1894 Cincinnati Reds season

1894 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Ballpark	League Park
City	Cincinnati, Ohio
Owners	John T. Brush
Managers	Charlie Comiskey
Seasons

The 1894 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in tenth place in the National League with a record of 55–75, 35 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

After a somewhat disappointing 1893 season, in which the Reds had a 65–63 record to finish in sixth place, the club was hoping to rebound in 1894. Player-manager Charles Comiskey would return to manage the team for a third season. During the off-season, the Reds acquired outfielder Dummy Hoy from the Washington Senators in a trade. Hoy had batted .245 with no home runs, 45 RBI, and 48 stolen bases with the Senators in 1893. Hoy led the National League in stolen bases with 82 while with the Washington Nationals in 1888.

Bug Holliday had a huge season for the Reds, hitting a team high .376 with a team record 123 RBI. He also hit thirteen home runs, which tied him with Jim Canavan, and had 126 runs. Canavan batted .275 and had 74 RBI to go with his thirteen homers. Hoy batted .304 with five home runs and 71 RBI while scoring 118 runs in his first season with Cincinnati. Bid McPhee hit .313 with five home runs and 93 RBI, while Arlie Latham also batted .313, hitting four home runs and collecting 60 RBI while stealing a team-high 62 bases.

The Reds pitching staff struggled, as they had the worst ERA in the league at 5.99. Frank Dwyer led the team with a 19–21 record with a team best 5.07 ERA in 45 games, 39 of them starts. Tom Parrott was 17–19 with a 5.60 ERA in 41 games, while Ice Box Chamberlain was the only Cincinnati pitcher to have a winning record, as he was 10–9 with a 5.77 ERA in 23 games.

Season summary

After opening the season with three wins, the Reds lost eight of their next ten to fall to a 5–8 record and eighth place. Cincinnati responded with a four-game winning streak to bump themselves over .500, but fell into a slump and won only five of their next twenty-five games.

Pitching was a problem, as during their slump, the team allowed over ten runs a game eight times, and twice allowed over twenty runs a game, which included a 20–11 loss to the Boston Beaneaters, and a 21–8 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Cincinnati went on an eleven-game winning streak to close within three games of the .500 level, and broke over the .500 level with a 39–38 record after winning eight in a row later in the season.

From that point on, however, the Reds were never a factor in the pennant race, as they were 16–37 over their last 53 games to finish the year with a dreadful 55–75 record, in tenth place, 35 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	89	39	.695	—	52‍–‍15	37‍–‍24
New York Giants	88	44	.667	3	49‍–‍17	39‍–‍27
Boston Beaneaters	83	49	.629	8	44‍–‍19	39‍–‍30
Philadelphia Phillies	71	57	.555	18	48‍–‍20	23‍–‍37
Brooklyn Grooms	70	61	.534	20½	42‍–‍24	28‍–‍37
Cleveland Spiders	68	61	.527	21½	35‍–‍24	33‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	65	.500	25	46‍–‍28	19‍–‍37
Chicago Colts	57	75	.432	34	35‍–‍30	22‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns	56	76	.424	35	34‍–‍32	22‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds	55	75	.423	35	37‍–‍28	18‍–‍47
Washington Senators	45	87	.341	46	32‍–‍30	13‍–‍57
Louisville Colonels	36	94	.277	54	24‍–‍38	12‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1894 National League record 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	—	4–8	8–4	9–3	10–2	9–3	10–2	6–6	6–4–1	6–4	10–2	11–1
Boston	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	8–4	9–3	10–2	6–6–1	6–6	8–4	6–6	9–3
Brooklyn	4–8	6–6	—	6–6–1	6–6	6–5	8–4	5–7–1	5–7–1	7–5–1	8–4	9–3
Chicago	3–9	5–7	6–6–1	—	6–6–1	2–10	8–4	1–11–2	7–5	6–6–1	6–6	7–5
Cincinnati	2–10	4–8	6–6	6–6–1	—	3–8–1	7–5	5–7	3–8–2	5–7	7–5	7–5
Cleveland	3–9	3–9	5–6	10–2	8–3–1	—	8–3	3–9	7–5	4–8	9–3	8–4
Louisville	2–10	2–10	4–8	4–8	5–7	3–8	—	0–12–1	3–8	3–9	6–6	4–8
New York	6–6	6–6–1	7–5–1	11–1–2	7–5	9–3	12–0–1	—	5–7	8–4–1	7–5–1	10–2
Philadelphia	4–6–1	6–6	7–5–1	5–7	8–3–2	5–7	8–3	7–5	—	8–4	5–7	8–4
Pittsburgh	4–6	4–8	5–7–1	6–6–1	7–5	8–4	9–3	4–8–1	4–8	—	6–6	8–4
St. Louis	2–10	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	3–9	6–6	5–7–1	7–5	6–6	—	6–6
Washington	1–11	3–9	3–9	5–7	5–7	4–8	8–4	2–10	4–8	4–8	6–6	—

