# 1893 Chicago Colts season

The 1893 Chicago Colts season was the 22nd season of the Chicago Colts franchise, the 18th in the National League and the first at West Side Park. The Colts finished ninth in the National League with a record of 56–71.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Beaneaters | 86 | 43 | .667 | — | 49‍–‍15 | 37‍–‍28 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 48 | .628 | 5 | 54‍–‍19 | 27‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 73 | 55 | .570 | 12½ | 47‍–‍22 | 26‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 72 | 57 | .558 | 14 | 43‍–‍22 | 29‍–‍35 |
| New York Giants | 68 | 64 | .515 | 19½ | 49‍–‍20 | 19‍–‍44 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 65 | 63 | .508 | 20½ | 37‍–‍27 | 28‍–‍36 |
| Brooklyn Grooms | 65 | 63 | .508 | 20½ | 43‍–‍24 | 22‍–‍39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 60 | 70 | .462 | 26½ | 36‍–‍24 | 24‍–‍46 |
| Chicago Colts | 56 | 71 | .441 | 29 | 38‍–‍34 | 18‍–‍37 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 75 | .432 | 30½ | 40‍–‍30 | 17‍–‍45 |
| Louisville Colonels | 50 | 75 | .400 | 34 | 24‍–‍28 | 26‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 40 | 89 | .310 | 46 | 21‍–‍27 | 19‍–‍62 |

### Record vs. opponents

1893 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 2–10 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 1–11 | 9–3 | 7–5 |
| Boston | 10–2 | — | 8–4 | 8–3–1 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 4–6–1 | 10–2 | 7–5 |
| Brooklyn | 2–10 | 4–8 | — | 7–3 | 4–8 | 5–7–1 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–5–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 8–3 |
| Chicago | 7–5 | 3–8–1 | 3–7 | — | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 9–3 |
| Cincinnati | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 6–6 | 6–6–1 | 1–9–1 | 3–9 | 7–5–1 | 7–4 |
| Cleveland | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5–1 | 8–4 | 5–6 | — | 6–3 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 11–1 |
| Louisville | 5–5 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 6–6 | 3–6 | — | 5–7–1 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–4 |
| New York | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6–1 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | — | 7–5–1 | 4–8–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
| Philadelphia | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–6–1 | 6–6 | 9–1–1 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | — | 7–5 | 4–8–1 | 8–4 |
| Pittsburgh | 11–1 | 6–4–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 8–4–1 | 5–7 | — | 9–3 | 9–2 |
| St. Louis | 3–9 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–7–1 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 3–9 | — | 8–4–1 |
| Washington | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 3–9 | 4–7 | 1–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 2–9 | 4–8–1 | — |

### 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 | Malachi Kittridge | 70 | 255 | 59 | .231 | 2 | 30 |
| 1B | Cap Anson | 103 | 398 | 125 | .314 | 0 | 91 |
| 2B | Bill Lange | 117 | 469 | 132 | .281 | 8 | 88 |
| SS | Bill Dahlen | 116 | 485 | 146 | .301 | 5 | 64 |
| 3B | Jiggs Parrott | 113 | 468 | 113 | .241 | 1 | 65 |
| OF | Walt Wilmot | 94 | 392 | 118 | .301 | 3 | 61 |
| OF | Jimmy Ryan | 83 | 341 | 102 | .299 | 3 | 30 |
| OF | Sam Dungan | 107 | 465 | 138 | .297 | 2 | 64 |

#### 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 |
| George Decker | 81 | 328 | 89 | .271 | 2 | 48 |
| Pop Schriver | 64 | 229 | 65 | .284 | 4 | 34 |
| Lew Camp | 38 | 156 | 41 | .263 | 2 | 17 |
| Charlie Irwin | 21 | 82 | 25 | .305 | 0 | 13 |
| Bob Glenalvin | 16 | 61 | 21 | .344 | 0 | 12 |
| Bill Eagan | 6 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 2 |
| John O'Brien | 4 | 14 | 5 | .357 | 0 | 1 |
| Henry Lynch | 4 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Caruthers | 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 |
| Bill Hutchison | 44 | 348.1 | 16 | 24 | 4.75 | 80 |
| Willie McGill | 39 | 302.2 | 17 | 18 | 4.61 | 91 |
| Hal Mauck | 23 | 143.0 | 8 | 10 | 4.41 | 23 |
| Fritz Clausen | 10 | 76.0 | 6 | 2 | 3.08 | 31 |
| Bert Abbey | 7 | 56.0 | 2 | 4 | 5.46 | 6 |
| Frank Donnelly | 7 | 42.0 | 3 | 1 | 5.36 | 6 |
| Tom Parrott | 4 | 27.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.67 | 7 |
| Sam Shaw | 2 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 1 |
| Jim Hughey | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 | 4 |
| Gus Yost | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Gus McGinnis | 13 | 67.1 | 2 | 5 | 5.35 | 13 |
| Clark Griffith | 4 | 19.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.03 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Doc Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 0 |
| Abe Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.00 | 0 |