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1892 Chicago Colts
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth Side Park
CityChicago
Record
  • 1st half: 31–39 (.443)
  • 2nd half: 39–37 (.513)
  • Overall: 70–76 (.479)[1]
League place
  • 1st half: 8th (19 GB)
  • 2nd half: 7th (14 GB)
OwnerAlbert Spalding
ManagerCap Anson
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1893 →

The 1892 Chicago Colts season was the 21st season of the Chicago Colts franchise, their 17th in the National League and the second at South Side Park. In a split season schedule, the Colts finished eighth in the first half of the season and seventh in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 70–76, seventh-best in the 12-team National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102 48 0.680 — 54–21 48–27
Cleveland Spiders 93 56 0.624 8½ 54–24 39–32
Brooklyn Grooms 95 59 0.617 9 51–24 44–35
Philadelphia Phillies 87 66 0.569 16½ 55–26 32–40
Cincinnati Reds 82 68 0.547 20 45–32 37–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 73 0.523 23½ 54–34 26–39
Chicago Colts 70 76 0.479 30 36–31 34–45
New York Giants 71 80 0.470 31½ 42–36 29–44
Louisville Colonels 63 89 0.414 40 37–31 26–58
Washington Senators 58 93 0.384 44½ 34–36 24–57
St. Louis Browns 56 94 0.373 46 37–36 19–58
Baltimore Orioles 46 101 0.313 54½ 29–44 17–57
National League
First Half Standings 		W L Pct. GB
Boston Beaneaters 52 22 .703 —
Brooklyn Grooms 51 26 .662 2+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 46 30 .605 7
Cincinnati Reds 44 31 .587 8+1⁄2
Cleveland Spiders 40 33 .548 11+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates 37 39 .487 16
Washington Senators 35 41 .461 18
Chicago Colts 31 39 .443 19
St. Louis Browns 31 42 .425 20+1⁄2
New York Giants 31 43 .419 21
Louisville Colonels 30 47 .390 23+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 20 55 .267 32+1⁄2
National League
Second Half Standings 		W L Pct. GB
Cleveland Spiders 53 23 .697 —
Boston Beaneaters 50 26 .658 3
Brooklyn Grooms 44 33 .571 9+1⁄2
Pittsburgh Pirates 43 34 .558 10+1⁄2
Philadelphia Phillies 41 36 .532 12+1⁄2
New York Giants 40 37 .519 13+1⁄2
Chicago Colts 39 37 .513 14
Cincinnati Reds 38 37 .507 14+1⁄2
Louisville Colonels 33 42 .440 19+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 26 46 .361 25
St. Louis Browns 25 52 .325 28+1⁄2
Washington Senators 23 52 .307 29+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1892 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BLN BSN BRO CHI CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSN
Baltimore — 0–13 2–12–1 4–7 4–10 2–11–2 6–7 5–9 4–10 5–9 8–6–1 6–7–1
Boston 13–0 — 9–5 10–4 8–5–1 8–6 12–2 11–3–1 6–7 7–6 7–7 11–3
Brooklyn 12–2–1 5–9 — 10–4 6–8 8–6 9–5 7–7 9–5–2 10–4 9–5–1 10–4
Chicago 7–4 4–10 4–10 — 6–7–1 3–9 5–9 10–4 5–9 7–7 7–5 12–2
Cincinnati 10–4 5–8–1 8–6 7–6–1 — 5–9 7–6–1 8–6 5–9 5–9 12–2–1 10–3–1
Cleveland 11–2–2 6–8 6–8 9–3 9–5 — 13–1 8–5 10–4 7–7–1 8–5–1 6–8
Louisville 7–6 2–12 5–9 9–5 6–7–1 1–13 — 4–10 4–10 8–6 9–5–1 8–6
New York 9–5 3–11–1 7–7 4–10 6–8 5–8 10–4 — 5–9 4–10–1 9–4 9–4
Philadelphia 10–4 7–6 5–9–2 9–5 9–5 4–10 10–4 9–5 — 8–6 7–7 9–5
Pittsburgh 9–5 6–7 4–10 7–7 9–5 7–7–1 6–8 10–4–1 6–8 — 10–4 6–8
St. Louis 6–8–1 7–7 5–9–1 5–7 2–12–1 5–8–1 5–9–1 4–9 7–7 4–10 — 6–8
Washington 7–6–1 3–11 4–10 2–12 3–10–1 8–6 6–8 4–9 5–9 8–6 8–6 —


Roster

1892 Chicago Colts
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
C Pop Schriver 92 326 73 .224 1 34
1B Cap Anson 146 559 152 .272 1 74
2B Jim Canavan 118 439 73 .166 0 32
SS Bill Dahlen 143 581 170 .293 5 58
3B Jiggs Parrott 78 333 67 .201 2 22
OF Walt Wilmot 92 380 82 .216 2 35
OF Jimmy Ryan 128 505 148 .293 10 65
OF Sam Dungan 113 433 123 .284 0 53

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
George Decker 78 291 66 .227 1 28
Jimmy Cooney 65 238 41 .172 0 20
Malachi Kittridge 69 229 41 .179 0 10
Charlie Newman 16 61 10 .164 0 2
Jim Connor 9 34 2 .059 0 0
Fred Roat 8 31 6 .194 0 2

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
Bill Hutchison 75 622.0 36 36 2.76 314
Ad Gumbert 46 382.2 22 19 3.41 118
Pat Luby 31 252.1 11 16 3.07 66
George Meakim 1 9.0 0 1 11.00 0
Frank Griffith 1 4.0 0 1 11.25 3

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
Harry DeMiller 4 24.0 1 1 6.38 15

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
John Hollison 1 0 0 0 2.25 2

References

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

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