1892 Boston Beaneaters season

1892 Boston Beaneaters
National League Champions World's Championship Series Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871)
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
Pittsburg 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

Record vs. opponents

1892 National League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
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
Pittsburg	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

1892 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers Dad Clarkson John Clarkson Kid Nichols Harry Staley Jack Stivetts Lee Viau		Catchers Charlie Bennett Dan Burke Joe Daly Charlie Ganzel King Kelly Infielders Herman Long Billy Nash Joe Quinn Tommy Tucker		Outfielders Hugh Duffy Bobby Lowe Tommy McCarthy Harry Stovey		Manager Frank Selee

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.

References

• 1892 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference