Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1891 in the American Association

Earned Run Average : 1891 American Association Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1891 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American Association

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Ed Crane 2.45 (2.4480) Cincinnati Porkers 1

George Haddock 2.49 (2.4890) Boston Red Stockings 2

Charlie Buffinton 2.55 (2.5490) Boston Red Stockings 3

Sadie McMahon 2.81 (2.8091) Baltimore Orioles 4

Jack Stivetts 2.86 (2.8636) St. Louis Browns 5

Phil Knell 2.92 (2.9221) Columbus Colts 6

Bill Daley 2.98 (2.9842) Boston Red Stockings 7

Willard Mains 3.07 (3.0701) Cincinnati Porkers 8

Milwaukee Brewers

Gus Weyhing 3.18 (3.1800) Philadelphia Athletics 9

Willie McGill 3.35 (3.3535) Cincinnati Porkers 10

St. Louis Browns

Red Ehret 3.47 (3.4668) Louisville Colonels 11

Darby O'Brien 3.65 (3.6514) Boston Red Stockings 12

Frank Foreman 3.73 (3.7268) Washington Senators 13

Clark Griffith 3.74 (3.7379) St. Louis Browns 14

Boston Red Stockings

John Healy 3.75 (3.7515) Baltimore Orioles 15

Hank Gastright 3.78 (3.7756) Columbus Colts 16

Ben Sanders 3.79 (3.7862) Philadelphia Athletics 17

Frank Dwyer 3.98 (3.9840) Cincinnati Porkers 18

Milwaukee Brewers

Bert Cunningham 4.01 (4.0140) Baltimore Orioles 19

Scott Stratton 4.08 (4.0814) Louisville Colonels 20

John Dolan 4.16 (4.1607) Columbus Colts 21

Kid Madden 4.19 (4.1897) Boston Red Stockings 22

Baltimore Orioles

Elton Chamberlain 4.22 (4.2153) Philadelphia Athletics 23

Jersey Bakley 4.24 (4.2429) Washington Senators 24

Baltimore Orioles

Jouett Meekin 4.30 (4.3026) Louisville Colonels 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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