# 1891 Philadelphia Phillies season
## Spring Training

The Phillies held spring training in 1891 in Cape May, New Jersey where the team stayed at the Aldine Hotel. The team had planned to practice at the Cape May Athletic Field, where the team held spring training 1888. Finding it unfit, the Phillies instead practiced on the Gas House field. It was the second of three seasons the Phillies trained in Cape May.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | Jack Clements | 107 | 423 | 131 | .310 | 4 | 75 |
| 1B | William Brown | 115 | 441 | 107 | .243 | 0 | 50 |
| 2B | Al Myers | 135 | 514 | 118 | .230 | 2 | 69 |
| SS | Bob Allen | 118 | 438 | 97 | .221 | 1 | 51 |
| 3B | Billy Shindle | 103 | 415 | 87 | .210 | 0 | 38 |
| OF | Sam Thompson | 133 | 554 | 163 | .294 | 7 | 90 |
| OF | Ed Delahanty | 128 | 543 | 132 | .243 | 5 | 86 |
| OF | Billy Hamilton | 133 | 527 | 179 | .340 | 2 | 60 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Mayer | 68 | 268 | 50 | .187 | 0 | 31 |
| Bill Gray | 23 | 75 | 18 | .240 | 0 | 7 |
| Jerry Denny | 19 | 73 | 21 | .288 | 0 | 11 |
| Jocko Fields | 8 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 0 | 5 |
| Billy Graulich | 7 | 26 | 8 | .308 | 0 | 3 |
| Alexander Donoghue | 6 | 22 | 7 | .318 | 0 | 2 |
| Harry Morelock | 4 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Plock | 2 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bastian | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Kid Gleason | 53 | 418.0 | 24 | 22 | 3.51 | 100 |
| Duke Esper | 39 | 296.0 | 20 | 15 | 3.56 | 108 |
| John Thornton | 37 | 269.0 | 15 | 16 | 3.68 | 52 |
| Tim Keefe | 11 | 78.1 | 3 | 6 | 3.91 | 34 |
| Joe Gormley | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.63 | 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 |
| Bill Kling | 12 | 75.0 | 4 | 2 | 4.32 | 26 |
| Ed Cassian | 6 | 38.0 | 1 | 3 | 2.84 | 10 |
| Phenomenal Smith | 3 | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.26 | 3 |
| Mike Kilroy | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 9.90 | 3 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| John Schultz | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.60 | 4 |
| Phil Saylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 |