1894 Boston Beaneaters season

1894 Boston Beaneaters
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 83–49 (.629)
League place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Arthur Soden
Manager(s) Frank Selee
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The 1894 Boston Beaneaters season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in third place in the National League with a record of 83–49, 8 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. They hold the MLB record for most runs scored in a single season by one team with 1,220, a stunning 9.24 runs per contest.

Regular season

The Beaneaters' home park, the South End Grounds, was destroyed in a fire on May 15. The team played their home games at Congress Street Grounds until the rebuilt park opened on July 20.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 89 39 0.695 — 52–15 37–24
New York Giants 88 44 0.667 3 49–17 39–27
Boston Beaneaters 83 49 0.629 8 44–19 39–30
Philadelphia Phillies 71 57 0.555 18 48–20 23–37
Brooklyn Grooms 70 61 0.534 20½ 42–24 28–37
Cleveland Spiders 68 61 0.527 21½ 35–24 33–37
Pittsburg Pirates 65 65 0.500 25 46–28 19–37
Chicago Colts 57 75 0.432 34 35–30 22–45
St. Louis Browns 56 76 0.424 35 34–32 22–44
Cincinnati Reds 55 75 0.423 35 37–28 18–47
Washington Senators 45 87 0.341 46 32–30 13–57
Louisville Colonels 36 94 0.277 54 24–38 12–56

Record vs. opponents

1894 National League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
Baltimore — 4–8 8–4 9–3 10–2 9–3 10–2 6–6 6–4–1 6–4 10–2 11–1
Boston 8–4 — 6–6 7–5 8–4 9–3 10–2 6–6–1 6–6 8–4 6–6 9–3
Brooklyn 4–8 6–6 — 6–6–1 6–6 6–5 8–4 5–7–1 5–7–1 7–5–1 8–4 9–3
Chicago 3–9 5–7 6–6–1 — 6–6–1 2–10 8–4 1–11–2 7–5 6–6–1 6–6 7–5
Cincinnati 2–10 4–8 6–6 6–6–1 — 3–8–1 7–5 5–7 3–8–2 5–7 7–5 7–5
Cleveland 3–9 3–9 5–6 10–2 8–3–1 — 8–3 3–9 7–5 4–8 9–3 8–4
Louisville 2–10 2–10 4–8 4–8 5–7 3–8 — 0–12–1 3–8 3–9 6–6 4–8
New York 6–6 6–6–1 7–5–1 11–1–2 7–5 9–3 12–0–1 — 5–7 8–4–1 7–5–1 10–2
Philadelphia 4–6–1 6–6 7–5–1 5–7 8–3–2 5–7 8–3 7–5 — 8–4 5–7 8–4
Pittsburg 4–6 4–8 5–7–1 6–6–1 7–5 8–4 9–3 4–8–1 4–8 — 6–6 8–4
St. Louis 2–10 6–6 4–8 6–6 5–7 3–9 6–6 5–7–1 7–5 6–6 — 6–6
Washington 1–11 3–9 3–9 5–7 5–7 4–8 8–4 2–10 4–8 4–8 6–6 —

Roster

1894 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 Ganzel, CharlieCharlie Ganzel 70 266 74 .278 3 56
OF Bannon, JimmyJimmy Bannon 128 494 166 .336 13 114
OF McCarthy, TommyTommy McCarthy 127 539 188 .349 13 126

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
Ryan, JackJack Ryan 53 201 54 .269 1 29
Merritt, BillBill Merritt 10 26 6 .231 0 6

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 50 407 32 13 4.75 113
Lovett, TomTom Lovett 15 104 6 8 5.97 23
Hodson, GeorgeGeorge Hodson 12 74 4 4 5.84 12
Hawley, ScottScott Hawley 1 7 0 1 7.71 1

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
Lampe, HenryHenry Lampe 2 5.1 0 1 11.81 1

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
Smith, TomTom Smith 2 0 0 1 15.00 2
West, FrankFrank West 1 0 0 0 9.00 1
Bannon, JimmyJimmy Bannon 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
McCarthy, TommyTommy McCarthy 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

Awards and honors

Notes

  1. ↑ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 26, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

References


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