The 1891 Union League Page


LEAGUE NOTES...Louisville advances to the World's Series for the second straight season, despite getting swept late in the year in a critical 3 game set with 2nd place Brooklyn...Is this parity? Six teams finished over .500, 6 under...8 of 12 won at least 70, down from the 10 who reached that plateau in `90, but 6 won 80, compared to only 2 last season...Statistical Oddity Dept.: Sam Leever had an ERA of 2.30 & opposing batters hit .230 vs. the Boston hurler...Double Trouble: Trenton's Al Orth won 23 games while hitting .337...Cincy's Joe Kelley ends the season with a 20 game hit streak...3 batters accumulated more than 90 walks, and all played for The Suprise Club... Records set this season - Hits: S.Crawford, 228 / SLA: D.Brouthers, .589 / Walks: R.Thomas, 99 / Losses: H.Howell, 22 / Walks Allowed: A.Rusie,133 / K's:R.Waddell, 236... How the game is changing:
Errors per game in `76: 4.88; in `91:4.14
HRs per gme. in `76:.352; in `91: .519
SB per gm. in `76:4.47; in `91: 2.75...


Final Union League Standings, 1891
East                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1891 BOSTON BOS              94  60  .610 ----  *WON*        77      77   .500
1891 ANSONIA ANS             84  70  .545 10.0               91      63   .591
1891 TRENTON TRT             81  73  .526 13.0               74      80   .481
1891 BUFFALO BUF             69  85  .448 25.0               78      76   .506
1891 BALTIMORE BAL           69  85  .448 25.0               71      83   .461
1891 TROY TRY                59  95  .383 35.0               77      77   .500

West                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#   ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1891 LOUISVILLE LOU          88  66  .571 ----  *WON*        93      61   .604
1891 BROOKLYN BRN            87  67  .565  1.0               79      75   .513
1891 ST. LOUIS STL           83  71  .539  5.0               73      81   .474
1891 CINCINNATI CIN          76  78  .494 12.0               67      87   .435
1891 CHICAGO CHI             70  84  .455 18.0               77      77   .500
1891 THE SURPRISE CLE        64  90  .416 24.0               67      87   .435


      OVERALL RECORD      HOME RECORD       ROAD RECORD
Team   WON LOST  PCT     WON LOST  PCT     WON LOST  PCT    LAST 10   STREAK
ANS     84  70  .545      40  37  .519      44  33  .571      5-5     Won 1
BAL     69  85  .448      38  39  .494      31  46  .403      5-5     Won 1
BOS     94  60  .610      48  29  .623      46  31  .597      5-5     Won 2
BRN     87  67  .565      47  30  .610      40  37  .519      6-4     Won 2
BUF     69  85  .448      41  36  .532      28  49  .364      4-6     Lost 1
CHI     70  84  .455      41  36  .532      29  48  .377      5-5     Lost 2
CIN     76  78  .494      44  33  .571      32  45  .416      7-3     Won 2
CLE     64  90  .416      35  42  .455      29  48  .377      3-7     Lost 6
LOU     88  66  .571      43  34  .558      45  32  .584      4-6     Won 2
STL     83  71  .539      45  32  .584      38  39  .494      7-3     Lost 1
TRT     81  73  .526      44  33  .571      37  40  .481      5-5     Lost 1
TRY     59  95  .383      36  41  .468      23  54  .299      6-4     Lost 2
TOTAL  924 924  .500     502 422  .543     422 502  .457


WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:

TEAM ANS BAL BOS BRN BUF CHI CIN CLE LOU STL TRT TRY
ANS   -  14   8   5  12   3   3   7   4   4  12  12
BAL   6   -   8   2  11   5   6   1   4   2  13  11
BOS  12  12   -   5  11   7   6   6   5   5  12  13
BRN   4   7   4   -   8  15  11  11  12   6   3   6
BUF   8   9   9   1   -   8   2   3   5   5   8  11
CHI   6   4   2   5   1   -   7  15   8  10   5   7
CIN   6   3   3   9   7  13   -  10   9   8   1   7
CLE   2   8   3   9   6   5  10   -   5   9   1   6
LOU   5   5   4   8   4  12  11  15   -  13   6   5
STL   5   7   4  14   4  10  12  11   7   -   3   6
TRT   8   7   8   6  12   4   8   8   3   6   -  11
TRY   8   9   7   3   9   2   2   3   4   3   9   -



FINAL GRAND TOTALS,1891 UNION LEAGUE


TEAM                   AVG    AB    R     H   2B  3B   HR  RBI   SB   CS    E
1891 LOUISVILLE       .298  5594  886  1665  262 100   36  792  266   99  324
1891 TRENTON          .290  5603  833  1623  240 116   43  728  214   98  316
1891 ANSONIA          .283  5578  807  1577  210 112   49  707  149   63  311
1891 CHICAGO          .282  5586  843  1573  223 104   49  753  206   66  329
1891 BROOKLYN         .281  5625  845  1578  225 113   42  731  192   45  306
1891 ST. LOUIS        .280  5500  819  1538  223  87   32  729  203   79  303
1891 BALTIMORE        .277  5504  730  1524  223  86   38  639  216  116  352
1891 BOSTON           .269  5435  762  1464  219  90   40  688  275  100  315
1891 THE SURPRISE     .266  5403  776  1439  216  81   48  689  196   81  344
1891 CINCINNATI       .266  5504  813  1463  241  89   37  734  192   71  297
1891 TROY             .265  5475  689  1452  198  73   31  610  141   58  274
1891 BUFFALO          .256  5387  701  1378  202  88   35  621  289  111  355
--------------------  ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS         .276 66194 9504 18274 26821139  480 8421 2539  987 3826


