1894 Boston Beaneaters season

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The 1894 Boston Beaneaters season was the 24th season of the franchise. The team finished in third place in the National League with a record 83–49–1 (.629), 8.0 games behind the Baltimore Orioles and 5.0 games behind the New York Giants. As of 2025, the 1894 Beaneaters hold the MLB record for the most runs scored in a single season by one team with 1,220, a stunning 9.17 runs per contest; however, they also allowed 1,002 runs (7.53 runs allowed per game), the 33rd-most in baseball history.

LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds (since 1871)
Congress Street Grounds
Record83–49–1 (.629)
OwnersArthur Soden
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1894 Boston Beaneaters
LeagueNational League
BallparkSouth End Grounds (since 1871)
Congress Street Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record83–49–1 (.629)
League place3rd
OwnersArthur Soden
ManagersFrank Selee (5th season)
← 1893
1895 â†’
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Regular season

The Beaneaters' home park, the South End Grounds, was destroyed in a fire on May 15. The team played their home games at Congress Street Grounds until the rebuilt park opened on July 20.

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 8939 .695 — 52‍–‍15 37‍–‍24
New York Giants 8844 .667 3 49‍–‍17 39‍–‍27
Boston Beaneaters 8349 .629 8 44‍–‍19 39‍–‍30
Philadelphia Phillies 7157 .555 18 48‍–‍20 23‍–‍37
Brooklyn Grooms 7061 .534 20½ 42‍–‍24 28‍–‍37
Cleveland Spiders 6861 .527 21½ 35‍–‍24 33‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates 6565 .500 25 46‍–‍28 19‍–‍37
Chicago Colts 5775 .432 34 35‍–‍30 22‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 5676 .424 35 34‍–‍32 22‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds 5575 .423 35 37‍–‍28 18‍–‍47
Washington Senators 4587 .341 46 32‍–‍30 13‍–‍57
Louisville Colonels 3694 .277 54 24‍–‍38 12‍–‍56
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Record vs. opponents

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1894 National League record

Sources:
Team BAL BSN BRO CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WAS
Baltimore —4–88–49–310–29–310–26–66–4–16–410–211–1
Boston 8–4—6–67–58–49–310–26–6–16–68–46–69–3
Brooklyn 4–86–6—6–6–16–66–58–45–7–15–7–17–5–18–49–3
Chicago 3–95–76–6–1—6–6–12–108–41–11–27–56–6–16–67–5
Cincinnati 2–104–86–66–6–1—3–8–17–55–73–8–25–77–57–5
Cleveland 3–93–95–610–28–3–1—8–33–97–54–89–38–4
Louisville 2–102–104–84–85–73–8—0–12–13–83–96–64–8
New York 6–66–6–17–5–111–1–27–59–312–0–1—5–78–4–17–5–110–2
Philadelphia 4–6–16–67–5–15–78–3–25–78–37–5—8–45–78–4
Pittsburgh 4–64–85–7–16–6–17–58–49–34–8–14–8—6–68–4
St. Louis 2–106–64–86–65–73–96–65–7–17–56–6—6–6
Washington 1–113–93–95–75–74–88–42–104–84–86–6—
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Roster

1894 Boston Beaneaters
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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CCharlie Ganzel7026674.278356
1BTommy Tucker123500165.3303100
2BBobby Lowe133613212.34617115
SSHerman Long104475154.3241279
3BBilly Nash132512148.289887
OFHugh Duffy125539237.44018145
OFJimmy Bannon128494166.33613114
OFTommy McCarthy127539188.34913126
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jack Ryan5320154.269129
Frank Connaughton4617159.345233
Fred Tenney278634.395221
Bill Merritt10266.23106
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kid Nichols50407.032134.75113
Jack Stivetts45338.026144.9076
Harry Staley27208.212106.8132
Tom Lovett15104.0685.9723
George Hodson1274.0445.8412
George Stultz19.0100.001
Marvin Hawley17.0017.711
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Other pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Henry Lampe25.10111.811
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Relief pitchers

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

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Smith200115.002
Frank West10009.001
Jimmy Bannon10000.000
Tommy McCarthy10004.500
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Awards and honors

Notes

References

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