1892 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1892 throughout the world.

1892 Cleveland Spiders team photo

Champions[edit]

National League final standings[edit]

1892 National League season
LeagueNational League
SportBaseball
DurationApril 12 – October 15, 1892
Number of games154
Number of teams12
Regular season[1]
First-half winnerBoston Beaneaters (52–22)
Second-half winnerCleveland Spiders (53–23)
World's Championship Series
ChampionsBoston Beaneaters (5–0–1)
  Runners-upCleveland Spiders (0–5–1)

The National League played a split season schedule, with the teams that had the best record in each half of the season meeting in a postseason best-of-nine series, known at the time as the "World's Championship Series".

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102 48 0.680 54–21 48–27
Cleveland Spiders 93 56 0.624 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
Pittsburgh 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
National League
First Half Standings
W L Pct. GB
Boston Beaneaters 52 22 .703
Brooklyn Grooms 51 26 .662 2+12
Philadelphia Phillies 46 30 .605 7
Cincinnati Reds 44 31 .587 8+12
Cleveland Spiders 40 33 .548 11+12
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+12
New York Giants 31 43 .419 21
Louisville Colonels 30 47 .390 23+12
Baltimore Orioles 20 55 .267 32+12
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+12
Pittsburgh Pirates 43 34 .558 10+12
Philadelphia Phillies 41 36 .532 12+12
New York Giants 40 37 .519 13+12
Chicago Colts 39 37 .513 14
Cincinnati Reds 38 37 .507 14+12
Louisville Colonels 33 42 .440 19+12
Baltimore Orioles 26 46 .361 25
St. Louis Browns 25 52 .325 28+12
Washington Senators 23 52 .307 29+12

Statistical leaders[edit]

ERA leader Cy Young
National League
Type Name Stat
AVG Dan Brouthers BKN .358
HR Bug Holliday CIN 13
RBI Dan Brouthers BKN 124
Wins Bill Hutchison CHC
Cy Young CLE
36
ERA Cy Young CLE 1.93
Strikeouts Bill Hutchison CHC 314

Events[edit]

Jack Stivetts
  • July/August – After the Boston Beaneaters cut some players, they begin the second half slowly and the Cleveland Spiders take the lead. Some fans accuse the Boston club of purposely playing poorly "in order to force a playoff at the end of the season"—that is, to generate extra revenue.[6]
  • August 6 – Jack Stivetts throws a no-hitter for the Boston Beaneaters in an 11–0 victory over the Brooklyn Grooms.
  • August 22 – Louisville Colonels pitcher Ben Sanders hurls a no-hitter in a 6–2 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
  • September 21 – Pitcher John Clarkson of the Cleveland Spiders records his 300th career win.
  • October 15 – On the last day of the season, Bumpus Jones of the Cincinnati Reds makes his major league debut with a 7–1 no-hitter against Pittsburgh, becoming the second pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in his first start.
  • October 17 – The first-half champion Boston Beaneaters and second-half champion Cleveland Spiders begin a best-of-nine "World's Championship Series" to determine an overall champion. The first game, pitched by Jack Stivetts for the Beaneaters and Cy Young for the Spiders, ends in a 0–0 tie after 11 innings.
  • October 24 – The Beaneaters win their fifth consecutive game over the Spiders to capture the championship.
  • November 1 – Statistics for the first 154-game season show that Dan Brouthers of the Brooklyn Grooms was the top hitter with a .335 batting average, and Cy Young of the Cleveland Spiders the best pitcher with a 36–11 record and a .766 winning percentage.
  • November 17 – National League magnates conclude a four-day meeting in Chicago where they agree to shorten the 1893 schedule to 132 games and drop the split season schedule (the league's next split season would be 1981). They also pledge to continue to reduce player salaries and other team expenses.

Births[edit]

January[edit]

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October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

Deaths[edit]

  • January 14 – Silver Flint, 36, catcher with the Chicago White Stockings for eleven seasons who batted .310 for 1881 champions
  • February 10 – Ed Glenn, 31, outfielder for three major league seasons; 1884, 1886, 1888.
  • March 11 – Cinders O'Brien, 24, pitcher for four seasons. Won 22 games for the 1889 Cleveland Spiders.
  • March 18 – Phil Tomney, 28, shortstop for Louisville Colonels from 1888 to 1890.
  • March 29 – Adam Rocap, 38?, outfielder for the 1875 Philadelphia Athletics.
  • April 18 – Ned Bligh, 27, catcher for four seasons, died of Typhoid fever.
  • May 21 – Hub Collins, 28, second baseman for the 1889–90 champion Brooklyn teams who led league in doubles and runs once each
  • July 12 – Alexander Cartwright, 72, pioneer of the sport who formulated the first rules in 1845, developing a new sport for adults out of various existing playground games; established distance between bases at 90 feet, introduced concept of foul territory, set the number of players at nine per team, and fixed the number of outs at three per side and innings at nine; founded Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, the sport's first organized club, in New York City, and spread the sport across the nation into the 1850s.
  • October 5 – Dickie Flowers, 42?, shortstop for two seasons in the National Association, 1871–72.
  • November 3 – Edgar Smith, 30, played in four seasons with four teams from 1883 to 1885, and 1890.
  • December 20 – John Fitzgerald, 26, pitcher for the 1890 Rochester Broncos.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Landers, Chris (June 6, 2017). "Did you know that Benjamin Harrison was the first president to attend a Major League game?". MLB.com. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Events of Wednesday, July 13, 1892".
  4. ^ "Events of Thursday, July 14, 1892".
  5. ^ "Events of Friday, July 15, 1892".
  6. ^ Lansche, Jerry (1991). Glory Fades Away. Taylor Publishing. p. 207.

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