiders	65	74	.468	22½	40‍–‍28	25‍–‍46
Brooklyn Grooms	61	76	.445	25½	41‍–‍31	20‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds	56	81	.409	30½	26‍–‍41	30‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates	55	80	.407	30½	32‍–‍34	23‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1891 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BRO	CHI	CIN	CLE	NYG	PHI	PIT
Boston	—	15–5	7–13	11–9	11–9	15–5–1	12–7	16–3–1
Brooklyn	5–15	—	7–13	9–10	11–9	8–11	12–8	9–10
Chicago	13–7	13–7	—	14–6	16–4	5–13–1	9–10	12–6–1
Cincinnati	9–11	10–9	6–14	—	7–13	5–13–1	9–11	10–10
Cleveland	9–11	9–11	4–16	13–7	—	6–13–1	10–10–1	14–6
New York	5–15–1	11–8	13–5–1	13–5–1	13–6–1	—	9–10	7–12
Philadelphia	7–12	8–12	10–9	11–9	10–10–1	10–9	—	12–8
Pittsburgh	3–16–1	10–9	6–12–1	10–10	6–14	12–7	8–12	—

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	Connie Mack	75	280	60	.214	0	29
1B	Jake Beckley	133	554	162	.292	4	73
2B	Lou Bierbauer	121	500	103	.206	1	47
SS	Frank Shugart	75	320	88	.275	3	33
3B	Charlie Reilly	114	415	91	.219	3	44
OF	Ned Hanlon	119	455	121	.266	0	60
OF	Fred Carroll	91	353	77	.218	4	48
OF	Pete Browning	50	203	59	.291	4	28

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
Doggie Miller	135	548	156	.285	4	57
Al Maul	47	149	28	.188	0	14
Pop Corkhill	41	145	33	.228	3	20
Dan Lally	41	143	32	.224	1	17
Tun Berger	43	134	32	.239	1	14
Jocko Fields	23	75	18	.240	0	5
Piggy Ward	6	18	6	.333	0	2
John Newell	5	18	2	.111	0	2
Ed Spurney	3	7	2	.286	0	0
Sam LaRocque	1	4	0	.000	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
Mark Baldwin	53	437.2	21	28	2.76	197
Silver King	48	384.1	14	29	3.11	160
Pud Galvin	33	246.2	15	14	2.88	46
Harry Staley	9	71.2	4	5	2.89	25
Scott Stratton	2	18.1	0	2	2.45	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
Al Maul	8	39.0	1	2	2.31	13

References

• 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1891 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac