1894 Brooklyn Grooms season

The 1894 Brooklyn Grooms finished in fifth place in a crowded National League pennant race.

1894 Brooklyn Grooms
League	National League
Ballpark	Eastern Park
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey
President	Charles Byrne
Managers	Dave Foutz
← 1893 1895 →

Offseason

• January 1, 1984: Dan Brouthers and Willie Keeler were traded by the Grooms to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Shindle and George Treadway.^[1]
• March 15, 1894: Danny Richardson was sold by the Grooms to the Louisville Colonels.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	89	39	0.695	—	52–15	37–24
New York Giants	88	44	0.667	3	49–17	39–27
Boston Beaneaters	83	49	0.629	8	44–19	39–30
Philadelphia Phillies	71	57	0.555	18	48–20	23–37
Brooklyn Grooms	70	61	0.534	20½	42–24	28–37
Cleveland Spiders	68	61	0.527	21½	35–24	33–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	65	65	0.500	25	46–28	19–37
Chicago Colts	57	75	0.432	34	35–30	22–45
St. Louis Browns	56	76	0.424	35	34–32	22–44
Cincinnati Reds	55	75	0.423	35	37–28	18–47
Washington Senators	45	87	0.341	46	32–30	13–57
Louisville Colonels	36	94	0.277	54	24–38	12–56

Record vs. opponents

1894 National League record v t e 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	—

Roster

1894 Brooklyn Grooms
Roster
Pitchers Dan Daub Hank Gastright Brickyard Kennedy Jim Korwan Con Lucid George Sharrott Andy Sommerville Ed Stein Fred Underwood		Catchers Con Daily Billy Earle Tom Kinslow Infielders Tommy Corcoran Tom Daly Pete Gilbert Dave Foutz Candy LaChance Billy Shindle		Outfielders John Anderson Pete Browning Oyster Burns Mike Griffin George Shoch George Treadway		Manager Dave Foutz

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Tom Kinslow	62	223	39	68	.305	2	41	4
1B	Dave Foutz	72	293	40	90	.307	0	51	14
2B	Tom Daly	123	492	135	168	.341	8	82	51
3B	Billy Shindle	116	476	94	141	.296	4	96	19
SS	Tommy Corcoran	129	576	123	173	.300	5	92	33
OF	Oyster Burns	125	505	106	179	.354	5	107	30
OF	George Treadway	123	479	124	157	.328	4	102	27
OF	Mike Griffin	107	402	122	144	.358	5	57	39

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Candy LaChance	68	257	48	83	.323	5	52	20
George Shoch	64	239	47	77	.322	1	37	16
Con Daily	67	234	40	60	.256	0	32	8
John Anderson	17	63	14	19	.302	1	19	7
Billy Earle	14	50	13	17	.340	0	6	4
Pete Gilbert	6	25	1	2	.080	0	1	2
Pete Browning	1	2	1	2	1.000	0	2	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Brickyard Kennedy	48	41	360.2	24	20	4.92	149	107	34
Ed Stein	44	40	350.0	26	14	4.63	170	84	37
Dan Daub	34	27	224.0	10	12	6.11	91	45	15
Con Lucid	10	9	71.1	5	3	6.56	44	15	7
Fred Underwood	7	6	47.0	2	4	7.85	30	10	5
George Sharrott	3	3	18.0	0	1	9.00	10	7	2
Andy Sommerville	1	1	0.1	0	1	162.00	5	0	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Hank Gastright	16	8	93.0	2	6	6.39	55	20	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Jim Korwan	1	5.0	0	0	0	14.40	5	2
Dave Foutz	1	2.0	0	0	0	13.50	1	0

Notes

1. Dan Brouthers page at Baseball Reference
2. Danny Richardson page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Retrosheet