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The following are the baseball events of the year 1891 throughout the world.  


Champions[]

Major League Baseball final standings[]

National League final standings[]

National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Boston Beaneaters 87 51 .630 --
Chicago White Stockings 82 53 .607 3.5
New York Giants 71 61 .538 13
Philadelphia Phillies 68 69 .496 18.5
Cleveland Spiders 65 74 .468 22.5
Brooklyn Grooms 61 76 .445 25,5
Cincinnati Reds 56 81 .409 30.5
Pittsburgh Pirates 55 80 .407 30.5

American Association final standings[]

American Association
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
Boston Reds 93 42 .689 --
St. Louis Browns 86 52 .623 8.5
Baltimore Orioles 71 64 .536 22
Philadelphia Athletics 73 66 .525 22
Milwaukee Brewers 21 15 .583 22.5
Cincinnati Porkers 43 57 .430 32.5
Columbus Solons 61 76 .445 33
Louisville Colonels 55 84 .396 40
Washington Statesmen 44 91 .326 49

Events[]

Births[]

  • January 15 - Ray Chapman
  • January 28 - Bill Doak
  • February 5 - Roger Peckinpaugh
  • March 4 - Dazzy Vance
  • March 24 - Ernie Shore
  • April 20 - Dave Bancroft
  • May 3 - Eppa Rixey
  • June 1 - Hank Severeid
  • July 6 - Steve O'Neill
  • August 18 - Wally Gerber
  • August 22 - Happy Felsch
  • October 13 - Fred McMullin
  • November 5 - Greasy Neale
  • November 11 - Rabbit Maranville
  • November 12 - Carl Mays

Deaths[]

  • 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
  • July 2 - John Cassidy, 34?, right fielder for five teams who batted .378 for 1877 Hartford Dark Blues
  • 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
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