1893 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1893 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for sixth place in the National League with a record of 65–63, 20.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

Regular season

Cincinnati was looking to build on a solid 1892 season in which the team had improved from a record of 56–81 in 1891 to 82–68. First baseman Charles Comiskey returned as player-manager, while the Reds would have a new outfielder, as Jim Canavan joined Cincinnati after spending the previous season with the Chicago Colts. Canavan had struggled offensively with Chicago, hitting only.166 with no homers and 32 RBI in 118 games in 1892.
Catcher Farmer Vaughn had a career season, as he hit.280 with one home run and a team high 108 RBI. Bug Holliday led the Reds with a.310 batting average and 89 RBI, as well as a team high 108 runs scored, while his five home runs tied with Canavan for the team lead. Bid McPhee had a solid season, batting.281 with three home runs and 68 RBI. Arlie Latham hit.282 with two home runs, 49 RBI and a team best 57 stolen bases.
Frank Dwyer was the ace of the pitching staff, as he led the club with an 18–15 record in a team high 37 games, which included 30 starts, with 28 complete games. Ice Box Chamberlain was 16–12 with a team low 3.73 ERA.

Season summary

The Reds got off to a solid start, sitting in first place with a 6–3 record after nine games. However, the team would win only ten of their next twenty-nine ball games to fall into tenth place in the National League with a 16–22 record. Cincinnati would be under the.500 mark for a majority of the season, however, the Reds would win ten of their final eleven games to avoid finishing with a losing record, as they ended the season with a 65–63 record, tying the Brooklyn Grooms, 20.5 games behind the pennant-winning Boston Beaneaters.

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	Farmer Vaughn	121	483	135	.280	1	108
1B		64	259	57	.220	0	26
2B	Bid McPhee	127	491	138	.281	3	68
SS	Germany Smith	130	500	118	.236	4	56
3B	Arlie Latham	127	531	150	.282	2	49
OF	Jack McCarthy	49	195	55	.282	0	22
OF	Bug Holliday	126	500	155	.310	5	89
OF		121	461	104	.226	5	64

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
Morgan Murphy	57	200	47	.235	1	19
Frank Motz	43	156	40	.256	2	25
Piggy Ward	42	150	42	.280	0	10
George Henry	21	83	23	.277	0	13
Bob Caruthers	13	48	14	.292	1	8
Jud Smith	17	43	10	.233	1	5
	6	17	3	.176	0	2
Charlie Duffee	4	12	2	.167	0	0
George Ulrich	1	3	0	.000	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
Frank Dwyer	37	287.1	18	15	4.13	53
	34	241.0	16	12	3.73	59
Mike Sullivan	27	183.2	8	11	5.05	40
Tom Parrott	22	154.0	10	7	4.09	83
Tony Mullane	15	122.1	6	6	4.41	24
Silver King	17	105.0	5	6	4.89	30
George Darby	4	29.0	1	1	7.76	6
	3	21.0	0	2	5.57	7

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
Bumpus Jones	6	28.2	1	3	10.05	6