1892 Chicago Colts
League	National League
Ballpark	South Side Park
City	Chicago
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)
Owner	Albert Spalding
Manager	Cap Anson
← 1891 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[edit]

Season standings[edit]

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

Record vs. opponents[edit]

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[edit]

1892 Chicago Colts
Roster
Pitchers Harry DeMiller Frank Griffith Ad Gumbert John Hollison Bill Hutchison Pat Luby George Meakim		Catchers Malachi Kittridge Pop Schriver Infielders Cap Anson Jim Canavan Jim Connor Jimmy Cooney Bill Dahlen Jiggs Parrott Fred Roat		Outfielders George Decker Sam Dungan Charlie Newman Jimmy Ryan Walt Wilmot		Manager Cap Anson

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

External links[edit]

• 1892 Chicago Colts season at Baseball Reference