# 1895 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1895 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds finished in eighth place in the National League with 66 wins and 64 losses, 21 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

## Regular season

After finishing the 1894 season with a record of only 55–75, the Reds replaced Charles Comiskey as player-manager with first baseman Buck Ewing. Ewing was previously a player-manager with the New York Giants of the Players' League in 1890, leading them to a 74–57 record and a third-place finish. He spent the last two seasons playing with the Cleveland Spiders, and in 1893 with Cleveland, Ewing hit .344 with six home runs and 122 RBI before missing much of the 1894 season with injuries. He also once led the National League in home runs with ten in 1883 while playing for the New York Giants, and in triples with twenty with the Giants in 1884.
The Reds would suffer a big blow, as outfielder Bug Holliday would have an appendectomy and would miss most of the season recovering. Cincinnati signed outfielder Dusty Miller, who last played in the majors with the St. Louis Browns in 1890. The Reds also acquired Billy Rhines, who previously pitched with the team from 1890–1892 before playing with the Louisville Colonels in 1893. Rhines missed the entire 1894 season due to injuries, and had not pitched a full season since 1891 when he went 17–24 with a 2.87 ERA with Cincinnati.
During the season, the Reds acquired outfielder Eddie Burke from the New York Giants.
Cincinnati got off to a hot start, as they had a league-best 18–8 record after twenty-six games. The Reds though went 3–12 in their next fifteen games to fall into seventh place, five games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. Cincinnati got back into the pennant race after posting a 19–9 clip in their next twenty-eight games, pushing their record to 40–29, sitting in third place, one game behind the Pirates and Cleveland Spiders. The team went on a 5–9 slide in their next fourteen games to fall into sixth place, 5.5 games out of first, before reeling off five wins in a row, but they only moved up to fifth and were still five games behind the first place Spiders. After winning two of their next three games to move into fourth place with a 52–39 record, Cincinnati would win only fourteen of their last thirty-nine games to drop out of the pennant race and finish with a 66–64 record, which put them in eighth place, 20.5 games behind the pennant winning Baltimore Orioles.
Dusty Miller had a spectacular season with the Reds, as he hit a team high .335 with ten homers and 112 RBI, as well as swiping 43 bases in 132 games. Player-manager Buck Ewing hit .318 with five home runs and 94 RBI, while Bid McPhee batted .299 with a homer, 75 RBI and a team high 107 runs scored. Dummy Hoy led the Reds with 50 stolen bases, while hitting .277 with three home runs and 55 RBI.
On the mound, Billy Rhines had a very solid comeback season, leading Cincinnati with a 19–10 record in 38 games pitched, 33 starts and 25 complete games. Frank Dwyer had an 18–15 record with a team-best 4.24 ERA in 37 games.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Baltimore Orioles | 87 | 43 | .669 | — | 54‍–‍12 | 33‍–‍31 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 84 | 46 | .646 | 3 | 49‍–‍13 | 35‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 78 | 53 | .595 | 9½ | 51‍–‍21 | 27‍–‍32 |
| Chicago Colts | 72 | 58 | .554 | 15 | 43‍–‍24 | 29‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Grooms | 71 | 60 | .542 | 16½ | 43‍–‍22 | 28‍–‍38 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 71 | 60 | .542 | 16½ | 48‍–‍19 | 23‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 71 | 61 | .538 | 17 | 44‍–‍21 | 27‍–‍40 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 66 | 64 | .508 | 21 | 42‍–‍22 | 24‍–‍42 |
| New York Giants | 66 | 65 | .504 | 21½ | 40‍–‍27 | 26‍–‍38 |
| Washington Senators | 43 | 85 | .336 | 43 | 31‍–‍34 | 12‍–‍51 |
| St. Louis Browns | 39 | 92 | .298 | 48½ | 25‍–‍41 | 14‍–‍51 |
| Louisville Colonels | 35 | 96 | .267 | 52½ | 19‍–‍38 | 16‍–‍58 |

