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1892 Boston Beaneaters season

Summary

The 1892 Boston Beaneaters season was the 22nd season of the franchise. The Beaneaters won their second straight and fifth overall National League pennant. In the league's first split season, the Beaneaters finished first in the first half, and three games behind the Cleveland Spiders in the second half. After the season, the two teams played a "World's Championship Series", which the Beaneaters won, five games to none (with one tie). The National League did not play another split season until 1981.

1892 Boston Beaneaters
World Series Champions
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record
  • 1st half: 52–22 (.703)
  • 2nd half: 50–26 (.658)
  • Overall: 102–48 (.680)[1]
League place
  • 1st half: 1st
  • 2nd half: 2nd (3 GB)
OwnerArthur Soden
ManagerFrank Selee
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Regular season edit

Season standings edit

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National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102 48 0.680 — 54–21 48–27
Cleveland Spiders 93 56 0.624 8½ 54–24 39–32
Brooklyn Grooms 95 59 0.617 9 51–24 44–35
Philadelphia Phillies 87 66 0.569 16½ 55–26 32–40
Cincinnati Reds 82 68 0.547 20 45–32 37–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 73 0.523 23½ 54–34 26–39
Chicago Colts 70 76 0.479 30 36–31 34–45
New York Giants 71 80 0.470 31½ 42–36 29–44
Louisville Colonels 63 89 0.414 40 37–31 26–58
Washington Senators 58 93 0.384 44½ 34–36 24–57
St. Louis Browns 56 94 0.373 46 37–36 19–58
Baltimore Orioles 46 101 0.313 54½ 29–44 17–57
National League
First Half Standings 		W L Pct. GB
Boston Beaneaters 52 22 .703 —
Brooklyn Grooms 51 26 .662 2+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 46 30 .605 7
Cincinnati Reds 44 31 .587 8+1⁄2
Cleveland Spiders 40 33 .548 11+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates 37 39 .487 16
Washington Senators 35 41 .461 18
Chicago Colts 31 39 .443 19
St. Louis Browns 31 42 .425 20+1⁄2
New York Giants 31 43 .419 21
Louisville Colonels 30 47 .390 23+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 20 55 .267 32+1⁄2
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 9+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates 43 34 .558 10+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 41 36 .532 12+1⁄2
New York Giants 40 37 .519 13+1⁄2
Chicago Colts 39 37 .513 14
Cincinnati Reds 38 37 .507 14+1⁄2
Louisville Colonels 33 42 .440 19+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 26 46 .361 25
St. Louis Browns 25 52 .325 28+1⁄2
Washington Senators 23 52 .307 29+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents edit

1892 National League record
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BLN BSN BRO CHI CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSN
Baltimore — 0–13 2–12–1 4–7 4–10 2–11–2 6–7 5–9 4–10 5–9 8–6–1 6–7–1
Boston 13–0 — 9–5 10–4 8–5–1 8–6 12–2 11–3–1 6–7 7–6 7–7 11–3
Brooklyn 12–2–1 5–9 — 10–4 6–8 8–6 9–5 7–7 9–5–2 10–4 9–5–1 10–4
Chicago 7–4 4–10 4–10 — 6–7–1 3–9 5–9 10–4 5–9 7–7 7–5 12–2
Cincinnati 10–4 5–8–1 8–6 7–6–1 — 5–9 7–6–1 8–6 5–9 5–9 12–2–1 10–3–1
Cleveland 11–2–2 6–8 6–8 9–3 9–5 — 13–1 8–5 10–4 7–7–1 8–5–1 6–8
Louisville 7–6 2–12 5–9 9–5 6–7–1 1–13 — 4–10 4–10 8–6 9–5–1 8–6
New York 9–5 3–11–1 7–7 4–10 6–8 5–8 10–4 — 5–9 4–10–1 9–4 9–4
Philadelphia 10–4 7–6 5–9–2 9–5 9–5 4–10 10–4 9–5 — 8–6 7–7 9–5
Pittsburgh 9–5 6–7 4–10 7–7 9–5 7–7–1 6–8 10–4–1 6–8 — 10–4 6–8
St. Louis 6–8–1 7–7 5–9–1 5–7 2–12–1 5–8–1 5–9–1 4–9 7–7 4–10 — 6–8
Washington 7–6–1 3–11 4–10 2–12 3–10–1 8–6 6–8 4–9 5–9 8–6 8–6 —


Roster edit

1892 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C King Kelly 78 281 53 .189 2 41
1B Tommy Tucker 149 542 153 .282 1 62
2B Joe Quinn 143 532 116 .218 1 59
SS Herman Long 151 646 181 .280 6 78
3B Billy Nash 135 526 137 .260 4 95
OF Hugh Duffy 147 612 184 .301 5 81
OF Bobby Lowe 124 475 115 .242 3 57
OF Tommy McCarthy 152 603 146 .242 4 63

Other batters edit

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Charlie Ganzel 54 198 53 .268 0 25
Harry Stovey 38 146 24 .164 0 12
Charlie Bennett 35 114 23 .202 1 16
Dan Burke 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Joe Daly 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching edit

Starting pitchers edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kid Nichols 53 453.0 35 16 2.84 192
Jack Stivetts 54 415.2 35 16 3.03 180
Harry Staley 37 299.2 22 10 3.03 93
John Clarkson 16 145.2 8 6 2.35 48
Lee Viau 1 9.0 1 0 0.00 1
Dad Clarkson 1 7.0 1 0 1.29 0

Relief pitchers edit

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
King Kelly 1 0 0 0 1.50 0

World's Championship Series edit

The Boston Beaneaters, first-half champions, played the second-half champion Cleveland Spiders in a best-of-nine postseason series. After a 0–0 tie in the opener, called on account of darkness after 11 innings, Boston defeated Cleveland five games in a row for a sweep. Hall of Famer Hugh Duffy batted .462 with nine runs batted in and six extra-base hits including a home run.

References edit

  1. ^ "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.

External links edit

  • 1892 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference