1892 National League

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The 1892 season of the National League was the seventeenth season of the league. The league had merged with the American Association in the previous winter, absorbing four clubs, and was now officially known as the National League and American Association. The season was played under a split season format.

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Standings

Bold indicates half winner, Italics indicates World's Championship Series champion

Total Standings

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Boston Beaneaters	152	102	48	2	.671	-.-	862 (5.67)	649 (4.27)	0.250	0.317	0.327	2.86	0.929
2	Cleveland Spiders	153	93	56	4	.608	8.5	855 (5.59)	613 (4.01)	0.254	0.323	0.340	2.41	0.935
3	Brooklyn Grooms	158	95	59	4	.601	9.0	935 (5.92)	733 (4.64)	0.262	0.338	0.350	3.25	0.940
4	Philadelphia Phillies	155	87	66	2	.561	16.5	860 (5.55)	690 (4.45)	0.262	0.328	0.367	2.93	0.939
5	Cincinnati Reds	155	82	68	5	.529	20.0	766 (4.94)	731 (4.72)	0.241	0.306	0.322	3.17	0.939
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	155	80	73	2	.516	23.5	802 (5.17)	796 (5.14)	0.236	0.292	0.322	3.10	0.927
7	Chicago Colts	147	70	76	1	.476	30.0	635 (4.32)	735 (5.00)	0.235	0.294	0.316	3.16	0.932
8	New York Giants	153	71	80	2	.464	31.5	811 (5.30)	826 (5.40)	0.251	0.316	0.338	3.29	0.913
9	Louisville Colonels	154	63	89	2	.409	40.0	649 (4.21)	804 (5.22)	0.226	0.285	0.284	3.34	0.928
10	Washington Senators	153	58	93	2	.379	44.5	731 (4.78)	869 (5.68)	0.239	0.309	0.319	3.46	0.916
11	St. Louis Browns	155	56	94	5	.361	46.0	703 (4.54)	922 (5.95)	0.226	0.306	0.298	4.20	0.929
12	Baltimore Orioles	152	46	101	5	.303	54.5	779 (5.13)	1020 (6.71)	0.253	0.318	0.343	4.28	0.910

Half Standings

First Half (April 12 - July 13)											Second Half (July 15 – October 15)
Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)		Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)
1	Boston Beaneaters	75	52	22	1	.703	-.-	440 (5.87)	313 (4.17)		1	Cleveland Spiders	79	53	23	3	.697	-.-	470 (5.95)	301 (3.81)
2	Brooklyn Grooms	78	51	26	1	.662	2.5	497 (6.37)	370 (4.74)		2	Boston Beaneaters	77	50	26	1	.658	3.0	422 (5.48)	336 (4.36)
3	Philadelphia Phillies	77	46	30	1	.605	7.0	441 (5.73)	337 (4.38)		3	Brooklyn Grooms	80	44	33	3	.571	9.5	438 (5.48)	363 (4.54)
4	Cincinnati Reds	77	44	31	2	.587	8.5	394 (5.12)	343 (4.45)		4	Pittsburgh Pirates	79	43	34	2	.558	10.5	398 (5.04)	406 (5.14)
5	Cleveland Spiders	74	40	33	1	.548	11.5	385 (5.20)	312 (4.22)		5	Philadelphia Phillies	78	41	36	1	.532	12.5	416 (5.33)	354 (4.54)
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	76	37	39	0	.487	16.0	404 (5.32)	390 (5.13)		6	New York Giants	79	40	37	2	.519	13.5	449 (5.68)	388 (4.91)
7	Washington Senators	76	35	41	0	.461	18.0	396 (5.21)	445 (5.86)		7	Chicago Colts	76	39	37	0	.513	14.0	341 (4.49)	389 (5.12)
8	Chicago Colts	71	31	39	1	.443	19.0	294 (4.14)	346 (4.87)		8	Cincinnati Reds	78	38	37	3	.507	14.5	372 (4.77)	387 (4.96)
9	St. Louis Browns	74	31	42	1	.425	20.5	375 (5.07)	452 (6.11)		9	Louisville Colonels	77	33	42	2	.440	19.5	343 (4.45)	410 (5.32)
10	New York Giants	74	31	43	0	.419	21.0	362 (4.89)	438 (5.92)		10	Baltimore Orioles	77	26	46	5	.361	25.0	406 (5.27)	490 (6.36)
11	Louisville Colonels	77	30	47	0	.390	23.5	306 (3.97)	394 (5.12)		11	St. Louis Browns	81	25	52	4	.325	28.5	327 (4.04)	469 (5.79)
12	Baltimore Orioles	75	20	55	0	.267	32.5	373 (4.97)	527 (7.03)		12	Washington Senators	77	23	52	2	.307	29.5	335 (4.35)	424 (5.51)

