1891 Chicago Colts Roster

The 1891 Chicago Colts team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1891 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1891 Chicago Colts Opening Day starters list, a 1891 Chicago Colts salary list, a 1891 Chicago Colts uniform number breakdown and a 1891 Chicago Colts primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
"Everyone knows Al Spalding, the owner of the Chicago club. Al's mouthpiece is Jim Hart, the nominal president of the club. Al pulls the strings and Jim spiels." - The Sporting News (1891)
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1891 Chicago Colts

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Roster
Schedule
n/a Ad Gumbert 5-10 200 Right Right 1868-10-10
n/a Bill Hutchinson 5-09 175 Right Right 1859-12-17
n/a Pat Luby 6-00 185 Right Unknown 0000-00-00
n/a George Nicol 5-07 155 Left Right 1870-10-17
n/a Ed Stein 5-11 170 Right Right 1869-09-05
n/a Tom Vickery 6-00 170 Right Unknown 1867-05-05
n/a Bill Bowman 5-11 180 Unknown Unknown 1867-01-23
n/a Marty Honan Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 1869-05-29
n/a Malachi Kittridge 5-07 170 Right Right 1869-10-12
n/a Bill Merritt 5-07 160 Right Right 1870-07-30
n/a Tom Nagle 5-10 150 Right Right 1865-10-30
n/a Pop Schriver 5-09½ 172 Right Right 1865-07-11
n/a Cap Anson 6-00 227 Right Right 1852-04-17
n/a Tom Burns 5-07 152 Right Right 1857-03-30
n/a Jimmy Cooney 5-09 155 Right Both 1865-07-09
n/a Bill Dahlen 5-09 180 Right Right 1870-01-05
n/a Fred Pfeffer 5-10½ 184 Right Right 1860-03-17
n/a Cliff Carroll 5-08 163 Right Both 1859-10-18
n/a Elmer Foster 5-10 178 Left Right 1861-08-15
n/a Jimmy Ryan 5-09 162 Left Right 1863-02-11
n/a Walt Wilmot Unknown Unknown Right Both 1863-10-18
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The 1891 Chicago Colts played 135 games during the regular season, won 82 games, lost 53 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at South Side Park II (Park Factors: 100/100) where 181,431 fans witnessed their 1891 Colts finish the season with a .607 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1891 Chicago Colts Opening Day starters list, a 1891 Chicago Colts salary list, a 1891 Chicago Colts uniform number breakdown and a 1891 Chicago Colts primary starters list:

1891 Chicago Colts
Opening Day Starters


Cap Anson
Cliff Carroll
Jimmy Cooney
Bill Dahlen
Elmer Foster
Malachi Kittridge
Pat Luby
Fred Pfeffer
Jimmy Ryan

1891 Chicago Colts
Most Games by Position

C Malachi Kittridge (79)
1B Cap Anson (136)
2B Fred Pfeffer (137)
3B Bill Dahlen (84)
SS Jimmy Cooney (118)
LF Walt Wilmot (62)
CF Jimmy Ryan (74)
RF Cliff Carroll (130)
  
SP Ad Gumbert
SP Pat Luby
  
CL Bill Hutchinson


1891 Chicago Colts
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1891 Chicago Colts
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1891 Chicago Colts Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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