1894 Baltimore Orioles season

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1894  Baltimore Orioles
1894 National League Champions
League National League
Ballpark Union Park
City Baltimore, Maryland
Owners Harry Von der Horst
Managers Ned Hanlon
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The Baltimore Orioles won their first National League pennant in 1894. They won 24 of their last 25 games. [1] After the regular season's conclusion, the Orioles participated in the first Temple Cup competition against the second-place New York Giants. The Orioles lost to the Giants in a sweep, four games to none.

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The Orioles roster contained six future Hall of Famers: Wilbert Robinson, John McGraw, Dan Brouthers, Hughie Jennings, Wee Willie Keeler and Joe Kelley. Every man in their starting line-up hit .300 for the season. They bunted, hit-and-ran, Baltimore chopped, backed up throws, cut off throws, and had pitchers cover first.[ needs context ] They also deadened balls by icing them, tilted baselines so bunts would roll fair, and put soap around the mound so an opposing pitcher would get slippery fingers if he tried to dry his hands in the dirt. [1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 8939.695—52‍–‍1537‍–‍24
New York Giants 8844.667349‍–‍1739‍–‍27
Boston Beaneaters 8349.629844‍–‍1939‍–‍30
Philadelphia Phillies 7157.5551848‍–‍2023‍–‍37
Brooklyn Grooms 7061.53420½42‍–‍2428‍–‍37
Cleveland Spiders 6861.52721½35‍–‍2433‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates 6565.5002546‍–‍2819‍–‍37
Chicago Colts 5775.4323435‍–‍3022‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 5676.4243534‍–‍3222‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 5575.4233537‍–‍2818‍–‍47
Washington Senators 4587.3414632‍–‍3013‍–‍57
Louisville Colonels 3694.2775424‍–‍3812‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1894 National League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSBRCHICINCLELOUNYGPHIPITSTLWSH
Baltimore —4–88–49–310–29–310–26–66–4–16–410–211–1
Boston 8–4—6–67–58–49–310–26–6–16–68–46–69–3
Brooklyn 4–86–6—6–6–16–66–58–45–7–15–7–17–5–18–49–3
Chicago 3–95–76–6–1—6–6–12–108–41–11–27–56–6–16–67–5
Cincinnati 2–104–86–66–6–1—3–8–17–55–73–8–25–77–57–5
Cleveland 3–93–95–610–28–3–1—8–33–97–54–89–38–4
Louisville 2–102–104–84–85–73–8—0–12–13–83–96–64–8
New York 6–66–6–17–5–111–1–27–59–312–0–1—5–78–4–17–5–110–2
Philadelphia 4–6–16–67–5–15–78–3–25–78–37–5—8–45–78–4
Pittsburgh 4–64–85–7–16–6–17–58–49–34–8–14–8—6–68–4
St. Louis 2–106–64–86–65–73–96–65–7–17–56–6—6–6
Washington 1–113–93–95–75–74–88–42–104–84–86–6—

Roster

1894 Baltimore Orioles
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 Wilbert Robinson 109414146.353198
1B Dan Brouthers 123525182.3479128
2B Heinie Reitz 108446135.3032105
SS Hughie Jennings 128501168.3354109
3B John McGraw 124512174.340192
OF Willie Keeler 129590219.371594
OF Steve Brodie 129573210.3663113
OF Joe Kelley 129507199.3936111

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Frank Bonner 3311838.322024
Boileryard Clarke 2810024.240119
Kirtley Baker 240.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sadie McMahon 35275.22584.2160
Bill Hawke 32206.01695.8168
Kid Gleason 21172.01554.4535
George Hemming 645.1403.574

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bert Inks 22133.0945.5530
Tony Mullane 21122.2696.3143
Duke Esper 16101.01023.9225
Stub Brown 949.2404.898
Jack Horner 211.0019.002

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Kirtley Baker 1010∞0

Notes

  1. 1 2 Suehsdorf, A. D. (1978). The Great American Baseball Scrapbook, p. 11. Random House. ISBN   0-394-50253-1.

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