1891 American Association

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The 1891 season of the American Association was the tenth and last season of the league. After the season, the league merged with the National League, with four clubs moving to the new league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Boston Reds	139	93	42	4	.669	-.-	1028 (7.40)	675 (4.86)	0.274	0.360	0.380	3.03	0.934
2	St. Louis Browns	141	86	52	3	.610	8.5	976 (6.92)	753 (5.34)	0.266	0.347	0.355	3.27	0.920
3	Milwaukee Brewers	36	21	15	0	.583	22.5	227 (6.31)	156 (4.33)	0.261	0.319	0.361	2.50	0.922
4	Baltimore Orioles	139	71	64	4	.511	22.0	850 (6.12)	798 (5.74)	0.255	0.332	0.345	3.43	0.915
5	Philadelphia Athletics	143	73	66	4	.510	22.0	817 (5.71)	794 (5.55)	0.258	0.319	0.376	4.01	0.933
6	Columbus Solons	138	61	76	1	.442	33.0	702 (5.09)	777 (5.63)	0.237	0.314	0.308	3.75	0.935
7	Cincinnati Kelly's Killers	102	43	57	2	.422	32.5	549 (5.38)	643 (6.30)	0.234	0.316	0.320	3.43	0.913
8	Louisville Colonels	141	55	84	2	.390	40.0	713 (5.06)	890 (6.31)	0.258	0.320	0.324	4.27	0.922
9	Washington Statesmen	139	44	91	4	.317	49.0	691 (4.97)	1067 (7.68)	0.251	0.319	0.330	4.83	0.900

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Charlie Comiskey Bill Hallman Dummy Hoy	St. Louis Browns Philadelphia Athletics St. Louis Browns	141
At Bats	Tom Brown	Boston Reds	589
Runs Scored	Tom Brown	Boston Reds	177
Hits	Tom Brown	Boston Reds	189
Doubles	Jocko Milligan	Philadelphia Athletics	35
Triples	Tom Brown	Boston Reds	21
Home Runs	Duke Farrell	Boston Reds	12
Total Bases	Tom Brown	Boston Reds	276
Runs Batted In	Hugh Duffy Duke Farrell	Boston Reds Boston Reds	110
Stolen Bases	Tom Brown	Boston Reds	106
Walks	Dummy Hoy	St. Louis Browns	119
Hit by Pitch	Curt Welch	Baltimore Orioles	36
Strikeouts	Tom Brown	Boston Reds	96
Batting Average	Dan Brouthers	Boston Reds	0.350
On-Base Percentage	Dan Brouthers	Boston Reds	0.471
Slugging Percentage	Dan Brouthers	Boston Reds	0.512
On-Base plus Slugging	Dan Brouthers	Boston Reds	0.983
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Dan Brouthers	Boston Reds	182

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Sadie McMahon	Baltimore Orioles	35
Losses	Kid Carsey	Washington Statesmen	37
Win-Loss Percentage	Charlie Buffinton	Boston Reds	0.763
Appearances	Jack Stivetts	St. Louis Browns	64
Games Started	Sadie McMahon	Baltimore Orioles	58
Complete Games	Sadie McMahon	Baltimore Orioles	53
Shutouts	George Haddock Phil Knell Sadie McMahon	Boston Reds Columbus Solons Baltimore Orioles	5
Games Finished	Clark Griffith	St. Louis Browns/Boston Reds	13
Saves	Bill Daley Darby O'Brien	Boston Reds Boston Reds	2
Innings Pitched	Sadie McMahon	Baltimore Orioles	503.0
Batters Faced	Gus Weyhing	Philadelphia Athletics	1824
Hits Allowed	Kid Carsey	Washington Statesmen	513
Home Runs Allowed	Kid Carsey	Washington Statesmen	17
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Jack Stivetts	St. Louis Browns	232
Hit Batsmen	Wild Bill Widner	Cincinnati Kelly's Killers	2
Strikeouts	Jack Stivetts	St. Louis Browns	259
Wild Pitches	Jack Stivetts Gus Weyhing	St. Louis Browns Philadelphia Athletics	25
Balks	Jim Sullivan	Boston Beaneaters/Columbus Solons	1
Runs Allowed	Kid Carsey	Washington Statesmen	358
Earned Runs Allowed	Kid Carsey	Washington Statesmen	230
Earned Run Average	Ed Crane	Cincinnati Kelly's Killers	2.45
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Charlie Buffinton	Boston Reds	1.163

Postseason

No postseason series was played as the National League instructs its league champions, the Boston Beaneaters, not to play a series against the American Association's Boston Reds. The leagues were discussing restructuring; after the season the American Association folded.

Umpires

• Tommy Bond*
• Kid Carsey*
• Elton Chamberlain*
• Connell*
• Dell Darling*
• Jumbo Davis
• Tom Dolan
• Clarence Dow*
• Jack Easton*
• Bob Ferguson
• Bill Gleason*
• Clark Griffith*
• Al Jennings*
• Charley Jones
• Jack Kerins
• Phil Knell*
• Toby Lyons*
• Jimmy Macullar*
• Jerry Mahoney
• Bobby Mathews
• Thomas McLaughlin
• Peter Mullen*
• Pop Snyder
• Jack Stivetts*
• Farmer Vaughn*
• Lee Viau*
• Gus Weyhing*
• George Wood*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

• Charles C. Alexander: Turbulent Seasons: Baseball in 1890-1891, Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX, 2011.