1891 Brooklyn Grooms season

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1891 Brooklyn Grooms
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1891 Information
Owner(s) Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey
Manager(s) John Montgomery Ward
Local television none
Local 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. [1] With all the turmoil, the team fell back into the pack, finishing the season in sixth place.

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[edit] Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Boston Beaneaters 87 51 -- .630
Chicago Colts 82 53 3.5 .607
New York Giants 71 61 13 .538
Philadelphia Phillies 68 69 18.5 .496
Cleveland Spiders 65 74 22.5 .468
Brooklyn Grooms 61 76 25.5 .445
Cincinnati Reds 56 81 30.5 .409
Pittsburgh Pirates 55 80 30.5 .409

[edit] 1891 Roster

1891 Brooklyn Grooms roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Pitching Stats

Name Pos G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO CG
Tom Lovett SP 44 43 365.7 23-19 3.69 129 129 39
Bob Caruthers SP/OF/RP 38 32 297.0 18-14 3.12 107 69 29
George Hemming SP/RP 27 22 199.7 8-15 4.96 84 84 19
Adonis Terry SP/OF/RP 25 22 194.0 6-16 4.22 80 65 18
Bert Inks SP 13 13 96.3 3-10 4.02 43 47 11

[edit] Batting Stats

Name Pos G AB Avg. R H HR RBI SB
Tom Kinslow C 61 228 .237 22 54 0 33 3
Con Daily C/1B/OF/SS 60 206 .320 25 66 0 30 7
Tom Daly C/1B/SS/OF 58 200 .250 29 50 2 27 7
Dave Foutz 1B/SP/SS/RP 130 521 .257 87 134 2 73 48
Hub Collins 2B/OF 107 435 .276 82 120 3 31 32
John Ward SS/2B 105 441 .277 85 122 0 39 57
George Pinkney 3B/SS 135 501 .273 80 137 2 71 44
John O'Brien 2B 43 167 .246 22 41 0 26 4
Bones Ely SS/3B/2B 31 111 .153 9 17 0 11 4
Jack Burdock 2B 3 12 .083 1 1 0 1 0
Mike Griffin OF 134 521 .267 106 139 3 65 65
Oyster Burns OF/3B/SS 123 470 .285 75 134 4 83 21
Darby O'Brien OF 103 395 .253 79 100 5 57 31
Dude Esterbrook OF/2B 3 8 .375 1 3 0 0 0

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