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1895 Cleveland Spiders
Temple Cup Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersFrank Robison
ManagersPatsy Tebeau
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The 1895 Cleveland Spiders finished with an 84–46 record and a second-place finish in the National League. After the season they played the first-place Baltimore Orioles in the Temple Cup series, defeating them 4 games to 1.

Regular season

1895 Cleveland Spiders

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 87 43 0.669 — 54–12 33–31
Cleveland Spiders 84 46 0.646 3 49–13 35–33
Philadelphia Phillies 78 53 0.595 9½ 51–21 27–32
Chicago Colts 72 58 0.554 15 43–24 29–34
Brooklyn Grooms 71 60 0.542 16½ 43–22 28–38
Boston Beaneaters 71 60 0.542 16½ 48–19 23–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 71 61 0.538 17 44–21 27–40
Cincinnati Reds 66 64 0.508 21 42–22 24–42
New York Giants 66 65 0.504 21½ 40–27 26–38
Washington Senators 43 85 0.336 43 31–34 12–51
St. Louis Browns 39 92 0.298 48½ 25–41 14–51
Louisville Colonels 35 96 0.267 52½ 19–38 16–58

Record vs. opponents

1895 National League record

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


Roster

1895 Cleveland Spiders
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 Chief Zimmer 88 315 107 .340 5 56
1B Patsy Tebeau 63 264 84 .318 2 52
2B Cupid Childs 120 466 134 .288 4 90
SS Ed McKean 132 569 194 .341 8 119
3B Chippy McGarr 113 422 114 .270 2 59
OF Jimmy McAleer 132 532 144 .271 0 68
OF Jesse Burkett 132 555 225 .405 5 83
OF Harry Blake 85 318 88 .277 3 45

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
Jack O'Connor 90 343 100 .292 0 58
George Tebeau 92 341 111 .326 0 68
Ed Gremminger 20 78 21 .269 0 15
Fred Donovan 3 12 1 .083 0 1
Pussy Tebeau 2 6 3 .500 0 1
Tom O'Meara 1 1 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
Cy Young 47 369.2 35 10 3.26 121
George Cuppy 47 353.0 26 14 3.54 91
Bobby Wallace 30 228.2 12 14 4.09 63
Zeke Wilson 9 52.2 3 1 4.27 20

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
Phil Knell 20 116.2 7 5 5.40 30
Mike Sullivan 4 31.0 1 2 8.42 5

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