1892 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1892 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The National League expanded to 12 teams in 1892, and it was announced that the season would be split into two halves, with the winners of each half meeting in a "World's Championship Series". The Reds finished with a combined record of 82–68, fifth-best in the National League, finishing in fourth place in the first half and in eighth place in the second half.

1892 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCincinnati
Record
  • 1st half: 44–31 (.587)
  • 2nd half: 38–37 (.507)
  • Overall: 82–68 (.547)[1]
League place
  • 1st half: 4th (8+1⁄2 GB)
  • 2nd half: 8th (14+1⁄2 GB)
OwnerJohn T. Brush[2]
ManagerCharlie Comiskey
Seasons

Regular season

After a horrible 1891 season in which the Reds finished in a virtual tie for last place with a 56–81 record, the team fired manager Tom Loftus and replaced him with first baseman Charles Comiskey. Comiskey had previously been the player-manager of the St. Louis Browns of the American Association from 1883 to 1889, leading the team to four straight pennants from 1885 to 1888. He then was a player-manager with the Chicago Pirates of the Players' League in 1890, leading them to a fourth-place finish, followed by a return to the Browns in 1891, where he led them to a second-place finish with a record of 86–52.

The Reds acquired outfielder Tip O'Neill during the off-season, as he spent the 1891 season with Comiskey with the Browns, hitting .323 with ten homers and 95 RBI for the club. O'Neill's best season was in 1887 with the Browns, when he hit .435, with 225 hits, 167 runs, 52 doubles, nineteen triples, fourteen home runs and 123 RBI, all of which led the American Association. Catcher Morgan Murphy was picked by from the Boston Reds of the AA. Murphy hit .216 with four homers and 54 RBI in 106 games. Another catcher, Farmer Vaughn, was signed after he split the 1891 season between the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers and Milwaukee Brewers of the AA. Vaughn hit .285 with a homer and 23 RBI between the two clubs. Pitcher Ice Box Chamberlain also signed with the Reds after posting a 22–23 record with a 4.22 with the Philadelphia Athletics of the AA.

Bug Holliday once again was the Reds offensive leader, hitting .294 with a team high thirteen home runs and 91 RBI. Bid McPhee hit .274 with four homers and 60 RBI and 44 stolen bases, while Germany Smith hit .243 with eight homers and 63 RBI. On the mound, Tony Mullane led the staff with a 21–13 record and a 2.59 ERA, while Chamberlain had a 19–23 record with a 3.39 ERA in a team high 49 starts.

Season summary

In the first half of the season, the Reds started off strong and found themselves in the middle of the pennant race, sitting with a 26–16 record and in third place in the league, 4.5 games out of first, before they tallied off, finishing in fourth place with a 44–31 record, 8½ games behind the Boston Beaneaters. In the second half, the Reds were mediocre, as they finished in eighth place with a 38–37 record, 14½ games behind the Cleveland Spiders. They finished the season with a combined record of 82–68, which marked a big improvement over the previous year.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 10248 0.680 — 54–21 48–27
Cleveland Spiders 9356 0.624 8½ 54–24 39–32
Brooklyn Grooms 9559 0.617 9 51–24 44–35
Philadelphia Phillies 8766 0.569 16½ 55–26 32–40
Cincinnati Reds 8268 0.547 20 45–32 37–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8073 0.523 23½ 54–34 26–39
Chicago Colts 7076 0.479 30 36–31 34–45
New York Giants 7180 0.470 31½ 42–36 29–44
Louisville Colonels 6389 0.414 40 37–31 26–58
Washington Senators 5893 0.384 44½ 34–36 24–57
St. Louis Browns 5694 0.373 46 37–36 19–58
Baltimore Orioles 46101 0.313 54½ 29–44 17–57
National League
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Boston Beaneaters5222.703—
Brooklyn Grooms5126.6622+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies4630.6057
Cincinnati Reds4431.5878+1⁄2
Cleveland Spiders4033.54811+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates3739.48716
Washington Senators3541.46118
Chicago Colts3139.44319
St. Louis Browns3142.42520+1⁄2
New York Giants3143.41921
Louisville Colonels3047.39023+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles2055.26732+1⁄2
National League
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Spiders5323.697—
Boston Beaneaters5026.6583
Brooklyn Grooms4433.5719+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates4334.55810+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies4136.53212+1⁄2
New York Giants4037.51913+1⁄2
Chicago Colts3937.51314
Cincinnati Reds3837.50714+1⁄2
Louisville Colonels3342.44019+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles2646.36125
St. Louis Browns2552.32528+1⁄2
Washington Senators2352.30729+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents
1892 National League record

Sources:
Team BLN BSN BRO CHI CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSN
Baltimore —0–132–12–14–74–102–11–26–75–94–105–98–6–16–7–1
Boston 13–0—9–510–48–5–18–612–211–3–16–77–67–711–3
Brooklyn 12–2–15–9—10–46–88–69–57–79–5–210–49–5–110–4
Chicago 7–44–104–10—6–7–13–95–910–45–97–77–512–2
Cincinnati 10–45–8–18–67–6–1—5–97–6–18–65–95–912–2–110–3–1
Cleveland 11–2–26–86–89–39–5—13–18–510–47–7–18–5–16–8
Louisville 7–62–125–99–56–7–11–13—4–104–108–69–5–18–6
New York 9–53–11–17–74–106–85–810–4—5–94–10–19–49–4
Philadelphia 10–47–65–9–29–59–54–1010–49–5—8–67–79–5
Pittsburgh 9–56–74–107–79–57–7–16–810–4–16–8—10–46–8
St. Louis 6–8–17–75–9–15–72–12–15–8–15–9–14–97–74–10—6–8
Washington 7–6–13–114–102–123–10–18–66–84–95–98–68–6—

Game log
Legend
Reds Win Reds Loss Game Tied/Postponed
1892 1st Half Game Log: 44–31 (Home: 23–16; Away: 21–15)
April: 9–6 (Home: 7–4; Away: 2–2)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 12Pirates5–7League Park7,0000-1L1
2April 13Pirates7–8League Park2,8000-2L2
-April 14PiratesPostponed (rain; site change); Makeup: May 20
3April 15Spiders0–2League Park2,4870-3L3
4April 16Spiders6–3League Park3,2661-3W1
5April 17@ Browns5–1Sportsman's Park13,5002-3W2
-April 18ColtsPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 19
6April 19 1Colts5–2League ParkN/A3-3W3
7April 19 1Colts3–0League Park5,0244-3W4
8April 21@ Spiders1–11League Park4,5004-4L1
9April 22@ Spiders6–3League Park1,8005-4W1
10April 23@ Spiders5–14League Park3,3005-5L1
11April 24Browns10–2League Park16,0006-5W1
12April 25Browns8–2League Park3,2227-5W2
13April 26Browns10–6League Park2,9398-5W3
-April 27BrownsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: April 24
14April 29Senators1–4League Park3,0668-6L1
15April 30Senators7–2League Park3,8759-6W1
May: 12–10 (Home: 3–5; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
16May 1Spiders12–9League Park13,25610-6W2
-May 2GiantsPostponed (wet grounds); Makeup: July 9
-May 3GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 11
17May 4Grooms2–4League Park4,50010-7L1
18May 5Grooms4–6League Park2,01510-8L2
19May 6Beaneaters0–0League Park1,92310-8L2
20May 7Beaneaters2–3League Park5,34610-9L3
21May 8Orioles4–5League Park5,63710-10L4
-May 9OriolesPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 8
-May 10OriolesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 8
-May 11PhilliesPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 12
22May 12 1Phillies4–5League ParkN/A10-11L5
23May 12 1Phillies2–1League Park1,81611-11W1
24May 13Colonels7–5League Park1,70512-11W2
-May 14ColonelsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 26
25May 15@ Browns5–4Sportsman's Park5,64313-11W3
26May 16@ Browns5–4Sportsman's Park3,20014-11W4
27May 18@ Pirates5–4Exposition Park1,28015-11W5
28May 19@ Pirates1–3Exposition Park1,26515-12L1
29May 20@ Pirates7–10Exposition Park1,14715-13L2
-May 21@ ColonelsPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 23
30May 22@ Colonels4–0Eclipse Park7,00016-13W1
31May 23 1@ Colonels2–1Eclipse ParkN/A17-13W2
32May 23 2@ Colonels3–7Eclipse Park2,17617-14L1
-May 24@ ColonelsPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 23
33May 26@ Phillies4–3Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds2,36118-14W1
34May 27@ Phillies8–6Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds60019-14W2
35May 28@ Phillies1–2Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds2,20019-15L1
36May 30 1@ Grooms5–4Eastern Park3,40020-15W1
37May 30 2@ Grooms6–2Eastern Park11,36821-15W2
38May 31@ Grooms1–7Eastern Park1,56721-16L1
June: 13–10 (Home: 3–2; Away: 10–8)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
39June 1@ Orioles6–4Union Park1,38222-16W1
40June 2@ Orioles3–2Union Park93723-16W2
41June 3@ Orioles5–2Union Park74024-16W3
42June 4@ Senators7–5Boundary Field1,96825-16W4
43June 6@ Senators7–4Boundary Field1,69726-16W5
44June 7@ Senators2–20Boundary Field1,35626-17L1
-June 8@ GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 10
45June 9@ Giants5–9Polo Grounds1,03726-18L2
46June 10 1@ Giants7–3Polo GroundsN/A27-18W1
47June 10 2@ Giants1–2Polo Grounds1,67227-19L1
48June 11@ Beaneaters4–6South End Grounds5,13127-20L2
49June 13@ Beaneaters7–5South End Grounds1,58928-20W1
50June 14@ Beaneaters6–11South End Grounds1,00728-21L1
-June 16@ BrownsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: April 17
51June 17@ Browns5–7Sportsman's Park1,70028-22L2
52June 18@ Colts3–0South Side Park3,00029-22W1
53June 20@ Colts7–4South Side Park1,80030-22W2
54June 21@ Colts2–1South Side Park2,00031-22W3
55June 22Spiders3–9League Park2,53431-23L1
-June 23SpideresPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: May 1
56June 24@ Pirates0–2Exposition Park1,28531-24L2
57June 25@ Pirates3–7Exposition Park2,83531-25L3
58June 26Colonels7–3League Park5,29732-25W1
59June 27Colonels4–5League Park1,72132-26L1
60June 28Colonels4–1League Park2,00033-26W1
61June 29Colts6–1League Park2,73234-26W2
62June 30Colts7–7League Park1,25734-26W2
July: 10–5 (Home: 10–5; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
-July 1SenatorsPostponed (schedule change); Makeup: July 3
63July 2Senators7–5League Park1,76035-26W3
64July 3Senators3–0League Park3,92736-26W4
65July 4 1Beaneaters9–5League Park7,20037-26W5
66July 4 2Beaneaters6–7League Park8,88437-27L1
67July 5Phillies3–7League Park2,24837-28L2
