# 1892 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1892 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in American baseball. The team competed in the National League, which played a split season that year.
The Phillies finished in third place during the first half of the season, and in fifth place in the second half. Their overall record was 87–66, which was the fourth-best record in the National League.

## Offseason
### Spring training

The Phillies held spring training in 1892 in Gainesville, Florida, the team's first spring in Florida. Twelve members of the team rode the train forty hours from Philadelphia's Broad Street Station to Gainesville.
The team practiced and played exhibition games at The Ballpark. The Phillies lost $469.69 on the trip.
The team subsequently returned to Gainesville for spring training in 1921.

## 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; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Jack Clements | 109 | 402 | 106 | .264 | 8 | 76 |
| 1B | Roger Connor | 155 | 564 | 166 | .294 | 12 | 73 |
| 2B | Bill Hallman | 138 | 586 | 171 | .292 | 2 | 84 |
| 3B | Charlie Reilly | 91 | 331 | 65 | .196 | 1 | 24 |
| SS | Bob Allen | 152 | 563 | 128 | .227 | 2 | 64 |
| OF | Ed Delahanty | 123 | 477 | 146 | .306 | 6 | 91 |
| OF | Sam Thompson | 153 | 609 | 186 | .305 | 9 | 104 |
| OF | Billy Hamilton | 139 | 554 | 183 | .330 | 3 | 53 |

#### 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 |
| Lave Cross | 140 | 541 | 149 | .275 | 4 | 69 |
| Joe Mulvey | 25 | 98 | 14 | .143 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Dowse | 16 | 54 | 10 | .185 | 0 | 6 |
| Dummy Stephenson | 8 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 0 | 5 |
| Harry Morelock | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Connors | 1 | 3 | 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 |
| Gus Weyhing | 59 | 469.2 | 32 | 21 | 2.66 | 202 |
| Kid Carsey | 43 | 317.2 | 19 | 16 | 3.12 | 76 |
| Tim Keefe | 39 | 313.1 | 19 | 16 | 2.36 | 136 |
| Duke Esper | 21 | 160.1 | 11 | 6 | 3.42 | 45 |
| Phil Knell | 11 | 80.0 | 5 | 5 | 4.05 | 43 |
| Jack Taylor | 3 | 26.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.38 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| John Thornton | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 12.75 | 2 |