# 1891 Washington Statesmen season

The 1891 Washington Statesmen baseball team finished the season with a 44–91 record in the American Association in their first season. After the season, the AA disbanded and the Washington club, renamed the "Senators," joined the National League.

## 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 | Deacon McGuire | 114 | 413 | 125 | .303 | 3 | 66 |
| 1B | Mox McQuery | 68 | 261 | 63 | .241 | 2 | 37 |
| 2B | Tommy Dowd | 112 | 464 | 120 | .259 | 1 | 44 |
| SS | Gil Hatfield | 134 | 500 | 128 | .256 | 1 | 48 |
| 3B | Billy Alvord | 81 | 312 | 73 | .234 | 0 | 30 |
| OF | Paul Hines | 54 | 206 | 58 | .282 | 0 | 31 |
| OF | Ed Beecher | 58 | 235 | 57 | .243 | 2 | 28 |
| OF | Larry Murphy | 101 | 400 | 106 | .265 | 1 | 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 |
| Al McCauley | 59 | 206 | 58 | .282 | 1 | 31 |
| Sy Sutcliffe | 53 | 201 | 71 | .353 | 2 | 33 |
| Pete Lohman | 32 | 109 | 21 | .193 | 1 | 11 |
| Jim Curtiss | 29 | 103 | 26 | .252 | 0 | 12 |
| Pop Smith | 27 | 90 | 16 | .178 | 0 | 13 |
| Jim Burns | 20 | 82 | 26 | .317 | 0 | 10 |
| Ed Daily | 21 | 79 | 18 | .228 | 0 | 6 |
| Patsy Donovan | 17 | 70 | 14 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Sandy Griffin | 20 | 69 | 19 | .275 | 0 | 10 |
| Joe Visner | 18 | 68 | 19 | .279 | 1 | 7 |
| Dan Shannon | 19 | 67 | 9 | .134 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Slattery | 15 | 60 | 17 | .283 | 0 | 5 |
| Jumbo Davis | 12 | 44 | 14 | .318 | 0 | 9 |
| Tom McLaughlin | 14 | 41 | 11 | .268 | 0 | 3 |
| Will Smalley | 11 | 38 | 6 | .158 | 0 | 3 |
| Pop Snyder | 8 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 2 |
| Fred Dunlap | 8 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Hart | 8 | 24 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
| Miah Murray | 2 | 8 | 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 |
| Kid Carsey | 54 | 413.0 | 14 | 37 | 4.99 | 174 |
| Frank Foreman | 43 | 345.1 | 18 | 20 | 3.73 | 170 |
| Jersey Bakely | 13 | 104.1 | 2 | 10 | 5.35 | 32 |
| Ed Eiteljorge | 8 | 61.1 | 1 | 5 | 6.16 | 23 |
| Ed Cassian | 7 | 53.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.60 | 14 |
| Buck Freeman | 5 | 44.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.89 | 28 |
| Bob Miller | 7 | 42.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.29 | 13 |
| George Keefe | 5 | 37.0 | 0 | 3 | 2.68 | 11 |
| Martin Duke | 4 | 23.0 | 0 | 3 | 7.43 | 5 |

#### 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 Quarles | 3 | 22.0 | 1 | 1 | 8.18 | 10 |
| Harry Mace | 3 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.31 | 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 |
| Gil Hatfield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 3 |