Game log

Legend
Reds Win	Reds Loss	Game Tied/Postponed

1894 Game Log: 55–75 (Home: 37–28; Away: 18–47)
April: 4–4 (Home: 4–4; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak - April 19 Colts Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 20 1 April 20 Colts 10–6 League Park 7,006 1-0 W1 2 April 21 Colts 8–0 League Park 1,878 2-0 W2 3 April 22 Colts 5–4 League Park 3,162 3-0 W3 4 April 24 Spiders 0–1 League Park 2,000 3-1 L1 5 April 25 Spiders 6–12 League Park 3,000 3-2 L2 6 April 26 Spiders 4–12 League Park 2,800 3-3 L3 7 April 28 Pirates 10–5 League Park 3,100 4-3 W1 8 April 30 Pirates 6–15 League Park 1,900 4-4 L1
May: 7–13 (Home: 4–3; Away: 3–10) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 9 May 1 Pirates 6–7 League Park 1,200 4-5 L2 - May 3 @ Colts Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 4 10 May 4 @ Colts 3–6 West Side Park 5,423 4-6 L3 - May 5 @ Colts Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 8 11 May 6 @ Colts 6–6 West Side Park 13,747 4-6 L3 12 May 7 @ Pirates 17–6 Exposition Park 2,500 5-6 W1 13 May 8 @ Pirates 5–6 Exposition Park 2,000 5-7 L1 14 May 9 @ Pirates 3–11 Exposition Park 1,800 5-8 L2 15 May 10 Browns 18–9 League Park 1,800 6-8 W1 16 May 12 Browns 5–0 League Park 3,000 7-8 W2 17 May 13 Browns 7–3 League Park 9,000 8-8 W3 18 May 14 Colonels 12–7 League Park 2,005 9-8 W4 - May 15 Colonels Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 23 19 May 16 Colonels 7–9 League Park 1,818 9-9 L1 - May 18 @ Browns Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 20 20 May 19 @ Browns 2–5 New Sportsman's Park 3,000 9-10 L2 21 May 20 1 @ Browns 3–4 New Sportsman's Park N/A 9-11 L3 22 May 20 2 @ Browns 7–1 New Sportsman's Park 14,000 10-11 W1 23 May 21 @ Spiders 2–1 League Park 300 11-11 W2 - May 22 @ Spiders Postponed (rain, site change); Makeup: July 17 - May 23 @ Spiders Postponed (rain, site change); Makeup: July 18 24 May 24 @ Colonels 0–6 Eclipse Park 1,409 11-12 L1 25 May 26 @ Colonels 2–5 Eclipse Park 2,500 11-13 L2 - May 27 @ Colonels Postponed (site change); Makeup: May 27 26 May 27 Colonels 5–6 League Park 3,817 11-14 L3 - May 29 @ Beaneaters Postponed (wet grounds); Makeup: August 21 27 May 30 1 @ Beaneaters 10–13 Congress Street Grounds 3,000 11-15 L4 28 May 30 2 @ Beaneaters 11–20 Congress Street Grounds 8,500 11-16 L5 29 May 31 @ Orioles 1–7 Union Park 3,500 11-17 L6
June: 12–13 (Home: 6–2; Away: 6–11) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 30 June 1 @ Orioles 8–9 Union Park 3,700 11-18 L7 31 June 2 @ Orioles 6–13 Union Park 7,000 11-19 L8 32 June 4 @ Giants 8–4 Polo Grounds 3,000 12-19 W1 33 June 5 @ Giants 6–10 Polo Grounds 2,500 12-20 L1 - June 6 @ Giants Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 1 34 June 7 @ Senators 3–8 Boundary Field 3,168 12-21 L2 35 June 8 @ Senators 6–9 Boundary Field 3,500 12-22 L3 36 June 9 @ Senators 7–3 Boundary Field 3,600 13-22 W1 37 June 11 @ Grooms 11–12 Eastern Park 3,108 13-23 L1 38 June 12 @ Grooms 5–3 Eastern Park 2,711 14-23 W1 39 June 13 @ Grooms 5–11 Eastern Park 2,880 14-24 L1 40 June 14 @ Phillies 2–5 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 4,500 14-25 L2 41 June 15 @ Phillies 8–21 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 4,450 14-26 L3 42 June 16 @ Phillies 9–19 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 10,500 14-27 L4 43 June 17 Browns 6–9 League Park 2,300 14-28 L5 44 June 18 @ Browns 8–4 New Sportsman's Park 600 15-28 W1 45 June 19 @ Browns 3–2 New Sportsman's Park 1,500 16-28 W2 46 June 20 @ Browns 2–4 New Sportsman's Park 2,000 16-29 L1 47 June 21 Colonels 4–5 League Park 960 16-30 L2 48 June 23 1 Colonels 5–1 League Park N/A 17-30 W1 49 June 23 2 Colonels 8–3 League Park 2,860 18-30 W2 - June 24 Colonels Postponed (site change); Makeup: June 24 50 June 24 @ Colonels 7–5 Eclipse Park 2,500 19-30 W3 - June 25 Phillies Postponed (rain, site change); Makeup: August 27 - June 26 Phillies Postponed (rain, site change); Makeup: August 27 51 June 27 Phillies 7–3 League Park 1,900 20-30 W4 52 June 28 Senators 5–4 League Park 1,000 21-30 W5 53 June 29 Senators 6–4 League Park 1,100 22-30 W6 54 June 30 Senators 12–0 League Park 2,300 23-30 W7
