1892 Washington Senators season
The 1892 Washington Senators season was a season in American professional baseball. The team, which had played in the now-defunct American Association in 1891 as the Washington Statesmen, was purchased by J. Earl Wagner and moved to the National League for the 1892 season. In a split season schedule, the Senators finished seventh in the first half of the season and last in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 58–93, 10th-best in the 12-team National League.
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Owners | J. Earl Wagner |
Managers | Billy Barnie, Arthur Irwin, Danny Richardson |
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Preseason
The Senators held spring training in Savannah, Georgia at Bolton Street Park.[2]
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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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
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Deacon McGuire | 97 | 315 | 73 | .232 | 4 | 43 |
1B | Henry Larkin | 119 | 464 | 130 | .280 | 8 | 96 |
2B | Tommy Dowd | 144 | 584 | 142 | .243 | 1 | 50 |
SS | Danny Richardson | 142 | 551 | 132 | .240 | 3 | 58 |
3B | Yank Robinson | 67 | 218 | 39 | .179 | 0 | 19 |
OF | Dummy Hoy | 152 | 593 | 167 | .282 | 3 | 75 |
OF | Paul Radford | 137 | 510 | 130 | .255 | 1 | 37 |
OF | Charlie Duffee | 132 | 492 | 122 | .248 | 6 | 51 |
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 |
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Jocko Milligan | 88 | 323 | 89 | .276 | 4 | 43 |
Larry Twitchell | 51 | 192 | 42 | .219 | 0 | 20 |
Patsy Donovan | 40 | 163 | 39 | .239 | 0 | 12 |
Tun Berger | 26 | 97 | 14 | .144 | 0 | 3 |
Hardy Richardson | 10 | 37 | 4 | .108 | 0 | 0 |
Jake Drauby | 10 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 0 | 3 |
Tom Dowse | 7 | 27 | 7 | .259 | 0 | 2 |
Jimmy Cooney | 6 | 25 | 4 | .160 | 0 | 4 |
George Ulrich | 6 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Raymond | 4 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
Doc Potts | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Shannon | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Hal O'Hagen | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Kohly Miller | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Frank Killen | 60 | 459.2 | 29 | 26 | 3.31 | 147 |
Bert Abbey | 27 | 195.2 | 5 | 18 | 3.45 | 77 |
Phil Knell | 22 | 170.0 | 9 | 13 | 3.65 | 74 |
Jesse Duryea | 18 | 127.0 | 3 | 11 | 2.41 | 48 |
Jouett Meekin | 14 | 112.0 | 3 | 10 | 3.46 | 58 |
Hank Gastright | 11 | 79.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.08 | 32 |
John Dolan | 5 | 37.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.38 | 8 |
Alex Jones | 4 | 27.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.00 | 7 |
Bert Inks | 3 | 21.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.14 | 11 |
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 |
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Frank Foreman | 11 | 60.0 | 2 | 4 | 3.30 | 16 |
Matt Kilroy | 4 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 2.39 | 1 |
References
- "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- "Barnie and His team off for Savannah". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 9, 1892. p. 3.