1892 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1892 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 11th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their sixth in the National League. In a split season schedule, the Pirates finished sixth in the first half of the season and fourth in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 80–73, sixth-best in the 12-team National League.

Regular season

Season standings

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	102	48	.680	—	54‍–‍21	48‍–‍27
Cleveland Spiders	93	56	.624	8½	54‍–‍24	39‍–‍32
Brooklyn Grooms	95	59	.617	9	51‍–‍24	44‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	66	.569	16½	55‍–‍26	32‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	.547	20	45‍–‍32	37‍–‍36
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	73	.523	23½	54‍–‍34	26‍–‍39
Chicago Colts	70	76	.479	30	36‍–‍31	34‍–‍45
New York Giants	71	80	.470	31½	42‍–‍36	29‍–‍44
Louisville Colonels	63	89	.414	40	37‍–‍31	26‍–‍58
Washington Senators	58	93	.384	44½	34‍–‍36	24‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns	56	94	.373	46	37‍–‍36	19‍–‍58
Baltimore Orioles	46	101	.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 v t e Sources:
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 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Mark Baldwin Kid Camp Red Ehret Duke Esper Pud Galvin Billy Gumbert Adonis Terry Will Thompson Fred Woodcock		Catchers Billy Earle Connie Mack Infielders Jake Beckley Lou Bierbauer Tom Burns Bobby Cargo Duke Farrell Doggie Miller Harry Raymond Frank Shugart		Outfielders Pop Corkhill Patsy Donovan Joe Kelley Jock Menefee Mike Smith Jake Stenzel Ed Swartwood George Van Haltren		Manager Tom Burns Al Buckenberger

1892 Pittsburgh Pirates

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	Connie Mack	97	346	84	.243	1	31
1B	Jake Beckley	151	614	145	.236	10	96
2B	Lou Bierbauer	152	649	153	.236	8	65
SS	Frank Shugart	137	554	148	.267	0	62
3B	Duke Farrell	152	605	130	.215	8	77
OF	Pop Corkhill	68	256	47	.184	0	25
OF	Mike Smith	138	511	140	.274	4	63
OF	Patsy Donovan	90	388	114	.294	2	26

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
Doggie Miller	149	623	158	.254	2	59
Joe Kelley	56	205	49	.239	0	28
George Van Haltren	13	55	11	.200	0	5
Harry Raymond	12	49	4	.082	0	2
Ed Swartwood	55	42	10	.238	0	4
Tom Burns	12	39	8	.205	0	4
Billy Earle	5	13	7	.538	0	3
Jake Stenzel	3	9	0	.000	0	0
Bobby Cargo	2	4	1	.250	0	0
Jock Menefee	2	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
Mark Baldwin	56	440.1	26	27	3.47	157
Red Ehret	39	316.0	16	20	2.65	101
Adonis Terry	30	240.0	18	7	2.51	95
Mike Smith	17	134.0	6	7	3.63	51
Pud Galvin	12	96.0	5	6	2.63	29
Fred Woodcock	5	33.0	1	2	3.55	8
Duke Esper	3	18.1	2	0	5.40	5
Will Thompson	1	3.0	0	1	3.00	0

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
Billy Gumbert	6	39.2	3	2	1.36	3
Kid Camp	4	23.0	0	1	6.26	6

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jock Menefee	1	0	0	0	11.25	0

Notes

Until the early 20th century, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with and without the final 'h'.

References

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

External links

1892 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1892 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac

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Pittsburgh Pirates

Established in 1882
Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; McCulloch Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/LECOM Park

Culture

Pirate Parrot
Great Pierogy Race
Green Weenie
"Black and Yellow"
Zoltan
Bob Prince
Bob Gessner
Vince Lascheid
T206 Honus Wagner
J. P. "Honus" Wagner (Vittor)
In the Name of the Law
Angels in the Outfield
The Odd Couple
"We Are Family"
The Natural
The Winning Season
Chasing 3000
Dude, Where's My Car?
Million Dollar Arm
Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories
No No: A Dockumentary

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
Harvey Haddix's near-perfect game
Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run
1985 drug trials
Sid Bream's slide
NL Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
MLB Little League Classics
- 2017
- 2019

Rivalries

Minors

Triple-A: Indianapolis Indians
Double-A: Altoona Curve
High-A: Greensboro Grasshoppers
Single-A: Bradenton Marauders
Rookie: FCL Pirates; DSL Pirates Black; DSL Pirates Gold
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (144)
1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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