1893 Chicago Colts season

1893 Chicago Colts
Ballpark	South Side Park (since 1891) West Side Park
City	Chicago
Owners	Albert Spalding
Managers	Cap Anson

The 1893 Chicago Colts season was the 22nd season of the Chicago Colts franchise, the 18th in the National League and the 1st at West Side Park. The Colts finished ninth in the National League with a record of 56–71.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	86	43	0.667	—	49–15	37–28
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	48	0.628	5	54–19	27–29
Cleveland Spiders	73	55	0.570	12½	47–22	26–33
Philadelphia Phillies	72	57	0.558	14	43–22	29–35
New York Giants	68	64	0.515	19½	49–20	19–44
Cincinnati Reds	65	63	0.508	20½	37–27	28–36
Brooklyn Grooms	65	63	0.508	20½	43–24	22–39
Baltimore Orioles	60	70	0.462	26½	36–24	24–46
Chicago Colts	56	71	0.441	29	38–34	18–37
St. Louis Browns	57	75	0.432	30½	40–30	17–45
Louisville Colonels	50	75	0.400	34	24–28	26–47
Washington Senators	40	89	0.310	46	21–27	19–62

Record vs. opponents

1893 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	—	2–10	10–2	5–7	4–8	8–4	5–5	4–8	5–7	1–11	9–3	7–5
Boston	10–2	—	8–4	8–3–1	6–6	7–5	10–2	8–4	8–4	4–6–1	10–2	7–5
Brooklyn	2–10	4–8	—	7–3	4–8	5–7–1	7–5	6–6	6–5–1	8–4	8–4	8–3
Chicago	7–5	3–8–1	3–7	—	5–7	4–8	6–4	7–5	6–6	3–9	3–9	9–3
Cincinnati	8–4	6–6	8–4	7–5	—	6–5	6–6	6–6–1	1–9–1	3–9	7–5–1	7–4
Cleveland	4–8	5–7	7–5–1	8–4	5–6	—	6–3	6–6	3–9	9–3	9–3	11–1
Louisville	5–5	2–10	5–7	4–6	6–6	3–6	—	5–7–1	4–8	4–8	4–8	8–4
New York	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	6–6–1	6–6	7–5–1	—	7–5–1	4–8–1	8–4	7–5
Philadelphia	7–5	4–8	5–6–1	6–6	9–1–1	9–3	8–4	5–7–1	—	7–5	4–8–1	8–4
Pittsburgh	11–1	6–4–1	4–8	9–3	9–3	3–9	8–4	8–4–1	5–7	—	9–3	9–2
St. Louis	3–9	2–10	4–8	9–3	5–7–1	3–9	8–4	4–8	8–4–1	3–9	—	8–4–1
Washington	5–7	5–7	3–8	3–9	4–7	1–11	4–8	5–7	4–8	2–9	4–8–1	—

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	Cap Anson	103	398	125	.314	0	91
OF	Jimmy Ryan	83	341	102	.299	3	30

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
Bert Abbey	7	56	2	4	5.46	6

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

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
Jimmy Ryan	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

References

• 1893 Chicago Colts season at Baseball Reference