1891 Columbus Solons season

The 1891 Columbus Solons baseball team finished with a 61–76 record, sixth place in the American Association. The team folded at the conclusion of the season.

1891 Columbus Solons
League	American Association
Ballpark	Recreation Park
City	Columbus, Ohio
Manager	Gus Schmelz
← 1890

Regular season

Season standings

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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 v t e Sources:
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	—

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1891 Columbus Solons
Roster
Pitchers Ed Clark Dad Clarke John Dolan Jack Easton Hank Gastright Phil Knell Jack Leiper John Lyston Jim Sullivan		Catchers Jim Donahue Tom Dowse Infielders Elmer Cleveland Jack Crooks Jim Donnelly Bill Kuehne Mike Lehane Tim O'Rourke Bobby Wheelock		Outfielders Charlie Duffee Jim McTamany Jack O'Connor John Sneed Larry Twitchell		Manager Gus Schmelz

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	Jim Donahue	77	280	61	.218	0	35
1B	Mike Lehane	137	511	110	.215	1	52
2B	Jack Crooks	138	519	127	.245	0	46
SS	Bobby Wheelock	136	498	114	.229	0	39
3B	Bill Kuehne	68	261	56	.215	2	22
OF	Charlie Duffee	137	552	166	.301	10	90
OF	John Sneed	99	366	94	.257	1	61
OF	Jim McTamany	81	304	76	.250	3	35

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
Jack O'Connor	56	229	61	.266	0	37
Larry Twitchell	57	224	62	.277	2	35
Tom Dowse	55	201	45	.224	0	22
Tim O'Rourke	34	136	38	.279	0	12
Jim Donnelly	17	54	13	.241	0	9
Elmer Cleveland	12	41	7	.171	0	4

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
Phil Knell	58	462.0	28	27	2.92	228
Hank Gastright	35	283.2	12	19	3.78	109
John Dolan	27	203.1	12	11	4.16	68
Jack Easton	20	150.1	5	12	4.43	65
Jack Leiper	6	45.0	2	2	5.40	19
Jim Sullivan	1	9.0	0	1	4.00	1

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
Larry Twitchell	6	31.0	1	1	4.06	8
Dad Clarke	4	21.0	1	2	6.86	2

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
Ed Clark	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

References

• 1891 Columbus Solons team page at Baseball Reference