1894 Cleveland Spiders season

1894 Cleveland Spiders
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1889)
Location
League Park (since 1891)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1887)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison
Manager(s)	Patsy Tebeau
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The 1894 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 68–61 record, good for sixth place in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	89	39	0.695	—	52–15	37–24
New York Giants	88	44	0.667	3	49–17	39–27
Boston Beaneaters	83	49	0.629	8	44–19	39–30
Philadelphia Phillies	71	57	0.555	18	48–20	23–37
Brooklyn Grooms	70	61	0.534	20½	42–24	28–37
Cleveland Spiders	68	61	0.527	21½	35–24	33–37
Pittsburg Pirates	65	65	0.500	25	46–28	19–37
Chicago Colts	57	75	0.432	34	35–30	22–45
St. Louis Browns	56	76	0.424	35	34–32	22–44
Cincinnati Reds	55	75	0.423	35	37–28	18–47
Washington Senators	45	87	0.341	46	32–30	13–57
Louisville Colonels	36	94	0.277	54	24–38	12–56

Record vs. opponents

1894 National League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	4–8	8–4	9–3	10–2	9–3	10–2	6–6	6–4–1	6–4	10–2	11–1
Boston	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	8–4	9–3	10–2	6–6–1	6–6	8–4	6–6	9–3
Brooklyn	4–8	6–6	—	6–6–1	6–6	6–5	8–4	5–7–1	5–7–1	7–5–1	8–4	9–3
Chicago	3–9	5–7	6–6–1	—	6–6–1	2–10	8–4	1–11–2	7–5	6–6–1	6–6	7–5
Cincinnati	2–10	4–8	6–6	6–6–1	—	3–8–1	7–5	5–7	3–8–2	5–7	7–5	7–5
Cleveland	3–9	3–9	5–6	10–2	8–3–1	—	8–3	3–9	7–5	4–8	9–3	8–4
Louisville	2–10	2–10	4–8	4–8	5–7	3–8	—	0–12–1	3–8	3–9	6–6	4–8
New York	6–6	6–6–1	7–5–1	11–1–2	7–5	9–3	12–0–1	—	5–7	8–4–1	7–5–1	10–2
Philadelphia	4–6–1	6–6	7–5–1	5–7	8–3–2	5–7	8–3	7–5	—	8–4	5–7	8–4
Pittsburg	4–6	4–8	5–7–1	6–6–1	7–5	8–4	9–3	4–8–1	4–8	—	6–6	8–4
St. Louis	2–10	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	3–9	6–6	5–7–1	7–5	6–6	—	6–6
Washington	1–11	3–9	3–9	5–7	5–7	4–8	8–4	2–10	4–8	4–8	6–6	—

Notable transactions

• August 1894: Charlie Petty was released by the Spiders.^[1]

Roster

1894 Cleveland Spiders
Roster
Pitchers John Clarkson Nig Cuppy Chauncey Fisher Frank Griffith Frank Knauss John Lyston Tony Mullane Charlie Petty Mike Sullivan Tom Thomas Bobby Wallace Cy Young		Catchers Jack O'Connor Chief Zimmer Infielders Cupid Childs Chippy McGarr Ed McKean Patsy Tebeau		Outfielders Harry Blake Jesse Burkett Buck Ewing Jimmy McAleer George Tebeau Jake Virtue		Manager Patsy Tebeau

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
1B	Tebeau, PatsyPatsy Tebeau	125	523	158	.302	3	89
OF	Burkett, JesseJesse Burkett	125	523	187	.358	8	94

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
O'Connor, JackJack O'Connor	86	330	104	.315	2	51
Virtue, JakeJake Virtue	29	89	23	.258	0	10

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cuppy, NigNig Cuppy	43	316	24	15	4.56	65
Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson	22	150.2	8	10	4.42	28

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Petty, CharlieCharlie Petty	4	27	0	2	8.67	4
Fisher, ChaunceyChauncey Fisher	3	11	0	2	11.45	0

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Burkett, JesseJesse Burkett	1	0	0	0	4.50	0
Virtue, JakeJake Virtue	1	0	0	0	----	0

Notes

1. Charlie Petty page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1894 Cleveland Spiders team page at Baseball Reference