# 1891 Chicago Colts season

The 1891 Chicago Colts season was the 20th season of the Chicago Colts franchise, the 16th in the National League and the first at South Side Park. The Colts finished second in the National League with a record of 82–53.

## 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 | Malachi Kittridge | 79 | 296 | 62 | .209 | 2 | 27 |
| 1B | Cap Anson | 136 | 540 | 157 | .291 | 8 | 120 |
| 2B | Fred Pfeffer | 137 | 498 | 123 | .247 | 7 | 77 |
| SS | Jimmy Cooney | 118 | 465 | 114 | .245 | 0 | 42 |
| 3B | Bill Dahlen | 135 | 549 | 143 | .260 | 9 | 76 |
| OF | Walt Wilmot | 121 | 498 | 137 | .275 | 11 | 71 |
| OF | Cliff Carroll | 130 | 515 | 132 | .256 | 7 | 80 |
| OF | Jimmy Ryan | 118 | 505 | 140 | .277 | 9 | 66 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Burns | 59 | 243 | 55 | .226 | 1 | 17 |
| Pop Schriver | 27 | 90 | 30 | .333 | 1 | 21 |
| Bill Bowman | 15 | 45 | 4 | .089 | 0 | 5 |
| Bill Merritt | 11 | 42 | 9 | .214 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Nagle | 8 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 1 |
| Elmer Foster | 4 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 1 | 1 |
| Marty Honan | 5 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 3 |

### 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 |
| Bill Hutchison | 66 | 561.0 | 44 | 19 | 2.81 | 261 |
| Ad Gumbert | 32 | 256.1 | 17 | 11 | 3.58 | 73 |
| Pat Luby | 30 | 206.0 | 8 | 11 | 4.76 | 52 |
| Ed Stein | 14 | 101.0 | 7 | 6 | 3.74 | 38 |
| Tom Vickery | 14 | 79.2 | 6 | 5 | 4.07 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| George Nicol | 3 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.91 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.59 | 2 |