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.

1891 Chicago Colts
League	National League
Ballpark	West Side Park (since 1885) South Side Park
City	Chicago
Record	82–53 (.607)
League place	2nd
Owner	Albert Spalding
Manager	Cap Anson

Regular season

Season standings

National 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 record Sources:
Team	BSN	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	—

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

References

• 1891 Chicago Colts season at Baseball Reference