# 1894 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1894 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in tenth place in the National League with a record of 55–75, 35 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

## Regular season

After a somewhat disappointing 1893 season, in which the Reds had a 65–63 record to finish in sixth place, the club was hoping to rebound in 1894. Player-manager Charles Comiskey would return to manage the team for a third season. During the off-season, the Reds acquired outfielder Dummy Hoy from the Washington Senators in a trade. Hoy had batted .245 with no home runs, 45 RBI, and 48 stolen bases with the Senators in 1893. Hoy led the National League in stolen bases with 82 while with the Washington Nationals in 1888.
Bug Holliday had a huge season for the Reds, hitting a team high .376 with a team record 123 RBI. He also hit thirteen home runs, which tied him with Jim Canavan, and had 126 runs. Canavan batted .275 and had 74 RBI to go with his thirteen homers. Hoy batted .304 with five home runs and 71 RBI while scoring 118 runs in his first season with Cincinnati. Bid McPhee hit .313 with five home runs and 93 RBI, while Arlie Latham also batted .313, hitting four home runs and collecting 60 RBI while stealing a team-high 62 bases.
The Reds pitching staff struggled, as they had the worst ERA in the league at 5.99. Frank Dwyer led the team with a 19–21 record with a team best 5.07 ERA in 45 games, 39 of them starts. Tom Parrott was 17–19 with a 5.60 ERA in 41 games, while Ice Box Chamberlain was the only Cincinnati pitcher to have a winning record, as he was 10–9 with a 5.77 ERA in 23 games.

### Season summary

After opening the season with three wins, the Reds lost eight of their next ten to fall to a 5–8 record and eighth place. Cincinnati responded with a four-game winning streak to bump themselves over .500, but fell into a slump and won only five of their next twenty-five games.
Pitching was a problem, as during their slump, the team allowed over ten runs a game eight times, and twice allowed over twenty runs a game, which included a 20–11 loss to the Boston Beaneaters, and a 21–8 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Cincinnati went on an eleven-game winning streak to close within three games of the .500 level, and broke over the .500 level with a 39–38 record after winning eight in a row later in the season.
From that point on, however, the Reds were never a factor in the pennant race, as they were 16–37 over their last 53 games to finish the year with a dreadful 55–75 record, in tenth place, 35 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 39 | .695 | — | 52‍–‍15 | 37‍–‍24 |
| New York Giants | 88 | 44 | .667 | 3 | 49‍–‍17 | 39‍–‍27 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 83 | 49 | .629 | 8 | 44‍–‍19 | 39‍–‍30 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 71 | 57 | .555 | 18 | 48‍–‍20 | 23‍–‍37 |
| Brooklyn Grooms | 70 | 61 | .534 | 20½ | 42‍–‍24 | 28‍–‍37 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 68 | 61 | .527 | 21½ | 35‍–‍24 | 33‍–‍37 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 65 | 65 | .500 | 25 | 46‍–‍28 | 19‍–‍37 |
| Chicago Colts | 57 | 75 | .432 | 34 | 35‍–‍30 | 22‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 56 | 76 | .424 | 35 | 34‍–‍32 | 22‍–‍44 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 55 | 75 | .423 | 35 | 37‍–‍28 | 18‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 45 | 87 | .341 | 46 | 32‍–‍30 | 13‍–‍57 |
| Louisville Colonels | 36 | 94 | .277 | 54 | 24‍–‍38 | 12‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

1894 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 10–2 | 9–3 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 6–4–1 | 6–4 | 10–2 | 11–1 |
| Boston | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 10–2 | 6–6–1 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 |
| Brooklyn | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–6–1 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | 5–7–1 | 7–5–1 | 8–4 | 9–3 |
| Chicago | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–6–1 | — | 6–6–1 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 1–11–2 | 7–5 | 6–6–1 | 6–6 | 7–5 |
| Cincinnati | 2–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–6–1 | — | 3–8–1 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–8–2 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 |
| Cleveland | 3–9 | 3–9 | 5–6 | 10–2 | 8–3–1 | — | 8–3 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 8–4 |
| Louisville | 2–10 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 3–8 | — | 0–12–1 | 3–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 |
| New York | 6–6 | 6–6–1 | 7–5–1 | 11–1–2 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 12–0–1 | — | 5–7 | 8–4–1 | 7–5–1 | 10–2 |
| Philadelphia | 4–6–1 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | 5–7 | 8–3–2 | 5–7 | 8–3 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 8–4 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–6 | 4–8 | 5–7–1 | 6–6–1 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 4–8–1 | 4–8 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 |
| St. Louis | 2–10 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 5–7–1 | 7–5 | 6–6 | — | 6–6 |
| Washington | 1–11 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — |

