1892 in baseball

Last updated August 22, 2025

The following are the baseball events of the year 1892 throughout the world.

Champions

National League (split season):
- First-half: Boston Beaneaters
- Second-half: Cleveland Spiders
- World Series: Boston Beaneaters over Cleveland Spiders (5–0; 1 tie)

National League
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Honus Wagner (PIT)	.381
HR	Herman Long (BOS)	12
RBI	Elmer Flick (PHI)	110
W	Joe McGinnity (BKN)	28
ERA	Rube Waddell (PIT)	2.37
K	Noodles Hahn (CIN)	132

National League final standings

The National League played a split season schedule, with the teams that had the best record in each half of the season meeting in a postseason best-of-nine series, known at the time as the "World's Championship Series".

Orioles

Beaneaters

Grooms

Colts

Reds

Spiders

Colonels

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Browns

Senators

Locations of teams for the 1892 National League season

National League

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	102	48	.680	—	54‍–‍21	48‍–‍27
Cleveland Spiders	93	56	.624	8½	54‍–‍24	39‍–‍32
Brooklyn Grooms	95	59	.617	9	51‍–‍24	44‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	66	.569	16½	55‍–‍26	32‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	.547	20	45‍–‍32	37‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	73	.523	23½	54‍–‍34	26‍–‍39
Chicago Colts	70	76	.479	30	36‍–‍31	34‍–‍45
New York Giants	71	80	.470	31½	42‍–‍36	29‍–‍44
Louisville Colonels	63	89	.414	40	37‍–‍31	26‍–‍58
Washington Senators	58	93	.384	44½	34‍–‍36	24‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns	56	94	.373	46	37‍–‍36	19‍–‍58
Baltimore Orioles	46	101	.313	54½	29‍–‍44	17‍–‍57

National League First-half standings	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Beaneaters	52	22	.703	—
Brooklyn Grooms	51	26	.662	2½
Philadelphia Phillies	46	30	.605	7
Cincinnati Reds	44	31	.587	8½
Cleveland Spiders	40	33	.548	11½
Pittsburgh Pirates	37	39	.487	16
Washington Senators	35	41	.461	18
Chicago Colts	31	39	.443	19
St. Louis Browns	31	42	.425	20½
New York Giants	31	43	.419	21
Louisville Colonels	30	47	.390	23½
Baltimore Orioles	20	55	.267	32½

National League Second-half standings	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Spiders	53	23	.697	—
Boston Beaneaters	50	26	.658	3
Brooklyn Grooms	44	33	.571	9½
Pittsburgh Pirates	43	34	.558	10½
Philadelphia Phillies	41	36	.532	12½
New York Giants	40	37	.519	13½
Chicago Colts	39	37	.513	14
Cincinnati Reds	38	37	.507	14½
Louisville Colonels	33	42	.440	19½
Baltimore Orioles	26	46	.361	25
St. Louis Browns	25	52	.325	28½
Washington Senators	23	52	.307	29½

Events

March 4 – Following the collapse of the American Association, the National League holds its first meeting. They decide on a split season for 1892, with the winners from each half to meet in a championship series following the regular season.
June 6 – Benjamin Harrison becomes the first U.S. president to attend a game while in office, when he watches the Cincinnati Reds defeat the Washington Senators, 7–4 in 11 innings.^[1]
July 13 – The final games of the first half are played.^[2]
July 15 – Play resumes for the second half of the season after a one-day break.^[3]^[4]

July/August – After the Boston Beaneaters cut some players, they begin the second half slowly and the Cleveland Spiders take the lead. Some fans accuse the Boston club of purposely playing poorly "in order to force a playoff at the end of the season"—that is, to generate extra revenue.^[5]
August 6 – Jack Stivetts throws a no-hitter for the Boston Beaneaters in an 11–0 victory over the Brooklyn Grooms.
August 22 – Louisville Colonels pitcher Ben Sanders hurls a no-hitter in a 6–2 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
September 21 – Pitcher John Clarkson of the Cleveland Spiders records his 300th career win.
October 15 – On the last day of the season, Bumpus Jones of the Cincinnati Reds makes his major league debut with a 7–1 no-hitter against Pittsburgh, becoming the second pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in his first start.
October 17 – The first-half champion Boston Beaneaters and second-half champion Cleveland Spiders begin a best-of-nine "World's Championship Series" to determine an overall champion. The first game, pitched by Jack Stivetts for the Beaneaters and Cy Young for the Spiders, ends in a 0–0 tie after 11 innings.
October 24 – The Beaneaters win their fifth consecutive game over the Spiders to capture the championship.
November 1 – Statistics for the first 154-game season show that Dan Brouthers of the Brooklyn Grooms was the top hitter with a .335 batting average, and Cy Young of the Cleveland Spiders the best pitcher with a 36–11 record and a .766 winning percentage.
November 17 – National League magnates conclude a four-day meeting in Chicago where they agree to shorten the 1893 schedule to 132 games and drop the split season schedule (the league's next split season would be 1981). They also pledge to continue to reduce player salaries and other team expenses.

