# 1891 St. Louis Browns season

The 1891 St. Louis Browns season was the team's tenth season in St. Louis, Missouri and the tenth season in the American Association. The Browns went 85–51 during the season and finished second in the American Association.
This was the Browns final season in the American Association. The league folded after the season, and the Browns moved to the National League where they remain today as the St. Louis Cardinals.

## 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 | Jack Boyle | 121 | 434 | 122 | .281 | 5 | 79 |
| 1B | Charlie Comiskey | 139 | 572 | 148 | .259 | 2 | 88 |
| 2B | Bill Eagan | 82 | 297 | 65 | .219 | 4 | 43 |
| 3B | Denny Lyons | 120 | 451 | 142 | .315 | 11 | 84 |
| SS | Shorty Fuller | 135 | 576 | 122 | .212 | 2 | 61 |
| OF | Dummy Hoy | 139 | 559 | 163 | .292 | 5 | 64 |
| OF | Tip O'Neill | 127 | 514 | 166 | .323 | 10 | 95 |
| OF | Tommy McCarthy | 134 | 570 | 176 | .309 | 8 | 92 |

#### 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 |
| John Munyan | 60 | 176 | 41 | .233 | 0 | 19 |
| Dell Darling | 17 | 53 | 7 | .132 | 0 | 9 |
| Joe Visner | 6 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Cook | 7 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| John Ricks | 5 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul McSweeney | 3 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Mart McQuaid | 4 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 1 |
| Art Whitney | 3 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Yank Robinson | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Zies | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Fuller | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schulze | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Jack Stivetts | 64 | 440.0 | 33 | 22 | 2.86 | 259 |
| Willie McGill | 33 | 233.0 | 18 | 9 | 2.70 | 146 |
| Joe Neale | 15 | 110.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.24 | 24 |
| George Rettger | 14 | 92.2 | 7 | 3 | 3.40 | 49 |
| Jack Easton | 7 | 47.2 | 3 | 2 | 5.10 | 22 |
| Jesse Duryea | 3 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Clark Griffith | 27 | 186.1 | 11 | 8 | 3.33 | 68 |
| Harry Burrell | 7 | 43.0 | 4 | 2 | 4.81 | 19 |
| Ted Breitenstein | 6 | 28.2 | 2 | 0 | 2.20 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Tommy McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |