1894 Baltimore Orioles
1894 National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkUnion Park
CityBaltimore, Maryland
OwnersHarry Von der Horst
ManagersNed Hanlon
Seasons

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.

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. 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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 8939 0.695 — 52–15 37–24
New York Giants 8844 0.667 3 49–17 39–27
Boston Beaneaters 8349 0.629 8 44–19 39–30
Philadelphia Phillies 7157 0.555 18 48–20 23–37
Brooklyn Grooms 7061 0.534 20½ 42–24 28–37
Cleveland Spiders 6861 0.527 21½ 35–24 33–37
Pittsburgh Pirates 6565 0.500 25 46–28 19–37
Chicago Colts 5775 0.432 34 35–30 22–45
St. Louis Browns 5676 0.424 35 34–32 22–44
Cincinnati Reds 5575 0.423 35 37–28 18–47
Washington Senators 4587 0.341 46 32–30 13–57
Louisville Colonels 3694 0.277 54 24–38 12–56

Record vs. opponents

1894 National League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
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
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
CWilbert Robinson109414146.353198
1BDan Brouthers123525182.3479128
2BHeinie Reitz108446135.3032105
SSHughie Jennings128501168.3354109
3BJohn McGraw124512174.340192
OFWillie Keeler129590219.371594
OFSteve Brodie129573210.3663113
OFJoe Kelley129507199.3936111

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
Frank Bonner3311838.322024
Boileryard Clarke2810024.240119
Kirtley Baker240.00000

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
Sadie McMahon35275.22584.2160
Bill Hawke32206.01695.8168
Kid Gleason21172.01554.4535
George Hemming645.1403.574

Other 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
Bert Inks22133.0945.5530
Tony Mullane21122.2696.3143
Duke Esper16101.01023.9225
Stub Brown949.2404.898
Jack Horner211.0019.002

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
Kirtley Baker1010∞0

Notes

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

References

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