1891 Cleveland Spiders Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 65-74
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 132,000, Avg. 1,745
Ballpark: League Park I
Manager: Bob Leadley (34-34)
Manager: Patsy Tebeau (31-40)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1891 Cleveland Spiders Roster
1891 Cleveland Spiders Results

The Cleveland Spiders of the National League ended the 1891 season with a record of 65 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Spiders scored 835 runs and conceded 888 runs, most in the circuit. George Davis drove in 89 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .289. Cy Young recorded 27 wins on the mound for the team, while Henry Gruber and Lee Viau added 15 or more victories also Cy Young earned a 2.85 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Bob Leadley and Patsy Tebeau coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Cy Young	27	22	.551	2.85	55	46	8	43	0	2	423.7	431	244	134	4	140	147	10	12	1848
Lee Viau	18	17	.514	3.01	45	38	6	31	0	0	343.7	367	239	115	3	138	130	15	21	1548
Henry Gruber	17	22	.436	4.13	44	40	4	35	1	0	348.7	407	258	160	10	119	79	7	20	1576
Ed Seward	2	1	.667	3.86	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.3	16	10	7	0	11	4	0	0	76
John Shearon	1	3	.250	3.52	6	5	1	4	0	0	46.0	57	39	18	2	24	19	1	1	220
Henry Killeen	0	1	.000	6.23	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.7	11	8	6	1	8	3	0	0	45
Pretzels Getzien	0	1	.000	8.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	12	9	8	1	4	4	0	1	43
George Davis	0	1	.000	15.75	3	0	3	0	0	1	4.0	8	8	7	0	3	4	0	0	23
Ed Beatin	0	3	.000	5.28	5	4	1	2	0	0	29.0	39	44	17	1	21	4	6	1	153
Frank Knauss	0	3	.000	7.20	3	3	0	1	0	0	15.0	23	29	12	2	8	6	4	0	80
Totals	65	74	.468	3.50	166	141	23	118	1	3	1244.0	1371	888	484	24	476	400	43	56	5612

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP
Ed McKean	141	668	603	115	170	13	12	6	69	14	64	19	.282	.352	.373	.725	225	1
George Davis	136	627	570	115	165	35	12	3	89	42	53	29	.289	.354	.409	.763	233	4
Cupid Childs	141	655	551	120	155	21	12	2	83	39	97	32	.281	.395	.374	.769	206	7
Jake Virtue	139	600	517	82	135	19	14	2	72	15	75	40	.261	.363	.364	.727	188	8
Jimmy McAleer	136	619	565	97	135	16	11	1	61	51	49	47	.239	.305	.312	.617	176	5
Charles Zimmer	116	477	440	55	112	21	4	3	69	15	33	49	.255	.312	.341	.653	150	4
Spud Johnson	80	357	327	49	84	8	3	1	46	16	22	23	.257	.319	.309	.628	101	8
Jack Doyle	69	279	250	43	69	14	4	0	43	24	26	44	.276	.351	.364	.715	91	3
Patsy Tebeau	61	268	249	38	65	8	3	1	41	12	16	13	.261	.313	.329	.643	82	3
Jesse Burkett	40	190	167	29	45	7	4	0	13	1	23	19	.269	.358	.359	.717	60	0
Jerry Denny	36	151	138	17	31	5	0	0	21	3	12	23	.225	.291	.261	.552	36	1
John Shearon	30	125	124	10	30	1	1	0	13	6	1	15	.242	.248	.266	.514	33	0
Cy Young	55	185	174	23	29	5	2	1	18	2	11	30	.167	.216	.236	.452	41	0
Henry Gruber	46	163	141	17	23	3	2	1	20	0	21	35	.163	.276	.234	.510	33	1
Lee Viau	45	156	144	15	23	3	2	0	6	2	12	28	.160	.224	.208	.433	30	0
Billy Alvord	13	60	59	7	17	2	2	1	7	0	0	7	.288	.300	.441	.741	26	1
Ed Seward	7	22	19	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	3	4	.211	.318	.316	.634	6	0
Marty Sullivan	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0
Frank Knauss	3	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0
Ed Beatin	5	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0
Pretzels Getzien	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Joe Daly	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Bill Collins	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Henry Killeen	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0
Totals	1305	5639	5074	835	1295	183	88	22	673	242	519	464	.255	.330	.339	.669	1720	46

