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1891 MLB Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Kid NicholsPITCH16.6
  2. 2Harry StoveyBAT15.3
  3. 3Hugh DuffyBAT15.3
  4. 4Mike TiernanBAT14.8
  5. 5Amos RusiePITCH14.7
  6. 6Dan BrouthersBAT14.7
  7. 7Charlie BuffintonPITCH14.5
  8. 8Tom BrownBAT14.4
  9. 9George HaddockPITCH14.3
  10. 10William HutchinsonPITCH14.3
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Bill DahlenSS176
  2. 2Joe KelleyLF164.5
  3. 3Clark GriffithP119.6
  4. 4Buck FreemanRF100
  5. 5Hughie JenningsSS91.3
  6. 6John McGraw3B83.2
  7. 7Ted BreitensteinP80.5
  8. 8Jouett MeekinP76.6

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Paul HinesCF126.7
  2. 2Old Hoss RadbournP103.9
  3. 3John Reilly1B102.3
  4. 4Abner DalrympleLF79.1
  5. 5Fred Dunlap2B78.4
  6. 6Fred CarrollC57.4
  7. 7Pop Smith2B54.1
  8. 8Jim McTamanyCF52.5

Teams · 17

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Boston Reds93-42179.6Hugh Duffy
Atlanta Braves87-51149.7Kid Nichols
St. Louis Cardinals86-52131.9Denny Lyons
Chicago Cubs82-53140William Hutchinson
San Francisco Giants71-61136.2Mike Tiernan
Baltimore Orioles71-63122.1George Van Haltren
Philadelphia Athletics73-65118.2John Milligan
Milwaukee Brewers21-1526.1George Davies
Philadelphia Phillies68-6995.3Billy Hamilton
Cleveland Spiders65-74126.3Cy Young
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers43-5714.3Emmett Seery
Los Angeles Dodgers61-76125.3Tom Lovett
Columbus Colts61-7692Phil Knell
Pittsburgh Pirates55-80104.7Mark Baldwin
Cincinnati Reds56-8198.5Bug Holliday
Louisville Colonels54-8479.7Warren Fitzgerald
Washington Senators43-9147.1Deacon McGuire

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.