# 1892 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1892 Baltimore Orioles season was the first season that the professional baseball team known as the Baltimore Orioles competed in the National League, following the demise of the American Association. In a split season schedule, the Orioles finished last in the first half of the season and 10th in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 46–101, worst in the 12-team National League. The 19th-century Orioles franchise is not the Baltimore Orioles franchise that has competed in the American League since 1954.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Beaneaters | 102 | 48 | .680 | — | 54‍–‍21 | 48‍–‍27 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 93 | 56 | .624 | 8½ | 54‍–‍24 | 39‍–‍32 |
| Brooklyn Grooms | 95 | 59 | .617 | 9 | 51‍–‍24 | 44‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 87 | 66 | .569 | 16½ | 55‍–‍26 | 32‍–‍40 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 68 | .547 | 20 | 45‍–‍32 | 37‍–‍36 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 73 | .523 | 23½ | 54‍–‍34 | 26‍–‍39 |
| Chicago Colts | 70 | 76 | .479 | 30 | 36‍–‍31 | 34‍–‍45 |
| New York Giants | 71 | 80 | .470 | 31½ | 42‍–‍36 | 29‍–‍44 |
| Louisville Colonels | 63 | 89 | .414 | 40 | 37‍–‍31 | 26‍–‍58 |
| Washington Senators | 58 | 93 | .384 | 44½ | 34‍–‍36 | 24‍–‍57 |
| St. Louis Browns | 56 | 94 | .373 | 46 | 37‍–‍36 | 19‍–‍58 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 46 | 101 | .313 | 54½ | 29‍–‍44 | 17‍–‍57 |
| National League First Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Boston Beaneaters | 52 | 22 | .703 | — |
| Brooklyn Grooms | 51 | 26 | .662 | 2+1⁄2 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 46 | 30 | .605 | 7 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 44 | 31 | .587 | 8+1⁄2 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 40 | 33 | .548 | 11+1⁄2 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 39 | .487 | 16 |
| Washington Senators | 35 | 41 | .461 | 18 |
| Chicago Colts | 31 | 39 | .443 | 19 |
| St. Louis Browns | 31 | 42 | .425 | 20+1⁄2 |
| New York Giants | 31 | 43 | .419 | 21 |
| Louisville Colonels | 30 | 47 | .390 | 23+1⁄2 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 20 | 55 | .267 | 32+1⁄2 |
| National League Second Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Cleveland Spiders | 53 | 23 | .697 | — |
| Boston Beaneaters | 50 | 26 | .658 | 3 |
| Brooklyn Grooms | 44 | 33 | .571 | 9+1⁄2 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 43 | 34 | .558 | 10+1⁄2 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 41 | 36 | .532 | 12+1⁄2 |
| New York Giants | 40 | 37 | .519 | 13+1⁄2 |
| Chicago Colts | 39 | 37 | .513 | 14 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 38 | 37 | .507 | 14+1⁄2 |
| Louisville Colonels | 33 | 42 | .440 | 19+1⁄2 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 26 | 46 | .361 | 25 |
| St. Louis Browns | 25 | 52 | .325 | 28+1⁄2 |
| Washington Senators | 23 | 52 | .307 | 29+1⁄2 |

