1891 Brooklyn Grooms season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969‎
name = Brooklyn Grooms
season = 1891
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Washington Park, Eastern Park
y4 = 1891
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey
managers = John Montgomery Ward
television = none
radio = none|The 1891 Brooklyn Grooms (the name was shortened from Bridegrooms this season) started the year with real estate mogul George Chauncey purchasing a controlling interest in the ballclub to join Ferdinand Abell and Charles Byrne in the ownership group. The former owner of the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders in the now defunct Players League, Chauncey organized a merger of his team with the Grooms, forcing the firing of manager Bill McGunnigle (despite his winning two league championships) and replacing him with former Wonder's manager and shortstop, John Montgomery Ward. The new owner also thought the team could generate larger revenue from a bigger stadium, so they decided to move the team to his stadium, Eastern Park. Games would be split between the new facility and old Washington Park during the 1891 season and the team would move full time in 1892. [http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/ballparks.jsp] With all the turmoil, the team fell back into the pack, finishing the season in sixth place.

eason standings

1891 Roster

External links

* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1891.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1891&t=BR5 Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/la/history_records.pdf Dodgers Media Guide History]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]