# 1895 Brooklyn Grooms season

The 1895 Brooklyn Grooms finished the season in fifth place in the National League.

## Offseason

* January 26, 1895: Tom Kinslow was traded by the Grooms to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ad Gumbert.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### 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 | John Grim | 93 | 329 | 54 | 92 | .280 | 0 | 44 | 9 |
| 1B | Candy LaChance | 127 | 536 | 99 | 167 | .312 | 8 | 108 | 37 |
| 2B | Tom Daly | 120 | 455 | 89 | 128 | .281 | 2 | 68 | 28 |
| 3B | Billy Shindle | 116 | 477 | 91 | 133 | .279 | 3 | 69 | 17 |
| SS | Tommy Corcoran | 127 | 535 | 81 | 142 | .265 | 2 | 69 | 17 |
| OF | Mike Griffin | 131 | 519 | 140 | 173 | .333 | 4 | 65 | 27 |
| OF | John Anderson | 102 | 419 | 76 | 120 | .286 | 9 | 87 | 24 |
| OF | George Treadway | 86 | 339 | 54 | 87 | .257 | 7 | 54 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| George Shoch | 61 | 216 | 49 | 56 | .259 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
| Con Daily | 40 | 142 | 17 | 30 | .211 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Dave Foutz | 31 | 115 | 14 | 34 | .296 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Oyster Burns | 20 | 76 | 7 | 14 | .184 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Mulvey | 13 | 49 | 8 | 15 | .306 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Buster Burrell | 12 | 28 | 7 | 4 | .143 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Hunkey Hines | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Brickyard Kennedy | 39 | 33 | 279.2 | 19 | 12 | 5.12 | 93 | 39 | 26 |
| Ed Stein | 32 | 27 | 255.1 | 15 | 13 | 4.72 | 93 | 55 | 24 |
| Ad Gumbert | 33 | 26 | 234.0 | 11 | 16 | 5.08 | 69 | 45 | 20 |
| Dan Daub | 25 | 21 | 184.2 | 10 | 10 | 4.29 | 51 | 36 | 16 |
| Con Lucid | 21 | 19 | 137.0 | 10 | 7 | 5.52 | 72 | 24 | 12 |
| Bert Abbey | 8 | 6 | 52.0 | 5 | 2 | 4.33 | 9 | 14 | 5 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | BB | SO |
| Jack Cronin | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 3 | 1 |
| Sandy McDougal | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 5 | 2 |