1891 Milwaukee Brewers season

The Milwaukee Brewers of 1891 were an American professional baseball team. They were brought into the major-league American Association (AA) from the minor-league Western Association in August 1891 to replace the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers, who had ceased operations on August 17. In their only season as a major-league team, the Brewers finished with a record of 21–15 (.583), finishing with a better winning percentage than all but two teams in the AA--albeit with 100 fewer games played than the other teams. After the season, the AA folded, while the Brewers lasted one season in the Western League before they folded.

1891 Milwaukee Brewers
League	American Association
Ballpark	Athletic Park
City	Milwaukee
Manager	Charlie Cushman

See also: Milwaukee Brewers (1886–1892)

Regular season

Season standings

American Association

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Reds	93	42	.689	—	51‍–‍17	42‍–‍25
St. Louis Browns	85	51	.625	8½	52‍–‍21	33‍–‍30
Baltimore Orioles	71	64	.526	22	44‍–‍24	27‍–‍40
Philadelphia Athletics	73	66	.525	22	43‍–‍26	30‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers	21	15	.583	22½	16‍–‍5	5‍–‍10
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers	43	57	.430	32½	24‍–‍21	19‍–‍36
Columbus Solons	61	76	.445	33	33‍–‍29	28‍–‍47
Louisville Colonels	54	83	.394	40	39‍–‍32	15‍–‍51
Washington Statesmen	44	91	.326	49	28‍–‍40	16‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1891 American Association record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
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	—

Roster

1891 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers George Davies Frank Dwyer Jim Hughey Frank Killen Willard Mains		Catchers John Grim Farmer Vaughn Infielders Gus Alberts Jim Canavan Jack Carney Bob Pettit George Shoch		Outfielders Eddie Burke Abner Dalrymple Howard Earl Tom Letcher		Manager Charlie Cushman

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	Farmer Vaughn	25	99	33	.333	0	9
1B	John Carney	31	110	33	.300	3	23
2B	Jim Canavan	35	142	38	.268	3	21
SS	George Shoch	34	127	40	.315	1	16
3B	Gus Alberts	12	41	4	.098	0	2
OF	Eddie Burke	35	144	34	.236	2	21
OF	Abner Dalrymple	32	135	42	.311	1	22
OF	Howard Earl	31	129	32	.248	1	17

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
John Grim	29	119	28	.235	1	14
Bob Pettit	21	80	14	.175	1	5
Tom Letcher	6	21	4	.190	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
George Davies	12	102.0	7	5	2.65	61
Frank Killen	11	96.2	7	4	1.68	38
Frank Dwyer	10	86.0	6	4	2.20	27
Willard Mains	2	10.0	0	2	10.80	2

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
Jim Hughey	2	15.0	1	0	3.00	9

References

• 1891 Milwaukee Brewers at Baseball Reference