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1894 Boston Beaneaters season

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1894 Boston Beaneaters
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds (since 1871)
Congress Street Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record83–49 (.629)
League place3rd
OwnersArthur Soden
ManagersFrank Selee
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The 1894 Boston Beaneaters season was the 24th season of the franchise. The team finished in third place in the National League with a record of 83–49, 8 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. They hold the MLB record for most runs scored in a single season by one team with 1,220, a stunning 9.24 runs per contest.

Regular season

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The Beaneaters' home park, the South End Grounds, was destroyed in a fire on May 15. The team played their home games at Congress Street Grounds until the rebuilt park opened on July 20.

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 89 39 .695 52‍–‍15 37‍–‍24
New York Giants 88 44 .667 3 49‍–‍17 39‍–‍27
Boston Beaneaters 83 49 .629 8 44‍–‍19 39‍–‍30
Philadelphia Phillies 71 57 .555 18 48‍–‍20 23‍–‍37
Brooklyn Grooms 70 61 .534 20½ 42‍–‍24 28‍–‍37
Cleveland Spiders 68 61 .527 21½ 35‍–‍24 33‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates 65 65 .500 25 46‍–‍28 19‍–‍37
Chicago Colts 57 75 .432 34 35‍–‍30 22‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 56 76 .424 35 34‍–‍32 22‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 55 75 .423 35 37‍–‍28 18‍–‍47
Washington Senators 45 87 .341 46 32‍–‍30 13‍–‍57
Louisville Colonels 36 94 .277 54 24‍–‍38 12‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
Baltimore 4–8 8–4 9–3 10–2 9–3 10–2 6–6 6–4–1 6–4 10–2 11–1
Boston 8–4 6–6 7–5 8–4 9–3 10–2 6–6–1 6–6 8–4 6–6 9–3
Brooklyn 4–8 6–6 6–6–1 6–6 6–5 8–4 5–7–1 5–7–1 7–5–1 8–4 9–3
Chicago 3–9 5–7 6–6–1 6–6–1 2–10 8–4 1–11–2 7–5 6–6–1 6–6 7–5
Cincinnati 2–10 4–8 6–6 6–6–1 3–8–1 7–5 5–7 3–8–2 5–7 7–5 7–5
Cleveland 3–9 3–9 5–6 10–2 8–3–1 8–3 3–9 7–5 4–8 9–3 8–4
Louisville 2–10 2–10 4–8 4–8 5–7 3–8 0–12–1 3–8 3–9 6–6 4–8
New York 6–6 6–6–1 7–5–1 11–1–2 7–5 9–3 12–0–1 5–7 8–4–1 7–5–1 10–2
Philadelphia 4–6–1 6–6 7–5–1 5–7 8–3–2 5–7 8–3 7–5 8–4 5–7 8–4
Pittsburgh 4–6 4–8 5–7–1 6–6–1 7–5 8–4 9–3 4–8–1 4–8 6–6 8–4
St. Louis 2–10 6–6 4–8 6–6 5–7 3–9 6–6 5–7–1 7–5 6–6 6–6
Washington 1–11 3–9 3–9 5–7 5–7 4–8 8–4 2–10 4–8 4–8 6–6


Roster

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1894 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Charlie Ganzel 70 266 74 .278 3 56
1B Tommy Tucker 123 500 165 .330 3 100
2B Bobby Lowe 133 613 212 .346 17 115
SS Herman Long 104 475 154 .324 12 79
3B Billy Nash 132 512 148 .289 8 87
OF Hugh Duffy 125 539 237 .440 18 145
OF Jimmy Bannon 128 494 166 .336 13 114
OF Tommy McCarthy 127 539 188 .349 13 126

Other batters

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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
Jack Ryan 53 201 54 .269 1 29
Frank Connaughton 46 171 59 .345 2 33
Fred Tenney 27 86 34 .395 2 21
Bill Merritt 10 26 6 .231 0 6

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kid Nichols 50 407.0 32 13 4.75 113
Jack Stivetts 45 338.0 26 14 4.90 76
Harry Staley 27 208.2 12 10 6.81 32
Tom Lovett 15 104.0 6 8 5.97 23
George Hodson 12 74.0 4 4 5.84 12
George Stultz 1 9.0 1 0 0.00 1
Marvin Hawley 1 7.0 0 1 7.71 1

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Henry Lampe 2 5.1 0 1 11.81 1

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Smith 2 0 0 1 15.00 2
Frank West 1 0 0 0 9.00 1
Jimmy Bannon 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tommy McCarthy 1 0 0 0 4.50 0

Awards and honors

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Notes

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  1. ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 26, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

References

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