1892 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1892 Boston Beaneaters season was the 22nd season of the franchise. The Beaneaters won their second straight and fifth overall National League pennant. In the league's first split season, the Beaneaters finished first in the first half, and three games behind the Cleveland Spiders in the second half. After the season, the two teams played a "World's Championship Series", which the Beaneaters won, five games to none. The National League did not play another split season until.

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		78	281	53	.189	2	41
1B		149	542	153	.282	1	62
2B		143	532	116	.218	1	59
SS		151	646	181	.280	6	78
3B		135	526	137	.260	4	95
OF		147	612	184	.301	5	81
OF		124	475	115	.242	3	57
OF		152	603	146	.242	4	63

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
	54	198	53	.268	0	25
	38	146	24	.164	0	12
	35	114	23	.202	1	16
	1	4	0	.000	0	0
	1	0	0	----	0	0

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
	53	453.0	35	16	2.84	192
	54	415.2	35	16	3.03	180
	37	299.2	22	10	3.03	93
	16	145.2	8	6	2.35	48
	1	9.0	1	0	0.00	1
	1	7.0	1	0	1.29	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
	1	0	0	0	1.50	0

World's Championship Series

The Boston Beaneaters, first-half champions, played the second-half champion Cleveland Spiders in a best-of-nine postseason series. After a 0–0 tie in the opener, called on account of darkness after 11 innings, Boston defeated Cleveland five games in a row for a sweep. Hall of Famer Hugh Duffy batted.462 with nine runs batted in and six extra-base hits including a home run.