1891 Chicago Cubs roster

21 players appeared for the Chicago Cubs in the 1891 MLB season.

1891 Cubs roster: batting

1891 Chicago Cubs batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Bill Dahlen1355491141439021.260.348.738
Cap Anson136540811578017.291.378.788
Cliff Carroll130515871327031.256.340.707
Jimmy Ryan1185051101409027.277.355.789
Fred Pfeffer137498931237040.247.353.703
Walt Wilmot12149810213711042.275.353.763
Jimmy Cooney118465841140021.245.318.609
Malachi Kittridge792962662204.209.252.543
Tom Burns5924336551018.226.288.568
Pop Schriver27901530101.333.412.878
Bill Bowman154524000.089.196.307
Bill Merritt114249000.214.250.488
Tom Nagle82533000.120.154.274
Elmer Foster41633101.188.235.610
Marty Honan51212000.167.231.564
George Nicol3602000.333.3331.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1891 Cubs roster: pitching

1891 Chicago Cubs pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Bill HutchisonP665844192.81561.02611.221
Ad GumbertP323117113.58256.1731.450
Pat LubyP30248114.76206.0521.531
Ed SteinP1410763.74101.0381.540
Tom VickeryP1412654.0779.2391.460

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.