1892 Washington Senators season

1892 Washington Senators
League	National League
Ballpark	Boundary Field
City	Washington, D.C.
Record	1st half: 35–41 (.461) 2nd half: 23–52 (.307) Overall: 58–93 (.384)[1]
League place	1st half: 7th (18 GB) 2nd half: 12th (29+1⁄2 GB)
Owner	J. Earl Wagner
Managers	Billy Barnie, Arthur Irwin, Danny Richardson

The 1892 Washington Senators season was a season in American professional baseball. The team, which had played in the now-defunct American Association in 1891 as the Washington Statesmen, was purchased by J. Earl Wagner and moved to the National League for the 1892 season. In a split season schedule, the Senators finished seventh in the first half of the season and last in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 58–93, 10th-best in the 12-team National League.

Preseason

The Senators held spring training in Savannah, Georgia at Bolton Street Park.[2]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	102	48	.680	—	54‍–‍21	48‍–‍27
Cleveland Spiders	93	56	.624	8½	54‍–‍24	39‍–‍32
Brooklyn Grooms	95	59	.617	9	51‍–‍24	44‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	66	.569	16½	55‍–‍26	32‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	.547	20	45‍–‍32	37‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	73	.523	23½	54‍–‍34	26‍–‍39
Chicago Colts	70	76	.479	30	36‍–‍31	34‍–‍45
New York Giants	71	80	.470	31½	42‍–‍36	29‍–‍44
Louisville Colonels	63	89	.414	40	37‍–‍31	26‍–‍58
Washington Senators	58	93	.384	44½	34‍–‍36	24‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns	56	94	.373	46	37‍–‍36	19‍–‍58
Baltimore Orioles	46	101	.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 v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Bert Abbey John Dolan Jesse Duryea Frank Foreman Hank Gastright Bert Inks Alex Jones Frank Killen Matt Kilroy Phil Knell Jouett Meekin		Catchers Deacon McGuire Jocko Milligan Hal O'Hagan Doc Potts Infielders Tun Berger Jimmy Cooney Tommy Dowd Jake Drauby Henry Larkin Kohly Miller Harry Raymond Danny Richardson Yank Robinson Frank Shannon George Ulrich		Outfielders Patsy Donovan Tom Dowse Charlie Duffee Dummy Hoy Paul Radford Hardy Richardson Larry Twitchell		Manager Billy Barnie Arthur Irwin Danny Richardson

Player stats

Batting

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	Deacon McGuire	97	315	73	.232	4	43
1B	Henry Larkin	119	464	130	.280	8	96
2B	Tommy Dowd	144	584	142	.243	1	50
SS	Danny Richardson	142	551	132	.240	3	58
3B	Yank Robinson	67	218	39	.179	0	19
OF	Dummy Hoy	152	593	167	.282	3	75
OF	Paul Radford	137	510	130	.255	1	37
OF	Charlie Duffee	132	492	122	.248	6	51

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
Jocko Milligan	88	323	89	.276	4	43
Larry Twitchell	51	192	42	.219	0	20
Patsy Donovan	40	163	39	.239	0	12
Tun Berger	26	97	14	.144	0	3
Hardy Richardson	10	37	4	.108	0	0
Jake Drauby	10	34	7	.206	0	3
Tom Dowse	7	27	7	.259	0	2
Jimmy Cooney	6	25	4	.160	0	4
George Ulrich	6	24	7	.292	0	0
Harry Raymond	4	15	1	.067	0	0
Doc Potts	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Frank Shannon	1	4	1	.250	0	2
Hal O'Hagen	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Kohly Miller	1	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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 Killen	60	459.2	29	26	3.31	147
Bert Abbey	27	195.2	5	18	3.45	77
Phil Knell	22	170.0	9	13	3.65	74
Jesse Duryea	18	127.0	3	11	2.41	48
Jouett Meekin	14	112.0	3	10	3.46	58
Hank Gastright	11	79.2	3	3	5.08	32
John Dolan	5	37.0	2	2	4.38	8
Alex Jones	4	27.0	0	3	4.00	7
Bert Inks	3	21.0	1	2	5.14	11

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
Frank Foreman	11	60.0	2	4	3.30	16
Matt Kilroy	4	26.1	1	1	2.39	1

References

1. "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
2. "Barnie and His team off for Savannah". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 9, 1892. p. 3.

External links

• 1892 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference