# 1894 Cleveland Spiders season

The 1894 Cleveland Spiders finished with a 68–61 record, good for sixth place in the National League.

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 1894: Charlie Petty was released by the Spiders.

### 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 | Chief Zimmer | 90 | 341 | 97 | .284 | 4 | 65 |
| 1B | Patsy Tebeau | 125 | 523 | 158 | .302 | 3 | 89 |
| 2B | Cupid Childs | 118 | 479 | 169 | .353 | 2 | 52 |
| SS | Ed McKean | 130 | 554 | 198 | .357 | 8 | 128 |
| 3B | Chippy McGarr | 128 | 523 | 144 | .275 | 2 | 74 |
| OF | Jimmy McAleer | 64 | 253 | 73 | .289 | 2 | 40 |
| OF | Jesse Burkett | 125 | 523 | 187 | .358 | 8 | 94 |
| OF | Harry Blake | 73 | 296 | 78 | .264 | 1 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Jack O'Connor | 86 | 330 | 104 | .315 | 2 | 51 |
| Buck Ewing | 53 | 211 | 53 | .251 | 2 | 39 |
| George Tebeau | 40 | 150 | 47 | .313 | 0 | 25 |
| Jake Virtue | 29 | 89 | 23 | .258 | 0 | 10 |

### 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 |
| Cy Young | 52 | 408.2 | 26 | 21 | 3.94 | 108 |
| George Cuppy | 43 | 316.0 | 24 | 15 | 4.56 | 65 |
| John Clarkson | 22 | 150.2 | 8 | 10 | 4.42 | 28 |
| Mike Sullivan | 13 | 90.2 | 6 | 5 | 6.35 | 19 |
| Frank Griffith | 7 | 42.1 | 1 | 2 | 9.99 | 15 |
| Tony Mullane | 4 | 33.0 | 1 | 2 | 7.64 | 3 |
| Frank Knauss | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.73 | 2 |
| John Lyston | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 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 |
| Charlie Petty | 4 | 27.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.67 | 4 |
| Bobby Wallace | 4 | 26.0 | 2 | 1 | 5.19 | 10 |
| Chauncey Fisher | 3 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 11.45 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Jesse Burkett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
| Tom Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 0 |
| Jake Virtue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 |