1892 Baltimore Orioles season

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.

1892 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
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)
Other information
OwnersHarry Von der Horst
ManagersGeorge Van Haltren, John Waltz, Ned Hanlon
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Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 10248 0.680 — 54–21 48–27
Cleveland Spiders 9356 0.624 8½ 54–24 39–32
Brooklyn Grooms 9559 0.617 9 51–24 44–35
Philadelphia Phillies 8766 0.569 16½ 55–26 32–40
Cincinnati Reds 8268 0.547 20 45–32 37–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8073 0.523 23½ 54–34 26–39
Chicago Colts 7076 0.479 30 36–31 34–45
New York Giants 7180 0.470 31½ 42–36 29–44
Louisville Colonels 6389 0.414 40 37–31 26–58
Washington Senators 5893 0.384 44½ 34–36 24–57
St. Louis Browns 5694 0.373 46 37–36 19–58
Baltimore Orioles 46101 0.313 54½ 29–44 17–57
National League
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Boston Beaneaters5222.703—
Brooklyn Grooms5126.6622+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies4630.6057
Cincinnati Reds4431.5878+1⁄2
Cleveland Spiders4033.54811+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates3739.48716
Washington Senators3541.46118
Chicago Colts3139.44319
St. Louis Browns3142.42520+1⁄2
New York Giants3143.41921
Louisville Colonels3047.39023+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles2055.26732+1⁄2
National League
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Spiders5323.697—
Boston Beaneaters5026.6583
Brooklyn Grooms4433.5719+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates4334.55810+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies4136.53212+1⁄2
New York Giants4037.51913+1⁄2
Chicago Colts3937.51314
Cincinnati Reds3837.50714+1⁄2
Louisville Colonels3342.44019+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles2646.36125
St. Louis Browns2552.32528+1⁄2
Washington Senators2352.30729+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents
1892 National League record

Sources:
Team BLN BSN BRO CHI CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSN
Baltimore —0–132–12–14–74–102–11–26–75–94–105–98–6–16–7–1
Boston 13–0—9–510–48–5–18–612–211–3–16–77–67–711–3
Brooklyn 12–2–15–9—10–46–88–69–57–79–5–210–49–5–110–4
Chicago 7–44–104–10—6–7–13–95–910–45–97–77–512–2
Cincinnati 10–45–8–18–67–6–1—5–97–6–18–65–95–912–2–110–3–1
Cleveland 11–2–26–86–89–39–5—13–18–510–47–7–18–5–16–8
Louisville 7–62–125–99–56–7–11–13—4–104–108–69–5–18–6
New York 9–53–11–17–74–106–85–810–4—5–94–10–19–49–4
Philadelphia 10–47–65–9–29–59–54–1010–49–5—8–67–79–5
Pittsburgh 9–56–74–107–79–57–7–16–810–4–16–8—10–46–8
St. Louis 6–8–17–75–9–15–72–12–15–8–15–9–14–97–74–10—6–8
Washington 7–6–13–114–102–123–10–18–66–84–95–98–68–6—

Roster
1892 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CWilbert Robinson9033088.267257
1BSy Sutcliffe6627677.279127
2BCub Stricker7526971.264337
SSTim O'Rourke6323974.310035
3BBilly Shindle143619156.252350
OFHarry Stovey7428377.272455
OFCurt Welch6323756.236122
OFGeorge Van Haltren135556168.302757

Other batters

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 Gunson8931467.213032
George Shoch7630885.276150
John McGraw7928677.269126
Lew Whistler5220947.225221
Piggy Ward5618654.290133
Jocko Halligan4617848.270243
John Pickett3614130.213112
George Wood217617.224010
Monte Cross15508.16002
Sun Daly134812.25007
Ned Hanlon11437.16302
Joe Kelley10337.21204
Frank Foreman7234.17401
Lefty Johnson4152.13302
Pete Gilbert4153.20000
John Godar5143.21401
Tom Hess120.00000

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sadie McMahon48397.019253.24118
George Cobb53394.110374.86159
Tom Vickery24176.08103.5349
Charlie Buffinton1397.0484.9230
Egyptian Healy968.1364.7424
Crazy Schmit647.1143.2317
Bill Kling211.00211.457
Adonis Terry19.0014.003
Harry Ely17.0017.710

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ben Stephens529.0112.797
Frank Foreman425.0036.845
Bill Gilbert214.0015.795
Alex Ferson29.00111.008

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Van Haltren40009.205

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


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