1891 Baltimore Orioles season

In their last season in the American Association, the 1891 Baltimore Orioles finished in fourth place (third among teams that played a full schedule) with a record of 71–64. After the season, the AA folded, and the Orioles joined the National League.

1891 Baltimore Orioles
League	American Association
Ballpark	Union Park
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Owner	Harry Von der Horst
Manager	Billy Barnie
Seasons

Regular season

Season standings

American Association	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

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	—

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	Wilbert Robinson	93	334	72	.216	2	46
1B	Perry Werden	139	552	160	.290	6	104
2B	Sam Wise	103	388	96	.247	1	48
SS	Irv Ray	103	418	116	.278	0	58
3B	Pete Gilbert	139	513	118	.230	3	72
OF	Curt Welch	132	514	138	.268	3	55
OF	Lefty Johnson	129	480	130	.271	2	79
OF	George Van Haltren	139	566	180	.318	9	83

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
George Townsend	61	204	39	.191	0	18
John McGraw	33	115	31	.270	0	14
Joe Walsh	26	100	21	.210	1	10
Lou Hardie	15	56	13	.232	0	1
John O'Connell	8	29	5	.172	0	7

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
Sadie McMahon	61	503.0	35	24	2.81	219
Bert Cunningham	30	237.2	11	14	4.01	59
Kid Madden	32	224.0	13	12	4.10	56
Egyptian Healy	23	170.1	8	10	3.75	54
Jersey Bakely	8	59.0	4	2	2.29	13

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 Van Haltren	6	23.0	0	1	5.09	7

References

• 1891 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Reference
• 1891 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com