### Game log

Legend :
| Reds Win | Reds Loss | Game Tied/Postponed |
1894 Game Log: 55–75 (Home: 37–28; Away: 18–47) :
April: 4–4 (Home: 4–4; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
-April 19ColtsPostponed (rain); Makeup: April 20
1April 20Colts10–6League Park7,0061-0W1
2April 21Colts8–0League Park1,8782-0W2
3April 22Colts5–4League Park3,1623-0W3
4April 24Spiders0–1League Park2,0003-1L1
5April 25Spiders6–12League Park3,0003-2L2
6April 26Spiders4–12League Park2,8003-3L3
7April 28Pirates10–5League Park3,1004-3W1
8April 30Pirates6–15League Park1,9004-4L1 :
May: 7–13 (Home: 4–3; Away: 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
9May 1Pirates6–7League Park1,2004-5L2
-May 3@ ColtsPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 4
10May 4@ Colts3–6West Side Park5,4234-6L3
-May 5@ ColtsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 8
11May 6@ Colts6–6West Side Park13,7474-6L3
12May 7@ Pirates17–6Exposition Park2,5005-6W1
13May 8@ Pirates5–6Exposition Park2,0005-7L1
14May 9@ Pirates3–11Exposition Park1,8005-8L2
15May 10Browns18–9League Park1,8006-8W1
16May 12Browns5–0League Park3,0007-8W2
17May 13Browns7–3League Park9,0008-8W3
18May 14Colonels12–7League Park2,0059-8W4
-May 15ColonelsPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 23
19May 16Colonels7–9League Park1,8189-9L1
-May 18@ BrownsPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 20
20May 19@ Browns2–5New Sportsman's Park3,0009-10L2
21May 20 1@ Browns3–4New Sportsman's ParkN/A9-11L3
22May 20 2@ Browns7–1New Sportsman's Park14,00010-11W1
23May 21@ Spiders2–1League Park30011-11W2
-May 22@ SpidersPostponed (rain, site change); Makeup: July 17
-May 23@ SpidersPostponed (rain, site change); Makeup: July 18
24May 24@ Colonels0–6Eclipse Park1,40911-12L1
25May 26@ Colonels2–5Eclipse Park2,50011-13L2
-May 27@ ColonelsPostponed (site change); Makeup: May 27
26May 27Colonels5–6League Park3,81711-14L3
-May 29@ BeaneatersPostponed (wet grounds); Makeup: August 21
27May 30 1@ Beaneaters10–13Congress Street Grounds3,00011-15L4
28May 30 2@ Beaneaters11–20Congress Street Grounds8,50011-16L5
29May 31@ Orioles1–7Union Park3,50011-17L6 :
June: 12–13 (Home: 6–2; Away: 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
30June 1@ Orioles8–9Union Park3,70011-18L7
31June 2@ Orioles6–13Union Park7,00011-19L8
32June 4@ Giants8–4Polo Grounds3,00012-19W1
33June 5@ Giants6–10Polo Grounds2,50012-20L1
-June 6@ GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 1
34June 7@ Senators3–8Boundary Field3,16812-21L2
35June 8@ Senators6–9Boundary Field3,50012-22L3
36June 9@ Senators7–3Boundary Field3,60013-22W1
37June 11@ Grooms11–12Eastern Park3,10813-23L1
38June 12@ Grooms5–3Eastern Park2,71114-23W1
39June 13@ Grooms5–11Eastern Park2,88014-24L1
40June 14@ Phillies2–5Philadelphia Baseball Grounds4,50014-25L2
41June 15@ Phillies8–21Philadelphia Baseball Grounds4,45014-26L3
42June 16@ Phillies9–19Philadelphia Baseball Grounds10,50014-27L4
43June 17Browns6–9League Park2,30014-28L5
44June 18@ Browns8–4New Sportsman's Park60015-28W1
45June 19@ Browns3–2New Sportsman's Park1,50016-28W2
46June 20@ Browns2–4New Sportsman's Park2,00016-29L1
47June 21Colonels4–5League Park96016-30L2
48June 23 1Colonels5–1League ParkN/A17-30W1
49June 23 2Colonels8–3League Park2,86018-30W2
-June 24ColonelsPostponed (site change); Makeup: June 24
50June 24@ Colonels7–5Eclipse Park2,50019-30W3
-June 25PhilliesPostponed (rain, site change); Makeup: August 27
-June 26PhilliesPostponed (rain, site change); Makeup: August 27
51June 27Phillies7–3League Park1,90020-30W4
52June 28Senators5–4League Park1,00021-30W5
53June 29Senators6–4League Park1,10022-30W6
54June 30Senators12–0League Park2,30023-30W7 :
July: 16–11 (Home: 13–9; Away: 3–2)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
55July 1Grooms9–7League Park7,00024-30W8
56July 4 1Grooms14–7League Park7,50025-30W9
57July 4 2Grooms13–8League Park8,50026-30W10
58July 5Orioles20–6League Park3,00027-30W11
59July 7Orioles2–11League Park4,00027-31L1
60July 8Orioles4–14League Park8,00027-32L2
61July 9Giants6–13League Park2,00027-33L3
62July 10Giants7–3League Park1,10028-33W1
63July 11Giants6–5League Park1,80029-33W2
64July 12Beaneaters4–6League Park2,50029-34L1
65July 13Beaneaters7–22League Park2,00029-35L2
