1891 Chicago Cubs roster

Manager: Cap Anson

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 Dahlen211355491141439021.260.348.738
Cap Anson39136540811578017.291.378.788
Cliff Carroll31130515871327031.256.340.707
Jimmy Ryan281185051101409027.277.355.789
Fred Pfeffer31137498931237040.247.353.703
Walt Wilmot2712149810213711042.275.353.763
Jimmy Cooney25118465841140021.245.318.609
Malachi Kittridge21792962662204.209.252.543
Tom Burns345924336551018.226.288.568
Pop Schriver2527901530101.333.412.878
Bill Bowman—154524000.089.196.307
Bill Merritt20114249000.214.250.488
Tom Nagle2582533000.120.154.274
Elmer Foster2941633101.188.235.610
Marty Honan—51212000.167.231.564
George Nicol203602000.333.3331.000

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 HutchisonP31665844192.81561.02611.221
Ad GumbertP22323117113.58256.1731.450
Pat LubyP—30248114.76206.0521.531
Ed SteinP211410763.74101.0381.540
Tom VickeryP241412654.0779.2391.460

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.