1892 Brooklyn Grooms season

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1892  Brooklyn Grooms
League National League
Ballpark Eastern Park
City Brooklyn, New York
Record
  • 1st half: 51–26 (.662)
  • 2nd half: 44–33 (.571)
  • Overall: 95–59 (.617) [1]
League place
  • 1st half: 2nd (2+1⁄2 GB)
  • 2nd half: 3rd (9+1⁄2 GB)
Owners Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey
President Charles Byrne
Managers John Montgomery Ward
←  1891
1893  →

The 1892 Brooklyn Grooms season was a season in American baseball. The team finished the first half of the split season in second place, just 2.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters. However, they faded in the second half, finishing 9.5 games behind the second-half champion Cleveland Spiders and missing out on the postseason playoff. Their combined record was 95–59, third best overall in the league.

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The season was a tragic one, as outfielder Hub Collins left a game on May 14 because he was feeling ill. A week later he was dead, the victim of typhoid fever. The team put on a benefit game to raise money for his widow on May 29. [2] One bright spot, however, was first baseman Dan Brouthers, who won the batting title with a .335 batting average. [2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102480.680—54–2148–27
Cleveland Spiders 93560.6248½54–2439–32
Brooklyn Grooms 95590.617951–2444–35
Philadelphia Phillies 87660.56916½55–2632–40
Cincinnati Reds 82680.5472045–3237–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 80730.52323½54–3426–39
Chicago Colts 70760.4793036–3134–45
New York Giants 71800.47031½42–3629–44
Louisville Colonels 63890.4144037–3126–58
Washington Senators 58930.38444½34–3624–57
St. Louis Browns 56940.3734637–3619–58
Baltimore Orioles 461010.31354½29–4417–57
National League
First Half Standings		WLPct.GB
Boston Beaneaters 5222.703—
Brooklyn Grooms 5126.6622+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 4630.6057
Cincinnati Reds 4431.5878+1⁄2
Cleveland Spiders 4033.54811+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates 3739.48716
Washington Senators 3541.46118
Chicago Colts 3139.44319
St. Louis Browns 3142.42520+1⁄2
New York Giants 3143.41921
Louisville Colonels 3047.39023+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 2055.26732+1⁄2
National League
Second Half Standings		WLPct.GB
Cleveland Spiders 5323.697—
Boston Beaneaters 5026.6583
Brooklyn Grooms 4433.5719+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates 4334.55810+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 4136.53212+1⁄2
New York Giants 4037.51913+1⁄2
Chicago Colts 3937.51314
Cincinnati Reds 3837.50714+1⁄2
Louisville Colonels 3342.44019+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 2646.36125
St. Louis Browns 2552.32528+1⁄2
Washington Senators 2352.30729+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1892 National League record

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

Roster

1892 Brooklyn Grooms
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Con Daily 802783865.23402818
1B Dan Brouthers 152588121197.335512431
2B John Ward 148614109163.26514788
3B Bill Joyce 973728991.24564523
SS Tommy Corcoran 15161377145.23717439
OF Oyster Burns 14154288171.31549633
OF Mike Griffin 129452103125.27736649
OF Darby O'Brien 12249072119.24315657

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

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Tom Daly 12444676114.25645134
Tom Kinslow 662463775.3052404
Dave Foutz 612203341.18612619
Hub Collins 21871726.2990174

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

PlayerGGSIPWLERABBSOCG
George Haddock 4644381.129133.1416315339
Ed Stein 4842377.127162.8415019038
Dave Foutz 2720203.01383.41635617
Bill Hart 2823195.09123.28966516
Brickyard Kennedy 2621191.01383.869510818
Bert Inks 9858.0423.8833254

Notes

  1. ↑ "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet . Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Dodgers timeline from MLB.com". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved October 11, 2007.

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