1892 Boston Beaneaters season

1892 Boston Beaneaters
National League Champions
World's Championship Series Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record 102–48 (.680)
League place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Arthur Soden
Manager(s) Frank Selee
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The 1892 Boston Beaneaters won their second straight and fifth total National League pennant. In the first-ever 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).

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

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
C Kelly, KingKing Kelly 78 281 53 .189 2 41

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
Burke, DanDan Burke 1 4 0 .000 0 0

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
Nichols, KidKid Nichols 53 453 35 16 2.84 192
Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson 16 145.2 8 6 2.35 48
Clarkson, DadDad Clarkson 1 7 1 0 1.29 0

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
Kelly, KingKing Kelly 1 0 0 0 1.50 0

World's Championship Series

The Beaneaters, who won the first-half of the season played the second-half champion Cleveland Spiders in a postseason series. After a 0–0 tie after 11 innings in the opener, Boston swept Cleveland five games in a row for a sweep. Hall of Famer Hugh Duffy batted .462 with 9 runs batted in and 6 extra-base hits including a home run.

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