66July 14Beaneaters14–12League Park2,00030-35W1
67July 15Spiders17–8League Park6,00031-35W2
68July 16Spiders1–9League Park1,90031-36L1
69July 17Spiders7–16League Park1,70031-37L2
70July 18Spiders4–9League Park1,00031-38L3
71July 19Pirates8–6League Park90032-38W1
72July 20Pirates7–6League Park1,10033-38W2
73July 21Pirates12–4League Park2,90034-38W3
74July 22@ Colonels4–0Eclipse Park4,00035-38W4
75July 23@ Colonels9–8Eclipse Park62536-38W5
76July 24@ Colonels4–3Eclipse Park96837-38W6
-July 26ColtsPostponed (schedule change); Makeup: July 27
77July 27Colts14–12League Park1,92738-38W7
78July 28Colts19–13League Park2,55939-38W8
79July 29Colts9–16League Park6,25139-39L1
80July 30@ Pirates6–8Exposition Park1,50039-40L2
81July 31@ Pirates10–11Exposition Park1,50039-41L3 :
August: 6–19 (Home: 1–1; Away: 5–17)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
82August 1@ Pirates5–15Exposition Park2,00039-42L4
83August 2@ Spiders4–9League Park1,00039-43L5
84August 3@ Spiders5–11League Park87539-44L6
85August 4@ Spiders8–5League Park2,10040-44W1
86August 5@ Colts1–8West Side Park9,44640-45L1
87August 6@ Colts9–12West Side Park2,06240-46L2
88August 7@ Colts11–13West Side Park2,10040-47L3
89August 8@ Colts14–11West Side Park2,20341-47W1
-August 9BrownsPostponed (schedule change); Makeup: June 17
90August 9@ Colts6–10West Side Park2,55641-48L1
91August 11Browns7–6League Park2,00042-48W1
92August 12Browns5–12League Park3,30042-49L1
93August 14@ Orioles5–6Union Park3,40042-50L2
94August 15@ Orioles2–8Union Park3,30042-51L3
95August 16@ Orioles6–15Union Park2,00042-52L4
96August 18@ Beaneaters19–6South End Grounds4,53043-52W1
-August 20@ BeaneatersPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 22
97August 21 1@ Beaneaters3–18South End GroundsN/A43-53L1
98August 21 2@ Beaneaters8–25South End Grounds4,46443-54L2
99August 22@ Beaneaters7–8South End Grounds2,51043-55L3
100August 23@ Grooms13–2Eastern Park2,96144-55W1
101August 24@ Grooms9–15Eastern Park1,01044-56L1
102August 25@ Grooms3–5Eastern Park3,61244-57L2
103August 27 1@ Phillies19–9Philadelphia Baseball GroundsN/A44-57L2
104August 27 2@ Phillies9–5Philadelphia Baseball Grounds8,20045-57W1
105August 28@ Senators7–9Boundary Field1,00045-58L1
106August 29@ Senators5–9Boundary Field2,30045-59L2
107August 30@ Senators6–8Boundary Field2,50045-60L3 :
September: 10–15 (Home: 9–9; Away: 1–6)
#DateOpponentScoreStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
108September 1 1@ Giants8–6Polo GroundsN/A46-60W1
109September 1 2@ Giants6–8Polo Grounds20046-61L1
110September 3 1@ Giants2–16Polo Grounds3,50046-62L2
111September 3 2@ Giants4–6Polo Grounds20,00046-63L3
112September 4@ Phillies2–6Philadelphia Baseball Grounds2,40046-64L4
113September 5@ Phillies6–15Philadelphia Baseball Grounds2,90046-65L5
114September 6 1@ Phillies7–14Philadelphia Baseball GroundsN/A46-65L5
115September 6 2@ Phillies2–16Philadelphia Baseball Grounds5,00046-66L6
116September 8Senators14–9League Park1,00047-66W1
117September 9 1Senators4–1League ParkN/A48-66W2
118September 9 2Senators7–6League Park5,80049-66W3
-September 10SenatorsPostponed (schedule change); Makeup: September 9
119September 12Orioles2–16League Park1,50049-67L1
-September 15OriolesPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 16
120September 16 1Orioles2–14League ParkN/A49-68L2
121September 16 2Orioles4–3League Park6,80050-68W1
-September 17PhilliesPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 19
122September 18Phillies4–10League Park1,00050-69L1
123September 19 1Phillies11–12League ParkN/A50-70L2
124September 19 2Phillies8–3League Park70051-70W1
-September 20GroomsPostponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 23
125September 22Grooms6–11League Park1,10051-71L1
126September 23 1Grooms9–10League ParkN/A51-72L2
127September 23 2Grooms3–2League Park6,50052-72W1
128September 24Beaneaters4–7League Park80052-73L1
129September 25 1Beaneaters9–7League ParkN/A53-73W1
130September 25 2Beaneaters5–1League Park1,00054-73W2
-September 26BeaneatersPostponed (schedule change); Makeup: September 25
131September 27Giants4–11League Park1,00054-74L1
132September 28Giants8–9League Park65054-75L2
133September 29Giants7–6League Park1,20055-75W1
134September 30Spiders16–16League Park2,10055-75W1 :

