1891 in baseball

Year in baseball
this year = 1891

Champions

*National League: Boston Beaneaters
*American Association: Boston Reds

Major League Baseball final standings

National League final standings

American Association Statistical Leaders

Notable seasons

Events

January-March

April-June

*May 14 - Charles Radbourn of the Cincinnati Reds records his 300th career win.
*June 22 - Tom Lovett throws a no-hitter as the Brooklyn Grooms defeat the New York Giants, 4-0.

July-September

*July 31 - New York Giants pitcher Amos Rusie no-hits the Brooklyn Bridegrooms 6-0, on 8 walks and 4 K's. At 20 years and 2 months he is the youngest pitcher to toss a no-hitter.

October-December

*October 4 - On the final day of the American Association season, Ted Breitenstein of the St. Louis Browns throws a no-hitter against the Louisville Colonels, in an 8-0 Browns win. It is Breitenstein's first major league start. He faced the minimum amount of batters, 27, allowing just one base on balls. It was also the last no-hitter thrown in the American Association, as the league folded following the season.

Births

January-March

*January 15 - Ray Chapman
*January 16 - Ferdie Schupp
*January 23 - Ray Haley
*January 28 - Bill Doak
*January 29 - Esty Chaney
*January 31 - Tim Hendryx
*February 5 - Roger Peckinpaugh
*February 18 - Sherry Smith
*February 18 - Zip Zabel
*February 22 - Clarence Mitchell
*March 4 - Dazzy Vance
*March 24 - Ernie Shore
*March 31 - Johnny Couch

April-June

*April 20 - Dave Bancroft
*May 3 - Eppa Rixey
*May 20 - Joe Harris
*May 21 - Doc Ayers
*June 1 - Hank Severeid

July-September

*July 6 - Steve O'Neill
*July 19 - Earl Hamilton
*August 11 - Walter Barbare
*August 18 - Wally Gerber
*August 19 - Al DeVormer
*August 22 - Happy Felsch
*August 28 - Byron Houck
*September 16 - George Orme

October-December

*October 13 - Fred McMullin
*November 5 - Greasy Neale
*November 11 - Rabbit Maranville
*November 12 - Carl Mays

Deaths

*January 13 - Joe Connors, age unknown, pitched 3 games in 1884 in the Union Association.
*February 6 - Tom Healey, 37?, pitcher in 1878.
*February 25 - Jeremiah Reardon, 22?, pitcher who appeared in 2 games in 1886.
*April 14 - Frank Bell, 27?, played for the 1885 Brooklyn Grays.
*May 20 - Jim Fogarty, 27, utility player from 1884-1890. Led the National League in stolen bases with 99 in 1889.
*May 21 - Jim Whitney, 33, pitcher who had five 20-win seasons, including 37 for 1883 Boston champions; led NL in wins, games and innings as 1881 rookie, in strikeouts in 1883; good hitter also played center field, batted .323 in 1882.
*June 10 - Jerry Dorgan, 34?, reserve player from 1880-1885.
*July 2 - John Cassidy, 34?, right fielder for five teams who batted .378 for the 1877 Hartford Dark Blues.
*July 14 - Bill Crowley, 34, outfielder from 1875-1885.
*July 29 - Steve Matthias, 31?, shortstop for the 1884 Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies of the Union Association.
*August 25 - Jerry Sweeney, 31?, 1st baseman for the 1884 Kansas City Cowboys.
*August 28 - Joe Miller, 41, 2nd baseman who played from 1872-1875.
*October 11 - Will Smalley, 20, 3rd baseman for the 1890 Cleveland Spiders.
*October 14 - Larry Corcoran, 32, pitcher who won 175 games for the Chicago White Stockings from 1880 to 1885, led NL in wins, strikeouts and ERA once each; first pitcher to coordinate signals with his catcher, threw three no-hitters.
*October 21 - Ed Daily, 29, pitcher from 1885-1891. Won 26 games in 1885.
*November 19 - Ernie Hickman, 35?, starting pitcher for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in 1884.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1891.shtml/ 1891 National League season at baseball-reference.com]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AA_1891.shtml/ 1891 American Association season at baseball-reference.com]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/ Charlton's Baseball Chronology at BaseballLibrary.com]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearmenu.shtml Year by Year History at Baseball-Almanac.com]
* [http://retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet.org]