The following are the baseball events of the year 1891 throughout the world.
Champions
Major League Baseball final standings
National League final standings
American Association final standings
Statistical leaders
National League Statistical Leaders
American Association Statistical Leaders
Notable seasons
Events
January-March
April-June
July-September
October-December
Births
Deaths
- January 13 - Joe Connors, age unknown, pitched 3 games in 1884 in the Union Association.
- February 6 - Tom Healey, 37?, pitcher in 1878.
- February 25 - Jeremiah Reardon, 22?, pitcher who appeared in 2 games in 1886.
- April 14 - Frank Bell, 27?, played for the 1885 Brooklyn Grays.
- May 20 - Jim Fogarty, 27, utility player from 1884-1890. Led the National League in stolen bases with 99 in 1889.
- May 21 - Jim Whitney, 33, pitcher who had five 20-win seasons, including 37 for 1883 Boston champions; led NL in wins, games and innings as 1881 rookie, in strikeouts in 1883; good hitter also played center field, batted .323 in 1882.
- June 10 - Jerry Dorgan, 34?, reserve player from 1880-1885.
- July 2 - , 34?, right fielder for five teams who batted .378 for the 1877 Hartford Dark Blues.
- July 14 - Bill Crowley, 34, outfielder from 1875-1885.
- July 29 - Steve Matthias, 31?, shortstop for the 1884 Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies of the Union Association.
- August 25 - Jerry Sweeney, 31?, 1st baseman for the 1884 Kansas City Cowboys.
- August 28 - Joe Miller, 41, 2nd baseman who played from 1872-1875.
- October 11 - Will Smalley, 20, 3rd baseman for the 1890 Cleveland Spiders.
- October 14 - Larry Corcoran, 32, pitcher who won 175 games for the Chicago White Stockings from 1880 to 1885, led NL in wins, strikeouts and ERA once each; first pitcher to coordinate signals with his catcher, threw three no-hitters.
- October 21 - Ed Daily, 29, pitcher from 1885-1891. Won 26 games in 1885.
- November 19 - Ernie Hickman, 35?, starting pitcher for the Kansas City Cowboys of the Union Association in 1884.
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