1891 Joliet Giants

1891 > Class No Classification > 1891 Illinois-Iowa League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: n/a
Represented: Joliet, IL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1890 / 1892

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BA	SLG	TB	SH
1	Harry Burrell?	24	46	168	12	30	8	0	0	1	.179	.226	38	6
2	Conley?	--	2	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	1	0
3	George Decker*	25	95	387	70	118	13	8	2	15	.305	.395	153	15
4	Bill Geiss?	32	104	402	68	97	10	8	1	21	.241	.313	126	22	Stats for 2 teams
5	Ernest Gragg?	--	44	163	17	30	7	0	0	7	.184	.227	37	5
6	Jack Hughes?	--	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	0
7	Walter Lawrence?	--	21	73	8	13	2	0	0	3	.178	.205	15	2
8	Tim Manning	37		296	30	58	8	0	0	11	.196	.223	66	7	Stats for 2 teams
9	Mattie McVicker?	--	99	401	76	100	27	1	8	28	.249	.382	153	9
10	Miller?	--	2	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	2	0
11	Bill Moran?	21	95	391	34	98	26	3	3	6	.251	.355	139	21
12	Gene Moriarty*	28	94	405	71	98	24	5	5	31	.242	.363	147	16
13	George Sharp?	--	55	216	28	55	7	0	1	4	.255	.301	65	7
14	Frank Stratton?	--	2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	0
15	Wally Taylor?	27	77	294	24	51	7	1	0	9	.173	.204	60	9	Stats for 2 teams
16	Al Tebeau?	--	97	360	32	73	8	4	0	26	.203	.247	89	27
17	Jake Weihl?	--	106	434	71	96	11	3	0	45	.221	.260	113	18
18	Charles Wirsche?	--	95	364	48	62	3	1	1	1	.170	.192	70	10
19	William York?	--	81	348	50	87				44	.250			13	Stats for 3 teams

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Harry Burrell*	24	23	14	.622	1.25	39	38	37	4	332.0	287	151	46	195	118	1.452	7.8	5.3	3.2	0.61
2	Ernest Gragg?	--	23	17	.575	0.88	41	39	35	2	347.0	284	161	34	115	72	1.150	7.4	3.0	1.9	0.63
3	Jack Hughes?	--	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	8.0	10	5	4	0	2	1.250	11.2	0.0	2.2
4	Mattie McVicker?	--	16	14	.533	1.20	33	29	29	2	262.0	225	137	35	97	63	1.229	7.7	3.3	2.2	0.65
5	Bill Sowders	26	0	1	.000	0.00	2	2	1	0	11.0	23	12	0	6	1	2.636	18.8	4.9	0.8	0.17
6	Charles Wirsche?	--	0	0			1	0	0	0

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Bill Moran	78							0.00
George Sharp	31							0.00

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Decker	95							0.00
George Sharp	8							0.00

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Al Tebeau	95							0.00
Jake Weihl	9							0.00
George Sharp	3							0.00

3B

	G
Tim Manning	82	Stats for 2 teams
Walter Lawrence	20
George Sharp	2
Charles Wirsche	2

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Charles Wirsche	93							0.00
George Sharp	3							0.00
Frank Stratton	2							0.00
Mattie McVicker	1							0.00

OF

	G
Jake Weihl	97
Gene Moriarty	94
Mattie McVicker	69
William York	62	Stats for 3 teams
Bill Geiss	22	Stats for 2 teams
Bill Moran	17
Harry Burrell	9
Ernest Gragg	9
George Sharp	5
Conley	2
Miller	2

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ernest Gragg	41							0.00
Harry Burrell	39							0.00
Mattie McVicker	33							0.00
Bill Sowders	2							0.00
Jack Hughes	1							0.00
Charles Wirsche	1							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Harry Burrell	24		L			May 26, 1867	Bethel, VT, US
Conley	--					Unknown
George Decker	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Jun 1, 1866	York, PA, US
Bill Geiss	32			5' 10.0"	164	Jul 15, 1858	Chicago, IL, US
Ernest Gragg	--					Unknown
Jack Hughes	--					Unknown
Walter Lawrence	--					Unknown
Tim Manning	37	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Dec 3, 1853	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, GB
Mattie McVicker	--					Unknown
Miller	--					Unknown
Bill Moran	21			5' 10.0"	175	Oct 10, 1869	Joliet, IL, US
Gene Moriarty	28	L	L	5' 8.0"	130	Jan 6, 1863	Holyoke, MA, US
George Sharp	--					Unknown
Bill Sowders	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	155	Nov 29, 1864	Louisville, KY, US
Frank Stratton	--					Unknown
Wally Taylor	27			5' 11.0"	175	1864	Covington, KY, US
Al Tebeau	--				160	Unknown
Jake Weihl	--					Unknown	Monroeville, OH, US
Charles Wirsche	--					Unknown
William York	--					Unknown

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