The Boston Beaneaters

Atlanta Braves

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 season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in third place in the National League

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 with a record of 83-49, 8 games behind the Baltimore Orioles

1894 Baltimore Orioles season

The Baltimore Orioles won their first National League pennant in . They won 24 of their last 25 games. After the regular season's conclusion, the Orioles participated in the first Temple Cup competition against the second-place New York Giants...

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Regular season

The Beaneaters' home park, the South End Grounds

South End Grounds

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, was destroyed in a fire on May 15. The team played their home games at Congress Street Grounds

Congress Street Grounds

Congress Street Grounds is a former baseball ground located in Boston, Massachusetts. The ballpark, as the name implies, was along Congress Street, near the intersection of Thompson Place, and not far from the Fort Point Channel on South Boston Flats, a newly filled in piece of land on Boston Harbor...

 until the rebuilt park opened on July 20.

Roster

1894 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		70	266	74	.278	3	56
OF		128	494	166	.336	13	114
OF		127	539	188	.349	13	126

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
	53	201	54	.269	1	29
	10	26	6	.231	0	6

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
	50	407	32	13	4.75	113
	15	104	6	8	5.97	23
	12	74	4	4	5.84	12
	1	7	0	1	7.71	1

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
	2	5.1	0	1	11.81	1

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
	2	0	0	1	15.00	2
	1	0	0	0	9.00	1
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Awards and honors

• Hugh Duffy, Major League Baseball record, highest single-season batting average
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