1892 Major League Baseball season

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1892 MLB season
League National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationRegular season:
  • 1st half: April 12 – July 13, 1892
  • 2nd half: July 15 – October 15, 1892
World's Championship Series:
  • October 17–24, 1892
Number of games154
Number of teams12
Pennant winner
NL champions Boston Beaneaters
  NL runners-up Cleveland Spiders
First-half champions Boston Beaneaters
  First-half runners-up Brooklyn Grooms
Second-half champions Cleveland Spiders
  Second-half runners-up Boston Beaneaters
World's Championship Series
Champions Boston Beaneaters
  Runners-up Cleveland Spiders
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1892 National League season
ButtonBlue.svg National League

The 1892 Major League baseball season began on April 12, 1892. Unique to National League history, the season was organized into a split season format, with July 14 being the split date between the two half seasons. The regular season ended on October 15, with the Boston Beaneaters as the pennant winner of the National League overall, as well as the first-half champions, with the Cleveland Spiders as second-half champions. The postseason began with Game 1 of the eighth and final World's Championship Series on October 17 and ended with Game 6 on October 24. Aside from a tie game, the Beaneaters swept the Spiders with five wins in the best-of-nine playoff, and therefore winner of the final Dauvray Cup. This was Boston's only pre-modern championship.

Contents

The 1892 season saw the return of a postseason championship series (albeit a one-off of this format), following the demise of the American Association. The one-off was the first since the 1890 World's Championship Series. The next championship series would take place in 1894 via the Temple Cup.

The demise of the American Association saw four of its teams merged into the National League, including the Baltimore Orioles, Louisville Colonels, St. Louis Browns, and Washington Statesmen (renamed as the Washington Senators). The four other American Association clubs active at the end of the previous season, the Boston Reds, Columbus Solons, Milwaukee Brewers, and Philadelphia Athletics), saw their owners paid $135,000 (equivalent to $4,578,000in 2023) and their players dispersed to the surviving clubs.

Schedule

The 1892 schedule consisted of 154 games for the twelve teams of the National League. Each team was scheduled to play 12 games against the other eleven teams in the league. This replaced the 140-game, 20-games-each against seven-teams format previously used by the National League since 1888 and defunct-American Association since 1886. The 140-game format would return in 1900.

Opening Day took place on April 12 featuring all twelve teams. Each half of the season was split by an off day on July 14. The final day of the season was on October 15 and also featured all twelve teams. [1] The 1892 World's Championship Series took place between October 17 and October 24.

Teams

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager [2]
National League Baltimore Orioles Baltimore, Maryland Union Park 6,500 George Van Haltren
John Waltz
Ned Hanlon
Boston Beaneaters Boston, Massachusetts South End Grounds 6,800 Frank Selee
Brooklyn Grooms Brooklyn, New York Eastern Park 12,000 John Ward
Chicago Colts Chicago, Illinois South Side Park 6,450 Cap Anson
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio League Park (Cincinnati) 3,000 Charles Comiskey
Cleveland Spiders Cleveland, Ohio League Park (Cleveland) 9,000 Patsy Tebeau
Louisville Colonels Louisville, Kentucky Eclipse Park 5,860 Jack Chapman
Fred Pfeffer
New York Giants New York, New York Polo Grounds 16,000 Patrick Powers
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds 12,500 Harry Wright
Pittsburgh Pirates Allegheny, Pennsylvania Exposition Park 6,500 Al Buckenberger
Tom Burns
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 12,000 Jack Glasscock
Cub Stricker
Jack Crooks
George Gore
Bob Caruthers
Washington Sentaors Washington, D.C. Boundary Field 6,500 Billy Barnie
Arthur Irwin
Danny Richardson


Standings

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 10248.680—54‍–‍2148‍–‍27
Cleveland Spiders 9356.6248½54‍–‍2439‍–‍32
Brooklyn Grooms 9559.617951‍–‍2444‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies 8766.56916½55‍–‍2632‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds 8268.5472045‍–‍3237‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8073.52323½54‍–‍3426‍–‍39
Chicago Colts 7076.4793036‍–‍3134‍–‍45
New York Giants 7180.47031½42‍–‍3629‍–‍44
Louisville Colonels 6389.4144037‍–‍3126‍–‍58
Washington Senators 5893.38444½34‍–‍3624‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns 5694.3734637‍–‍3619‍–‍58
Baltimore Orioles 46101.31354½29‍–‍4417‍–‍57
National League
First-half standings		WLPct.GB
Boston Beaneaters 5222.703—
Brooklyn Grooms 5126.6622½
Philadelphia Phillies 4630.6057
Cincinnati Reds 4431.5878½
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 4433.5719½
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

Postseason

Bracket

World's Championship Series
        
NL1 Boston Beaneaters 011434128
NL2 Cleveland Spiders 0113 2 0 7 3

Managerial changes

Off-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Baltimore Orioles Billy Barnie George Van Haltren
Boston Reds Arthur Irwin Team folded
Cincinnati Reds Tom Loftus Charles Comiskey
Columbus Solons Gus Schmelz Team folded
Milwaukee Brewers Charlie Cushman Team folded
New York Giants Jim Mutrie Patrick Powers
Philadelphia Athletics George Wood Team folded
Pittsburgh Pirates Bill McGunnigle Al Buckenberger
St. Louis Browns Charles Comiskey Jack Glasscock
Washington Senators Sandy Griffin Billy Barnie

In-season

TeamFormer ManagerNew Manager
Baltimore Orioles George Van Haltren John Waltz
John Waltz Ned Hanlon
Louisville Colonels Jack Chapman Fred Pfeffer
Pittsburgh Pirates Al Buckenberger Tom Burns
St. Louis Browns Jack Glasscock Cub Stricker
Cub Stricker Jack Crooks
Jack Crooks George Gore
George Gore Bob Caruthers
Washington Senators Billy Barnie Arthur Irwin
Arthur Irwin Danny Richardson

League leaders

National League

Hitting leaders [3]
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Dan Brouthers (BKN).335
OPS Dan Brouthers (BKN).911
HR Bug Holliday (CIN)13
RBI Dan Brouthers (BKN)124
R Cupid Childs (CLE)136
H Dan Brouthers (BKN)197
SB John Ward (BKN)88
Pitching leaders [4]
StatPlayerTotal
W Bill Hutchinson (CHI)
Cy Young (CLE)		36
L George Cobb (NY)37
ERA Cy Young (CLE)1.93
K Bill Hutchinson (CHI)314
IP Bill Hutchinson (CHI)622.0
SV Gus Weyhing (PHI)3
WHIP Cy Young (CLE)1.062

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Cincinnati Reds [5] 8246.4%196,473101.5%2,456
Philadelphia Phillies [6] 8727.9%193,731−10.8%2,392
St. Louis Browns [7] 56−34.1%192,442—2,566
Brooklyn Grooms [8] 9555.7%183,7271.2%2,355
Pittsburgh Pirates [9] 8045.5%177,20538.4%1,991
Boston Beaneaters [10] 10217.2%146,421−20.6%1,927
Cleveland Spiders [11] 9343.1%139,9286.0%1,771
Louisville Colonels [12] 6316.7%131,159—1,874
New York Giants [13] 710.0%130,566−38.0%1,653
Chicago Colts [14] 70−14.6%109,067−39.9%1,628
Washington Senators [15] 5831.8%128,279—1,833
Baltimore Orioles [16] 46−35.2%93,589—1,215

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