1896 Baltimore Orioles
National League Champions
Temple Cup Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkUnion Park
CityBaltimore, Maryland
OwnersHarry Von der Horst
ManagersNed Hanlon
Seasons

The Baltimore Orioles won their third straight National League pennant in 1896. After the season, they faced the Cleveland Spiders in the Temple Cup for the second year in a row. After losing 4 games to 1 in 1895, the Orioles swept the Spiders in four straight. The Orioles had now played in the Cup in each of its first three seasons, with this one being their first win.

Regular season

1896 Baltimore Orioles

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9039 0.698 — 49–16 41–23
Cleveland Spiders 8048 0.625 9½ 43–19 37–29
Cincinnati Reds 7750 0.606 12 51–15 26–35
Boston Beaneaters 7457 0.565 17 42–24 32–33
Chicago Colts 7157 0.555 18½ 42–24 29–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 6663 0.512 24 35–31 31–32
New York Giants 6467 0.489 27 39–26 25–41
Philadelphia Phillies 6268 0.477 28½ 42–27 20–41
Washington Senators 5873 0.443 33 38–29 20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5873 0.443 33 35–28 23–45
St. Louis Browns 4090 0.308 50½ 27–34 13–56
Louisville Colonels 3893 0.290 53 25–37 13–56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS BR CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WSH
Baltimore —5–76–67–4–210–23–8–110–29–312–09–29–310–2
Boston 7–5—10–23–95–65–7–18–47–57–57–58–47–5
Brooklyn 6–62–10—6–62–105–78–44–88–46–5–17–54–8–1
Chicago 4–7–29–36–6—4–6–12–9–19–35–74–811–19–38–4
Cincinnati 2–106–510–26–4–1—6–59–36–68–45–712–07–4
Cleveland 8–3–17–5–15–79–2–15–6—8–3–27–56–64–8–110–29–3–1
Louisville 2–104–84–83–93–93–8–2—4–8–17–52–103–93–9
New York 3–95–78–47–56–65–78–4–1—3–84–89–3–16–6
Philadelphia 0–125–74–88–44–86–65–78–3—6–68–38–4
Pittsburgh 2–95–75–6–11–117–58–4–110–28–46–6—8–36–6
St. Louis 3–94–85–73–90–122–109–33–9–13–83–8—5–7
Washington 2–105–78–4–14–84–73–9–19–36–64–86–65–7—

Roster

1896 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
CWilbert Robinson6724585.347238
1BJack Doyle118487165.3391101
2BHeinie Reitz120464133.2874106
SSHughie Jennings130521209.4010121
3BJim Donnelly106396130.328071
OFWillie Keeler126544210.386482
OFSteve Brodie132516153.297287
OFJoe Kelley131519189.3648100

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
Boileryard Clarke8030089.297271
Joe Quinn248227.32905
John McGraw237725.325014
Bill Keister155814.24105
Frank Bowerman4162.12504

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
Bill Hoffer35309.02573.3893
Arlie Pond28214.11683.4980
George Hemming25202.01564.1933
Sadie McMahon22175.21193.4833
Duke Esper20155.21453.5819
Jerry Nops322.0216.148

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
Dad Clarkson747.0424.987
Joe Corbett841.0302.2028

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
Otis Stocksdale101016.201

References

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