1892 Baltimore Orioles season

1892 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueNational League
BallparkUnion Park
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record
  • 1st half: 20–55 (.267)
  • 2nd half: 26–46 (.361)
  • Overall: 46–101 (.313)[1]
League place
  • 1st half: 12th (32+1⁄2 GB)
  • 2nd half: 10th (25 GB)
OwnerHarry Von der Horst
ManagersGeorge Van Haltren, John Waltz, Ned Hanlon
← 1891 Seasons 1893 →

The 1892 Baltimore Orioles season was the first season that the professional baseball team known as the Baltimore Orioles competed in the National League, following the demise of the American Association. In a split season schedule, the Orioles finished last in the first half of the season and 10th in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 46–101, worst in the 12-team National League. The 19th-century Orioles franchise is not the Baltimore Orioles franchise that has competed in the American League since 1954.

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102 48 .680 — 54‍–‍21 48‍–‍27
Cleveland Spiders 93 56 .624 8½ 54‍–‍24 39‍–‍32
Brooklyn Grooms 95 59 .617 9 51‍–‍24 44‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies 87 66 .569 16½ 55‍–‍26 32‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds 82 68 .547 20 45‍–‍32 37‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 73 .523 23½ 54‍–‍34 26‍–‍39
Chicago Colts 70 76 .479 30 36‍–‍31 34‍–‍45
New York Giants 71 80 .470 31½ 42‍–‍36 29‍–‍44
Louisville Colonels 63 89 .414 40 37‍–‍31 26‍–‍58
Washington Senators 58 93 .384 44½ 34‍–‍36 24‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns 56 94 .373 46 37‍–‍36 19‍–‍58
Baltimore Orioles 46 101 .313 54½ 29‍–‍44 17‍–‍57
National League
First Half Standings 		W L Pct. GB
Boston Beaneaters 52 22 .703 —
Brooklyn Grooms 51 26 .662 2+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 46 30 .605 7
Cincinnati Reds 44 31 .587 8+1⁄2
Cleveland Spiders 40 33 .548 11+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates 37 39 .487 16
Washington Senators 35 41 .461 18
Chicago Colts 31 39 .443 19
St. Louis Browns 31 42 .425 20+1⁄2
New York Giants 31 43 .419 21
Louisville Colonels 30 47 .390 23+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 20 55 .267 32+1⁄2
National League
Second Half Standings 		W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Spiders 53 23 .697 —
Boston Beaneaters 50 26 .658 3
Brooklyn Grooms 44 33 .571 9+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates 43 34 .558 10+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 41 36 .532 12+1⁄2
New York Giants 40 37 .519 13+1⁄2
Chicago Colts 39 37 .513 14
Cincinnati Reds 38 37 .507 14+1⁄2
Louisville Colonels 33 42 .440 19+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 26 46 .361 25
St. Louis Browns 25 52 .325 28+1⁄2
Washington Senators 23 52 .307 29+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

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1892 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BLN BSN BRO CHI CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSN
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
Pittsburgh 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

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1892 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Wilbert Robinson 90 330 88 .267 2 57
1B Sy Sutcliffe 66 276 77 .279 1 27
2B Cub Stricker 75 269 71 .264 3 37
SS Tim O'Rourke 63 239 74 .310 0 35
3B Billy Shindle 143 619 156 .252 3 50
OF Harry Stovey 74 283 77 .272 4 55
OF Curt Welch 63 237 56 .236 1 22
OF George Van Haltren 135 556 168 .302 7 57

Other batters

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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
Joe Gunson 89 314 67 .213 0 32
George Shoch 76 308 85 .276 1 50
John McGraw 79 286 77 .269 1 26
Lew Whistler 52 209 47 .225 2 21
Piggy Ward 56 186 54 .290 1 33
Jocko Halligan 46 178 48 .270 2 43
John Pickett 36 141 30 .213 1 12
George Wood 21 76 17 .224 0 10
Monte Cross 15 50 8 .160 0 2
Sun Daly 13 48 12 .250 0 7
Ned Hanlon 11 43 7 .163 0 2
Joe Kelley 10 33 7 .212 0 4
Frank Foreman 7 23 4 .174 0 1
Lefty Johnson 4 15 2 .133 0 2
Pete Gilbert 4 15 3 .200 0 0
John Godar 5 14 3 .214 0 1
Tom Hess 1 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sadie McMahon 48 397.0 19 25 3.24 118
George Cobb 53 394.1 10 37 4.86 159
Tom Vickery 24 176.0 8 10 3.53 49
Charlie Buffinton 13 97.0 4 8 4.92 30
Egyptian Healy 9 68.1 3 6 4.74 24
Crazy Schmit 6 47.1 1 4 3.23 17
Bill Kling 2 11.0 0 2 11.45 7
Adonis Terry 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 3
Harry Ely 1 7.0 0 1 7.71 0

Other pitchers

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G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ben Stephens 5 29.0 1 1 2.79 7
Frank Foreman 4 25.0 0 3 6.84 5
Bill Gilbert 2 14.0 0 1 5.79 5
Alex Ferson 2 9.0 0 1 11.00 8

Relief pitchers

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G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Van Haltren 4 0 0 0 9.20 5

References

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  1. ^ "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
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