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.

1892 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record
  • 1st half: 35–41 (.461)
  • 2nd half: 23–52 (.307)
  • Overall: 58–93 (.384)[1]
League place
  • 1st half: 7th (18 GB)
  • 2nd half: 12th (29+12 GB)
Other information
OwnersJ. Earl Wagner
ManagersBilly 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
Boston Beaneaters 10248 0.680 54–21 48–27
Cleveland Spiders 9356 0.624 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+12
Philadelphia Phillies4630.6057
Cincinnati Reds4431.5878+12
Cleveland Spiders4033.54811+12
Pittsburgh Pirates3739.48716
Washington Senators3541.46118
Chicago Colts3139.44319
St. Louis Browns3142.42520+12
New York Giants3143.41921
Louisville Colonels3047.39023+12
Baltimore Orioles2055.26732+12
National League
Second Half Standings
W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Spiders5323.697
Boston Beaneaters5026.6583
Brooklyn Grooms4433.5719+12
Pittsburgh Pirates4334.55810+12
Philadelphia Phillies4136.53212+12
New York Giants4037.51913+12
Chicago Colts3937.51314
Cincinnati Reds3837.50714+12
Louisville Colonels3342.44019+12
Baltimore Orioles2646.36125
St. Louis Browns2552.32528+12
Washington Senators2352.30729+12

Record vs. opponents


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 13–09–510–48–5–18–612–211–3–16–77–67–711–3
Brooklyn 12–2–15–910–46–88–69–57–79–5–210–49–5–110–4
Chicago 7–44–104–106–7–13–95–910–45–97–77–512–2
Cincinnati 10–45–8–18–67–6–15–97–6–18–65–95–912–2–110–3–1
Cleveland 11–2–26–86–89–39–513–18–510–47–7–18–5–16–8
Louisville 7–62–125–99–56–7–11–134–104–108–69–5–18–6
New York 9–53–11–17–74–106–85–810–45–94–10–19–49–4
Philadelphia 10–47–65–9–29–59–54–1010–49–58–67–79–5
Pittsburgh 9–56–74–107–79–57–7–16–810–4–16–810–46–8
St. Louis 6–8–17–75–9–15–72–12–15–8–15–9–14–97–74–106–8
Washington 7–6–13–114–102–123–10–18–66–84–95–98–68–6

Roster

1892 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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
CDeacon McGuire9731573.232443
1BHenry Larkin119464130.280896
2BTommy Dowd144584142.243150
SSDanny Richardson142551132.240358
3BYank Robinson6721839.179019
OFDummy Hoy152593167.282375
OFPaul Radford137510130.255137
OFCharlie Duffee132492122.248651

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
Jocko Milligan8832389.276443
Larry Twitchell5119242.219020
Patsy Donovan4016339.239012
Tun Berger269714.14403
Hardy Richardson10374.10800
Jake Drauby10347.20603
Tom Dowse7277.25902
Jimmy Cooney6254.16004
George Ulrich6247.29200
Harry Raymond4151.06700
Doc Potts141.25000
Frank Shannon141.25002
Hal O'Hagen141.25000
Kohly Miller130.00000

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
Frank Killen60459.229263.31147
Bert Abbey27195.25183.4577
Phil Knell22170.09133.6574
Jesse Duryea18127.03112.4148
Jouett Meekin14112.03103.4658
Hank Gastright1179.2335.0832
John Dolan537.0224.388
Alex Jones427.0034.007
Bert Inks321.0125.1411

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
Frank Foreman1160.0243.3016
Matt Kilroy426.1112.391

References

  1. "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  2. "Barnie and His team off for Savannah". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 9, 1892. p. 3.


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