1891 Brooklyn Grooms season
Major League Baseball team season
| 1891 Brooklyn Grooms | |
|---|---|
| League | National League |
| Ballpark | Washington Park, Eastern Park |
| City | Brooklyn, New York |
| Owners | Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey |
| President | Charles Byrne |
| Manager | John Montgomery Ward |
← 1890 1892 → | |
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.[1] With all the turmoil, the team fell back into the pack, finishing the season in sixth place.
Regular season
Season standings
| W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Beaneaters | 87 | 51 | 0.630 | — | 51–20 | 36–31 |
| Chicago Colts | 82 | 53 | 0.607 | 3½ | 43–22 | 39–31 |
| New York Giants | 71 | 61 | 0.538 | 13 | 39–28 | 32–33 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 68 | 69 | 0.496 | 18½ | 35–34 | 33–35 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 65 | 74 | 0.468 | 22½ | 40–28 | 25–46 |
| Brooklyn Grooms | 61 | 76 | 0.445 | 25½ | 41–31 | 20–45 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 56 | 81 | 0.409 | 30½ | 26–41 | 30–40 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 55 | 80 | 0.407 | 30½ | 32–34 | 23–46 |
Record vs. opponents
1891 National League record
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | — | |||||||||
Roster
| 1891 Brooklyn Grooms | |||||||||
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| Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager | ||||||
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 | 105 | 441 | 85 | 122 | .277 | 0 | 39 | 57 |
| OF | Mike Griffin | 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 | 58 | 200 | 29 | 50 | .250 | 2 | 27 | 7 |
| Bob Caruthers | 56 | 171 | 24 | 48 | .281 | 2 | 23 | 4 |
| John O'Brien | 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
- ^ Dodgers park history from MLB.com
References
- Baseball-Reference season page
- Baseball Almanac season page
External links
- Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
- Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Retrosheet
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