TEAM                   ERA   W   L      IP     H    R   ER   HR   BB    SO OAVG
1891 BOSTON           2.90  94  60  1397.0  1378  639  450   30  292   490 .252
1891 BROOKLYN         3.44  87  67  1393.1  1424  738  532   50  433   498 .259
1891 BUFFALO          3.45  69  85  1378.0  1514  783  528   32  424   400 .274
1891 LOUISVILLE       3.63  88  66  1383.1  1505  794  558   30  438   421 .271
1891 ANSONIA          3.68  84  70  1388.0  1549  749  568   47  323   477 .278
1891 BALTIMORE        3.71  69  85  1386.0  1478  819  571   41  434   527 .268
1891 THE SURPRISE     3.80  64  90  1370.2  1658  811  578   42  296   412 .295
1891 ST. LOUIS        4.03  83  71  1377.0  1534  814  617   40  471   417 .279
1891 TRENTON          4.07  81  73  1383.1  1597  839  625   25  496   396 .287
1891 CHICAGO          4.11  70  84  1363.1  1489  850  623   49  462   372 .275
1891 CINCINNATI       4.19  76  78  1377.0  1560  853  641   42  456   411 .284
1891 TROY             4.29  59  95  1362.2  1588  815  649   52  442   380 .290
-------------------- ----- --- --- ------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS         3.77 924 924 16559.2 18274 9504 6940  480 4967  5201 .276

TEAM      OB% SLUG  PROD GAM   BB IBB    SO HBP   SH  SF GIDP    TB HRHM HRRD
1891 ANS .328 .387  .715 154  377  12   432  31   60  57  109  2158   26   23
1891 BAL .322 .369  .691 154  363  12   374  28   50  52  111  2033   18   20
1891 BOS .323 .365  .687 154  443  19   479  19   64  73   83  1983   18   22
1891 BRN .328 .383  .711 154  405  22   463  24   53  60  100  2155   24   18
1891 BUF .307 .345  .652 154  385  21   455  30   76  43   96  1861   15   20
1891 CHI .328 .385  .713 154  391   8   428  25   38  65   95  2151   21   28
1891 CIN .315 .362  .677 154  396  13   421  20   39  49  102  1993   23   14
1891 CLE .332 .363  .695 154  554  25   455  11   48  71  119  1961   28   20
1891 LOU .344 .400  .744 154  419  17   399  18   34  72  102  2235   17   19
1891 STL .337 .369  .706 154  470  15   467  32   62  54   96  2031   18   14
1891 TRT .334 .397  .730 154  371  11   445  28   44  60  127  2224   28   15
1891 TRY .314 .345  .659 154  393  11   383  14   79  43  102  1889   18   13
-------- ---- ---- ----- --- ---- --- ----- --- ---- --- ---- -----  ---  ---
TOTALS   .326 .373  .699 924 4967 186  5201 280  647 699 1242 24674  254  226


TEAM                  CG SHO SAV    BFP IBB  BK  WP  PB IRSC% X-TOT X-OUT X-PCT
1891 ANSONIA          67   4  18   6032  11   1  32  18  .509   835   468  .560
1891 BALTIMORE        69   7   8   6098  13   4  41  52  .455   809   415  .513
1891 BOSTON           85   9  12   5889   8   5  29  44  .382   784   426  .543
1891 BROOKLYN         75   6  11   6057  13   1  45  50  .426   828   477  .576
1891 BUFFALO          65   7  15   6095  12   2  37  29  .424   818   432  .528
1891 CHICAGO          59   4  15   6020  14   6  38  33  .432   806   464  .576
1891 CINCINNATI       62   3  13   6087  15  11  50  41  .500   776   454  .585
1891 LOUISVILLE       58   6  19   6131  18   1  49  37  .467   867   464  .535
1891 ST. LOUIS        76   8   7   6100  27   7  55  42  .471   785   431  .549
1891 THE SURPRISE     53  12  16   6039   6   1  46  41  .436   828   363  .438
1891 TRENTON          54   5  20   6206  18   4  67  37  .356   833   447  .537
1891 TROY             61   3   6   6037  31   1  42  23  .310   793   478  .603
-------------------- --- --- --- ------ --- --- --- --- ----- ----- ----- -----
LEAGUE TOTALS        784  74 160  72791 186  44 531 447  .428  9762  5319  .545




