# 1894 Baltimore Orioles season

The Baltimore Orioles won their first National League pennant in 1894. They won 24 of their last 25 games. After the regular season's conclusion, the Orioles participated in the first Temple Cup competition against the second-place New York Giants. The Orioles lost to the Giants in a sweep, four games to none.
The Orioles roster contained six future Hall of Famers: Wilbert Robinson, John McGraw, Dan Brouthers, Hughie Jennings, Wee Willie Keeler and Joe Kelley. Every man in their starting line-up hit .300 for the season. They bunted, hit-and-ran, Baltimore chopped, backed up throws, cut off throws, and had pitchers cover first. They also deadened balls by icing them, tilted baselines so bunts would roll fair, and put soap around the mound so an opposing pitcher would get slippery fingers if he tried to dry his hands in the dirt.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### 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 | Wilbert Robinson | 109 | 414 | 146 | .353 | 1 | 98 |
| 1B | Dan Brouthers | 123 | 525 | 182 | .347 | 9 | 128 |
| 2B | Heinie Reitz | 108 | 446 | 135 | .303 | 2 | 105 |
| SS | Hughie Jennings | 128 | 501 | 168 | .335 | 4 | 109 |
| 3B | John McGraw | 124 | 512 | 174 | .340 | 1 | 92 |
| OF | Willie Keeler | 129 | 590 | 219 | .371 | 5 | 94 |
| OF | Steve Brodie | 129 | 573 | 210 | .366 | 3 | 113 |
| OF | Joe Kelley | 129 | 507 | 199 | .393 | 6 | 111 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Bonner | 33 | 118 | 38 | .322 | 0 | 24 |
| Boileryard Clarke | 28 | 100 | 24 | .240 | 1 | 19 |
| Kirtley Baker | 2 | 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 |
| Sadie McMahon | 35 | 275.2 | 25 | 8 | 4.21 | 60 |
| Bill Hawke | 32 | 206.0 | 16 | 9 | 5.81 | 68 |
| Kid Gleason | 21 | 172.0 | 15 | 5 | 4.45 | 35 |
| George Hemming | 6 | 45.1 | 4 | 0 | 3.57 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Bert Inks | 22 | 133.0 | 9 | 4 | 5.55 | 30 |
| Tony Mullane | 21 | 122.2 | 6 | 9 | 6.31 | 43 |
| Duke Esper | 16 | 101.0 | 10 | 2 | 3.92 | 25 |
| Stub Brown | 9 | 49.2 | 4 | 0 | 4.89 | 8 |
| Jack Horner | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Kirtley Baker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ∞ | 0 |