1891 National League

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The 1891 season of the National League was the sixteenth season of the 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 Beaneaters	140	87	51	2	.621	-.-	847 (6.05)	658 (4.70)	0.255	0.327	0.357	2.76	0.938
2	Chicago Colts	137	82	53	2	.599	3.5	832 (6.07)	730 (5.33)	0.253	0.326	0.359	3.47	0.932
3	New York Giants	136	71	61	4	.522	13.0	754 (5.54)	711 (5.23)	0.263	0.324	0.360	2.99	0.933
4	Philadelphia Phillies	138	68	69	1	.493	18.5	756 (5.48)	773 (5.60)	0.252	0.319	0.322	3.73	0.925
5	Cleveland Spiders	141	65	74	2	.461	22.5	835 (5.92)	888 (6.30)	0.255	0.324	0.339	3.50	0.920
6	Brooklyn Grooms	137	61	76	0	.445	25.5	765 (5.58)	820 (5.99)	0.260	0.326	0.345	3.86	0.924
7	Cincinnati Reds	138	56	81	1	.406	30.5	646 (4.68)	790 (5.72)	0.242	0.302	0.335	3.55	0.931
8	Pittsburgh Pirates	137	55	80	2	.401	30.5	679 (4.96)	744 (5.43)	0.239	0.302	0.318	2.89	0.917

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Cupid Childs Ed McKean	Cleveland Spiders Cleveland Spiders	141
At Bats	Ed McKean	Cleveland Spiders	603
Runs Scored	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	141
Hits	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	179
Doubles	Mike Griffin	Brooklyn Grooms	36
Triples	Harry Stovey	Boston Beaneaters	20
Home Runs	Harry Stovey Mike Tiernan	Boston Beaneaters New York Giants	16
Total Bases	Harry Stovey	Boston Beaneaters	271
Runs Batted In	Cap Anson	Chicago Colts	120
Stolen Bases	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	111
Walks	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	102
Hit by Pitch	Tommy Tucker	Boston Beaneaters	29
Strikeouts	Harry Stovey	Boston Beaneaters	69
Batting Average	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	0.340
On-Base Percentage	Billy Hamilton	Philadelphia Phillies	0.453
Slugging Percentage	Harry Stovey	Boston Beaneaters	0.498
On-Base plus Slugging	Mike Tiernan	New York Giants	0.882
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Mike Tiernan	New York Giants	160

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	44
Losses	Silver King	Pittsburgh Pirates	29
Win-Loss Percentage	John Ewing	New York Giants	0.724
Appearances	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	66
Games Started	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	58
Complete Games	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	56
Shutouts	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	6
Games Finished	Kid Gleason	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Saves	John Clarkson Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters Boston Beaneaters	3
Innings Pitched	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	561.0
Batters Faced	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	1830
Hits Allowed	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	508
Home Runs Allowed	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	26
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	262
Hit Batsmen	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	17
Strikeouts	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	337
Wild Pitches	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	25
Balks	Amos Rusie Jimmy Ryan John Thornton	New York Giants Chicago Colts Philadelphia Phillies	1
Runs Allowed	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	283
Earned Runs Allowed	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	175
Earned Run Average	John Ewing	New York Giants	2.27
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Harry Staley	Pittsburgh Pirates/Boston Beaneaters	1.213

Postseason

No postseason series was played as the National League instructs the Boston Beaneaters not to play a series against the Boston Reds, champions of the American Association, as the leagues discuss restructuring. After the season the American Association folds.

Umpires

• Joe Battin
• Tun Berger*
• Bob Caruthers*
• Con Daily*
• Bob Emslie
• John Gaffney
• Tim Hurst
• Tom Lynch
• Jack McQuaid
• John Morrill
• Dave Orr*
• Phil Powers
• Billy Rhines*
• Lew Whistler*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

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