FINAL LEAGUE LEADERS,1891 UNION LEAGUE, BATTING

  ----BATTING AVERAGE----   --------AT BATS--------   ------RUNS SCORED------  
 D.Brouthers   TRT  .381   S.Crawford    LOU   630   S.Crawford    LOU   130   
 S.Crawford    LOU  .362   J.Burkett     CHI   613   E.Delahanty   LOU   126   
 J.McGraw      STL  .346   G.Van Haltren TRT   611   B.Hamilton    BOS   120   
 E.Delahanty   LOU  .337   H.Duffy       ANS   601   C.Childs      LOU   115   
 G.Davis       LOU  .335   N.Lajoie      STL   599   J.Burkett     CHI   113   
 J.Beckley     CHI  .330   E.McKean      CLE   594   H.Wagner      CIN   112   
 J.Burkett     CHI  .328   S.Thompson    CLE   590   J.Kelley      CIN   108   
 L.Cross       ANS  .328   E.Delahanty   LOU   590   G.Van Haltren TRT   106   
 J.Ryan        BOS  .326   A.Latham      LOU   585   B.Dahlen      ANS   103   
 N.Lajoie      STL  .322   J.Collins     BUF   578   B.Ewing       BRN   101   
 E.Flick       STL  .319   H.Wagner      CIN   574   G.Davis       LOU   101   
 C.Anson       BRN  .316   J.Beckley     CHI   569   D.Brouthers   TRT   101   

 ----------HITS---------   --------DOUBLES--------   --------TRIPLES--------  
 S.Crawford    LOU   228   S.Thompson    CLE    41   B.Ewing       BRN    24   
 D.Brouthers   TRT   206   S.Crawford    LOU    41   H.Wagner      CIN    23   
 J.Burkett     CHI   201   J.Beckley     CHI    38   E.Delahanty   LOU    22   
 E.Delahanty   LOU   199   N.Lajoie      STL    38   D.Brouthers   TRT    22   
 N.Lajoie      STL   193   D.Brouthers   TRT    35   J.Williams    ANS    22   
 J.Beckley     CHI   188   J.Collins     BUF    34   S.Crawford    LOU    21   
 J.Ryan        BOS   183   E.Delahanty   LOU    33   J.Beckley     CHI    19   
 S.Thompson    CLE   182   R.Connor      BOS    33   B.Freeman     ANS    18   
 H.Wagner      CIN   180   C.Childs      LOU    32   M.Tiernan     BUF    17   
 G.Davis       LOU   179   K.Selbach     BAL    31   E.Flick       STL    16   
 E.McKean      CLE   173   OTHERS TIED WITH     30   R.Connor      BOS    15   
 OTHERS TIED WITH    172                             OTHERS TIED WITH     14   

 --------HOMERUNS-------   -----RUNS BATTED IN----   ---------WALKS---------  
 S.Thompson    CLE    13   S.Crawford    LOU   127   R.Thomas      CLE    99   
 D.Brouthers   TRT    11   S.Thompson    CLE   123   T.Hartsel     CLE    96   
 J.Williams    ANS    11   D.Brouthers   TRT   122   B.Joyce       CLE    94   
 F.Pfeffer     BUF     8   N.Lajoie      STL   116   C.Childs      LOU    77   
 H.Wagner      CIN     8   J.Williams    ANS   112   B.Hamilton    BOS    74   
 N.Lajoie      STL     8   R.Connor      BOS   104   B.Dahlen      ANS    68   
 OTHERS TIED WITH      7   G.Davis       LOU   103   J.Burkett     CHI    66   
                           J.Beckley     CHI    99   F.Jones       TRY    61   
                           J.Kelley      CIN    98   B.McPhee      BOS    61   
                           E.McKean      CLE    98   J.McGraw      STL    60   
                           E.Flick       STL    93   OTHERS TIED WITH     58   
                           J.Burkett     CHI    91                             

 ---INTENTIONAL WALKS---   ------STRIKE OUTS------   ------HIT BY PITCH-----  
 S.Thompson    CLE    15   C.Bennett     STL    52   C.Anson       BRN     8   
 B.Ewing       BRN     7   S.Thompson    CLE    48   D.White       BAL     6   
 E.Heidrick    TRY     6   J.Ryan        BOS    47   K.Elberfeld   STL     6   
 K.Kelly       BUF     5   G.Van Haltren TRT    45   T.Corcoran    TRT     6   
 D.Brouthers   TRT     5   R.Connor      BOS    45   E.Flick       STL     5   
 B.Freeman     ANS     5   J.Collins     BUF    44   J.Barrett     ANS     5   
 OTHERS TIED WITH      4   K.Selbach     BAL    39   OTHERS TIED WITH      4   
                           R.Thomas      CLE    39                             
                           A.Latham      LOU    39                             
                           F.Jones       TRY    39                             
                           H.Duffy       ANS    39                             
                           OTHERS TIED WITH     37 
                            