Births

January

January 2
January 3 – Roland Howell
January 4 – Charlie Miller
January 5 – Chuck Wortman
January 16 – Fred Bratschi
January 17 – Roy Grover
January 21 – Bernie Boland
January 27 – Tatica Campos
January 31 – Steamboat Williams

February

February 1
- Dixie McArthur
- Tom McGuire
February 4
- Eddie Ainsmith
- Rollie Naylor
February 6 – Goldie Rapp
February 8 – Manuel Cueto
February 12 – Tom Rogers
February 15 – Al Braithwood
February 16 – Ed Schorr
February 17
- Fred Brainard
- Nemo Leibold
February 18 – John Gallagher
February 19 – Weldon Wyckoff
February 20 – John Donaldson
February 22 – Doc Waldbauer
February 24 – Wilbur Cooper
February 26 – Harry Weaver
February 29 – Ed Appleton

August

August 1 – Roy Sanders
August 5 – Fred Ostendorf
August 10 – Elmer Jacobs
August 12 – Ray Schalk
August 16 – Bill Keen
August 17 – Johnny Rawlings
August 19 – Rags Faircloth
August 20 – William Rohrer
August 25
- Tony Boeckel
- Johnny Jones
August 26 – Jesse Barnes
August 27 – Hal Janvrin
August 28 – Braggo Roth
August 29 – Roy Wood

September

September 5 – Cap Crowell
September 7 – Ginger Shinault
September 9 – Tiny Graham
September 11 – Ernie Koob
September 15 – Harry Lunte
September 17 – Tommy Taylor
September 21 – Elmer Smith

October

October 3 – Jack Richardson
October 4 – Delos Brown
October 7 – Adam DeBus
October 8 – Harry Baumgartner
October 9 – Arnie Stone
October 10 – Rich Durning
October 12 – Rupert Mills
October 13 – Chauncey Burkam
October 17 – Ted Welch
October 18
- Coonie Blank
- Bill Johnson
October 19 – Michael Driscoll
October 22 – Norm McNeil
October 24 – Dick Niehaus
October 28 – Bill McCabe
October 31 – Ray O'Brien

November

November 1
- Earl Blackburn
- Lefty York
November 5
November 10 – Jim Park
November 11 – Al Schacht
November 17
- Don Flinn
- Gene Steinbrenner
November 18
November 19 – Everett Scott
November 20 – Harry O'Neill
November 22 – Pi Schwert
November 24 – Harry Wolfe
November 27 – Bullet Joe Bush
November 30 – Josh Billings

December

December 1
- George Dickerson
- Dean Sturgis
December 2 – Chick Smith
December 4 – Johnny Meador
December 8 – Ellis Johnson
December 13 – Ivan Bigler
December 14 – Rudy Kallio
December 15 – Lou Kolls
December 16 – Scrappy Moore
December 19 – Fred Thomas
December 20 – Deacon Jones
December 25
- Walter Holke
  - Karl Kolseth
December 26 – Lee King
December 29 – Monroe Sweeney
December 30 – Tom Connolly

Deaths

January 14 – Silver Flint, 36, catcher with the Chicago White Stockings for eleven seasons who batted .310 for 1881 champions
February 10 – Ed Glenn, 31, outfielder for three major league seasons; 1884, 1886, 1888.
March 11 – Cinders O'Brien, 24, pitcher for four seasons. Won 22 games for the 1889 Cleveland Spiders.
March 18 – Phil Tomney, 28, shortstop for Louisville Colonels from 1888 to 1890.
March 29 – Adam Rocap, 38?, outfielder for the 1875 Philadelphia Athletics.
April 18 – Ned Bligh, 27, catcher for four seasons, died of Typhoid fever.
May 21 – Hub Collins, 28, second baseman for the 1889–90 champion Brooklyn teams who led league in doubles and runs once each
July 12 – Alexander Cartwright, 72, pioneer of the sport who formulated the first rules in 1845, developing a new sport for adults out of various existing playground games; established distance between bases at 90 feet, introduced concept of foul territory, set the number of players at nine per team, and fixed the number of outs at three per side and innings at nine; founded Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, the sport's first organized club, in New York City, and spread the sport across the nation into the 1850s.
October 5 – Dickie Flowers, 42?, shortstop for two seasons in the National Association, 1871–72.
November 3 – Edgar Smith, 30, played in four seasons with four teams from 1883 to 1885, and 1890.
December 20 – John Fitzgerald, 26, pitcher for the 1890 Rochester Broncos.

References

↑ Landers, Chris (June 6, 2017). "Did you know that Benjamin Harrison was the first president to attend a Major League game?". MLB.com . Retrieved April 5, 2021.
↑ "Events of Wednesday, July 13, 1892".
↑ "Events of Thursday, July 14, 1892".
↑ "Events of Friday, July 15, 1892".
↑ Lansche, Jerry (1991). Glory Fades Away. Taylor Publishing. p. 207.

External links

1892 National League season team stats at Baseball Reference

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[1] Landers, Chris (June 6, 2017). "Did you know that Benjamin Harrison was the first president to attend a Major League game?". MLB.com . Retrieved April 5, 2021.

[2] "Events of Wednesday, July 13, 1892".

[3] "Events of Thursday, July 14, 1892".

[4] "Events of Friday, July 15, 1892".

[5] Lansche, Jerry (1991). Glory Fades Away. Taylor Publishing. p. 207.

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