68July 6Phillies5–11League Park1,43537-29L3
69July 7Orioles21–2League Park92838-29W1
70July 8 1Orioles2–4League ParkN/A38-30L1
71July 8 2Orioles12–5League Park1,80039-30W1
72July 9 1Giants10–1League ParkN/A40-30W2
73July 9 2Giants10–4League Park3,84941-30W3
74July 11 1Giants12–8League ParkN/A42-30W4
75July 11 2Giants4–2League Park2,29343-30W5
76July 12Grooms2–4League Park1,46343-31L1
77July 13Grooms3–1League Park1,25244-31W1
Legend
Reds Win Reds Loss Game Tied/Postponed
1892 2nd Half Game Log: 38–37 (Home: 22–15; Away: 16–22)
August: 8–6 (Home: 2–0; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1July 15@ Orioles2–5Union Park1,5960-1L1
2July 16@ Orioles16–5Union Park2,5041-1W1
3July 18@ Giants5–2Polo Grounds2,0862-1W2
4July 19@ Giants3–1Polo Grounds1,2003-1W3
5July 20@ Senators3–2Boundary Field1,1254-1W4
6July 21@ Senators6–2Boundary Field2,1195-1W5
7July 22@ Grooms3–6Eastern Park2,1545-2L1
8July 23@ Grooms2–3Eastern Park5,5245-3L2
9July 25@ Phillies0–6Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds3,0185-4L3
10July 26@ Phillies6–26Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds2,7965-5L4
11July 27@ Beaneaters4–5South End Grounds1,1885-6L5
12July 28@ Beaneaters3–2South End Grounds1,3886-6W1
-July 29BrownsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 31
13July 30Browns8–6League Park1,2347-6W2
14July 31Browns6–0League Park3,5808-6W3
August: 12–14 (Home: 10–7; Away: 2–7)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
15August 1@ Colonels1–6Eclipse Park1,0038-7L1
16August 2@ Colonels4–11Eclipse Park1,3008-8L2
17August 3Pirates3–5League Park1,1208-9L3
18August 4Pirates12–5League Park1,1109-9W1
19August 6@ Colts1–6South Side Park3,0009-10L1
20August 8@ Colts8–12South Side Park1,0009-11L2
21August 9@ Spiders5–8League Park2,2009-12L3
22August 10@ Spiders6–5League Park1,78510-12W1
23August 11@ Pirates1–4Exposition Park1,10710-13L1
24August 12@ Pirates1–4Exposition Park1,32710-14L2
25August 13@ Pirates7–3Exposition Park2,38011-14W1
26August 15Giants2–9League Park1,84511-15L1
27August 16Giants6–8League Park1,00011-16L2
28August 17Giants7–13League Park62811-17L3
29August 18Phillies0–7League Park55711-18L4
30August 19Phillies4–3League Park37912-18W1
31August 20Phillies3–0League Park1,48313-18W2
32August 22Senators6–5League Park1,81114-18W3
33August 23Senators9–9League Park93714-18W3
34August 24 1Senators7–2League ParkN/A15-18W4
35August 24 2Senators4–2League Park1,98016-18W5
36August 25Orioles3–1League Park69917-18W6
-August 26OriolesPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 28
37August 27Orioles6–5League Park2,30218-18W7
38August 28Orioles8–2League Park5,95219-18W8
39August 29Beaneaters2–5League Park2,10319-19L1
40August 30Beaneaters6–1League Park1,57920-19W1
41August 31Beaneaters1–5League Park2,23020-20L1
September: 11–13 (Home: 4–7; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
42September 1Grooms10–7League Park92221-20W1
43September 2Grooms8–5League Park1,79222-20W2
44September 3Grooms8–1League Park2,83223-20W3
45September 4Orioles1–6League Park4,49823-21L1
-September 5@ OriolesPostponed (unknown reason; site change); Makeup: September 4
46September 5@ Orioles7–5Union Park1,10224-21W1
47September 7@ Phillies3–4Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds1,13424-22L1
48September 8@ Phillies6–7Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds1,20024-23L2
49September 9@ Giants4–5Polo Grounds88724-24L3
50September 10@ Giants9–0Polo Grounds1,73225-24W1
51September 12@ Senators4–5Boundary Field71625-25L1
52September 14@ Grooms6–2Eastern Park55326-25W1
53September 15@ Grooms7–4Eastern Park1,33927-25W2
54September 16@ Beaneaters2–1South End Grounds1,46428-25W3
55September 17@ Beaneaters4–7South End Grounds2,34128-26L1
-September 19ColonelsPostponed (train wreck); Makeup: October 7
56September 20Colonels7–6League Park1,49229-26W1
57September 21Colonels1–3League Park71929-27L1
58September 22@ Browns2–6Sportsman's Park40029-28L2
59September 24@ Browns3–3Sportsman's Park2,10029-28L2
60September 25 1@ Browns5–2Sportsman's ParkN/A30-28W1
61September 25 2@ Browns8–6Sportsman's Park7,50031-28W2
62September 26Spiders2–3League Park1,61331-29L1
63September 27Spiders2–3League Park1,50031-30L2
64September 28Spiders5–9League Park1,20231-31L3
65September 29Colts4–10League Park85731-32L4
66September 30Colts1–5League Park82831-33L5
October: 7–4 (Home: 6–1; Away: 1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
67October 1Colts7–2League Park83432-33W1
68October 2 1Browns12–10League ParkN/a33-33W2
69October 2 2Browns4–1League Park4,51834-33W3
-October 3BrownsPostponed (rain); Makeup: October 2
-October 4BrownsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: October 2
70October 5@ Spiders0–6League Park10034-34L1
71October 6@ Spiders6–5League Park60035-34W1
72October 7Colonels4–3League Park63736-34W2
-October 8@ ColonelsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: October 9
73October 9 1@ Colonels5–9Eclipse ParkN/A36-35L1
74October 9 2@ Colonels3–3Eclipse ParkN/A36-35L1
-October 10@ ColtsPostponed (site change); Makeup: October 10
75October 10Colts3–4League Park80136-36L2
-October 11@ ColtsPostponed (site change); Makeup: October 11
76October 11Colts4–5League Park53136-37L3
77October 13Pirates8–6League Park32137-37W1
78October 15Pirates7–1League Park60438-37W2

