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

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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 10248 0.680 — 54–21 48–27
Cleveland Spiders 9356 0.624 8½ 54–24 39–32
Brooklyn Grooms 9559 0.617 9 51–24 44–35
Philadelphia Phillies 8766 0.569 16½ 55–26 32–40
Cincinnati Reds 8268 0.547 20 45–32 37–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8073 0.523 23½ 54–34 26–39
Chicago Colts 7076 0.479 30 36–31 34–45
New York Giants 7180 0.470 31½ 42–36 29–44
Louisville Colonels 6389 0.414 40 37–31 26–58
Washington Senators 5893 0.384 44½ 34–36 24–57
St. Louis Browns 5694 0.373 46 37–36 19–58
Baltimore Orioles 46101 0.313 54½ 29–44 17–57
National League
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Boston Beaneaters5222.703—
Brooklyn Grooms5126.6622+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies4630.6057
Cincinnati Reds4431.5878+1⁄2
Cleveland Spiders4033.54811+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates3739.48716
Washington Senators3541.46118
Chicago Colts3139.44319
St. Louis Browns3142.42520+1⁄2
New York Giants3143.41921
Louisville Colonels3047.39023+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles2055.26732+1⁄2
National League
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Spiders5323.697—
Boston Beaneaters5026.6583
Brooklyn Grooms4433.5719+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates4334.55810+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies4136.53212+1⁄2
New York Giants4037.51913+1⁄2
Chicago Colts3937.51314
Cincinnati Reds3837.50714+1⁄2
Louisville Colonels3342.44019+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles2646.36125
St. Louis Browns2552.32528+1⁄2
Washington Senators2352.30729+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1892 National League record

Sources:
Team BLN BSN BRO CHI CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSN
Baltimore —0–132–12–14–74–102–11–26–75–94–105–98–6–16–7–1
Boston 13–0—9–510–48–5–18–612–211–3–16–77–67–711–3
Brooklyn 12–2–15–9—10–46–88–69–57–79–5–210–49–5–110–4
Chicago 7–44–104–10—6–7–13–95–910–45–97–77–512–2
Cincinnati 10–45–8–18–67–6–1—5–97–6–18–65–95–912–2–110–3–1
Cleveland 11–2–26–86–89–39–5—13–18–510–47–7–18–5–16–8
Louisville 7–62–125–99–56–7–11–13—4–104–108–69–5–18–6
New York 9–53–11–17–74–106–85–810–4—5–94–10–19–49–4
Philadelphia 10–47–65–9–29–59–54–1010–49–5—8–67–79–5
Pittsburgh 9–56–74–107–79–57–7–16–810–4–16–8—10–46–8
St. Louis 6–8–17–75–9–15–72–12–15–8–15–9–14–97–74–10—6–8
Washington 7–6–13–114–102–123–10–18–66–84–95–98–68–6—

Roster

1892 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CKing Kelly7828153.189241
1BTommy Tucker149542153.282162
2BJoe Quinn143532116.218159
SSHerman Long151646181.280678
3BBilly Nash135526137.260495
OFHugh Duffy147612184.301581
OFBobby Lowe124475115.242357
OFTommy McCarthy152603146.242463

Other batters

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 Ganzel5419853.268025
Harry Stovey3814624.164012
Charlie Bennett3511423.202116
Dan Burke140.00000
Joe Daly100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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 Nichols53453.035162.84192
Jack Stivetts54415.235163.03180
Harry Staley37299.222103.0393
John Clarkson16145.2862.3548
Lee Viau19.0100.001
Dad Clarkson17.0101.290

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
King Kelly10001.500

World's Championship Series

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

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


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