### Record vs. opponents

1892 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BLN | BSN | BRO | CHI | CIN | CLV | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSN |
| Baltimore | — | 0–13 | 2–12–1 | 4–7 | 4–10 | 2–11–2 | 6–7 | 5–9 | 4–10 | 5–9 | 8–6–1 | 6–7–1 |
| Boston | 13–0 | — | 9–5 | 10–4 | 8–5–1 | 8–6 | 12–2 | 11–3–1 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 7–7 | 11–3 |
| Brooklyn | 12–2–1 | 5–9 | — | 10–4 | 6–8 | 8–6 | 9–5 | 7–7 | 9–5–2 | 10–4 | 9–5–1 | 10–4 |
| Chicago | 7–4 | 4–10 | 4–10 | — | 6–7–1 | 3–9 | 5–9 | 10–4 | 5–9 | 7–7 | 7–5 | 12–2 |
| Cincinnati | 10–4 | 5–8–1 | 8–6 | 7–6–1 | — | 5–9 | 7–6–1 | 8–6 | 5–9 | 5–9 | 12–2–1 | 10–3–1 |
| Cleveland | 11–2–2 | 6–8 | 6–8 | 9–3 | 9–5 | — | 13–1 | 8–5 | 10–4 | 7–7–1 | 8–5–1 | 6–8 |
| Louisville | 7–6 | 2–12 | 5–9 | 9–5 | 6–7–1 | 1–13 | — | 4–10 | 4–10 | 8–6 | 9–5–1 | 8–6 |
| New York | 9–5 | 3–11–1 | 7–7 | 4–10 | 6–8 | 5–8 | 10–4 | — | 5–9 | 4–10–1 | 9–4 | 9–4 |
| Philadelphia | 10–4 | 7–6 | 5–9–2 | 9–5 | 9–5 | 4–10 | 10–4 | 9–5 | — | 8–6 | 7–7 | 9–5 |
| Pittsburgh | 9–5 | 6–7 | 4–10 | 7–7 | 9–5 | 7–7–1 | 6–8 | 10–4–1 | 6–8 | — | 10–4 | 6–8 |
| St. Louis | 6–8–1 | 7–7 | 5–9–1 | 5–7 | 2–12–1 | 5–8–1 | 5–9–1 | 4–9 | 7–7 | 4–10 | — | 6–8 |
| Washington | 7–6–1 | 3–11 | 4–10 | 2–12 | 3–10–1 | 8–6 | 6–8 | 4–9 | 5–9 | 8–6 | 8–6 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

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 | 90 | 330 | 88 | .267 | 2 | 57 |
| 1B | Sy Sutcliffe | 66 | 276 | 77 | .279 | 1 | 27 |
| 2B | Cub Stricker | 75 | 269 | 71 | .264 | 3 | 37 |
| SS | Tim O'Rourke | 63 | 239 | 74 | .310 | 0 | 35 |
| 3B | Billy Shindle | 143 | 619 | 156 | .252 | 3 | 50 |
| OF | Harry Stovey | 74 | 283 | 77 | .272 | 4 | 55 |
| OF | Curt Welch | 63 | 237 | 56 | .236 | 1 | 22 |
| OF | George Van Haltren | 135 | 556 | 168 | .302 | 7 | 57 |

#### Other batters

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 |
| Joe Gunson | 89 | 314 | 67 | .213 | 0 | 32 |
| George Shoch | 76 | 308 | 85 | .276 | 1 | 50 |
| John McGraw | 79 | 286 | 77 | .269 | 1 | 26 |
| Lew Whistler | 52 | 209 | 47 | .225 | 2 | 21 |
| Piggy Ward | 56 | 186 | 54 | .290 | 1 | 33 |
| Jocko Halligan | 46 | 178 | 48 | .270 | 2 | 43 |
| John Pickett | 36 | 141 | 30 | .213 | 1 | 12 |
| George Wood | 21 | 76 | 17 | .224 | 0 | 10 |
| Monte Cross | 15 | 50 | 8 | .160 | 0 | 2 |
| Sun Daly | 13 | 48 | 12 | .250 | 0 | 7 |
| Ned Hanlon | 11 | 43 | 7 | .163 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Kelley | 10 | 33 | 7 | .212 | 0 | 4 |
| Frank Foreman | 7 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 1 |
| Lefty Johnson | 4 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
| Pete Gilbert | 4 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| John Godar | 5 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Hess | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

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 | 48 | 397.0 | 19 | 25 | 3.24 | 118 |
| George Cobb | 53 | 394.1 | 10 | 37 | 4.86 | 159 |
| Tom Vickery | 24 | 176.0 | 8 | 10 | 3.53 | 49 |
| Charlie Buffinton | 13 | 97.0 | 4 | 8 | 4.92 | 30 |
| Egyptian Healy | 9 | 68.1 | 3 | 6 | 4.74 | 24 |
| Crazy Schmit | 6 | 47.1 | 1 | 4 | 3.23 | 17 |
| Bill Kling | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 11.45 | 7 |
| Adonis Terry | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 3 |
| Harry Ely | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 0 |

#### Other pitchers

G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Ben Stephens | 5 | 29.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.79 | 7 |
| Frank Foreman | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.84 | 5 |
| Bill Gilbert | 2 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.79 | 5 |
| Alex Ferson | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 | 8 |

#### Relief pitchers

G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| George Van Haltren | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.20 | 5 |