1892 Washington Senators season

1892 Washington Senators
LeagueNational League
BallparkBoundary Field
CityWashington, D.C.
Record
  • 1st half: 35–41 (.461)
  • 2nd half: 23–52 (.307)
  • Overall: 58–93 (.384)[1]
League place
  • 1st half: 7th (18 GB)
  • 2nd half: 12th (29+1⁄2 GB)
OwnerJ. Earl Wagner
ManagersBilly Barnie, Arthur Irwin, Danny Richardson
← 1891
1893 →

The 1892 Washington Senators season was a season in American professional baseball. The team, which had played in the now-defunct American Association in 1891 as the Washington Statesmen, was purchased by J. Earl Wagner and moved to the National League for the 1892 season. In a split season schedule, the Senators finished seventh in the first half of the season and last in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 58–93, 10th-best in the 12-team National League.

Preseason

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The Senators held spring training in Savannah, Georgia at Bolton Street Park.[2]

Regular season

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Opening Day lineup

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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 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Deacon McGuire 97 315 73 .232 4 43
1B Henry Larkin 119 464 130 .280 8 96
2B Tommy Dowd 144 584 142 .243 1 50
SS Danny Richardson 142 551 132 .240 3 58
3B Yank Robinson 67 218 39 .179 0 19
OF Dummy Hoy 152 593 167 .282 3 75
OF Paul Radford 137 510 130 .255 1 37
OF Charlie Duffee 132 492 122 .248 6 51

Other batters

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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
Jocko Milligan 88 323 89 .276 4 43
Larry Twitchell 51 192 42 .219 0 20
Patsy Donovan 40 163 39 .239 0 12
Tun Berger 26 97 14 .144 0 3
Hardy Richardson 10 37 4 .108 0 0
Jake Drauby 10 34 7 .206 0 3
Tom Dowse 7 27 7 .259 0 2
Jimmy Cooney 6 25 4 .160 0 4
George Ulrich 6 24 7 .292 0 0
Harry Raymond 4 15 1 .067 0 0
Doc Potts 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Frank Shannon 1 4 1 .250 0 2
Hal O'Hagen 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Kohly Miller 1 3 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Frank Killen 60 459.2 29 26 3.31 147
Bert Abbey 27 195.2 5 18 3.45 77
Phil Knell 22 170.0 9 13 3.65 74
Jesse Duryea 18 127.0 3 11 2.41 48
Jouett Meekin 14 112.0 3 10 3.46 58
Hank Gastright 11 79.2 3 3 5.08 32
John Dolan 5 37.0 2 2 4.38 8
Alex Jones 4 27.0 0 3 4.00 7
Bert Inks 3 21.0 1 2 5.14 11

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Frank Foreman 11 60.0 2 4 3.30 16
Matt Kilroy 4 26.1 1 1 2.39 1

References

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  1. ^ "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Barnie and His team off for Savannah". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 9, 1892. p. 3.
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