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Jake Virtue	1B	139	1224.0	1465	44	44	70	.972	11.096	1.856	0	0	0
Spud Johnson	1B	1	10.0	11	0	1	0	.917	9.900	11.000	0	0	0
Ed Seward	1B	1	9.0	7	0	1	0	.875	7.000	7.000	0	0	0
Cupid Childs	2B	141	1243.0	371	455	82	54	.910	5.981	5.858	0	0	0
Patsy Tebeau	3B	61	542.0	102	150	33	13	.884	4.185	4.131	0	0	0
Jerry Denny	3B	29	222.0	39	60	13	1	.884	4.014	3.414	0	0	0
George Davis	3B	22	190.0	35	49	12	5	.875	3.979	3.818	0	0	0
Jack Doyle	3B	20	168.0	40	38	14	4	.848	4.179	3.900	0	0	0
Billy Alvord	3B	13	114.0	20	28	11	1	.814	3.789	3.692	0	0	0
Charles Zimmer	3B	1	8.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.500	4.000	0	0	0
Charles Zimmer	C	116	1020.0	476	181	45	7	.936	5.797	5.664	35	229	170	42.6
Jack Doyle	C	29	212.0	99	31	15	1	.897	5.519	4.483	19	48	29	37.7
Bill Collins	C	1	11.0	5	4	1	1	.900	7.364	9.000	1	2	4	66.7
Jimmy McAleer	OF	136	1231.0	284	19	25	1	.924	2.215	2.228	0	0	0
George Davis	OF	116	994.0	257	27	21	1	.931	2.571	2.448	0	0	0
Spud Johnson	OF	79	676.0	99	10	16	1	.872	1.451	1.380	0	0	0
Jesse Burkett	OF	40	347.0	53	5	7	1	.892	1.504	1.450	0	0	0
Jack Doyle	OF	21	214.0	39	4	9	0	.827	1.808	2.048	0	0	0
John Shearon	OF	25	177.0	30	5	8	0	.814	1.780	1.400	0	0	0
Jerry Denny	OF	7	69.0	10	1	2	0	.846	1.435	1.571	0	0	0
Henry Gruber	OF	2	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	.500	0	0	0
Joe Daly	OF	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	2.000	0	0	0
Ed Seward	OF	3	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	.333	0	0	0
Lee Viau	OF	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Patsy Tebeau	OF	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Bill Collins	OF	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Marty Sullivan	OF	1	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Cy Young	P	55	424.0	10	89	9	0	.917	2.101	1.800	0	0	0
Henry Gruber	P	44	349.0	8	90	10	5	.907	2.527	2.227	0	0	0
Lee Viau	P	45	344.0	12	79	14	2	.867	2.381	2.022	0	0	0
John Shearon	P	6	46.0	2	8	0	1	1.000	1.957	1.667	0	0	0
Ed Beatin	P	5	29.0	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.862	1.200	0	0	0
Ed Seward	P	3	16.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.563	.333	0	0	0
Frank Knauss	P	3	15.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.400	1.333	0	0	0
Henry Killeen	P	1	9.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000	3.000	0	0	0
Pretzels Getzien	P	1	9.0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
George Davis	P	3	4.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Ed McKean	SS	141	1242.0	248	463	91	42	.887	5.152	5.043	0	0	0
Jack Doyle	SS	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals		1316	11199.0	3728	1856	485	211	.920	4.488	4.243	55	279	203	42.1

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