The Baltimore Orioles won their first National League pennant in 1894. They won 24 of their last 25 games.Suehsdorf, A. D. (1978). The Great American Baseball Scrapbook, p. 11. Random House. . After the regular season's conclusion, the Orioles participated in the first Temple Cup competition against the second-place New York Giants. The Orioles lost to the Giants in a sweep, four games to none.

The Orioles roster contained six future Hall of Famers: Wilbert Robinson, John McGraw, Dan Brouthers, Hughie Jennings, Wee Willie Keeler and Joe Kelley. Every man in their starting line-up hit .300 for the season. They bunted, hit-and-ran, Baltimore chopped, backed up throws, cut off throws, and had pitchers cover first. They also deadened balls by icing them, tilted baselines so bunts would roll fair, and put soap around the mound so an opposing pitcher would get slippery fingers if he tried to dry his hands in the dirt.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1894 Baltimore Orioles 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 109 414 146 .353 1 98 1B 123 525 182 .347 9 128 2B 108 446 135 .303 2 105 SS 128 501 168 .335 4 109 3B 124 512 174 .340 1 92 OF 129 590 219 .371 5 94 OF 129 573 210 .366 3 113 OF 129 507 199 .393 6 111

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 33 118 38 .322 0 24 28 100 24 .240 1 19 2 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 35 275.2 25 8 4.21 60 32 206.0 16 9 5.81 68 21 172.0 15 5 4.45 35 6 45.1 4 0 3.57 4

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 22 133.0 9 4 5.55 30 21 122.2 6 9 6.31 43 16 101.0 10 2 3.92 25 9 49.2 4 0 4.89 8 2 11.0 0 1 9.00 2

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 1 0 1 0 ∞ 0

Notes

References 1894 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Reference 1894 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com