# 1892 Brooklyn Grooms season

The 1892 Brooklyn Grooms season was a season in American baseball. The team finished the first half of the split season in second place, just 2.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters. However, they faded in the second half, finishing 9.5 games behind the second-half champion Cleveland Spiders and missing out on the postseason playoff. Their combined record was 95–59, third best overall in the league.
The season was a tragic one, as outfielder Hub Collins left a game on May 14 because he was feeling ill. A week later he was dead, the victim of typhoid fever. The team put on a benefit game to raise money for his widow on May 29. One bright spot, however, was first baseman Dan Brouthers, who won the batting title with a .335 batting average.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Con Daily | 80 | 278 | 38 | 65 | .234 | 0 | 28 | 18 |
| 1B | Dan Brouthers | 152 | 588 | 121 | 197 | .335 | 5 | 124 | 31 |
| 2B | John Ward | 148 | 614 | 109 | 163 | .265 | 1 | 47 | 88 |
| 3B | Bill Joyce | 97 | 372 | 89 | 91 | .245 | 6 | 45 | 23 |
| SS | Tommy Corcoran | 151 | 613 | 77 | 145 | .237 | 1 | 74 | 39 |
| OF | Oyster Burns | 141 | 542 | 88 | 171 | .315 | 4 | 96 | 33 |
| OF | Mike Griffin | 129 | 452 | 103 | 125 | .277 | 3 | 66 | 49 |
| OF | Darby O'Brien | 122 | 490 | 72 | 119 | .243 | 1 | 56 | 57 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Tom Daly | 124 | 446 | 76 | 114 | .256 | 4 | 51 | 34 |
| Tom Kinslow | 66 | 246 | 37 | 75 | .305 | 2 | 40 | 4 |
| Dave Foutz | 61 | 220 | 33 | 41 | .186 | 1 | 26 | 19 |
| Hub Collins | 21 | 87 | 17 | 26 | .299 | 0 | 17 | 4 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
| George Haddock | 46 | 44 | 381.1 | 29 | 13 | 3.14 | 163 | 153 | 39 |
| Ed Stein | 48 | 42 | 377.1 | 27 | 16 | 2.84 | 150 | 190 | 38 |
| Dave Foutz | 27 | 20 | 203.0 | 13 | 8 | 3.41 | 63 | 56 | 17 |
| Bill Hart | 28 | 23 | 195.0 | 9 | 12 | 3.28 | 96 | 65 | 16 |
| Brickyard Kennedy | 26 | 21 | 191.0 | 13 | 8 | 3.86 | 95 | 108 | 18 |
| Bert Inks | 9 | 8 | 58.0 | 4 | 2 | 3.88 | 33 | 25 | 4 |