### Record vs. opponents

1895 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 10–2 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 10–1 | 9–3 | 8–4–1 | 7–5–1 | 6–6 | 9–3 |
| Boston | 2–10 | — | 4–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–3–1 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 9–3–1 |
| Brooklyn | 5–7 | 7–4 | — | 6–6 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 11–1 | 9–3–1 | 5–7–1 | 7–5–1 | 9–3 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–5 | 9–3–1 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 9–2–2 |
| Cincinnati | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8–1 | 9–3–1 | 8–2 |
| Cleveland | 6–5 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–6 | 6–6 | — | 10–2 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 11–1–2 | 9–3 |
| Louisville | 1–10 | 3–9–1 | 1–11 | 3–9–1 | 6–6 | 2–10 | — | 3–9 | 2–10 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 6–6 |
| New York | 3–9 | 4–8 | 3–9–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 9–3 | — | 3–8 | 4–8 | 11–1 | 8–4 |
| Philadelphia | 4–8–1 | 7–5 | 7–5–1 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 8–3 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–4 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–7–1 | 5–7 | 5–7–1 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 4–8 | — | 9–3 | 8–4 |
| St. Louis | 6–6 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 3–9–1 | 1–11–2 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 5–7 | 3–9 | — | 6–5–2 |
| Washington | 3–9 | 3–9–1 | 7–5 | 2–9–2 | 2–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–6–2 | — |

