1894 Washington Senators season

1894 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Boundary Field (since 1891)
Washington, D.C. (since 1891)
Other information
Owner(s)	J. Earl Wagner
Manager(s)	Gus Schmelz
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The 1894 Washington Senators baseball team finished the season with a 45–87 record, eleventh place in the National League.

Offseason

• February 27, 1894: Duke Farrell and Jouett Meekin were traded by the Senators to the New York Giants for Charlie Petty, Jack McMahon and $7,500.^[1]

Regular season

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	—

Notable transactions

• August 15, 1894: Tim O'Rourke was released by the Senators.^[2]

Roster

1894 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Varney Anderson Rip Egan Duke Esper George Haddock John Malarkey Al Maul Win Mercer Charlie Petty Ben Stephens Otis Stocksdale Mike Sullivan Bill Wynne		Catchers Dan Dugdale Deacon McGuire Infielders Ed Cartwright Bill Joyce Kid Mohler Tim O'Rourke Paul Radford Frank Scheibeck Joe Sullivan Piggy Ward		Outfielders Charlie Abbey Jake Boyd Count Campau Bill Hassamaer Kip Selbach George Tebeau		Manager Gus Schmelz

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	McGuire, DeaconDeacon McGuire	104	425	130	.306	6	78
1B	Cartwright, EdEd Cartwright	132	507	149	.294	12	106
2B	Ward, PiggyPiggy Ward	98	347	105	.303	0	36
3B	Joyce, BillBill Joyce	99	355	126	.355	17	89
OF	Hassamaer, BillBill Hassamaer	118	494	159	.322	4	90

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
Sullivan, JoeJoe Sullivan	17	60	15	.250	0	5
O'Rourke, TimTim O'Rourke	7	25	5	.200	0	2
Boyd, JakeJake Boyd	6	21	3	.143	0	1
Campau, CountCount Campau	2	7	1	.143	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
Mercer, WinWin Mercer	50	339.1	17	23	3.85	72
Maul, AlAl Maul	29	204.2	11	15	5.94	34
Stocksdale, OtisOtis Stocksdale	18	117.1	5	9	5.06	10
Esper, DukeDuke Esper	18	116	5	10	7.45	24
Petty, CharlieCharlie Petty	16	103	3	8	5.59	14
Haddock, GeorgeGeorge Haddock	4	29	0	4	8.69	1
Malarkey, JohnJohn Malarkey	3	26	2	1	4.15	3
Boyd, JakeJake Boyd	3	19	0	3	8.53	3
Anderson, VarneyVarney Anderson	2	14	0	2	7.07	3
Wynne, BillBill Wynne	1	8	0	1	6.75	2

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
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	20	117.2	2	10	6.58	21
Stephens, BenBen Stephens	3	11	0	0	4.91	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
Egan, RipRip Egan	1	0	0	0	10.80	2

Notes

1. Charlie Petty page at Baseball Reference
2. Tim O'Rourke page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1894 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference