1894 Brooklyn Grooms season

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1894  Brooklyn Grooms
League National League
Ballpark Eastern Park
City Brooklyn, New York
Owners Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey
President Charles Byrne
Managers Dave Foutz
←  1893
1895  →

The 1894 Brooklyn Grooms finished in fifth place in a crowded National League pennant race.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 89390.695—52–1537–24
New York Giants 88440.667349–1739–27
Boston Beaneaters 83490.629844–1939–30
Philadelphia Phillies 71570.5551848–2023–37
Brooklyn Grooms 70610.53420½42–2428–37
Cleveland Spiders 68610.52721½35–2433–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 65650.5002546–2819–37
Chicago Colts 57750.4323435–3022–45
St. Louis Browns 56760.4243534–3222–44
Cincinnati Reds 55750.4233537–2818–47
Washington Senators 45870.3414632–3013–57
Louisville Colonels 36940.2775424–3812–56

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 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 Tom Kinslow 622233968.3052414
1B Dave Foutz 722934090.30705114
2B Tom Daly 123492135168.34188251
3B Billy Shindle 11647694141.29649619
SS Tommy Corcoran 129576123173.30059233
OF Oyster Burns 125505106179.354510730
OF George Treadway 123479124157.328410227
OF Mike Griffin 107402122144.35855739

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
Candy LaChance 682574883.32355220
George Shoch 642394777.32213716
Con Daily 672344060.2560328
John Anderson 17631419.3021197
Billy Earle 14501317.340064
Pete Gilbert 62512.080012
Pete Browning 12121.000020

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

PlayerGGSIPWLERABBSOCG
Brickyard Kennedy 4841360.224204.9214910734
Ed Stein 4440350.026144.631708437
Dan Daub 3427224.010126.11914515
Con Lucid 10971.1536.5644157
Fred Underwood 7647.0247.8530105
George Sharrott 3318.0019.001072
Andy Sommerville 110.101162.00500

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

PlayerGGSIPWLERABBSOCG
Hank Gastright 16893.0266.3955206

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLSVERABBSO
Jim Korwan 15.000014.4052
Dave Foutz 12.000013.5010

Notes

  1. ↑ Dan Brouthers page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Danny Richardson page at Baseball Reference

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