July: 16–11 (Home: 13–9; Away: 3–2) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 55 July 1 Grooms 9–7 League Park 7,000 24-30 W8 56 July 4 1 Grooms 14–7 League Park 7,500 25-30 W9 57 July 4 2 Grooms 13–8 League Park 8,500 26-30 W10 58 July 5 Orioles 20–6 League Park 3,000 27-30 W11 59 July 7 Orioles 2–11 League Park 4,000 27-31 L1 60 July 8 Orioles 4–14 League Park 8,000 27-32 L2 61 July 9 Giants 6–13 League Park 2,000 27-33 L3 62 July 10 Giants 7–3 League Park 1,100 28-33 W1 63 July 11 Giants 6–5 League Park 1,800 29-33 W2 64 July 12 Beaneaters 4–6 League Park 2,500 29-34 L1 65 July 13 Beaneaters 7–22 League Park 2,000 29-35 L2 66 July 14 Beaneaters 14–12 League Park 2,000 30-35 W1 67 July 15 Spiders 17–8 League Park 6,000 31-35 W2 68 July 16 Spiders 1–9 League Park 1,900 31-36 L1 69 July 17 Spiders 7–16 League Park 1,700 31-37 L2 70 July 18 Spiders 4–9 League Park 1,000 31-38 L3 71 July 19 Pirates 8–6 League Park 900 32-38 W1 72 July 20 Pirates 7–6 League Park 1,100 33-38 W2 73 July 21 Pirates 12–4 League Park 2,900 34-38 W3 74 July 22 @ Colonels 4–0 Eclipse Park 4,000 35-38 W4 75 July 23 @ Colonels 9–8 Eclipse Park 625 36-38 W5 76 July 24 @ Colonels 4–3 Eclipse Park 968 37-38 W6 - July 26 Colts Postponed (schedule change); Makeup: July 27 77 July 27 Colts 14–12 League Park 1,927 38-38 W7 78 July 28 Colts 19–13 League Park 2,559 39-38 W8 79 July 29 Colts 9–16 League Park 6,251 39-39 L1 80 July 30 @ Pirates 6–8 Exposition Park 1,500 39-40 L2 81 July 31 @ Pirates 10–11 Exposition Park 1,500 39-41 L3
August: 6–19 (Home: 1–1; Away: 5–17) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 82 August 1 @ Pirates 5–15 Exposition Park 2,000 39-42 L4 83 August 2 @ Spiders 4–9 League Park 1,000 39-43 L5 84 August 3 @ Spiders 5–11 League Park 875 39-44 L6 85 August 4 @ Spiders 8–5 League Park 2,100 40-44 W1 86 August 5 @ Colts 1–8 West Side Park 9,446 40-45 L1 87 August 6 @ Colts 9–12 West Side Park 2,062 40-46 L2 88 August 7 @ Colts 11–13 West Side Park 2,100 40-47 L3 89 August 8 @ Colts 14–11 West Side Park 2,203 41-47 W1 - August 9 Browns Postponed (schedule change); Makeup: June 17 90 August 9 @ Colts 6–10 West Side Park 2,556 41-48 L1 91 August 11 Browns 7–6 League Park 2,000 42-48 W1 92 August 12 Browns 5–12 League Park 3,300 42-49 L1 93 August 14 @ Orioles 5–6 Union Park 3,400 42-50 L2 94 August 15 @ Orioles 2–8 Union Park 3,300 42-51 L3 95 August 16 @ Orioles 6–15 Union Park 2,000 42-52 L4 96 August 18 @ Beaneaters 19–6 South End Grounds 4,530 43-52 W1 - August 20 @ Beaneaters Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 22 97 August 21 1 @ Beaneaters 3–18 South End Grounds N/A 43-53 L1 98 August 21 2 @ Beaneaters 8–25 South End Grounds 4,464 43-54 L2 99 August 22 @ Beaneaters 7–8 South End Grounds 2,510 43-55 L3 100 August 23 @ Grooms 13–2 Eastern Park 2,961 44-55 W1 101 August 24 @ Grooms 9–15 Eastern Park 1,010 44-56 L1 102 August 25 @ Grooms 3–5 Eastern Park 3,612 44-57 L2 103 August 27 1 @ Phillies 19–9 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds N/A 44-57 L2 104 August 27 2 @ Phillies 9–5 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 8,200 45-57 W1 105 August 28 @ Senators 7–9 Boundary Field 1,000 45-58 L1 106 August 29 @ Senators 5–9 Boundary Field 2,300 45-59 L2 107 August 30 @ Senators 6–8 Boundary Field 2,500 45-60 L3
September: 10–15 (Home: 9–9; Away: 1–6) # Date Opponent Score Stadium Attendance Record Streak 108 September 1 1 @ Giants 8–6 Polo Grounds N/A 46-60 W1 109 September 1 2 @ Giants 6–8 Polo Grounds 200 46-61 L1 110 September 3 1 @ Giants 2–16 Polo Grounds 3,500 46-62 L2 111 September 3 2 @ Giants 4–6 Polo Grounds 20,000 46-63 L3 112 September 4 @ Phillies 2–6 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 2,400 46-64 L4 113 September 5 @ Phillies 6–15 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 2,900 46-65 L5 114 September 6 1 @ Phillies 7–14 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds N/A 46-65 L5 115 September 6 2 @ Phillies 2–16 Philadelphia Baseball Grounds 5,000 46-66 L6 116 September 8 Senators 14–9 League Park 1,000 47-66 W1 117 September 9 1 Senators 4–1 League Park N/A 48-66 W2 118 September 9 2 Senators 7–6 League Park 5,800 49-66 W3 - September 10 Senators Postponed (schedule change); Makeup: September 9 119 September 12 Orioles 2–16 League Park 1,500 49-67 L1 - September 15 Orioles Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 16 120 September 16 1 Orioles 2–14 League Park N/A 49-68 L2 121 September 16 2 Orioles 4–3 League Park 6,800 50-68 W1 - September 17 Phillies Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 19 122 September 18 Phillies 4–10 League Park 1,000 50-69 L1 123 September 19 1 Phillies 11–12 League Park N/A 50-70 L2 124 September 19 2 Phillies 8–3 League Park 700 51-70 W1 - September 20 Grooms Postponed (unknown reason); Makeup: September 23 125 September 22 Grooms 6–11 League Park 1,100 51-71 L1 126 September 23 1 Grooms 9–10 League Park N/A 51-72 L2 127 September 23 2 Grooms 3–2 League Park 6,500 52-72 W1 128 September 24 Beaneaters 4–7 League Park 800 52-73 L1 129 September 25 1 Beaneaters 9–7 League Park N/A 53-73 W1 130 September 25 2 Beaneaters 5–1 League Park 1,000 54-73 W2 - September 26 Beaneaters Postponed (schedule change); Makeup: September 25 131 September 27 Giants 4–11 League Park 1,000 54-74 L1 132 September 28 Giants 8–9 League Park 650 54-75 L2 133 September 29 Giants 7–6 League Park 1,200 55-75 W1 134 September 30 Spiders 16–16 League Park 2,100 55-75 W1

