1892 Boston Beaneaters season

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1892  Boston Beaneaters
World Series champions
National League champions
League National League
Ballpark South End Grounds
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record
  • 1st half: 52–22 (.703)
  • 2nd half: 50–26 (.658)
  • Overall: 102–48 (.680) [1]
League place
  • 1st half: 1st
  • 2nd half: 2nd (3 GB)
Owner Arthur Soden
Manager Frank Selee
  1891
1893  

The 1892 Boston Beaneaters season was the 22nd season of the franchise. The Beaneaters won their second straight and fifth overall National League pennant. In the league's first split season, the Beaneaters finished first in the first half, and three games behind the Cleveland Spiders in the second half. After the season, the two teams played a "World's Championship Series", which the Beaneaters won, five games to none (with one tie). The National League did not play another split season until 1981.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 10248.68054214827
Cleveland Spiders 9356.62454243932
Brooklyn Grooms 9559.617951244435
Philadelphia Phillies 8766.56916½55263240
Cincinnati Reds 8268.5472045323736
Pittsburgh Pirates 8073.52323½54342639
Chicago Colts 7076.4793036313445
New York Giants 7180.47031½42362944
Louisville Colonels 6389.4144037312658
Washington Senators 5893.38444½34362457
St. Louis Browns 5694.3734637361958
Baltimore Orioles 46101.31354½29441757
National League
First-half standings
WLPct.GB
Boston Beaneaters 5222.703
Brooklyn Grooms 5126.662
Philadelphia Phillies 4630.6057
Cincinnati Reds 4431.587
Cleveland Spiders 4033.54811½
Pittsburgh Pirates 3739.48716
Washington Senators 3541.46118
Chicago Colts 3139.44319
St. Louis Browns 3142.42520½
New York Giants 3143.41921
Louisville Colonels 3047.39023½
Baltimore Orioles 2055.26732½
National League
Second-half standings
WLPct.GB
Cleveland Spiders 5323.697
Boston Beaneaters 5026.6583
Brooklyn Grooms 4433.571
Pittsburgh Pirates 4334.55810½
Philadelphia Phillies 4136.53212½
New York Giants 4037.51913½
Chicago Colts 3937.51314
Cincinnati Reds 3837.50714½
Louisville Colonels 3342.44019½
Baltimore Orioles 2646.36125
St. Louis Browns 2552.32528½
Washington Senators 2352.30729½

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBLNBSNBROCHICINCLVLOUNYGPHIPITSTLWSN
Baltimore 0–132–12–14–74–102–11–26–75–94–105–98–6–16–7–1
Boston 13–09–510–48–5–18–612–211–3–16–77–67–711–3
Brooklyn 12–2–15–910–46–88–69–57–79–5–210–49–5–110–4
Chicago 7–44–104–106–7–13–95–910–45–97–77–512–2
Cincinnati 10–45–8–18–67–6–15–97–6–18–65–95–912–2–110–3–1
Cleveland 11–2–26–86–89–39–513–18–510–47–7–18–5–16–8
Louisville 7–62–125–99–56–7–11–134–104–108–69–5–18–6
New York 9–53–11–17–74–106–85–810–45–94–10–19–49–4
Philadelphia 10–47–65–9–29–59–54–1010–49–58–67–79–5
Pittsburgh 9–56–74–107–79–57–7–16–810–4–16–810–46–8
St. Louis 6–8–17–75–9–15–72–12–15–8–15–9–14–97–74–106–8
Washington 7–6–13–114–102–123–10–18–66–84–95–98–68–6

Roster

1892 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C King Kelly 7828153.189241
1B Tommy Tucker 149542153.282162
2B Joe Quinn 143532116.218159
SS Herman Long 151646181.280678
3B Billy Nash 135526137.260495
OF Hugh Duffy 147612184.301581
OF Bobby Lowe 124475115.242357
OF Tommy McCarthy 152603146.242463

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Charlie Ganzel 5419853.268025
Harry Stovey 3814624.164012
Charlie Bennett 3511423.202116
Dan Burke 140.00000
Joe Daly 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kid Nichols 53453.035162.84192
Jack Stivetts 54415.235163.03180
Harry Staley 37299.222103.0393
John Clarkson 16145.2862.3548
Lee Viau 19.0100.001
Dad Clarkson 17.0101.290

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
King Kelly 10001.500

World's Championship Series

The Boston Beaneaters, first-half champions, played the second-half champion Cleveland Spiders in a best-of-nine postseason series. After a 0–0 tie in the opener, called on account of darkness after 11 innings, Boston defeated Cleveland five games in a row for a sweep. Hall of Famer Hugh Duffy batted .462 with nine runs batted in and six extra-base hits including a home run.

References

  1. "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet . Retrieved April 4, 2021.