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purchasing a controlling interest in the ballclub to join Ferdinand Abell and Charles Byrne in the ownership group. The former owner of the

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in the now defunct Players' League, Chauncey organized a merger of his team with the Grooms, forcing the firing of manager Bill McGunnigle (despite his winning two league championships) and replacing him with former Wonders manager and

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. The new owner also thought the team could generate larger revenue from a bigger stadium, so they decided to move the team to his stadium,

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. Games would be split between the new facility and old Washington Park during the 1891 season and the team would move full-time in 1892.Dodgers park history from MLB.com
/ref> With all the turmoil, the team fell back into the pack, finishing the season in sixth place.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games''

Notes

References

Baseball-Reference season pageBaseball Almanac season page

External links

Acme Dodgers page

Retrosheet
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