 -----SACRIFICE HITS----   ------STOLEN BASES-----   ----STOLEN BASE PCT----  
 H.Steinfeldt  TRY    17   B.Hamilton    BOS    71   C.Anson       BRN  .909   
 P.Dowling     STL    14   G.Davis       LOU    52   P.Donovan     BRN  .889   
 K.Nichols     TRY    14   H.Long        BUF    49   J.McGraw      STL  .871   
 R.Waddell     BOS    14   G.Van Haltren TRT    44   B.Nash        BRN  .870   
 N.Hahn        BRN    13   B.McPhee      BOS    44   F.Pfeffer     BUF  .857   
 B.Dahlen      ANS    13   A.Latham      LOU    43   T.Brown       BUF  .852   
 J.Chesbro     BAL    12   M.Tiernan     BUF    41   M.Ward        BAL  .846   
 J.Collins     BUF    12   B.Lange       BUF    40   D.Cooley      BRN  .833   
 B.Carrick     LOU    12   T.Daly        BAL    39   P.Ward        BOS  .833   
 W.Donovan     BUF    11   E.Cartwright  BUF    39   E.Flick       STL  .821   
 C.Jones       BUF    11   E.Delahanty   LOU    35   S.Crawford    LOU  .818   
 A.Orth        TRT    11   OTHERS TIED WITH     34   F.Jones       TRY  .818   

 ----------GIDP---------   -----HITTING STREAK----   ---PINCH HIT BAT AVG---  
 T.Hartsel     CLE    22   J.Beckley     CHI    29   S.Dungan      BAL  .464   
 E.Delahanty   LOU    22   J.Bannon      BAL    22   P.Hines       LOU  .435   
 B.Joyce       CLE    21   D.Hoy         LOU    21   L.Sockalexis  CLE  .400   
 D.Brouthers   TRT    20   J.Kelley      CIN  * 20   W.Clark       TRT  .367   
 N.Lajoie      STL    19   E.McKean      CLE    19   G.Treadway    CHI  .364   
 B.Nash        BRN    16   J.McGraw      STL    19   W.Thornton    ANS  .327   
 H.Duffy       ANS    16   C.Childs      LOU    18   C.Dolan       CIN  .292   
 G.Davis       LOU    15   P.Donovan     BRN    17   D.Holmes      CHI  .286   
 T.Corcoran    TRT    15   J.O'Connor    TRT    17   J.Sheckard    STL  .269   
 J.Beckley     CHI    14   OTHERS TIED WITH     16   T.McCreery    CIN  .261   
 S.Crawford    LOU    14                             B.Lush        CLE  .257   
 OTHERS TIED WITH     13                             C.Hemphill    TRT  .250   

 ------SLUGGING PCT-----   ------ON BASE PCT------   ---RUNSCREATED/27OUT---  
 D.Brouthers   TRT  .589   D.Brouthers   TRT  .427   D.Brouthers   TRT   9.5   
 S.Crawford    LOU  .522   J.McGraw      STL  .423   S.Crawford    LOU   8.2   
 E.Delahanty   LOU  .493   R.Thomas      CLE  .406   J.McGraw      STL   7.7   
 H.Wagner      CIN  .488   S.Crawford    LOU  .401   E.Delahanty   LOU   6.8   
 J.Beckley     CHI  .485   C.Childs      LOU  .396   J.Beckley     CHI   6.6   
 J.Williams    ANS  .484   E.Delahanty   LOU  .395   C.Anson       BRN   6.5   
 S.Thompson    CLE  .478   B.Joyce       CLE  .393   E.Flick       STL   6.5   
 R.Connor      BOS  .469   J.Burkett     CHI  .391   S.Thompson    CLE   6.3   
 N.Lajoie      STL  .459   C.Anson       BRN  .387   R.Connor      BOS   6.3   
 G.Davis       LOU  .455   E.Flick       STL  .385   J.Williams    ANS   6.2   
 J.Glasscock   BRN  .448   B.Hamilton    BOS  .383   H.Wagner      CIN   6.2   
 E.Flick       STL  .447   J.Kelley      CIN  .382   J.Burkett     CHI   6.1   

 -----TOTAL AVERAGE-----   ------TOTAL BASES------   ----BAT AVG VS. LEFT---  
 D.Brouthers   TRT 1.089   S.Crawford    LOU   329   J.Bannon      BAL  .446   
 S.Crawford    LOU  .960   D.Brouthers   TRT   318   B.Ewing       BRN  .440   
 J.McGraw      STL  .954   E.Delahanty   LOU   291   D.Brouthers   TRT  .393   
 E.Delahanty   LOU  .913   S.Thompson    CLE   282   N.Lajoie      STL  .393   
 B.Hamilton    BOS  .911   H.Wagner      CIN   280   H.Wagner      CIN  .378   
 H.Wagner      CIN  .859   J.Beckley     CHI   276   J.Stenzel     BOS  .376   
 E.Flick       STL  .854   N.Lajoie      STL   275   T.Tucker      STL  .364   
 G.Davis       LOU  .852   J.Williams    ANS   271   E.Delahanty   LOU  .360   
 C.Anson       BRN  .842   J.Burkett     CHI   254   W.Keeler      BRN  .351   
 R.Connor      BOS  .841   B.Ewing       BRN   251   J.Burkett     CHI  .347   
 S.Thompson    CLE  .840   J.Ryan        BOS   248   J.Quinn       BRN  .342   
 J.Kelley      CIN  .836   R.Connor      BOS   244   L.Cross       ANS  .337   



