1892 Washington Senators season

1892 Washington Senators
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Location
1892 Information
Owner(s) J. Earl Wagner
Manager(s) Billy Barnie, Arthur Irwin, Danny Richardson
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The 1892 Washington Senators season was a season in American 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. The Senators finished the season with a 58-93 record, tenth-best overall in the NL. The Senators finished in seventh place in the first half of the split season, but slumped to finish last in the second half.

Contents

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

First half standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Boston Beaneaters 52 22 -- .702
Brooklyn Grooms 51 26 2.5 .662
Philadelphia Phillies 46 30 7 .605
Cincinnati Reds 44 31 8.5 .587
Cleveland Spiders 40 33 11.5 .548
Pittsburgh Pirates 37 39 16 .487
Washington Senators 35 41 18 .461
Chicago Colts 31 39 19 .443
St. Louis Browns 31 42 20.5 .425
New York Giants 31 43 21 .419
Louisville Colonels 30 47 25.5 .390
Baltimore Orioles 20 55 34.5 .267

Second half standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Cleveland Spiders 53 23 -- .697
Boston Beaneaters 50 26 3 .658
Brooklyn Grooms 44 33 9.5 .571
Pittsburgh Pirates 43 34 10.5 .558
Philadelphia Phillies 41 36 12.5 .532
New York Giants 40 37 13.5 .519
Chicago Colts 39 37 14 .513
Cincinnati Reds 38 37 14.5 .507
Louisville Colonels 33 42 19.5 .440
Baltimore Orioles 26 46 25 .361
St. Louis Browns 25 52 28.5 .325
Washington Senators 23 52 29.5 .307

Overall standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Boston Beaneaters 102 48 -- .680
Cleveland Spiders 93 56 8.5 .624
Brooklyn Grooms 95 59 9 .617
Philadelphia Phillies 87 66 16.5 .569
Cincinnati Reds 82 68 20 .547
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 73 23.5 .523
Chicago Colts 70 76 30 .479
New York Giants 71 80 31.5 .470
Louisville Colonels 63 89 40 .414
Washington Senators 58 93 44.5 .384
St. Louis Browns 56 94 46 .373
Baltimore Orioles 46 101 54.5 .313

Roster

1892 Washington Senators
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
SS Richardson, DannyDanny Richardson 142 551 132 .240 3 58

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
Cooney, JimmyJimmy Cooney 6 25 4 .160 0 4

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
Abbey, BertBert Abbey 27 195.2 5 18 3.45 77
Meekin, JouettJouett Meekin 14 112 3 10 3.46 58
Dolan, JohnJohn Dolan 5 37 2 2 4.38 8

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
Foreman, FrankFrank Foreman 11 60 2 4 3.30 16

References