# 1891 Louisville Colonels season

The 1891 Louisville Colonels baseball team finished with a 54–83 record, collapsing back into mediocrity after their pennant winning season of 1890. They finished the season in eighth place in the American Association. After the season, the Association folded and four teams, including Louisville, were admitted into 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 | Tom Cahill | 120 | 433 | 111 | .256 | 3 | 47 |
| 1B | Harry Taylor | 93 | 356 | 105 | .295 | 2 | 37 |
| 2B | Tim Shinnick | 126 | 436 | 96 | .220 | 1 | 52 |
| SS | Hughie Jennings | 88 | 351 | 103 | .293 | 1 | 58 |
| 3B | Ollie Beard | 68 | 257 | 62 | .241 | 0 | 24 |
| OF | Chicken Wolf | 136 | 528 | 135 | .256 | 1 | 81 |
| OF | Farmer Weaver | 133 | 556 | 157 | .282 | 1 | 53 |
| OF | Patsy Donovan | 105 | 439 | 141 | .321 | 2 | 53 |

#### 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 Ryan | 75 | 253 | 57 | .225 | 2 | 25 |
| Paul Cook | 45 | 153 | 35 | .229 | 0 | 23 |
| Bill Kuehne | 39 | 152 | 41 | .270 | 1 | 17 |
| Monk Cline | 19 | 70 | 21 | .300 | 0 | 11 |
| Harry Raymond | 14 | 59 | 12 | .203 | 0 | 2 |
| John Irwin | 14 | 55 | 15 | .273 | 0 | 7 |
| Sam LaRocque | 10 | 35 | 11 | .314 | 1 | 8 |
| Jim Long | 30 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 0 | 4 |
| George Fox | 6 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Schellhase | 6 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gerhardt | 2 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Pettee | 2 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Wentz | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Briggs | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Reeder | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Darragh | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Warren Fitzgerald | 33 | 276.0 | 14 | 17 | 3.59 | 111 |
| Jouett Meekin | 28 | 221.0 | 9 | 16 | 4.28 | 141 |
| Red Ehret | 26 | 220.2 | 13 | 13 | 3.47 | 76 |
| Scott Stratton | 20 | 172.0 | 6 | 13 | 4.08 | 52 |
| John Doran | 15 | 126.0 | 5 | 10 | 5.43 | 55 |
| Ed Daily | 15 | 111.1 | 4 | 8 | 5.74 | 27 |
| Charlie Bell | 10 | 77.0 | 2 | 6 | 4.68 | 16 |

#### 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 Boone | 4 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 7.80 | 4 |