1892 Cleveland Spiders season
The 1892 Cleveland Spiders, led by star pitcher Cy Young, finished with a 93–56 overall record, second-best in the National League. In the first split season in Major League Baseball history, the Spiders finished in fifth place during the first half of the season, and in first place during the second half. After the season, they played against the first-half champions, the Boston Beaneaters, in the "World's Championship Series", which the Spiders lost, five games to none (with one tie).
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Owners | Frank Robison |
Managers | Patsy Tebeau |
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Regular season
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Beaneaters | 102 | 48 | 0.680 | — | 54–21 | 48–27 |
Cleveland Spiders | 93 | 56 | 0.624 | 8½ | 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 |
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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 |
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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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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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Player stats
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 |
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C | Chief Zimmer | 111 | 413 | 109 | .264 | 1 | 64 |
1B | Jake Virtue | 147 | 557 | 157 | .282 | 2 | 89 |
2B | Cupid Childs | 145 | 558 | 177 | .317 | 3 | 53 |
SS | Ed McKean | 129 | 531 | 139 | .262 | 0 | 93 |
3B | George Davis | 144 | 597 | 144 | .241 | 5 | 82 |
OF | Jimmy McAleer | 149 | 571 | 136 | .238 | 4 | 70 |
OF | Jesse Burkett | 145 | 608 | 167 | .275 | 6 | 66 |
OF | Jack O'Connor | 140 | 572 | 142 | .248 | 1 | 58 |
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 |
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Patsy Tebeau | 86 | 340 | 83 | .244 | 2 | 49 |
Jack Doyle | 24 | 88 | 26 | .295 | 1 | 14 |
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 |
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Cy Young | 53 | 453.0 | 36 | 12 | 1.93 | 168 |
George Cuppy | 47 | 376.0 | 28 | 13 | 2.51 | 103 |
John Clarkson | 29 | 243.1 | 17 | 10 | 2.55 | 91 |
George Davies | 26 | 215.2 | 10 | 16 | 2.59 | 95 |
George Rettger | 6 | 38.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.26 | 12 |
Lee Viau | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 0 |
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 |
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Tom Williams | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 |
References
- "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
External links
- "1892 Cleveland Spiders Statistics". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.