1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers season
The 1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers season was a season in American baseball. The "Kelly" in the name came from manager King Kelly, who was also the team's starting catcher. In 1891, their only season of existence, they finished with a record of 43–57, good for sixth place in the American Association, 32½ games behind the Boston Reds.
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Owners | Chris von der Ahe |
Managers | King Kelly |
The team, which was also called the Cincinnati Reds, folded on August 17, and was replaced by the Milwaukee Brewers, brought in from the Western League. Kelly himself moved on to the Boston Reds. After the season, the American Association itself folded.
Regular season
Season standings
American Association | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Reds | 93 | 42 | 0.689 | — | 51–17 | 42–25 |
St. Louis Browns | 85 | 51 | 0.625 | 8½ | 52–21 | 33–30 |
Baltimore Orioles | 71 | 64 | 0.526 | 22 | 44–24 | 27–40 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 73 | 66 | 0.525 | 22 | 43–26 | 30–40 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 21 | 15 | 0.583 | 22½ | 16–5 | 5–10 |
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers | 43 | 57 | 0.430 | 32½ | 24–21 | 19–36 |
Columbus Solons | 61 | 76 | 0.445 | 33 | 33–29 | 28–47 |
Louisville Colonels | 54 | 83 | 0.394 | 40 | 39–32 | 15–51 |
Washington Statesmen | 44 | 91 | 0.326 | 49 | 28–40 | 16–51 |
Record vs. opponents
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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
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager |
Player stats
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 |
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C | King Kelly | 82 | 283 | 84 | .297 | 1 | 53 |
1B | John Carney | 99 | 367 | 102 | .278 | 3 | 43 |
2B | Yank Robinson | 97 | 342 | 61 | .178 | 1 | 37 |
SS | Jim Canavan | 101 | 426 | 97 | .228 | 7 | 66 |
3B | Art Whitney | 93 | 347 | 69 | .199 | 3 | 33 |
OF | Emmett Seery | 97 | 372 | 106 | .285 | 4 | 36 |
OF | Ed Andrews | 83 | 356 | 75 | .211 | 0 | 26 |
OF | Dick Johnston | 99 | 376 | 83 | .221 | 6 | 51 |
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 |
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Farmer Vaughn | 51 | 175 | 45 | .257 | 1 | 14 |
Jerry Hurley | 24 | 66 | 14 | .212 | 0 | 6 |
Lefty Marr | 14 | 57 | 11 | .193 | 0 | 4 |
Billy Clingman | 1 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Burke | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
Charlie Bastian | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Frank Dwyer | 35 | 289.0 | 13 | 19 | 4.52 | 101 |
Ed Crane | 32 | 250.0 | 14 | 14 | 2.55 | 122 |
Willard Mains | 30 | 204.0 | 12 | 12 | 2.69 | 76 |
Willie McGill | 8 | 65.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.98 | 19 |
Matt Kilroy | 7 | 45.1 | 1 | 4 | 2.98 | 6 |
Charlie Bell | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Wild Bill Widner | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.88 | 0 |
Jack Keenan | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 5 |
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 |
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King Kelly | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.28 | 0 |
Farmer Vaughn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 |
John Slagle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 |