 ------HR VS. LEFT------   ---BAT AVG VS. RIGHT---   ------HR VS. RIGHT-----  
 B.Ewing       BRN     4   D.Brouthers   TRT  .377   S.Thompson    CLE    11   
 J.Williams    ANS     4   S.Crawford    LOU  .373   F.Pfeffer     BUF     8   
 H.Wagner      CIN     3   P.Donovan     BRN  .353   D.Brouthers   TRT     8   
 P.Hines       LOU     3   D.White       BAL  .352   J.Burkett     CHI     7   
 D.Brouthers   TRT     3   G.Davis       LOU  .348   C.Stahl       CIN     7   
 OTHERS TIED WITH      2   J.McGraw      STL  .348   J.Glasscock   BRN     7   
                           M.Donlin      TRT  .347   J.Williams    ANS     7   
                           D.Hoy         LOU  .335   OTHERS TIED WITH      6   
                           E.Delahanty   LOU  .332                             
                           J.Beckley     CHI  .331                             
                           E.Flick       STL  .329                             
                           B.Ewing       BRN  .329                             

      

FINAL LEAGUE LEADERS,1891 UNION LEAGUE, FIELDING
 
 
 

 ----FIRST BASE X-PCT---   ---SECOND BASE X-PCT---   ----THIRD BASE X-PCT---  
 F.Chance      CIN  .763   C.Ritchey     CHI  .758   L.Cross       ANS  .561   
 F.Tenney      LOU  .596   N.Lajoie      STL  .726   B.Bradley     CHI  .534   
 D.McGann      TRY  .595   J.Williams    ANS  .706   J.Collins     BUF  .473   
 C.Anson       BRN  .585   K.Gleason     BAL  .683   C.Irwin       TRT  .449   
 B.Everitt     STL  .545   B.Lowe        CIN  .656   H.Steinfeldt  TRY  .435   
 B.Freeman     ANS  .438   B.McPhee      BOS  .656   J.McGraw      STL  .296   
 D.Brouthers   TRT  .358   C.Childs      LOU  .565   B.Nash        BRN  .262   
 J.Beckley     CHI  .357   F.Pfeffer     BUF  .549   B.Shindle     BAL  .212   
 H.Davis       BAL  .333   B.Hallman     BRN  .548   A.Latham      LOU  .208   
 R.Connor      BOS  .326                             B.Joyce       CLE  .130   
 P.Tebeau      CIN  .179                                                       
                                                                               

 ----SHORT STOP X-PCT---   -----OUTFIELD X-PCT----   -----CATCHER X-PCT-----  
 B.Wallace     TRY  .743   W.Keeler      BRN  .920   C.Bennett     STL  .711   
 H.Wagner      CIN  .709   S.Brodie      CIN  .880   D.McGuire     CIN  .667   
 G.Davis       LOU  .662   H.McFarland   CHI  .879   K.Douglass    BUF  .645   
 K.Elberfeld   STL  .637   S.Crawford    LOU  .847   J.O'Connor    TRT  .630   
 H.Jennings    CHI  .613   G.Beaumont    ANS  .776   B.Ewing       BRN  .627   
 B.Ely         BOS  .591   G.Van Haltren TRT  .763   J.O'Rourke    CLE  .597   
 M.Ward        BAL  .580   B.Lange       BUF  .744   J.Doyle       BOS  .581   
 J.Glasscock   BRN  .571   K.Selbach     BAL  .734   T.Daly        BAL  .576   
 T.Corcoran    TRT  .571   E.Delahanty   LOU  .731   F.Vaughn      LOU  .547   
 H.Long        BUF  .527   J.Barrett     ANS  .697   J.Clements    CHI  .538   
 B.Dahlen      ANS  .517   J.Stenzel     BOS  .676                             
 E.McKean      CLE  .492   OTHERS TIED WITH   .672                             

 ---------ERRORS--------   ----OPPONENT STEALS----   ----OPPONENT SB PCT----  
 E.McKean      CLE    75   C.Bennett     STL   172   M.Powers      BOS  .500   
 M.Ward        BAL    70   J.Clements    CHI   171   P.Schriver    TRT  .574   
 B.Dahlen      ANS    69   J.O'Rourke    CLE   163   T.Daly        BAL  .630   
 B.Ely         BOS    65   D.McGuire     CIN   140   B.Burrell     BAL  .632   
 F.Pfeffer     BUF    64   M.Kittridge   TRY   110   J.Warner      ANS  .635   
 T.Corcoran    TRT    64   T.Daly        BAL   102   B.Wood        CLE  .636   
 H.Long        BUF    63   K.Douglass    BUF    97   F.Vaughn      LOU  .661   
 A.Latham      LOU    57   J.O'Connor    TRT    88   J.Sugden      BRN  .662   
 H.Jennings    CHI    55   P.Snyder      TRY    87   P.Snyder      TRY  .664   
 J.Glasscock   BRN    53   W.Robinson    BAL    84   M.Bergen      LOU  .667   
 C.Childs      LOU    53   B.Ewing       BRN    84   E.McFarland   LOU  .667   
 OTHERS TIED WITH     48   F.Vaughn      LOU    76   S.McAllister  BUF  .667   


 

