1891 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1891 History of the [Boston Braves|Boston Beaneaters] season was the 21st season of the franchise. The team finished first in the National League with an 87–51–2 record. After trailing the Chicago Colts season|Chicago Colts] by seven games in early September, the Beaneaters won 25 of their last 29 games to finish first in the league, 3.5 games ahead of the Colts.

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		75	256	55	.215	5	39
1B		140	548	148	.270	2	69
2B		124	508	122	.240	3	63
SS		139	577	163	.282	9	75
3B		140	537	148	.276	5	95
OF		134	544	152	.279	16	95
OF		125	497	129	.260	6	74
OF		133	523	136	.260	2	78

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
	70	263	68	.259	1	29
	17	67	15	.224	2	7
	16	52	12	.231	0	5
	12	45	11	.244	0	3
	5	16	2	.125	0	0
	5	7	1	.143	0	0

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
	55	460.2	33	19	2.79	141
	52	425.1	30	17	2.39	240
	31	252.1	20	8	2.50	114
	11	89.0	4	5	3.84	29
	1	8.0	0	1	6.75	1
	1	1.0	0	1	54.00	0

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
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
	1	0	0	0	9.00	0
	1	0	0	0	81.00	0