1892 Baltimore Orioles season

1892 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Union Park (since 1891)
Baltimore, Maryland (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Harry Von der Horst
Manager(s)	George Van Haltren, John Waltz, Ned Hanlon
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With the demise of the American Association, the Baltimore Orioles joined the more established National League for the 1892 season. The team finished with a combined record of 46–101, worst in the 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
Pittsburg 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

Record vs. opponents

1892 National League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
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
Pittsburg	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 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Charlie Buffinton George Cobb Harry Ely Alex Ferson Bill Gilbert Egyptian Healy Bill Kling Sadie McMahon Crazy Schmit Ben Stephens Adonis Terry Tom Vickery		Catchers Joe Gunson Tom Hess Wilbert Robinson Infielders Monte Cross Pete Gilbert Tim O'Rourke John Pickett Billy Shindle George Shoch Cub Stricker Sy Sutcliffe Lew Whistler		Outfielders Sun Daly Frank Foreman John Godar Jocko Halligan Ned Hanlon Lefty Johnson Joe Kelley John McGraw Harry Stovey George Van Haltren Piggy Ward Curt Welch George Wood		Manager Ned Hanlon George Van Haltren John Waltz

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	Robinson, WilbertWilbert Robinson	90	330	88	.267	2	57
1B	Sutcliffe, SySy Sutcliffe	66	276	77	.279	1	27
SS	O'Rourke, TimTim O'Rourke	63	239	74	.310	0	35
OF	Stovey, HarryHarry Stovey	74	283	77	.272	4	55
OF	Van Haltren, GeorgeGeorge Van Haltren	135	556	168	.302	7	57

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
McGraw, JohnJohn McGraw	79	286	77	.269	1	26
Pickett, JohnJohn Pickett	36	141	30	.213	1	12
Hanlon, NedNed Hanlon	11	43	7	.163	0	2
Foreman, FrankFrank Foreman	7	23	4	.174	0	1
Johnson, LeftyLefty Johnson	4	15	2	.133	0	2
Gilbert, PetePete Gilbert	4	15	3	.200	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
McMahon, SadieSadie McMahon	48	397	19	25	3.24	118
Cobb, GeorgeGeorge Cobb	53	394.1	10	37	4.86	159
Buffinton, CharlieCharlie Buffinton	13	97	4	8	4.92	30
Healy, EgyptianEgyptian Healy	9	68.1	3	6	4.74	24
Schmit, CrazyCrazy Schmit	6	47.1	1	4	3.23	17
Kling, BillBill Kling	2	11	0	2	11.45	7
Terry, AdonisAdonis Terry	1	9	0	1	4.00	3
Ely, HarryHarry Ely	1	7	0	1	7.71	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
Stephens, BenBen Stephens	5	29	1	1	2.79	7
Foreman, FrankFrank Foreman	4	25	0	3	6.84	5
Gilbert, BillBill Gilbert	2	14	0	1	5.79	5
Ferson, AlexAlex Ferson	2	9	0	1	11.00	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Van Haltren, GeorgeGeorge Van Haltren	4	0	0	0	9.20	5

References

• 1892 Baltimore Orioles season
• 1892 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com