1892 Cleveland Spiders
LeagueNational League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record
  • 1st half: 40–33 (.548)
  • 2nd half: 53–23 (.697)
  • Overall: 93–56 (.624)[1]
League place
  • 1st half: 5th (11+1⁄2 GB)
  • 2nd half: 1st
OwnerFrank Robison
ManagerPatsy Tebeau

The 1892 Cleveland Spiders, led by star pitcher Cy Young, finished with a 93–56 overall record, second-best in the National League. In the first split season in Major League Baseball history, the Spiders finished in fifth place during the first half of the season, and in first place during the second half. After the season, they played against the first-half champions, the Boston Beaneaters, in the "World's Championship Series", which the Spiders lost, five games to none (with one tie).

Regular season

1892 Cleveland Spiders

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 10248 0.680 — 54–21 48–27
Cleveland Spiders 9356 0.624 8½ 54–24 39–32
Brooklyn Grooms 9559 0.617 9 51–24 44–35
Philadelphia Phillies 8766 0.569 16½ 55–26 32–40
Cincinnati Reds 8268 0.547 20 45–32 37–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8073 0.523 23½ 54–34 26–39
Chicago Colts 7076 0.479 30 36–31 34–45
New York Giants 7180 0.470 31½ 42–36 29–44
Louisville Colonels 6389 0.414 40 37–31 26–58
Washington Senators 5893 0.384 44½ 34–36 24–57
St. Louis Browns 5694 0.373 46 37–36 19–58
Baltimore Orioles 46101 0.313 54½ 29–44 17–57
National League
First Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Boston Beaneaters5222.703—
Brooklyn Grooms5126.6622+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies4630.6057
Cincinnati Reds4431.5878+1⁄2
Cleveland Spiders4033.54811+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates3739.48716
Washington Senators3541.46118
Chicago Colts3139.44319
St. Louis Browns3142.42520+1⁄2
New York Giants3143.41921
Louisville Colonels3047.39023+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles2055.26732+1⁄2
National League
Second Half Standings		 W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Spiders5323.697—
Boston Beaneaters5026.6583
Brooklyn Grooms4433.5719+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates4334.55810+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies4136.53212+1⁄2
New York Giants4037.51913+1⁄2
Chicago Colts3937.51314
Cincinnati Reds3837.50714+1⁄2
Louisville Colonels3342.44019+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles2646.36125
St. Louis Browns2552.32528+1⁄2
Washington Senators2352.30729+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1892 National League record

Sources:
Team BLN BSN BRO CHI CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSN
Baltimore —0–132–12–14–74–102–11–26–75–94–105–98–6–16–7–1
Boston 13–0—9–510–48–5–18–612–211–3–16–77–67–711–3
Brooklyn 12–2–15–9—10–46–88–69–57–79–5–210–49–5–110–4
Chicago 7–44–104–10—6–7–13–95–910–45–97–77–512–2
Cincinnati 10–45–8–18–67–6–1—5–97–6–18–65–95–912–2–110–3–1
Cleveland 11–2–26–86–89–39–5—13–18–510–47–7–18–5–16–8
Louisville 7–62–125–99–56–7–11–13—4–104–108–69–5–18–6
New York 9–53–11–17–74–106–85–810–4—5–94–10–19–49–4
Philadelphia 10–47–65–9–29–59–54–1010–49–5—8–67–79–5
Pittsburgh 9–56–74–107–79–57–7–16–810–4–16–8—10–46–8
St. Louis 6–8–17–75–9–15–72–12–15–8–15–9–14–97–74–10—6–8
Washington 7–6–13–114–102–123–10–18–66–84–95–98–68–6—

Roster

1892 Cleveland Spiders
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CChief Zimmer111413109.264164
1BJake Virtue147557157.282289
2BCupid Childs145558177.317353
SSEd McKean129531139.262093
3BGeorge Davis144597144.241582
OFJimmy McAleer149571136.238470
OFJesse Burkett145608167.275666
OFJack O'Connor140572142.248158

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
Patsy Tebeau8634083.244249
Jack Doyle248826.295114

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 Young53453.036121.93168
George Cuppy47376.028132.51103
John Clarkson29243.117102.5591
George Davies26215.210162.5995
George Rettger638.0134.2612
Lee Viau11.00136.000

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
Tom Williams29.0103.003

References

  1. ↑ "The 1892 Season". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
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