1892 Philadelphia Phillies season

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1892  Philadelphia Phillies
League National League
Ballpark Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds
City Philadelphia
Record
  • 1st half: 46–30 (.605)
  • 2nd half: 41–36 (.532)
  • Overall: 87–66 (.569) [1]
League place
  • 1st half: 3rd (7 GB)
  • 2nd half: 5th (12+12 GB)
Owners Al Reach, John Rogers
Manager Harry Wright
  1891 Seasons 1893  
1892 Philadelphia Phillies; Pictured are Bob Allen, Charlie Reilly, Sam Thompson, Harry Wright, Roger Connor, Bill Hallman, Billy Hamilton, Ed Delahanty, Jack Clements, Tim Keefe, Lave Cross, Gus Weyhing, Kid Carsey. 1892 Philadelphia Phillies.jpg
1892 Philadelphia Phillies; Pictured are Bob Allen, Charlie Reilly, Sam Thompson, Harry Wright, Roger Connor, Bill Hallman, Billy Hamilton, Ed Delahanty, Jack Clements, Tim Keefe, Lave Cross, Gus Weyhing, Kid Carsey.

The 1892 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team competed in the National League, which played a split season that year.

Contents

The Phillies finished in third place during the first half of the season, and in fifth place in the second half. Their overall record was 87–66, which was the fourth-best record in the National League.

Offseason

Spring training

The Phillies held spring training in 1892 in Gainesville, Florida, the team's first spring in Florida. Twelve members of the team rode the train forty hours from Philadelphia's Broad Street Station to Gainesville.

The team practiced and played exhibition games at The Ballpark. The Phillies lost $469.69 on the trip. [2]

The team subsequently returned to Gainesville for spring training in 1921.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102480.68054–2148–27
Cleveland Spiders 93560.62454–2439–32
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+12
Philadelphia Phillies 4630.6057
Cincinnati Reds 4431.5878+12
Cleveland Spiders 4033.54811+12
Pittsburgh Pirates 3739.48716
Washington Senators 3541.46118
Chicago Colts 3139.44319
St. Louis Browns 3142.42520+12
New York Giants 3143.41921
Louisville Colonels 3047.39023+12
Baltimore Orioles 2055.26732+12
National League
Second Half Standings
WLPct.GB
Cleveland Spiders 5323.697
Boston Beaneaters 5026.6583
Brooklyn Grooms 4433.5719+12
Pittsburgh Pirates 4334.55810+12
Philadelphia Phillies 4136.53212+12
New York Giants 4037.51913+12
Chicago Colts 3937.51314
Cincinnati Reds 3837.50714+12
Louisville Colonels 3342.44019+12
Baltimore Orioles 2646.36125
St. Louis Browns 2552.32528+12
Washington Senators 2352.30729+12

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 Philadelphia Phillies
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 Jack Clements 109402106.264876
1B Roger Connor 155564166.2941273
2B Bill Hallman 138586171.292284
3B Charlie Reilly 9133165.196124
SS Bob Allen 152563128.227264
OF Ed Delahanty 123477146.306691
OF Sam Thompson 153609186.3059104
OF Billy Hamilton 139554183.330353

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Lave Cross 140541149.275469
Joe Mulvey 259814.14304
Tom Dowse 165410.18506
Dummy Stephenson 83710.27005
Harry Morelock 130.00000
Jerry Connors 130.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Gus Weyhing 59469.232212.66202
Kid Carsey 43317.219163.1276
Tim Keefe 39313.119162.36136
Duke Esper 21160.11163.4245
Phil Knell 1180.0554.0543
Jack Taylor 326.0101.387

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Thornton 312.00212.752

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References

  1. "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet . Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  2. Joseph Durso (March 3, 1968). "Spring Training: From Dust to Boom". New York Times. p. S3.