The 1892 Brooklyn Grooms season was a season in American

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. The team finished the first half of the

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in second place, just 2.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters. However, they faded in the second half, finishing 9.5 games behind the second-half champion

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and missing out on the postseason playoff. Their combined record was 95–59, third best overall in the league. The season was a tragic one, as

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Hub Collins left a game on May 14 because he was feeling ill. A week later he was dead, the victim of

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. The team put on a benefit game to raise money for his widow on May 29. One bright spot, however, was

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, who won the batting title with a .335

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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games''

Notes

References

Baseball-Reference season pageBaseball Almanac season page

External links

Acme Dodgers page

Retrosheet
Brooklyn Dodgers seasons Brooklyn Grooms season

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