### 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 | Morgan Murphy | 76 | 261 | 70 | .268 | 1 | 37 |
| 1B | Charlie Comiskey | 61 | 220 | 58 | .264 | 0 | 33 |
| 2B | Bid McPhee | 128 | 483 | 151 | .313 | 5 | 93 |
| SS | Germany Smith | 129 | 492 | 130 | .264 | 3 | 79 |
| 3B | Arlie Latham | 131 | 534 | 167 | .313 | 4 | 60 |
| OF | Bug Holliday | 123 | 521 | 196 | .376 | 13 | 123 |
| OF | Jim Canavan | 103 | 364 | 100 | .275 | 13 | 74 |
| OF | Dummy Hoy | 128 | 503 | 153 | .304 | 5 | 71 |

#### 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 Vaughn | 72 | 284 | 88 | .310 | 8 | 64 |
| Jack McCarthy | 40 | 167 | 45 | .269 | 0 | 21 |
| Bill Merritt | 30 | 117 | 38 | .325 | 1 | 22 |
| Frank Motz | 18 | 69 | 14 | .203 | 0 | 12 |
| Bill Whitrock | 19 | 65 | 15 | .231 | 0 | 8 |
| Bill Massey | 13 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 0 | 5 |
| Marty Hogan | 6 | 23 | 3 | .130 | 0 | 3 |
| Connie Murphy | 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 |
| Frank Dwyer | 45 | 348.0 | 19 | 21 | 5.07 | 49 |
| Tom Parrott | 41 | 308.2 | 17 | 19 | 5.60 | 61 |
| Ice Box Chamberlain | 23 | 177.2 | 10 | 9 | 5.77 | 57 |
| Chauncey Fisher | 12 | 100.0 | 2 | 8 | 7.47 | 17 |
| Bill Whitrock | 11 | 79.1 | 2 | 6 | 6.24 | 10 |
| Lem Cross | 8 | 53.0 | 3 | 4 | 8.49 | 11 |
| Fred Blank | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Bill Pfann | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 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 |
| Henry Fournier | 6 | 45.0 | 1 | 3 | 5.40 | 5 |
| Jesse Tannehill | 5 | 29.0 | 1 | 1 | 7.14 | 7 |
| Carney Flynn | 2 | 7.2 | 0 | 2 | 17.61 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Thomas Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 1 |