1895 Baltimore Orioles season

1895 Baltimore Orioles
1895 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Union Park (since 1891)
Baltimore, Maryland (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Harry Von der Horst
Manager(s)	Ned Hanlon
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The 1895 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. The Orioles finished first in the National League, winning their second straight pennant. However, for the second straight year, they failed to win the Temple Cup, losing to the second-place Cleveland Spiders 4 games to 1.

Regular season

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
Pittsburg 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 Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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
Pittsburg	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	—

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
1B	Scoops Carey	123	490	128	.261	1	75
2B	Kid Gleason	112	421	130	.309	0	74

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

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
Duke Esper	34	218.1	10	12	3.92	39
Dad Clarkson	20	142	12	3	3.87	23

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
Kid Gleason	9	50.1	2	4	6.97	6

References

• 1895 Baltimore Orioles season
• 1895 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com