FINAL LEAGUE LEADERS,1891 UNION LEAGUE, PITCHING
                              
 ----------WINS---------   ---------LOSSES--------   ------WINNING PCT------  
 A.Orth        TRT    23   H.Howell      BAL    22   N.Hahn        BRN  .769   
 K.Nichols     TRY    22   V.Willis      ANS    20   N.Garvin      LOU  .741   
 D.Phillippe   ANS    21   J.Meekin      CIN    19   W.Sudhoff     ANS  .722   
 N.Hahn        BRN    20   K.Nichols     TRY    19   N.Altrock     BOS  .714   
 T.Lewis       BRN    20   B.Dinneen     CHI    18   A.Orth        TRT  .697   
 N.Garvin      LOU    20   C.Young       BRN    18   S.Leever      BOS  .692   
 R.Donahue     LOU    20   C.Fraser      TRT    18   W.Piatt       LOU  .679   
 J.Hughes      STL    20   W.Mercer      TRY    18   D.Phillippe   ANS  .677   
 C.Young       BRN    19   N.Cuppy       BUF    17   F.Killen      STL  .667   
 W.Piatt       LOU    19   B.Cunningham  CHI    17   T.Lewis       BRN  .645   
 R.Waddell     BOS    19   OTHERS TIED WITH     16   T.Sparks      CIN  .630   
 OTHERS TIED WITH     18                             C.Griffith    BOS  .600   

 ----------ERA----------   ----INNINGS PITCHED----   ----------TBF----------  
 S.Leever      BOS  2.30   K.Nichols     TRY 370.0   K.Nichols     TRY  1546   
 W.Donovan     BUF  2.56   C.Young       BRN 355.0   C.Young       BRN  1497   
 T.Lewis       BRN  2.64   B.Dinneen     CHI 315.2   A.Rusie       BAL  1365   
 D.Phillippe   ANS  2.82   A.Rusie       BAL 312.0   B.Dinneen     CHI  1342   
 J.Tannehill   CLE  2.82   J.Chesbro     BAL 309.1   V.Willis      ANS  1322   
 N.Hahn        BRN  2.82   J.Hughes      STL 307.2   J.Hughes      STL  1321   
 J.Taylor      BOS  2.85   C.Griffith    BOS 305.0   J.Chesbro     BAL  1317   
 B.Duggleby    BUF  2.99   R.Waddell     BOS 302.2   R.Waddell     BOS  1309   
 K.Nichols     TRY  3.02   A.Orth        TRT 295.2   C.Griffith    BOS  1298   
 A.Orth        TRT  3.07   V.Willis      ANS 294.2   A.Orth        TRT  1267   
 W.Piatt       LOU  3.08   R.Donahue     LOU 290.2   R.Donahue     LOU  1252   
 C.Griffith    BOS  3.10   T.Breitenstei CIN 284.0   C.Fraser      TRT  1240   

 -----GAMES PITCHED-----   -----GAMES STARTED-----   -----COMPLETE GAMES----  
 E.Murphy      CLE    61   C.Young       BRN    44   K.Nichols     TRY    29   
 G.Wheeler     TRT    52   K.Nichols     TRY    43   J.Hughes      STL    26   
 N.Altrock     BOS    52   B.Dinneen     CHI    41   C.Young       BRN    25   
 J.Nops        LOU    48   A.Rusie       BAL    38   T.Lewis       BRN    24   
 B.Reidy       BUF    47   J.Chesbro     BAL    38   B.Dinneen     CHI    21   
 G.Harper      CHI    47   T.Breitenstei CIN    38   R.Waddell     BOS    20   
 K.Carsey      STL    47   J.Meekin      CIN    38   A.Orth        TRT    19   
 C.Young       BRN    44   R.Donahue     LOU    38   J.Taylor      BOS    19   
 K.Nichols     TRY    44   C.Fraser      TRT    38   C.Griffith    BOS    19   
 V.Willis      ANS    44   OTHERS TIED WITH     37   OTHERS TIED WITH     18   
 OTHERS TIED WITH     43                                                       
                                                                               

 -----GAMES FINISHED----   ---------SAVES---------   --------SAVE PCT-------  
 E.Murphy      CLE    44   D.Friend      TRT     9        *****NONE*****       
 N.Altrock     BOS    38   G.Wheeler     TRT     9                             
 B.Reidy       BUF    34   B.Hill        CIN     7                             
 G.Wheeler     TRT    34   J.Menefee     CLE     7                             
 J.Malarkey    BRN    32   J.Nops        LOU     7                             
 J.Nops        LOU    30   S.McDougal    ANS     7                             
 H.Bailey      CLE    29   C.Jones       BUF     6                             
 J.Menefee     CLE    28   P.Hawley      CHI     6                             
 R.Denzer      STL    26   J.Sutthoff    LOU     6                             
 B.Hill        CIN    25   B.Dammann     ANS     6                             
 B.Hart        CIN    25   D.Parker      BOS     6                             
 B.Dammann     ANS    25   OTHERS TIED WITH      5
                             