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	Morgan Murphy	76	261	70	.268	1	37
1B	Charlie Comiskey	61	220	58	.264	0	33
2B	Bid McPhee	128	483	151	.313	5	93
SS	Germany Smith	129	492	130	.264	3	79
3B	Arlie Latham	131	534	167	.313	4	60
OF	Bug Holliday	123	521	196	.376	13	123
OF	Jim Canavan	103	364	100	.275	13	74
OF	Dummy Hoy	128	503	153	.304	5	71

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
Farmer Vaughn	72	284	88	.310	8	64
Jack McCarthy	40	167	45	.269	0	21
Bill Merritt	30	117	38	.325	1	22
Frank Motz	18	69	14	.203	0	12
Bill Whitrock	19	65	15	.231	0	8
Bill Massey	13	53	15	.283	0	5
Marty Hogan	6	23	3	.130	0	3
Connie Murphy	1	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	45	348.0	19	21	5.07	49
Tom Parrott	41	308.2	17	19	5.60	61
Ice Box Chamberlain	23	177.2	10	9	5.77	57
Chauncey Fisher	12	100.0	2	8	7.47	17
Bill Whitrock	11	79.1	2	6	6.24	10
Lem Cross	8	53.0	3	4	8.49	11
Fred Blank	1	8.0	0	1	4.50	1
Bill Pfann	1	3.0	0	1	27.00	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
Henry Fournier	6	45.0	1	3	5.40	5
Jesse Tannehill	5	29.0	1	1	7.14	7
Carney Flynn	2	7.2	0	2	17.61	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Thomas Maguire	1	0	0	0	10.50	1

External links

• 1894 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference