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
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. The Orioles lost to the Giants in a sweep, four games to none.
The Orioles roster contained six future
Hall of Famers:
Wilbert Robinson
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,
John McGraw,
Dan Brouthers,
Hughie Jennings,
Wee Willie Keeler
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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 opposing pitchers would get slippery fingers if he tried to dry his hands in the dirt.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster
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''
Other batters
''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''
Pitching
Starting pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Other pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Relief pitchers
''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''
Notes
References
1894 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Reference1894 Baltimore Orioles team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899) seasons
Baltimore Orioles season
National League champion seasons
Baltimore Orioles
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