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Post-season games prior to 1903 were considered exhibitions.

1888 World Series (6-4): New York Giants (84-47) over St. Louis Browns (92-43)

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1887 WS / 1889 WS

Series Batting Stats

New York Giants Batting

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	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Willard Brown	2	8	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	0		20	59	4	16	0	6	1	.271	.571
Roger Connor	7	23	7	7	1	2	0	3	4	0	.304	.407	.522	.929	4		134	481	98	140	14	71	27	.291	.869
Ed Crane	2	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	0		12	37	3	6	1	2	1	.162	.522
Buck Ewing	7	26	5	9	0	2	1	6	1	3	.346	.370	.615	.986	5		103	415	83	127	6	58	53	.306	.813
Bill George	2	9	2	3	1	0	1	4	0	2	.333	.333	.778	1.111	0		9	39	7	9	1	6	1	.231	.564
George Gore	3	11	5	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	.455	.538	.545	1.084	2		64	254	37	56	2	17	11	.220	.599
Gil Hatfield	2	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	1		28	105	7	19	0	9	8	.181	.401
Tim Keefe	4	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.091	.231	.091	.322	1		51	181	10	23	2	8	3	.127	.323
Pat Murphy	3	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	0		28	106	11	18	0	4	3	.170	.394
Jim O'Rourke	10	36	4	8	0	0	0	1	4	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	3		107	409	50	112	4	50	25	.274	.690
Danny Richardson	9	36	6	6	2	0	0	6	3	5	.167	.231	.222	.453	3		135	561	82	127	8	61	35	.226	.570
Mike Slattery	10	39	6	8	2	0	0	5	0	5	.205	.205	.256	.462	6		103	391	50	96	1	35	26	.246	.586
Mike Tiernan	10	38	8	13	0	0	1	6	8	2	.342	.457	.421	.878	5		113	443	75	130	9	52	52	.293	.790
Cannonball Titcomb	1	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	0		23	82	6	10	0	5	5	.122	.267
John Ward	8	29	4	11	1	0	0	6	1	0	.379	.400	.414	.814	6		122	510	70	128	2	49	38	.251	.575
Mickey Welch	2	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	0		47	169	16	32	2	10	4	.189	.453
Art Whitney	10	37	7	12	0	1	0	12	1	4	.324	.342	.378	.720	2		90	328	28	72	1	28	7	.220	.496
Totals	92	339	64	94	10	5	3	55	27	30	.277	.331	.363	.693	38		138	4747	659	1149	55		314	.242	.619

St. Louis Browns Batting

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	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Jack Boyle	4	16	4	7	0	1	0	4	2	2	.438	.500	.563	1.063	3		71	257	33	62	1	23	11	.241	.578
Elton Chamberlain	5	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	.000	.235	.000	.235	1		*40	144	17	23	1	5	11	.160	.455
Charlie Comiskey	10	41	6	11	1	1	0	3	1	1	.268	.286	.341	.627	4		137	576	102	157	6	83	72	.273	.652
Jim Devlin	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		11	37	7	11	0	3	2	.297	.690
Ed Herr	3	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		43	172	21	46	3	43	9	.267	.695
Silver King	5	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.067	.125	.067	.192	0		66	207	25	43	1	14	6	.208	.638
Arlie Latham	10	40	10	10	0	0	0	3	5	6	.250	.333	.250	.583	11		133	570	119	151	2	31	109	.265	.652
Harry Lyons	5	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	.118	.167	.118	.284	0		123	499	66	97	4	63	36	.194	.488
Tommy McCarthy	10	41	10	10	1	0	1	9	0	0	.244	.244	.341	.585	6		131	511	107	140	1	68	93	.274	.659
Jocko Milligan	8	25	5	10	2	1	0	4	3	3	.400	.464	.560	1.024	0		63	219	19	55	5	37	3	.251	.676
Tip O'Neill	10	37	8	9	1	0	2	11	6	3	.243	.349	.432	.781	0		130	529	96	177	5	98	26	.335	.836
Yank Robinson	10	36	7	9	2	1	0	7	6	12	.250	.357	.361	.718	2		134	455	111	105	3	53	56	.231	.714
Bill White	10	35	4	5	1	0	0	4	3	6	.143	.211	.171	.382	1		*125	473	66	103	3	60	21	.218	.556
Totals	91	330	60	75	8	4	3	46	32	52	.227	.296	.303	.599	29		137	4755	789	1189	36		468	.250	.633

New York Giants Pitching

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			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Ed Crane	2	2	2.12	1	1	0	2	17.0	15	4	6	12	1.235	12	11	2.43	5	6	1	92.2	70	40	58	1.187
Bill George	1	1	7.20	0	1	0	1	10.0	15	8	3	4	1.800	4	3	1.34	2	1	0	33.2	18	11	26	0.861
Gil Hatfield	1	0	12.60	0	0	0	0	5.0	12	7	3	2	3.000
Tim Keefe	4	4	0.51	4	0	0	4	35.0	18	2	9	30	0.771	51	51	1.74	35	12	0	434.1	317	90	335	0.937
Cannonball Titcomb	1	1	6.75	0	1	0	0	4.0	5	3	2	2	1.750	23	23	2.24	14	8	0	197.0	149	46	129	0.990
Mickey Welch	2	2	2.65	1	1	0	2	17.0	10	5	9	2	1.118	47	47	1.93	26	19	0	425.1	328	108	167	1.025
Totals	11	10	2.97	6	4	0	9	88.0	75	29	32	52	1.216	138	138	1.959	84	47		1208.0	907	307	726	1.005

St. Louis Browns Pitching

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			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Elton Chamberlain	5	5	5.32	2	3	0	5	44.0	52	26	16	13	1.545	*38	38	2.19	25	11	0	308.0	238	86	176	1.052
Jim Devlin	1	0	2.57	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	2	5	1.000	11	11	3.19	6	5	0	90.1	82	20	45	1.129
Silver King	5	5	2.31	1	3	0	4	35.0	37	9	9	12	1.314	66	65	1.64	45	21	0	585.2	437	76	258	0.876
Totals	11	10	3.87	4	6	0	9	86.0	94	37	27	30	1.407	137	137	2.087	92	43		1212.0	939	225	517	0.960

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