# 1891 Columbus Solons season

The 1891 Columbus Solons baseball team finished with a 61–76 record, sixth place in the American Association. The team folded at the conclusion of the season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | Jim Donahue | 77 | 280 | 61 | .218 | 0 | 35 |
| 1B | Mike Lehane | 137 | 511 | 110 | .215 | 1 | 52 |
| 2B | Jack Crooks | 138 | 519 | 127 | .245 | 0 | 46 |
| SS | Bobby Wheelock | 136 | 498 | 114 | .229 | 0 | 39 |
| 3B | Bill Kuehne | 68 | 261 | 56 | .215 | 2 | 22 |
| OF | Charlie Duffee | 137 | 552 | 166 | .301 | 10 | 90 |
| OF | John Sneed | 99 | 366 | 94 | .257 | 1 | 61 |
| OF | Jim McTamany | 81 | 304 | 76 | .250 | 3 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Jack O'Connor | 56 | 229 | 61 | .266 | 0 | 37 |
| Larry Twitchell | 57 | 224 | 62 | .277 | 2 | 35 |
| Tom Dowse | 55 | 201 | 45 | .224 | 0 | 22 |
| Tim O'Rourke | 34 | 136 | 38 | .279 | 0 | 12 |
| Jim Donnelly | 17 | 54 | 13 | .241 | 0 | 9 |
| Elmer Cleveland | 12 | 41 | 7 | .171 | 0 | 4 |

### 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 |
| Phil Knell | 58 | 462.0 | 28 | 27 | 2.92 | 228 |
| Hank Gastright | 35 | 283.2 | 12 | 19 | 3.78 | 109 |
| John Dolan | 27 | 203.1 | 12 | 11 | 4.16 | 68 |
| Jack Easton | 20 | 150.1 | 5 | 12 | 4.43 | 65 |
| Jack Leiper | 6 | 45.0 | 2 | 2 | 5.40 | 19 |
| Jim Sullivan | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Larry Twitchell | 6 | 31.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.06 | 8 |
| Dad Clarke | 4 | 21.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.86 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Ed Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |