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.

1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
Also known as the Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersChris von der Ahe
ManagersKing 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
Boston Reds 9342 0.689 51–17 42–25
St. Louis Browns 8551 0.625 52–21 33–30
Baltimore Orioles 7164 0.526 22 44–24 27–40
Philadelphia Athletics 7366 0.525 22 43–26 30–40
Milwaukee Brewers 2115 0.583 22½ 16–5 5–10
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 4357 0.430 32½ 24–21 19–36
Columbus Solons 6176 0.445 33 33–29 28–47
Louisville Colonels 5483 0.394 40 39–32 15–51
Washington Statesmen 4491 0.326 49 28–40 16–51

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BAL BOS CIN COL LOU MIL PHI STL WSH
Baltimore 8–12–17–512–714–63–39–10–27–12–111–9
Boston 12–8–18–515–514–3–25–213–7–18–1018–2
Cincinnati 5–75–88–77–90–04–85–14–19–4–1
Columbus 7–125–157–812–80–59–119–1112–6–1
Louisville 6–143–14–29–78–121–38–129–1110–10
Milwaukee 3–32–50–05–03–13–51–04–1
Philadelphia 10–9–27–13–18–411–912–85–310–1010–10–1
St. Louis 12–7–110–814–5–111–911–90–110–1017–2–1
Washington 9–112–184–9–16–12–110–101–410–10–12–17–1

Roster

1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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
CKing Kelly8228384.297153
1BJohn Carney99367102.278343
2BYank Robinson9734261.178137
SSJim Canavan10142697.228766
3BArt Whitney9334769.199333
OFEmmett Seery97372106.285436
OFEd Andrews8335675.211026
OFDick Johnston9937683.221651

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
Farmer Vaughn5117545.257114
Jerry Hurley246614.21206
Lefty Marr145711.19304
Billy Clingman151.20000
Joe Burke141.25001
Charlie Bastian140.00000

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
Frank Dwyer35289.013194.52101
Ed Crane32250.014142.55122
Willard Mains30204.012122.6976
Willie McGill865.0254.9819
Matt Kilroy745.1142.986
Charlie Bell19.0100.001
Wild Bill Widner18.0017.880
Jack Keenan18.0010.005

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
King Kelly30105.280
Farmer Vaughn10003.860
John Slagle10010.001

References

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