1892 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1892 Pittsburgh Pirates
1892 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
Location
	Exposition Park (since 1891); Allegheny, Pennsylvania (since 1882);
Results
Record	1st half: 37–39 (.487); 2nd half: 43–34 (.558); Overall: 80–73 (.523)[1];
League place	1st half: 6th (16 GB); 2nd half: 4th (10+1⁄2 GB);
Other information
Owners	William Kerr and Phil Auten
Managers	Tom Burns, Al Buckenberger
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The 1892 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 11th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their sixth in the National League.[lower-alpha 1] In a split season schedule, the Pirates finished sixth in the first half of the season and fourth in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 80–73, sixth-best in the 12-team National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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
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

1892 National League record Sources:
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

1892 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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
C	Connie Mack	97	346	84	.243	1	31
1B	Jake Beckley	151	614	145	.236	10	96
2B	Lou Bierbauer	152	649	153	.236	8	65
SS	Frank Shugart	137	554	148	.267	0	62
3B	Duke Farrell	152	605	130	.215	8	77
OF	Pop Corkhill	68	256	47	.184	0	25
OF	Mike Smith	138	511	140	.274	4	63
OF	Patsy Donovan	90	388	114	.294	2	26

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
Doggie Miller	149	623	158	.254	2	59
Joe Kelley	56	205	49	.239	0	28
George Van Haltren	13	55	11	.200	0	5
Harry Raymond	12	49	4	.082	0	2
Ed Swartwood	55	42	10	.238	0	4
Tom Burns	12	39	8	.205	0	4
Billy Earle	5	13	7	.538	0	3
Jake Stenzel	3	9	0	.000	0	0
Bobby Cargo	2	4	1	.250	0	0
Jock Menefee	2	3	0	.000	0	0

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
Mark Baldwin	56	440.1	26	27	3.47	157
Red Ehret	39	316.0	16	20	2.65	101
Adonis Terry	30	240.0	18	7	2.51	95
Mike Smith	17	134.0	6	7	3.63	51
Pud Galvin	12	96.0	5	6	2.63	29
Fred Woodcock	5	33.0	1	2	3.55	8
Duke Esper	3	18.1	2	0	5.40	5
Will Thompson	1	3.0	0	1	3.00	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
Billy Gumbert	6	39.2	3	2	1.36	3
Kid Camp	4	23.0	0	1	6.26	6

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jock Menefee	1	0	0	0	11.25	0

Notes

Until the early 20th century, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with and without the final 'h'.

References

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

External links

1892 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1892 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac

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[2] Until the early 20th century, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with and without the final 'h'.

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