# 1891 Milwaukee Brewers season

The Milwaukee Brewers of 1891 were an American professional baseball team. They were brought into the major-league American Association (AA) from the minor-league Western Association in August 1891 to replace the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers, who had ceased operations on August 17. In their only season as a major-league team, the Brewers finished with a record of 21–15 (.583), finishing with a better winning percentage than all but two teams in the AA--albeit with 100 fewer games played than the other teams. After the season, the AA folded, while the Brewers lasted one season in the Western League before they folded.

## 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 | Farmer Vaughn | 25 | 99 | 33 | .333 | 0 | 9 |
| 1B | John Carney | 31 | 110 | 33 | .300 | 3 | 23 |
| 2B | Jim Canavan | 35 | 142 | 38 | .268 | 3 | 21 |
| SS | George Shoch | 34 | 127 | 40 | .315 | 1 | 16 |
| 3B | Gus Alberts | 12 | 41 | 4 | .098 | 0 | 2 |
| OF | Eddie Burke | 35 | 144 | 34 | .236 | 2 | 21 |
| OF | Abner Dalrymple | 32 | 135 | 42 | .311 | 1 | 22 |
| OF | Howard Earl | 31 | 129 | 32 | .248 | 1 | 17 |

#### 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 Grim | 29 | 119 | 28 | .235 | 1 | 14 |
| Bob Pettit | 21 | 80 | 14 | .175 | 1 | 5 |
| Tom Letcher | 6 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| George Davies | 12 | 102.0 | 7 | 5 | 2.65 | 61 |
| Frank Killen | 11 | 96.2 | 7 | 4 | 1.68 | 38 |
| Frank Dwyer | 10 | 86.0 | 6 | 4 | 2.20 | 27 |
| Willard Mains | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 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 |
| Jim Hughey | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 9 |