# 1893 Cleveland Spiders season

The 1893 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 73–55 record and a third-place finish in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Beaneaters | 86 | 43 | .667 | — | 49‍–‍15 | 37‍–‍28 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 48 | .628 | 5 | 54‍–‍19 | 27‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 73 | 55 | .570 | 12½ | 47‍–‍22 | 26‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 72 | 57 | .558 | 14 | 43‍–‍22 | 29‍–‍35 |
| New York Giants | 68 | 64 | .515 | 19½ | 49‍–‍20 | 19‍–‍44 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 65 | 63 | .508 | 20½ | 37‍–‍27 | 28‍–‍36 |
| Brooklyn Grooms | 65 | 63 | .508 | 20½ | 43‍–‍24 | 22‍–‍39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 60 | 70 | .462 | 26½ | 36‍–‍24 | 24‍–‍46 |
| Chicago Colts | 56 | 71 | .441 | 29 | 38‍–‍34 | 18‍–‍37 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 75 | .432 | 30½ | 40‍–‍30 | 17‍–‍45 |
| Louisville Colonels | 50 | 75 | .400 | 34 | 24‍–‍28 | 26‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 40 | 89 | .310 | 46 | 21‍–‍27 | 19‍–‍62 |

### Record vs. opponents

1893 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 2–10 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 1–11 | 9–3 | 7–5 |
| Boston | 10–2 | — | 8–4 | 8–3–1 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 4–6–1 | 10–2 | 7–5 |
| Brooklyn | 2–10 | 4–8 | — | 7–3 | 4–8 | 5–7–1 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–5–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 8–3 |
| Chicago | 7–5 | 3–8–1 | 3–7 | — | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 9–3 |
| Cincinnati | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 6–6 | 6–6–1 | 1–9–1 | 3–9 | 7–5–1 | 7–4 |
| Cleveland | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5–1 | 8–4 | 5–6 | — | 6–3 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 11–1 |
| Louisville | 5–5 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 6–6 | 3–6 | — | 5–7–1 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–4 |
| New York | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6–1 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | — | 7–5–1 | 4–8–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
| Philadelphia | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–6–1 | 6–6 | 9–1–1 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | — | 7–5 | 4–8–1 | 8–4 |
| Pittsburgh | 11–1 | 6–4–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 8–4–1 | 5–7 | — | 9–3 | 9–2 |
| St. Louis | 3–9 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–7–1 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 3–9 | — | 8–4–1 |
| Washington | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 3–9 | 4–7 | 1–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 2–9 | 4–8–1 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Jack O'Connor | 96 | 384 | 110 | .286 | 4 | 75 |
| 1B | Jake Virtue | 97 | 378 | 100 | .265 | 1 | 60 |
| 2B | Cupid Childs | 124 | 485 | 158 | .326 | 3 | 65 |
| SS | Ed McKean | 125 | 545 | 169 | .310 | 4 | 133 |
| 3B | Chippy McGarr | 63 | 249 | 77 | .309 | 0 | 28 |
| OF | Jimmy McAleer | 91 | 350 | 83 | .237 | 2 | 41 |
| OF | Jesse Burkett | 125 | 511 | 178 | .348 | 6 | 82 |
| OF | Buck Ewing | 116 | 500 | 172 | .344 | 6 | 122 |

#### 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 |
| Patsy Tebeau | 116 | 486 | 160 | .329 | 2 | 102 |
| Chief Zimmer | 57 | 227 | 70 | .308 | 2 | 41 |
| Joe Gunson | 21 | 73 | 19 | .260 | 0 | 9 |
| Ed McFarland | 8 | 22 | 9 | .409 | 0 | 6 |
| Tom Williams | 8 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Alvord | 3 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 2 |
| Jim Gilman | 2 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Boyd | 2 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 3 |
| Pete Allen | 1 | 4 | 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 |
| Cy Young | 53 | 422.2 | 33 | 16 | 3.36 | 102 |
| John Clarkson | 36 | 295.0 | 16 | 17 | 4.45 | 62 |
| George Cuppy | 31 | 243.2 | 18 | 10 | 4.47 | 39 |
| Jack Scheible | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | 1 |
| Chauncey Fisher | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.50 | 9 |
| George Davies | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 11.40 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Hastings | 15 | 92.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.70 | 14 |
| Tom Williams | 5 | 24.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.88 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| John Stafford | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14.14 | 4 |
| Jake Virtue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 2 |