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.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Roster 1891 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
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 118 455 138 .303 11 106 1B 133 526 147 .279 10 93 2B Bill Hallman 141 587 166 .283 6 69 SS 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 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 110 402 121 .301 5 52 50 201 46 .229 2 13 40 156 39 .250 1 19 16 71 15 .211 0 7 15 54 14 .259 0 3 3 11 0 .000 0 0 Pat Friel 2 8 2 .250 0 0 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 52 450.0 31 20 3.18 219 49 405.2 22 23 4.22 204 19 145.0 11 5 3.79 40 13 112.0 6 6 6.43 28 8 68.0 2 5 3.44 22 6 35.0 1 4 6.94 13 2 18.0 0 2 3.50 7
References
1891 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference