1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers season

The 1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers season was a season in American baseball. The "Kelly" in the name came from manager King Kelly, who was also the team's starting catcher. In 1891, their only season of existence, they finished with a record of 43–57, good for sixth place in the American Association, 32½ games behind the Boston Reds.

1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
Also known as the Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s)King Kelly
     

The team, which was also called the Cincinnati Reds, folded on August 17, and was replaced by the Milwaukee Brewers, brought in from the Western League. Kelly himself moved on to the Boston Reds. After the season, the American Association itself folded.

Regular season

Season standings
American Association W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Reds 9342 0.689 — 51–17 42–25
St. Louis Browns 8551 0.625 8½ 52–21 33–30
Baltimore Orioles 7164 0.526 22 44–24 27–40
Philadelphia Athletics 7366 0.525 22 43–26 30–40
Milwaukee Brewers 2115 0.583 22½ 16–5 5–10
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 4357 0.430 32½ 24–21 19–36
Columbus Solons 6176 0.445 33 33–29 28–47
Louisville Colonels 5483 0.394 40 39–32 15–51
Washington Statesmen 4491 0.326 49 28–40 16–51

Record vs. opponents
1891 American Association Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CIN COL LOU MIL PHI STL WSH
Baltimore —8–12–17–512–714–63–39–10–27–12–111–9
Boston 12–8–1—8–515–514–3–25–213–7–18–1018–2
Cincinnati 5–75–8—8–77–90–04–85–14–19–4–1
Columbus 7–125–157–8—12–80–59–119–1112–6–1
Louisville 6–143–14–29–78–12—1–38–129–1110–10
Milwaukee 3–32–50–05–03–1—3–51–04–1
Philadelphia 10–9–27–13–18–411–912–85–3—10–1010–10–1
St. Louis 12–7–110–814–5–111–911–90–110–10—17–2–1
Washington 9–112–184–9–16–12–110–101–410–10–12–17–1—

Roster
1891 Cincinnati Kelly's Killers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CKing Kelly8228384.297153
1BJohn Carney99367102.278343
2BYank Robinson9734261.178137
OFEd Andrews8335675.211026

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
Farmer Vaughn5117545.257114
Jerry Hurley246614.21206
Billy Clingman151.20000
Joe Burke141.25001

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
Frank Dwyer3528913194.52101
Ed Crane3225014142.55122
Willard Mains3020412122.6976
Matt Kilroy745.1142.986
Charlie Bell19100.001
Wild Bill Widner18017.880
Jack Keenan18010.005

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
King Kelly30105.280
Farmer Vaughn10003.860

References
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