1894 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1894 baseball season was the Philadelphia Phillies' 12th season in the National League. The team finished in fourth place with a record of 71–57, 18 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Background

[image:1894 Philadelphia Phillies.jpg|thumb|right|The 1894 Philadelphia Phillies] In August 1894, the Phillies scored 312 runs, which still stands as the record in Major League Baseball for runs scored in a single month. Four of the team's outfielders hit over.400: Hall of Famers Sam Thompson, Ed Delehanty, and Billy Hamilton, plus reserve Tuck Turner.
The Phillies set the record for the highest team batting average for a single season,.349 according to Baseball Almanac or.350 according to Stathead.
On August 6, 1894, at 11:00 AM, while the players were practicing at the ballpark, a fire broke out in the pavilion. The players rushed to contain it but were quickly overwhelmed by the smoke. Within two hours, the fire had reduced the ballpark to charred wood and ashes. The grandstand and bleachers of the original stadium were destroyed inflicting $80,000 in damages, equivalent to $ in, which was covered fully by insurance. The fire also spread to the adjoining properties, causing an additional $20,000 in damage,.
While the Phillies were playing a short road trip and staging six home games at the University of Pennsylvania Grounds at 37th and Spruce, a building crew worked around the clock erecting temporary bleachers. The makeshift stands were finished in time for the game on August 18.
Following a fire which destroyed its ballpark on August 6, the Phillies played half a dozen home games at the University of Pennsylvania athletic field. The team was especially productive there, winning five of its six games, and outscoring its opponents 93 to 35, including one game it won 29 to 4.
The Phillies returned to Broad and Huntington for the August 18, 1894 game against Cleveland rebuilt with new bleachers. 5,500 fans paid admission of which 4,000 were seated in left field. The weather threatened rain otherwise a larger crowd would have been expected to see the Phillies win 11 to 6.

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		48	171	60	.351	3	36
1B		117	510	153	.300	4	89
2B	Bill Hallman	122	519	162	.312	0	69
3B		122	542	210	.387	7	132
SS		77	312	110	.353	3	63
OF		132	558	225	.403	4	90
OF		116	494	200	.405	4	133
OF		102	451	187	.415	13	147

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
	82	347	145	.418	1	84
	41	154	40	.260	0	19
	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
	41	298.0	23	13	4.08	76
	37	288.1	18	12	5.52	43
	4	32.2	1	1	6.06	10

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
	9	33.2	1	2	9.89	9

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	7.50	3
	1	0	0	0	18.00	0