1892 Washington Senators season

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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League First-half standings	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Beaneaters	52	22	.703	—
Brooklyn Grooms	51	26	.662	2½
Philadelphia Phillies	46	30	.605	7
Cincinnati Reds	44	31	.587	8½
Cleveland Spiders	40	33	.548	11½
Pittsburgh Pirates	37	39	.487	16
Washington Senators	35	41	.461	18
Chicago Colts	31	39	.443	19
St. Louis Browns	31	42	.425	20½
New York Giants	31	43	.419	21
Louisville Colonels	30	47	.390	23½
Baltimore Orioles	20	55	.267	32½

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	9½
Pittsburgh Pirates	43	34	.558	10½
Philadelphia Phillies	41	36	.532	12½
New York Giants	40	37	.519	13½
Chicago Colts	39	37	.513	14
Cincinnati Reds	38	37	.507	14½
Louisville Colonels	33	42	.440	19½
Baltimore Orioles	26	46	.361	25
St. Louis Browns	25	52	.325	28½
Washington Senators	23	52	.307	29½

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		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
	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
	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
	14	112.0	3	10	3.46	58
Hank Gastright	11	79.2	3	3	5.08	32
	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
	11	60.0	2	4	3.30	16
Matt Kilroy	4	26.1	1	1	2.39	1

External links

• 1892 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Reference

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