1891 Columbus Solons Statistics
American Association (AA)
Team Record: 61-76
Finished 6th in the AA
Attendance: 1,209, Avg. 1,209
Ballpark: Recreation Park II
Manager: Gus Schmelz (61-76)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
1891 Columbus Solons RosterTeam Record: 61-76
Finished 6th in the AA
Attendance: 1,209, Avg. 1,209
Ballpark: Recreation Park II
Manager: Gus Schmelz (61-76)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
1891 Columbus Solons Results
The Columbus Solons of the American Association ended the 1891 season with a record of 61 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.
The Solons scored 702 runs and conceded 777 runs. Charlie Duffee led Columbus with 10 home runs and accounted for 90 RBI, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .301. Phil Knell earned 28 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.92 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Gus Schmelz 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Knell | 28 | 27 | .509 | 2.92 | 58 | 52 | 5 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 462.0 | 363 | 228 | 150 | 4 | 226 | 0 | 228 | 54 | 0 | 23 | 2017 |
| John Dolan | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.16 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 203.3 | 216 | 131 | 94 | 8 | 84 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 905 |
| Hank Gastright | 12 | 19 | .387 | 3.78 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 283.7 | 280 | 196 | 119 | 7 | 136 | 0 | 109 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 1271 |
| Jack Easton | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.52 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 135.3 | 145 | 111 | 68 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 622 |
| Jack Leiper | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.40 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 41 | 43 | 27 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 218 |
| Larry Twitchell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.06 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 137 |
| Dad Clarke | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 117 |
| Jim Sullivan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
| John Lyston | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Jack Easton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 66 |
| Totals | 61 | 76 | .445 | 3.75 | 159 | 138 | 20 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 1213.3 | 1141 | 777 | 505 | 29 | 588 | 0 | 502 | 92 | 2 | 73 | 5431 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Duffee | 137 | 597 | 552 | 86 | 166 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 90 | 41 | 0 | 42 | 36 | .301 | .353 | .420 | .774 | 232 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Crooks | 138 | 631 | 519 | 110 | 127 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 46 | 50 | 0 | 103 | 47 | .245 | .379 | .331 | .710 | 172 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Wheelock | 136 | 578 | 498 | 82 | 114 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 52 | 0 | 78 | 55 | .229 | .336 | .263 | .599 | 131 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Lehane | 137 | 548 | 511 | 59 | 110 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 77 | .215 | .268 | .272 | .540 | 139 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sneed | 99 | 429 | 366 | 66 | 94 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 24 | 0 | 55 | 29 | .257 | .366 | .322 | .688 | 118 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McTamany | 81 | 364 | 304 | 59 | 76 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 0 | 58 | 48 | .250 | .374 | .395 | .768 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Twitchell | 57 | 246 | 224 | 32 | 62 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 28 | .277 | .341 | .379 | .721 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack O'Connor | 56 | 240 | 229 | 28 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .266 | .300 | .345 | .645 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Donahue | 77 | 312 | 280 | 27 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 18 | .218 | .298 | .254 | .552 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Kuehne | 68 | 271 | 261 | 32 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .215 | .244 | .272 | .516 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Dowse | 55 | 216 | 201 | 24 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 22 | .224 | .278 | .259 | .536 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim O'Rourke | 34 | 153 | 136 | 22 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 7 | .279 | .359 | .331 | .690 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Knell | 66 | 223 | 215 | 25 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 34 | .158 | .188 | .195 | .384 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Gastright | 35 | 129 | 117 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .197 | .271 | .282 | .553 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Easton | 20 | 66 | 63 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .238 | .273 | .333 | .606 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Donnelly | 17 | 67 | 54 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 5 | .241 | .388 | .241 | .629 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Cleveland | 12 | 54 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .171 | .370 | .171 | .541 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Dolan | 28 | 87 | 78 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 33 | .090 | .184 | .167 | .351 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Leiper | 6 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dad Clarke | 5 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .100 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Lyston | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Easton | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Sullivan | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1270 | 5263 | 4697 | 702 | 1113 | 154 | 61 | 20 | 547 | 280 | 0 | 529 | 530 | .237 | .319 | .308 | .628 | 1449 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Lehane | 1B | 137 | 0 | 1207.0 | 1362 | 71 | 28 | 98 | .981 | 1.685 | 1.460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | 1B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Crooks | 2B | 138 | 0 | 1209.0 | 399 | 404 | 36 | 72 | .957 | 5.978 | 5.819 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Knell | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Kuehne | 3B | 68 | 0 | 567.0 | 85 | 146 | 30 | 15 | .885 | 3.667 | 3.397 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim O'Rourke | 3B | 34 | 0 | 296.0 | 48 | 76 | 17 | 7 | .879 | 3.770 | 3.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donnelly | 3B | 17 | 0 | 152.0 | 19 | 46 | 11 | 5 | .855 | 3.849 | 3.824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Cleveland | 3B | 12 | 0 | 128.0 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 1 | .843 | 4.148 | 4.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Duffee | 3B | 7 | 0 | 69.0 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 3 | .879 | 3.783 | 4.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | C | 75 | 0 | 636.0 | 343 | 108 | 28 | 11 | .942 | 6.382 | 6.013 | 23 | 0 | 191 | 98 | 33.9 |
| Tom Dowse | C | 51 | 0 | 433.0 | 254 | 52 | 27 | 6 | .919 | 6.360 | 6.000 | 27 | 0 | 130 | 47 | 26.6 |
| Jack O'Connor | C | 21 | 0 | 144.0 | 78 | 29 | 2 | 2 | .982 | 6.687 | 5.095 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 26 | 37.7 |
| Charlie Duffee | OF | 128 | 0 | 1179.0 | 235 | 33 | 21 | 7 | .927 | 2.046 | 2.094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Sneed | OF | 99 | 0 | 837.0 | 142 | 10 | 18 | 4 | .894 | 1.634 | 1.535 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim McTamany | OF | 81 | 0 | 696.0 | 161 | 10 | 13 | 4 | .929 | 2.211 | 2.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Twitchell | OF | 56 | 0 | 427.0 | 67 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .888 | 1.496 | 1.268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Connor | OF | 40 | 0 | 350.0 | 57 | 8 | 9 | 3 | .878 | 1.671 | 1.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Knell | OF | 9 | 0 | 42.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.929 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Easton | OF | 3 | 0 | 33.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Dowse | OF | 5 | 0 | 29.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.241 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Easton | OF | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Donahue | OF | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Dolan | OF | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Leiper | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Knell | P | 58 | 0 | 462.0 | 40 | 119 | 10 | 1 | .941 | 3.097 | 2.741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Gastright | P | 35 | 0 | 284.0 | 11 | 73 | 5 | 2 | .944 | 2.662 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Dolan | P | 27 | 0 | 203.0 | 7 | 40 | 5 | 1 | .904 | 2.084 | 1.741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Easton | P | 18 | 0 | 135.0 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 1 | .909 | 2.667 | 2.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Leiper | P | 6 | 0 | 45.0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .786 | 2.200 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Twitchell | P | 6 | 0 | 31.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.613 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dad Clarke | P | 5 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.348 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Easton | P | 2 | 0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Sullivan | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Lyston | P | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Wheelock | SS | 136 | 0 | 1198.0 | 248 | 474 | 81 | 65 | .899 | 5.424 | 5.309 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Duffee | SS | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1285 | 0 | 10912.0 | 3634 | 1823 | 379 | 309 | .935 | 4.501 | 4.247 | 59 | 0 | 364 | 171 | 32.0 |
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