1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers season

1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
Also known as the Cincinnati Reds
LeagueAmerican Association
BallparkEast End Park
CityCincinnati, Ohio
OwnerChris von der Ahe
ManagerKing Kelly

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.

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
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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
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

1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 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
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

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
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
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

References