1893 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1893 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for sixth place in the National League with a record of 65–63, 20.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

1893 Cincinnati Reds
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Location
Other information
OwnersJohn T. Brush[1]
ManagersCharlie Comiskey
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Regular season

Cincinnati was looking to build on a solid 1892 season in which the team had improved from a record of 56–81 in 1891 to 82–68. First baseman Charles Comiskey returned as player-manager, while the Reds would have a new outfielder, as Jim Canavan joined Cincinnati after spending the previous season with the Chicago Colts. Canavan had struggled offensively with Chicago, hitting only .166 with no homers and 32 RBI in 118 games in 1892.

Catcher Farmer Vaughn had a career season, as he hit .280 with one home run and a team high 108 RBI. Bug Holliday led the Reds with a .310 batting average and 89 RBI, as well as a team high 108 runs scored, while his five home runs tied with Canavan for the team lead. Bid McPhee had a solid season, batting .281 with three home runs and 68 RBI. Arlie Latham hit .282 with two home runs, 49 RBI and a team best 57 stolen bases.

Frank Dwyer was the ace of the pitching staff, as he led the club with an 18–15 record in a team high 37 games, which included 30 starts, with 28 complete games. Ice Box Chamberlain was 16–12 with a team low 3.73 ERA.

Season summary

The Reds got off to a solid start, sitting in first place with a 6–3 record after nine games. However, the team would win only ten of their next twenty-nine ball games to fall into tenth place in the National League with a 16–22 record. Cincinnati would be under the .500 mark for a majority of the season, however, the Reds would win ten of their final eleven games to avoid finishing with a losing record, as they ended the season with a 65–63 record, tying the Brooklyn Grooms, 20.5 games behind the pennant-winning Boston Beaneaters.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 8643 0.667 — 49–15 37–28
Pittsburgh Pirates 8148 0.628 5 54–19 27–29
Cleveland Spiders 7355 0.570 12½ 47–22 26–33
Philadelphia Phillies 7257 0.558 14 43–22 29–35
New York Giants 6864 0.515 19½ 49–20 19–44
Cincinnati Reds 6563 0.508 20½ 37–27 28–36
Brooklyn Grooms 6563 0.508 20½ 43–24 22–39
Baltimore Orioles 6070 0.462 26½ 36–24 24–46
Chicago Colts 5671 0.441 29 38–34 18–37
St. Louis Browns 5775 0.432 30½ 40–30 17–45
Louisville Colonels 5075 0.400 34 24–28 26–47
Washington Senators 4089 0.310 46 21–27 19–62

Record vs. opponents
1893 National League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
Baltimore —2–1010–25–74–88–45–54–85–71–119–37–5
Boston 10–2—8–48–3–16–67–510–28–48–44–6–110–27–5
Brooklyn 2–104–8—7–34–85–7–17–56–66–5–18–48–48–3
Chicago 7–53–8–13–7—5–74–86–47–56–63–93–99–3
Cincinnati 8–46–68–47–5—6–56–66–6–11–9–13–97–5–17–4
Cleveland 4–85–77–5–18–45–6—6–36–63–99–39–311–1
Louisville 5–52–105–74–66–63–6—5–7–14–84–84–88–4
New York 8–44–86–65–76–6–16–67–5–1—7–5–14–8–18–47–5
Philadelphia 7–54–85–6–16–69–1–19–38–45–7–1—7–54–8–18–4
Pittsburgh 11–16–4–14–89–39–33–98–48–4–15–7—9–39–2
St. Louis 3–92–104–89–35–7–13–98–44–88–4–13–9—8–4–1
Washington 5–75–73–83–94–71–114–85–74–82–94–8–1—

Roster
1893 Cincinnati Reds
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
CFarmer Vaughn121483135.2801108
1BCharlie Comiskey6425957.220026
2BBid McPhee127491138.281368
SSGermany Smith130500118.236456
3BArlie Latham127531150.282249
OFJack McCarthy4919555.282022
OFBug Holliday126500155.310589
OFJim Canavan121461104.226564

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
Morgan Murphy5720047.235119
Frank Motz4315640.256225
Piggy Ward4215042.280010
George Henry218323.277013
Bob Caruthers134814.29218
Jud Smith174310.23315
Connie Murphy6173.17602
Charlie Duffee4122.16700
George Ulrich130.00000

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
Frank Dwyer37287.118154.1353
Ice Box Chamberlain34241.016123.7359
Mike Sullivan27183.28115.0540
Tom Parrott22154.01074.0983
Tony Mullane15122.1664.4124
Silver King17105.0564.8930
George Darby429.0117.766
Lem Cross321.0025.577

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
Bumpus Jones628.21310.056

References
  1. "Reds owners". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 3, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2020 – via newspapers.com.


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