 --------SHUTOUTS-------   ------HITS ALLOWED-----   ----------RUNS---------  
 C.Griffith    BOS     5   C.Young       BRN   381   B.Carrick     LOU   187   
 B.Rhines      CLE     4   K.Nichols     TRY   381   C.Young       BRN   181   
 A.Rusie       BAL     3   B.Carrick     LOU   337   J.Meekin      CIN   178   
 W.Donovan     BUF     3   V.Willis      ANS   331   V.Willis      ANS   178   
 J.Tannehill   CLE     3   F.Dwyer       CIN   322   C.Fraser      TRT   175   
 B.Bernhard    CLE     3   J.Chesbro     BAL   321   B.Dinneen     CHI   173   
 N.Hahn        BRN     3   N.Cuppy       BUF   312   J.Powell      CLE   171   
 W.Mercer      TRY     3   A.Orth        TRT   311   F.Dwyer       CIN   168   
 OTHERS TIED WITH      2   W.Mercer      TRY   311   A.Rusie       BAL   167   
                           B.Dinneen     CHI   310   J.Chesbro     BAL   167   
                           J.Powell      CLE   310   R.Donahue     LOU   160   
                           C.Griffith    BOS   309   OTHERS TIED WITH    159   

 ------EARNED RUNS------   ---HOME RUNS ALLOWED---   ---------WALKS---------  
 B.Carrick     LOU   142   K.Nichols     TRY    16   A.Rusie       BAL   133   
 B.Dinneen     CHI   138   B.Dinneen     CHI    13   T.Breitenstei CIN   110   
 V.Willis      ANS   138   B.Hoffer      BRN    13   J.Hughes      STL   108   
 C.Young       BRN   130   H.Howell      BAL    12   W.Donovan     BUF   107   
 F.Dwyer       CIN   128   C.Young       BRN    12   C.Fraser      TRT   106   
 J.Powell      CLE   127   J.Meekin      CIN    11   J.Meekin      CIN   101   
 J.Chesbro     BAL   126   J.Powell      CLE    11   B.Dinneen     CHI    97   
 K.Nichols     TRY   124   V.Willis      ANS    11   B.Kennedy     TRT    95   
 W.Mercer      TRY   123   N.Cuppy       BUF    10   T.Lewis       BRN    93   
 C.Fraser      TRT   122   E.Stein       BRN    10   K.Nichols     TRY    90   
 J.Hughes      STL   121   D.Phillippe   ANS    10   W.Piatt       LOU    89   
 R.Donahue     LOU   120   R.Waddell     BOS    10   R.Waddell     BOS    89   

 -------STRIKEOUTS------   ------WILD PITCHES-----   ---------BALKS---------  
 R.Waddell     BOS   236   A.Rusie       BAL    16   T.Breitenstei CIN     5   
 A.Rusie       BAL   169   E.Doheny      TRT    16   J.Meekin      CIN     5   
 N.Hahn        BRN   135   C.Fraser      TRT    14   J.Hughey      BAL     3   
 C.Young       BRN   134   T.Breitenstei CIN    13   P.Hawley      CHI     3   
 V.Willis      ANS   128   R.Ehret       BUF    12   B.Cunningham  CHI     3   
 W.Donovan     BUF   126   J.Meekin      CIN    12   C.Griffith    BOS     3   
 J.Chesbro     BAL   121   B.Rhines      CLE    12   P.Dowling     STL     2   
 K.Nichols     TRY   110   R.Donahue     LOU    12   G.Hemming     STL     2   
 H.Howell      BAL   105   B.Kennedy     TRT    12   K.Carsey      STL     2   
 W.Piatt       LOU   103   J.Hughes      STL    11   E.Doheny      TRT     2   
 J.Hughes      STL   100   C.Griffith    BOS    11   OTHERS TIED WITH      1   
 B.Dinneen     CHI    95   OTHERS TIED WITH     10                             

 -----PITCHER X-PCT-----   ----OPPONENT STEALS----   ----OPPONENT SB PCT----  
 B.Hoffer      BRN 1.000   K.Nichols     TRY    86   F.Killen      STL  .577   
 K.Nichols     TRY  .765   B.Dinneen     CHI    70   S.Leever      BOS  .596   
 W.Donovan     BUF  .700   J.Hughes      STL    68   B.Carrick     LOU  .600   
 N.Cuppy       BUF  .636   A.Rusie       BAL    66   J.Fifield     CHI  .600   
 S.Leever      BOS  .625   J.Chesbro     BAL    65   J.Taylor      BAL  .610   
 J.Meekin      CIN  .600   C.Young       BRN    58   W.Piatt       LOU  .619   
 B.Dinneen     CHI  .571   N.Cuppy       BUF    54   C.Griffith    BOS  .636   
 V.Willis      ANS  .571   B.Cunningham  CHI    54   E.Murphy      CLE  .640   
 T.Lewis       BRN  .556   T.Sparks      CIN    54   D.Clarke      CHI  .643   
 D.Phillippe   ANS  .556   V.Willis      ANS    54   J.Taylor      BOS  .647   
 OTHERS TIED WITH   .500   P.Hawley      CHI    53   C.Fraser      TRT  .651   
                           J.Meekin      CIN    51   OTHERS TIED WITH   .654 
  