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Roger Connor	Philadelphia Phillies	155
At Bats	Tom Brown	Louisville Colonels	660
Runs Scored	Cupid Childs	Cleveland Spiders	136
Hits	Dan Brouthers	Brooklyn Grooms	197
Doubles	Roger Connor	Philadelphia Phillies	37
Triples	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Home Runs	Bug Holliday	Cincinnati Reds	13
Total Bases	Dan Brouthers	Brooklyn Grooms	282
Runs Batted In	Dan Brouthers	Brooklyn Grooms	124
Stolen Bases	John Ward	Brooklyn Grooms	88
Walks	Jack Crooks	St. Louis Browns	136
Hit by Pitch	Tommy Tucker	Boston Beaneaters	26
Strikeouts	Tom Brown	Louisville Colonels	94
Batting Average	Dan Brouthers	Brooklyn Grooms	0.335
On-Base Percentage	Cupid Childs	Cleveland Spiders	0.443
Slugging Percentage	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	0.495
On-Base plus Slugging	Dan Brouthers	Brooklyn Grooms	0.912
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Dan Brouthers	Brooklyn Grooms	180

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bill Hutchison Cy Young	Chicago Colts Cleveland Spiders	36
Losses	George Cobb	Baltimore Orioles	37
Win-Loss Percentage	Mike Sullivan Cy Young	Cincinnati Reds Cleveland Spiders	0.750
Appearances	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	75
Games Started	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	70
Complete Games	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	67
Shutouts	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	9
Games Finished	Gus Weyhing	Philadelphia Phillies	10
Saves	Gus Weyhing	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Innings Pitched	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	622.0
Batters Faced	Kid Nichols	Boston Beaneaters	1877
Hits Allowed	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	571
Home Runs Allowed	George Cobb	Baltimore Orioles	21
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Amos Rusie	New York Giants	267
Hit Batsmen	Tim Keefe	Philadelphia Phillies	13
Strikeouts	Bill Hutchison	Chicago Colts	314
Wild Pitches	Ed Crane	New York Giants	31
Balks	Ed Stein	Brooklyn Grooms	1
Runs Allowed	George Cobb	Baltimore Orioles	333
Earned Runs Allowed	George Cobb	Baltimore Orioles	213
Earned Run Average	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	1.93
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Cy Young	Cleveland Spiders	1.062

Postseason

The World's Championship Series featured a match-up between two National League teams. The series featured the winner of the season's first half, the Boston Beaneaters playing against the winner of the season's second half, the Cleveland Spiders. The Boston club won the series five games to none with one tie.

Umpires

• Mark Baldwin*
• Billy Barnie
• Red Bittmann*
• Jack Boyle*
• Charlie Buffinton*
• Tom Burns
• John Clarkson*
• John Connell
• Ed Crane*
• Lave Cross*
• John Dyler*
• Billy Earle*
• Red Ehret*
• Bob Emslie
• John Gaffney
• Kid Gleason*
• John Grim*
• Ad Gumbert*
• Joe Gunson*
• Ned Hanlon*
• Joe Hornung*
• Tim Hurst
• Fred Jevne*
• Tim Keefe*
• King Kelly*
• Tom Kinslow*
• Bill Kling*
• Jimmy Knowles*
• Tom Lynch
• Jimmy Macullar
• Jerry Mahoney
• Fergy Malone*
• Fred McCrum
• Jack McQuaid
• Charlie Mitchell
• Gracie Pierce*
• Charlie Reilly*
• Hardy Richardson*
• Jimmy Ryan*
• Ed Seward*
• Jack Sheridan
• Pop Snyder
• Harry Staley*
• Cub Stricker*
• Sy Sutcliffe*
• Adonis Terry*
• Farmer Vaughn*
• Walters*
• Bill Wilson*
• W.S. Wyckoff*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire