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Major League Baseball team season
1895 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
BallparkLeague Park
CityCincinnati
OwnersJohn T. Brush
ManagersBuck Ewing
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The 1895 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The Reds finished in eighth place in the National League with 66 wins and 64 losses, 21 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

After finishing the 1894 season with a record of only 55–75, the Reds replaced Charles Comiskey as player-manager with first baseman Buck Ewing. Ewing was previously a player-manager with the New York Giants of the Players' League in 1890, leading them to a 74–57 record and a third-place finish. He spent the last two seasons playing with the Cleveland Spiders, and in 1893 with Cleveland, Ewing hit .344 with six home runs and 122 RBI before missing much of the 1894 season with injuries. He also once led the National League in home runs with ten in 1883 while playing for the New York Giants, and in triples with twenty with the Giants in 1884.

The Reds would suffer a big blow, as outfielder Bug Holliday would have an appendectomy and would miss most of the season recovering. Cincinnati signed outfielder Dusty Miller, who last played in the majors with the St. Louis Browns in 1890. The Reds also acquired Billy Rhines, who previously pitched with the team from 1890–1892 before playing with the Louisville Colonels in 1893. Rhines missed the entire 1894 season due to injuries, and had not pitched a full season since 1891 when he went 17–24 with a 2.87 ERA with Cincinnati.

During the season, the Reds acquired outfielder Eddie Burke from the New York Giants.

Cincinnati got off to a hot start, as they had a league-best 18–8 record after twenty-six games. The Reds though went 3–12 in their next fifteen games to fall into seventh place, five games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. Cincinnati got back into the pennant race after posting a 19–9 clip in their next twenty-eight games, pushing their record to 40–29, sitting in third place, one game behind the Pirates and Cleveland Spiders. The team went on a 5–9 slide in their next fourteen games to fall into sixth place, 5.5 games out of first, before reeling off five wins in a row, but they only moved up to fifth and were still five games behind the first place Spiders. After winning two of their next three games to move into fourth place with a 52–39 record, Cincinnati would win only fourteen of their last thirty-nine games to drop out of the pennant race and finish with a 66–64 record, which put them in eighth place, 20.5 games behind the pennant winning Baltimore Orioles.

Dusty Miller had a spectacular season with the Reds, as he hit a team high .335 with ten homers and 112 RBI, as well as swiping 43 bases in 132 games. Player-manager Buck Ewing hit .318 with five home runs and 94 RBI, while Bid McPhee batted .299 with a homer, 75 RBI and a team high 107 runs scored. Dummy Hoy led the Reds with 50 stolen bases, while hitting .277 with three home runs and 55 RBI.

On the mound, Billy Rhines had a very solid comeback season, leading Cincinnati with a 19–10 record in 38 games pitched, 33 starts and 25 complete games. Frank Dwyer had an 18–15 record with a team-best 4.24 ERA in 37 games.

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 87 43 .669 — 54‍–‍12 33‍–‍31
Cleveland Spiders 84 46 .646 3 49‍–‍13 35‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies 78 53 .595 9½ 51‍–‍21 27‍–‍32
Chicago Colts 72 58 .554 15 43‍–‍24 29‍–‍34
Brooklyn Grooms 71 60 .542 16½ 43‍–‍22 28‍–‍38
Boston Beaneaters 71 60 .542 16½ 48‍–‍19 23‍–‍41
Pittsburgh Pirates 71 61 .538 17 44‍–‍21 27‍–‍40
Cincinnati Reds 66 64 .508 21 42‍–‍22 24‍–‍42
New York Giants 66 65 .504 21½ 40‍–‍27 26‍–‍38
Washington Senators 43 85 .336 43 31‍–‍34 12‍–‍51
St. Louis Browns 39 92 .298 48½ 25‍–‍41 14‍–‍51
Louisville Colonels 35 96 .267 52½ 19‍–‍38 16‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1895 National League record
Sources:
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 —


Game log

Legend
Reds Win Reds Loss Game Tied/Postponed
1895 Game Log: 66–64 (Home: 42–22; Away: 24–42)
April: 5–4 (Home: 5–4; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
1 April 18 Spiders 10–8 League Park 13,000 1-0 W1
2 April 20 Spiders 14–8 League Park 6,317 2-0 W2
3 April 21 Spiders 12–3 League Park 17,000 3-0 W3
4 April 23 Pirates 3–6 League Park 5,396 3-1 L1
5 April 24 Pirates 5–8 League Park 2,397 3-2 L2
6 April 25 Pirates 4–7 League Park 1,961 3-3 L3
7 April 27 Colts 5–6 League Park 3,175 3-4 L4
8 April 28 Colts 10–6 League Park 8,628 4-4 W1
9 April 29 Colts 3–0 League Park 2,423 5-4 W2
May: 15–9 (Home: 14–4; Away: 1–5)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
10 May 1 @ Pirates 1–4 Exposition Park 8,000 5-5 L1
11 May 2 @ Pirates 9–8 Exposition Park 2,800 6-5 W1
12 May 4 @ Pirates 2–3 Exposition Park 5,000 6-6 L1
13 May 5 Browns 4–11 League Park 7,428 6-7 L2
14 May 6 Giants 4–3 League Park 2,663 7-7 W1
15 May 7 Giants 7–6 League Park 3,735 8-7 W2
16 May 8 Giants 3–10 League Park 3,715 8-8 L1
17 May 9 Grooms 14–8 League Park 2,419 9-8 W1
- May 10 Grooms Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 9
18 May 11 Grooms 11–1 League Park 1,494 10-8 W2
19 May 12 Orioles 8–6 League Park 10,703 11-8 W3
- May 13 Orioles Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 19
20 May 14 Orioles 5–2 League Park 1,314 12-8 W4
21 May 16 Senators 9–6 League Park 2,133 13-8 W5
22 May 17 Senators 15–6 League Park 2,652 14-8 W6
23 May 18 Senators 9–4 League Park 5,041 15-8 W7
24 May 19 Senators 4–3 League Park 11,685 16-8 W8
- May 20 Beaneaters Postponed (wet grounds); Makeup: July 17
25 May 21 Beaneaters 10–7 League Park 5,681 17-8 W9
26 May 22 Beaneaters 21–8 League Park 5,127 18-8 W10
27 May 23 Phillies 8–13 League Park 5,386 18-9 L1
28 May 24 Phillies 13–14 League Park 3,284 18-10 L2
29 May 25 Phillies 8–4 League Park 4,244 19-10 W1
30 May 26 Spiders 7–4 League Park 8,216 20-10 W2
31 May 28 @ Phillies 2–8 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 9,250 20-11 L1
32 May 30 1 @ Phillies 1–9 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 8,680 20-12 L2
33 May 30 2 @ Phillies 8–9 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 18,000 20-13 L3
June: 9–11 (Home: 4–1; Away: 5–10)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
34 June 1 @ Beaneaters 5–9 South End Grounds 8,000 20-14 L4
- June 3 @ Beaneaters Postponed (wet grounds); Makeup: September 3
35 June 4 @ Beaneaters 5–12 South End Grounds 1,500 20-15 L5
36 June 5 @ Grooms 6–4 Eastern Park 2,000 21-15 W1
37 June 6 @ Giants 0–2 Polo Grounds 3,000 21-16 L1
38 June 7 @ Grooms 9–10 Eastern Park 2,500 21-17 L2
39 June 8 @ Orioles 1–7 Union Park 4,300 21-18 L3
40 June 10 @ Orioles 4–13 Union Park 3,100 21-19 L4
41 June 11 @ Orioles 4–6 Union Park 2,000 21-20 L5
- June 12 @ Senators Postponed (wet grounds); Makeup: September 5
42 June 14 @ Senators 6–3 Boundary Field 5,000 22-20 W1
43 June 15 @ Giants 16–2 Polo Grounds 7,500 23-20 W2
44 June 17 @ Grooms 2–4 Eastern Park 3,000 23-21 L1
45 June 18 @ Giants 3–10 Polo Grounds 2,250 23-22 L2
46 June 21 @ Browns 7–5 New Sportsman's Park 2,500 24-22 W1
47 June 22 @ Browns 8–6 New Sportsman's Park 4,000 25-22 W2
48 June 23 @ Browns 3–9 New Sportsman's Park 8,000 25-23 L1
- June 24 Browns Postponed (schedule change); Makeup: June 26
49 June 25 Browns 10–6 League Park 2,304 26-23 W1
50 June 26 Browns 12–5 League Park 2,684 27-23 W2
51 June 27 Colonels 4–3 League Park 1,430 28-23 W3
52 June 29 Colonels 9–8 League Park 2,932 29-23 W4
53 June 30 Colonels 1–4 League Park 5,584 29-24 L1
July: 16–11 (Home: 13–8; Away: 3–3)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
54 July 1 @ Colonels 11–5 Eclipse Park 1,006 30-24 W1
55 July 2 @ Colonels 6–5 Eclipse Park 824 31-24 W2
56 July 3 @ Colonels 15–6 Eclipse Park 790 32-24 W3
57 July 4 1 @ Colts 7–8 West Side Park 13,020 32-25 L1
58 July 4 2 @ Colts 5–9 West Side Park 22,913 32-26 L2
59 July 5 @ Colts 14–5 West Side Park 3,000 33-26 W1
60 July 6 Grooms 16–15 League Park 3,800 34-26 W2
- July 7 Grooms Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 9
61 July 8 Grooms 7–11 League Park 2,336 34-27 L1
62 July 9 1 Grooms 6–5 League Park N/A 35-27 W1
63 July 9 2 Grooms 14–6 League Park 4,500 36-27 W2
- July 10 Senators Postponed (schedule change); Makeup: May 17
64 July 13 Senators 5–3 League Park 4,333 37-27 W3
65 July 14 Senators 3–6 League Park 10,278 37-28 L1
66 July 15 Beaneaters 9–12 League Park 2,346 37-29 L2
67 July 16 Beaneaters 9–2 League Park 2,880 38-29 W1
68 July 17 1 Beaneaters 12–1 League Park N/A 39-29 W2
69 July 17 2 Beaneaters 6–1 League Park 6,836 40-29 W3
70 July 18 Orioles 2–10 League Park 2,703 40-30 L1
71 July 19 Orioles 1–2 League Park 2,184 40-31 L2
72 July 20 Orioles 11–5 League Park 4,328 41-31 W1
73 July 21 Orioles 6–10 League Park 11,648 41-32 L1
74 July 22 Giants 12–9 League Park 1,704 42-32 W1
75 July 23 Giants 3–7 League Park 3,248 42-33 L1
76 July 24 Giants 7–9 League Park 1,420 42-34 L2
77 July 25 Phillies 19–3 League Park 2,156 43-34 W1
78 July 26 Phillies 5–6 League Park 2,754 43-35 L1
79 July 27 Phillies 12–4 League Park 3,944 44-35 W1
80 July 28 Spiders 13–9 League Park 13,072 45-35 W2
August: 9–15 (Home: 6–3; Away: 3–12)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
- August 1 @ Colonels Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: August 2
81 August 2 @ Colonels 8–9 Eclipse Park 1,500 45-36 L1
82 August 3 @ Colonels 0–7 Eclipse Park 2,610 45-37 L2
83 August 4 Colonels 3–4 League Park 6,000 45-38 L3
- August 5 @ Colts Postponed (schedule change); Makeup: September 27
- August 6 @ Colts Postponed (site change); Makeup: August 6
84 August 6 Colts 8–6 League Park 2,456 46-38 W1
- August 7 @ Colts Postponed (site change); Makeup: August 7
85 August 7 Colts 6–5 League Park 2,404 47-38 W2
86 August 8 Browns 10–2 League Park 2,234 48-38 W3
87 August 10 Browns 3–2 League Park 2,500 49-38 W4
88 August 11 Browns 7–7 League Park 6,598 49-38 W4
89 August 12 Pirates 10–4 League Park 3,004 50-38 W5
90 August 13 Pirates 11–12 League Park 5,033 50-39 L1
91 August 14 Pirates 2–1 League Park 3,348 51-39 W1
92 August 15 @ Spiders 4–3 League Park 3,600 52-39 W2
93 August 16 @ Spiders 2–5 League Park 3,600 52-40 L1
94 August 17 @ Spiders 0–6 League Park 4,400 52-41 L2
95 August 18 Spiders 3–15 League Park 10,000 52-42 L3
96 August 20 @ Phillies 9–8 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 5,050 53-42 W1
97 August 21 @ Phillies 1–5 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 5,432 53-43 L1
98 August 22 @ Phillies 3–4 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 5,790 53-44 L2
99 August 24 @ Orioles 5–22 Union Park 5,300 53-45 L3
100 August 26 @ Orioles 12–9 Union Park 3,000 54-45 W1
101 August 27 @ Orioles 0–10 Union Park 2,100 54-46 L1
102 August 28 @ Giants 1–8 Polo Grounds 800 54-47 L2
103 August 29 @ Grooms 6–11 Eastern Park 1,500 54-48 L3
104 August 30 @ Giants 4–11 Polo Grounds 2,500 54-49 L4
105 August 31 @ Beaneaters 6–12 South End Grounds 5,000 54-50 L5
September: 12–14 (Home: 1–1; Away: 11–13)
# Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak
106 September 2 1 @ Beaneaters 4–3 South End Grounds 3,000 55-50 W1
107 September 2 2 @ Beaneaters 3–7 South End Grounds 8,000 55-51 L1
108 September 3 @ Beaneaters 16–7 South End Grounds 2,500 56-51 W1
109 September 4 @ Senators 11–5 Boundary Field 910 57-51 W2
110 September 5 1 @ Senators 4–11 Boundary Field N/A 57-52 L1
111 September 5 2 @ Senators 12–6 Boundary Field 1,128 58-52 W1
112 September 7 @ Grooms 8–7 Eastern Park 3,500 59-52 W2
113 September 9 @ Giants 1–4 Polo Grounds 2,000 59-53 L1
114 September 10 @ Grooms 1–2 Eastern Park 1,700 59-54 L2
115 September 11 @ Pirates 2–6 Exposition Park 1,100 59-55 L3
116 September 12 @ Pirates 3–3 Exposition Park 1,800 59-55 L3
117 September 13 @ Pirates 3–4 Exposition Park 1,200 59-56 L4
118 September 14 @ Pirates 7–0 Exposition Park 2,500 60-56 W1
119 September 16 @ Spiders 0–7 League Park 3,500 60-57 L1
120 September 17 @ Spiders 0–7 League Park 2,500 60-58 L2
121 September 18 @ Spiders 9–10 League Park 2,000 60-59 L3
- September 19 Colonels Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 20
122 September 20 Colonels 6–9 League Park 1,247 60-60 L4
123 September 21 Colonels 19–8 League Park 1,300 61-60 W1
124 September 22 @ Colonels 1–5 Eclipse Park 2,500 61-61 L1
125 September 23 @ Browns 15–6 New Sportsman's Park 500 62-61 W1
126 September 24 @ Browns 11–1 New Sportsman's Park 100 63-61 W2
127 September 25 1 @ Browns 15–8 New Sportsman's Park N/A 64-61 W3
128 September 25 2 @ Browns 4–5 New Sportsman's Park 200 64-62 L1
- September 26 Colts Postponed (site change); Makeup: September 26
129 September 26 @ Colts 12–1 West Side Park 1,500 65-62 W1
130 September 27 @ Colts 6–11 West Side Park 600 65-63 L1
- September 28 Colts Postponed (site change); Makeup: September 28
131 September 28 @ Colts 5–4 West Side Park 400 66-63 W1
- September 29 Colts Postponed (site change); Makeup: September 29
132 September 29 @ Colts 1–9 West Side Park 2,000 66-64 L1

Roster

1895 Cincinnati Reds
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 Farmer Vaughn 92 334 102 .305 1 48
1B Buck Ewing 105 434 138 .318 5 94
2B Bid McPhee 115 432 129 .299 1 75
SS Germany Smith 127 503 151 .300 4 74
3B Arlie Latham 112 460 143 .311 2 69
OF Dusty Miller 132 529 177 .335 10 112
OF Dummy Hoy 107 429 119 .277 3 55
OF George Hogreiver 69 239 65 .272 2 34

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
Eddie Burke 56 228 61 .268 1 25
Bill Gray 52 181 55 .304 1 29
Bug Holliday 32 127 38 .299 0 20
Morgan Murphy 25 82 22 .268 0 16
Bill Merritt 22 79 14 .177 0 12
Harry Spies 14 50 11 .220 0 5
Mike Kahoe 3 4 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
Frank Dwyer 37 280.1 18 15 4.24 46
Billy Rhines 38 267.2 19 10 4.81 72
Tom Parrott 41 263.1 11 18 5.47 57
Frank Foreman 32 219.0 11 14 4.11 55
King Bailey 1 8.0 1 0 5.63 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
Bill Phillips 18 109.0 6 7 6.03 15

References

  1. "Reds owners". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 3, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved September 14, 2020 – via newspapers.com.

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