### Game log

Legend :
| Reds Win | Reds Loss | Game Tied/Postponed |
1895 Game Log: 66–64 (Home: 42–22; Away: 24–42) :
April: 5–4 (Home: 5–4; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 18Spiders10–8League Park13,0001-0W1
2April 20Spiders14–8League Park6,3172-0W2
3April 21Spiders12–3League Park17,0003-0W3
4April 23Pirates3–6League Park5,3963-1L1
5April 24Pirates5–8League Park2,3973-2L2
6April 25Pirates4–7League Park1,9613-3L3
7April 27Colts5–6League Park3,1753-4L4
8April 28Colts10–6League Park8,6284-4W1
9April 29Colts3–0League Park2,4235-4W2 :
May: 15–9 (Home: 14–4; Away: 1–5)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
10May 1@ Pirates1–4Exposition Park8,0005-5L1
11May 2@ Pirates9–8Exposition Park2,8006-5W1
12May 4@ Pirates2–3Exposition Park5,0006-6L1
13May 5Browns4–11League Park7,4286-7L2
14May 6Giants4–3League Park2,6637-7W1
15May 7Giants7–6League Park3,7358-7W2
16May 8Giants3–10League Park3,7158-8L1
17May 9Grooms14–8League Park2,4199-8W1
-May 10GroomsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 9
18May 11Grooms11–1League Park1,49410-8W2
19May 12Orioles8–6League Park10,70311-8W3
-May 13OriolesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 19
20May 14Orioles5–2League Park1,31412-8W4
21May 16Senators9–6League Park2,13313-8W5
22May 17Senators15–6League Park2,65214-8W6
23May 18Senators9–4League Park5,04115-8W7
24May 19Senators4–3League Park11,68516-8W8
-May 20BeaneatersPostponed (wet grounds); Makeup: July 17
25May 21Beaneaters10–7League Park5,68117-8W9
26May 22Beaneaters21–8League Park5,12718-8W10
27May 23Phillies8–13League Park5,38618-9L1
28May 24Phillies13–14League Park3,28418-10L2
29May 25Phillies8–4League Park4,24419-10W1
30May 26Spiders7–4League Park8,21620-10W2
31May 28@ Phillies2–8Philadelphia Baseball Grounds9,25020-11L1
32May 30 1@ Phillies1–9Philadelphia Baseball Grounds8,68020-12L2
33May 30 2@ Phillies8–9Philadelphia Baseball Grounds18,00020-13L3 :
June: 9–11 (Home: 4–1; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
34June 1@ Beaneaters5–9South End Grounds8,00020-14L4
-June 3@ BeaneatersPostponed (wet grounds); Makeup: September 3
35June 4@ Beaneaters5–12South End Grounds1,50020-15L5
36June 5@ Grooms6–4Eastern Park2,00021-15W1
37June 6@ Giants0–2Polo Grounds3,00021-16L1
38June 7@ Grooms9–10Eastern Park2,50021-17L2
39June 8@ Orioles1–7Union Park4,30021-18L3
40June 10@ Orioles4–13Union Park3,10021-19L4
41June 11@ Orioles4–6Union Park2,00021-20L5
-June 12@ SenatorsPostponed (wet grounds); Makeup: September 5
42June 14@ Senators6–3Boundary Field5,00022-20W1
43June 15@ Giants16–2Polo Grounds7,50023-20W2
44June 17@ Grooms2–4Eastern Park3,00023-21L1
45June 18@ Giants3–10Polo Grounds2,25023-22L2
46June 21@ Browns7–5New Sportsman's Park2,50024-22W1
47June 22@ Browns8–6New Sportsman's Park4,00025-22W2
48June 23@ Browns3–9New Sportsman's Park8,00025-23L1
-June 24BrownsPostponed (schedule change); Makeup: June 26
49June 25Browns10–6League Park2,30426-23W1
50June 26Browns12–5League Park2,68427-23W2
51June 27Colonels4–3League Park1,43028-23W3
52June 29Colonels9–8League Park2,93229-23W4
53June 30Colonels1–4League Park5,58429-24L1 :
July: 16–11 (Home: 13–8; Away: 3–3)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
54July 1@ Colonels11–5Eclipse Park1,00630-24W1
55July 2@ Colonels6–5Eclipse Park82431-24W2
56July 3@ Colonels15–6Eclipse Park79032-24W3
57July 4 1@ Colts7–8West Side Park13,02032-25L1
58July 4 2@ Colts5–9West Side Park22,91332-26L2
59July 5@ Colts14–5West Side Park3,00033-26W1
60July 6Grooms16–15League Park3,80034-26W2
-July 7GroomsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 9
61July 8Grooms7–11League Park2,33634-27L1
62July 9 1Grooms6–5League ParkN/A35-27W1
63July 9 2Grooms14–6League Park4,50036-27W2
-July 10SenatorsPostponed (schedule change); Makeup: May 17
64July 13Senators5–3League Park4,33337-27W3
65July 14Senators3–6League Park10,27837-28L1
66July 15Beaneaters9–12League Park2,34637-29L2
67July 16Beaneaters9–2League Park2,88038-29W1
68July 17 1Beaneaters12–1League ParkN/A39-29W2
69July 17 2Beaneaters6–1League Park6,83640-29W3
70July 18Orioles2–10League Park2,70340-30L1
71July 19Orioles1–2League Park2,18440-31L2
72July 20Orioles11–5League Park4,32841-31W1
73July 21Orioles6–10League Park11,64841-32L1
74July 22Giants12–9League Park1,70442-32W1
75July 23Giants3–7League Park3,24842-33L1
76July 24Giants7–9League Park1,42042-34L2
77July 25Phillies19–3League Park2,15643-34W1
78July 26Phillies5–6League Park2,75443-35L1
79July 27Phillies12–4League Park3,94444-35W1
80July 28Spiders13–9League Park13,07245-35W2 :
August: 9–15 (Home: 6–3; Away: 3–12)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
-August 1@ ColonelsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 2
81August 2@ Colonels8–9Eclipse Park1,50045-36L1
82August 3@ Colonels0–7Eclipse Park2,61045-37L2
83August 4Colonels3–4League Park6,00045-38L3
-August 5@ ColtsPostponed (schedule change); Makeup: September 27
-August 6@ ColtsPostponed (site change); Makeup: August 6
84August 6Colts8–6League Park2,45646-38W1
-August 7@ ColtsPostponed (site change); Makeup: August 7
85August 7Colts6–5League Park2,40447-38W2
86August 8Browns10–2League Park2,23448-38W3
87August 10Browns3–2League Park2,50049-38W4
88August 11Browns7–7League Park6,59849-38W4
89August 12Pirates10–4League Park3,00450-38W5
90August 13Pirates11–12League Park5,03350-39L1
91August 14Pirates2–1League Park3,34851-39W1
92August 15@ Spiders4–3League Park3,60052-39W2
93August 16@ Spiders2–5League Park3,60052-40L1
94August 17@ Spiders0–6League Park4,40052-41L2
95August 18Spiders3–15League Park10,00052-42L3
96August 20@ Phillies9–8Philadelphia Baseball Grounds5,05053-42W1
97August 21@ Phillies1–5Philadelphia Baseball Grounds5,43253-43L1
98August 22@ Phillies3–4Philadelphia Baseball Grounds5,79053-44L2
99August 24@ Orioles5–22Union Park5,30053-45L3
100August 26@ Orioles12–9Union Park3,00054-45W1
101August 27@ Orioles0–10Union Park2,10054-46L1
102August 28@ Giants1–8Polo Grounds80054-47L2
103August 29@ Grooms6–11Eastern Park1,50054-48L3
104August 30@ Giants4–11Polo Grounds2,50054-49L4
105August 31@ Beaneaters6–12South End Grounds5,00054-50L5 :
September: 12–14 (Home: 1–1; Away: 11–13)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
106September 2 1@ Beaneaters4–3South End Grounds3,00055-50W1
107September 2 2@ Beaneaters3–7South End Grounds8,00055-51L1
108September 3@ Beaneaters16–7South End Grounds2,50056-51W1
109September 4@ Senators11–5Boundary Field91057-51W2
110September 5 1@ Senators4–11Boundary FieldN/A57-52L1
111September 5 2@ Senators12–6Boundary Field1,12858-52W1
112September 7@ Grooms8–7Eastern Park3,50059-52W2
113September 9@ Giants1–4Polo Grounds2,00059-53L1
114September 10@ Grooms1–2Eastern Park1,70059-54L2
115September 11@ Pirates2–6Exposition Park1,10059-55L3
116September 12@ Pirates3–3Exposition Park1,80059-55L3
117September 13@ Pirates3–4Exposition Park1,20059-56L4
118September 14@ Pirates7–0Exposition Park2,50060-56W1
119September 16@ Spiders0–7League Park3,50060-57L1
120September 17@ Spiders0–7League Park2,50060-58L2
121September 18@ Spiders9–10League Park2,00060-59L3
-September 19ColonelsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 20
122September 20Colonels6–9League Park1,24760-60L4
123September 21Colonels19–8League Park1,30061-60W1
124September 22@ Colonels1–5Eclipse Park2,50061-61L1
125September 23@ Browns15–6New Sportsman's Park50062-61W1
126September 24@ Browns11–1New Sportsman's Park10063-61W2
127September 25 1@ Browns15–8New Sportsman's ParkN/A64-61W3
128September 25 2@ Browns4–5New Sportsman's Park20064-62L1
-September 26ColtsPostponed (site change); Makeup: September 26
129September 26@ Colts12–1West Side Park1,50065-62W1
130September 27@ Colts6–11West Side Park60065-63L1
-September 28ColtsPostponed (site change); Makeup: September 28
131September 28@ Colts5–4West Side Park40066-63W1
-September 29ColtsPostponed (site change); Makeup: September 29
132September 29@ Colts1–9West Side Park2,00066-64L1 :