Roster
1892 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • Tom Dowse
  • Jerry Harrington
  • Dan Mahoney
  • Morgan Murphy
  • Farmer Vaughn

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
CMorgan Murphy7423446.197224
1BCharlie Comiskey141551125.227371
2BBid McPhee144573157.274460
SSGermany Smith139506123.243863
3BArlie Latham152622148.238044
OFBug Holliday152602177.2941391
OFTip O'Neill109419105.251252
OFPete Browning8330793.303352

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
Farmer Vaughn9134688.254250
Frank Genins3511020.18207
George Wood3010721.196014
Jocko Halligan2610129.287212
Curt Welch259419.20217
Jerry Harrington226113.21303
Buster Hoover14519.17602
Eddie Burke15416.14604
Bill Kuehne6245.20814
Dan Mahoney5214.19001
Tom Dowse140.00000

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
Ice Box Chamberlain52406.119233.39169
Tony Mullane37295.021132.59109
Frank Dwyer34268.120102.3147
Mike Sullivan21166.11243.0856
Billy Rhines1174.2375.4210
Jesse Duryea968.0253.5721
Dan Daub425.0122.887
Willie McGill317.0115.297
George Meakim313.2118.564
George Rettger19.0104.001
Bumpus Jones19.0100.003
Ben Stephens17.0011.291

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
Frank Knauss10003.382
George Hemming10107.500
Bug Holliday100011.250

References
  1. "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  2. "Reds owners". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 3, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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