1891 Cleveland Spiders season

The 1891 Cleveland Spiders season was a season in American baseball. They finished with a 65–74 record and a fifth-place finish in the National League.

The Spiders moved to a new ballpark in 1891. League Park was financed by Spiders owner Frank Robison, and it would be the team's home for the remainder of their existence. It would also be home to the Cleveland Indians.

The Spiders also had a new manager. Patsy Tebeau, the team's starting third baseman, was named manager midway through the season. He remained the Spiders manager until his contract was reassigned to the St. Louis Perfectos before the 1899 season.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Chief Zimmer	116	440	112	.255	3	69
1B	Jake Virtue	139	517	135	.261	2	72
2B	Cupid Childs	141	551	155	.281	2	83
SS	Ed McKean	141	603	170	.282	6	69
3B		61	249	65	.261	1	41
OF	Jimmy McAleer	136	565	135	.239	1	61
OF	Spud Johnson	80	327	84	.257	1	46
OF		136	570	165	.289	3	89

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jack Doyle	69	250	69	.276	0	43
Jesse Burkett	40	167	45	.269	0	13
Jerry Denny	36	138	31	.225	0	21
John Shearon	30	124	30	.242	0	13
Billy Alvord	13	59	17	.288	1	7
Ed Seward	7	19	4	.211	0	1
Marty Sullivan	1	4	1	.250	0	1
Joe Daly	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Bill Collins	2	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cy Young	55	423.2	27	22	2.85	147
Henry Gruber	44	348.2	17	22	4.13	79
Lee Viau	45	343.2	18	17	3.01	130
John Shearon	6	46.0	1	3	3.52	19
	5	29.0	0	3	5.28	4
Ed Seward	3	16.1	2	1	3.86	4
Frank Knauss	3	15.0	0	3	7.20	6
Pretzels Getzien	1	9.0	0	1	8.00	4
Henry Killeen	1	8.2	0	1	6.23	3

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	3	0	1	1	15.75	4