# 1893 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1893 Boston Beaneaters season was the 23rd season of the franchise. They won their third straight and sixth overall National League pennant.

## 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 | Charlie Bennett | 60 | 191 | 40 | .209 | 4 | 27 |
| 1B | Tommy Tucker | 121 | 486 | 138 | .284 | 7 | 91 |
| 2B | Bobby Lowe | 126 | 526 | 157 | .298 | 14 | 89 |
| SS | Herman Long | 128 | 552 | 159 | .288 | 6 | 58 |
| 3B | Billy Nash | 128 | 485 | 141 | .291 | 10 | 123 |
| OF | Hugh Duffy | 131 | 560 | 203 | .363 | 6 | 118 |
| OF | Cliff Carroll | 120 | 438 | 98 | .224 | 2 | 54 |
| OF | Tommy McCarthy | 116 | 462 | 160 | .346 | 5 | 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 |
| Charlie Ganzel | 73 | 281 | 75 | .267 | 1 | 48 |
| Bill Merritt | 39 | 141 | 49 | .348 | 3 | 26 |
| Bill Van Dyke | 3 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Kid Nichols | 52 | 425.0 | 34 | 14 | 3.52 | 94 |
| Jack Stivetts | 38 | 283.2 | 20 | 12 | 4.41 | 61 |
| Harry Staley | 36 | 263.0 | 18 | 10 | 5.13 | 61 |
| Hank Gastright | 19 | 156.0 | 12 | 4 | 5.13 | 27 |
| Bill Quarles | 3 | 27.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.67 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Coyle | 2 | 8.0 | 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 |
| Jim Garry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63.00 | 2 |