### 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 | Farmer Vaughn | 92 | 334 | 102 | .305 | 1 | 48 |
| 1B | Buck Ewing | 105 | 434 | 138 | .318 | 5 | 94 |
| 2B | Bid McPhee | 115 | 432 | 129 | .299 | 1 | 75 |
| SS | Germany Smith | 127 | 503 | 151 | .300 | 4 | 74 |
| 3B | Arlie Latham | 112 | 460 | 143 | .311 | 2 | 69 |
| OF | Dusty Miller | 132 | 529 | 177 | .335 | 10 | 112 |
| OF | Dummy Hoy | 107 | 429 | 119 | .277 | 3 | 55 |
| OF | George Hogreiver | 69 | 239 | 65 | .272 | 2 | 34 |

#### 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 |
| Eddie Burke | 56 | 228 | 61 | .268 | 1 | 25 |
| Bill Gray | 52 | 181 | 55 | .304 | 1 | 29 |
| Bug Holliday | 32 | 127 | 38 | .299 | 0 | 20 |
| Morgan Murphy | 25 | 82 | 22 | .268 | 0 | 16 |
| Bill Merritt | 22 | 79 | 14 | .177 | 0 | 12 |
| Harry Spies | 14 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 0 | 5 |
| Mike Kahoe | 3 | 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 |
| Frank Dwyer | 37 | 280.1 | 18 | 15 | 4.24 | 46 |
| Billy Rhines | 38 | 267.2 | 19 | 10 | 4.81 | 72 |
| Tom Parrott | 41 | 263.1 | 11 | 18 | 5.47 | 57 |
| Frank Foreman | 32 | 219.0 | 11 | 14 | 4.11 | 55 |
| King Bailey | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Phillips | 18 | 109.0 | 6 | 7 | 6.03 | 15 |