 ---PITCHER'S BAT AVG---   -----PITCHER'S HRs-----   ----HITS / 9 INNINGS---  
 D.Clarke      CHI  .342   F.Dwyer       CIN     1   W.Donovan     BUF  7.81   
 A.Orth        TRT  .337   J.Meekin      CIN     1   S.Leever      BOS  7.81   
 B.Hart        CIN  .333                             A.Rusie       BAL  8.13   
 E.Murphy      CLE  .333                             T.Lewis       BRN  8.30   
 B.Reidy       BUF  .318                             N.Hahn        BRN  8.63   
 W.McGill      TRT  .310                             J.Taylor      BOS  8.74   
 B.Inks        TRY  .304                             J.Hughes      STL  8.80   
 B.Dammann     ANS  .292                             B.Dinneen     CHI  8.84   
 W.Mercer      TRY  .280                             R.Waddell     BOS  8.89   
 D.Esper       CHI  .267                             B.Duggleby    BUF  9.01   
 C.Griffith    BOS  .265                             N.Garvin      LOU  9.10   
 B.Kennedy     TRT  .258                             C.Griffith    BOS  9.12   

 -----BB / 9 INNINGS----   -----Ks / 9 INNINGS----   ----HRs / 9 INNINGS----  
 J.Tannehill   CLE  0.95   R.Waddell     BOS  7.02   R.Donahue     LOU  0.09   
 D.Phillippe   ANS  1.21   A.Rusie       BAL  4.88   J.Nops        LOU  0.11   
 C.Young       BRN  1.27   N.Hahn        BRN  4.33   R.Ehret       BUF  0.12   
 B.Bernhard    CLE  1.34   W.Donovan     BUF  4.30   J.Taylor      BOS  0.13   
 N.Hahn        BRN  1.44   V.Willis      ANS  3.91   F.Killen      STL  0.14   
 S.Leever      BOS  1.47   W.Piatt       LOU  3.73   A.Rusie       BAL  0.14   
 C.Griffith    BOS  1.65   J.Chesbro     BAL  3.52   C.Griffith    BOS  0.15   
 J.Powell      CLE  2.02   H.Howell      BAL  3.49   T.Sparks      CIN  0.15   
 A.Orth        TRT  2.04   C.Young       BRN  3.40   A.Orth        TRT  0.15   
 J.Taylor      BOS  2.13   N.Garvin      LOU  3.27   B.Duggleby    BUF  0.16   
 F.Killen      STL  2.13   P.Dowling     STL  3.14   N.Hahn        BRN  0.16   
 F.Dwyer       CIN  2.14   T.Lewis       BRN  2.99   C.Fraser      TRT  0.16   

 ----OPPONENT BAT AVG---   ----LEFT OPP BAT AVG---   ---RIGHT OPP BAT AVG---  
 S.Leever      BOS  .230   S.Leever      BOS  .216   W.Donovan     BUF  .214   
 W.Donovan     BUF  .230   R.Waddell     BOS  .238   A.Rusie       BAL  .221   
 A.Rusie       BAL  .235   T.Lewis       BRN  .241   B.Duggleby    BUF  .225   
 T.Lewis       BRN  .237   J.Tannehill   CLE  .246   J.Taylor      BOS  .227   
 N.Hahn        BRN  .244   W.Donovan     BUF  .247   P.Hawley      CHI  .229   
 J.Taylor      BOS  .250   A.Rusie       BAL  .250   B.Cunningham  CHI  .229   
 R.Waddell     BOS  .251   F.Killen      STL  .254   T.Lewis       BRN  .233   
 B.Duggleby    BUF  .252   K.Nichols     TRY  .258   J.Chesbro     BAL  .236   
 B.Dinneen     CHI  .254   N.Hahn        BRN  .259   W.Piatt       LOU  .238   
 J.Hughes      STL  .254   J.Hughes      STL  .260   N.Hahn        BRN  .239   
 C.Griffith    BOS  .255   R.Donahue     LOU  .261   D.Phillippe   ANS  .240   
 W.Piatt       LOU  .255   B.Dinneen     CHI  .263   C.Griffith    BOS  .245   

 ------RUN SUPPORT------   ---INHERITED SCORE %---   ----STRIKEOUTS/WALKS---  
 N.Garvin      LOU  7.21   N.Altrock     BOS  .414   N.Hahn        BRN  3.00   
 F.Killen      STL  6.31   R.Denzer      STL  .421   J.Tannehill   CLE  2.96   
 N.Hahn        BRN  6.18   E.Murphy      CLE  .438   C.Young       BRN  2.68   
 W.Sudhoff     ANS  6.05   G.Wheeler     TRT  .477   R.Waddell     BOS  2.65   
 D.Phillippe   ANS  5.79   B.Reidy       BUF  .512   D.Phillippe   ANS  2.19   
 R.Donahue     LOU  5.76                             B.Bernhard    CLE  2.06   
 J.Nops        LOU  5.73                             C.Griffith    BOS  1.61   
 T.Breitenstei CIN  5.71                             J.Chesbro     BAL  1.59   
 B.Bernhard    CLE  5.67                             S.Leever      BOS  1.50   
 A.Orth        TRT  5.67                             J.Powell      CLE  1.46   
 W.Piatt       LOU  5.57                             H.Howell      BAL  1.46   
 J.Meekin      CIN  5.50                             V.Willis      ANS  1.45   

  

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