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1885 New York Giants

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

85-27, Finished 2nd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Mutrie (85-27)
Scored 691 runs, Allowed 370 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-27

Ballparks: Polo Grounds I (Southeast Diamond) ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 116, Pitching - 109

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1884 / 1886 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory up to 10 runs · Mouseover bar for details · Click for box score · Grouped by Month

Game Results

Season Summary	85-27, Final Rank:2, GB: 2.0
Days in First	25	last on Monday, Jun 15, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	49	last on Jun 15, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	2.5	last on Monday, Jun 1, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	5	last on Tuesday, Oct 6, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	58	last on Friday, Oct 9
Most Games under .500	never
Longest Winning Streak	11	Thursday, Aug 20 to Friday, Sep 4
Longest Losing Streak	3	Tuesday, Sep 29 to Thursday, Oct 1
Most Runs Allowed	12	Tuesday, Jul 28
Most Runs Scored	24	Wednesday, May 27
Times Shutout by Opponent	2
Times Opponent Shutout	16

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	85	27	689	370	.759
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	51	10	433	195	.836
Road	34	17	256	175	.667
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
May	17	4	160	77	.810
June	15	5	107	70	.750
July	18	7	127	95	.720
August	18	3	127	48	.857
September	13	6	133	53	.684
October	4	2	35	27	.667

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	40	14	322	195	.741
Second Half	45	13	367	175	.776
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	22	8	113	99	.733
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	34	5	369	110	.872

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BSN	13	3	83	45	.813
BUF	15	1	150	38	.938
CHC	10	6	90	75	.625
DTN	12	4	87	69	.750
PHI	11	5	96	52	.688
PRO	12	4	90	41	.750
SLM	12	4	93	50	.750

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Saturday, May 2	NYG		BSN	W	2	1		1-0	2	0.5							`+`
2	2	Monday, May 4	NYG		PRO	W	8	5		2-0	2	0.5							`++`
3	3	Tuesday, May 5	NYG		PRO	L	3	4		2-1	3	1.0							`-`
4	4	Wednesday, May 6	NYG		BSN	W	5	3		3-1	2	0.5							`+`
5	5	Saturday, May 9	NYG		PRO	W	1	0		4-1	1	Tied							`++`
6	6	Monday, May 11	NYG		CHC	W	8	4		5-1	1	up 1.0							`+++`
7	7	Tuesday, May 12	NYG		CHC	L	2	10		5-2	1	Tied							`-`
8	8	Wednesday, May 13	NYG		DTN	W	10	7		6-2	1	Tied							`+`
9	9	Thursday, May 14	NYG		DTN	W	5	3		7-2	1	Tied							`++`
10	10	Friday, May 15	NYG		CHC	W	4	3		8-2	1	up 1.0							`+++`
11	11	Saturday, May 16	NYG		CHC	W	13	4		9-2	1	up 2.0							`++++`
12	12	Monday, May 18	NYG		DTN	W	12	7		10-2	1	up 2.0							`+++++`
13	13	Tuesday, May 19	NYG		DTN	W	12	4		11-2	1	up 2.0							`++++++`
14	14	Thursday, May 21	NYG		BUF	L	3	4		11-3	1	up 1.0							`-`
15	15	Friday, May 22	NYG		BUF	W	9	4		12-3	1	up 1.0							`+`
16	16	Saturday, May 23	NYG		SLM	W	6	1		13-3	1	up 1.5							`++`
17	17	Monday, May 25	NYG		SLM	W	11	0		14-3	1	up 1.5							`+++`
18	18	Wednesday, May 27	NYG		BUF	W	24	0		15-3	1	up 1.0							`++++`
19	19	Thursday, May 28	NYG		BUF	W	11	0		16-3	1	up 2.0							`+++++`
20	20	Saturday, May 30	NYG		SLM	W	10	9		17-3	1	up 2.5							`++++++`
21	21	Saturday, May 30	NYG		SLM	L	1	4		17-4	1	up 2.5							`-`
22	22	Monday, Jun 1	NYG	@	PHI	W	3	2		18-4	1	up 2.5							`+`
23	23	Tuesday, Jun 2	NYG		PHI	L	1	3		18-5	1	up 1.5							`-`
24	24	Wednesday, Jun 3	NYG	@	PHI	W	8	7		19-5	1	up 2.0							`+`
25	25	Saturday, Jun 6	NYG		PHI	W	7	3		20-5	1	up 1.0							`++`
26	26	Tuesday, Jun 9	NYG	@	BSN	W	10	4		21-5	1	up 0.5							`+++`
27	27	Wednesday, Jun 10	NYG	@	PRO	L	1	2		21-6	2	0.5							`-`
28	28	Thursday, Jun 11	NYG	@	PRO	W	4	3		22-6	1	Tied							`+`
29	29	Friday, Jun 12	NYG	@	BSN	W	6	4		23-6	1	Tied							`++`
30	30	Saturday, Jun 13	NYG	@	BSN	W	7	3		24-6	1	Tied							`+++`
31	31	Monday, Jun 15	NYG	@	PRO	W	5	3		25-6	1	Tied							`++++`
32	32	Tuesday, Jun 16	NYG	@	PRO	L	3	4		25-7	2	1.0							`-`
33	33	Wednesday, Jun 17	NYG	@	BSN	W	10	0		26-7	2	1.0							`+`
34	34	Friday, Jun 19	NYG	@	PHI	W	6	3		27-7	2	1.5							`++`
35	35	Saturday, Jun 20	NYG		PHI	L	8	11		27-8	2	2.5							`-`
36	36	Tuesday, Jun 23	NYG	@	BUF	W	7	6		28-8	2	2.5							`+`
37	37	Wednesday, Jun 24	NYG	@	BUF	W	4	0		29-8	2	2.5							`++`
38	38	Thursday, Jun 25	NYG	@	BUF	W	8	3		30-8	2	1.5							`+++`
39	39	Friday, Jun 26	NYG	@	BUF	W	7	5		31-8	2	0.5							`++++`
40	40	Monday, Jun 29	NYG	@	DTN	L	1	4		31-9	2	2.0							`-`
41	41	Tuesday, Jun 30	NYG	@	DTN	W	1	0		32-9	2	2.0							`+`
42	42	Wednesday, Jul 1	NYG	@	DTN	W	2	1		33-9	2	2.0							`++`
43	43	Thursday, Jul 2	NYG	@	DTN	L	0	4		33-10	2	2.5							`-`
44	44	Friday, Jul 3	NYG	@	CHC	W	6	2		34-10	2	1.5							`+`
45	45	Saturday, Jul 4	NYG	@	CHC	W	6	3		35-10	2	1.5							`++`
46	46	Saturday, Jul 4	NYG	@	CHC	L	3	6		35-11	2	1.5							`-`
47	47	Monday, Jul 6	NYG	@	CHC	W	7	4		36-11	2	0.5							`+`
48	48	Wednesday, Jul 8	NYG	@	SLM	L	3	8		36-12	2	1.5							`-`
49	49	Thursday, Jul 9	NYG	@	SLM	L	5	6		36-13	2	2.5							`--`
50	50	Friday, Jul 10	NYG	@	SLM	W	3	2		37-13	2	1.5							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Saturday, Jul 11	NYG	@	SLM	W	8	2		38-13	2	0.5							`++`
52	52	Monday, Jul 13	NYG		PRO	L	2	4		38-14	2	1.5							`-`
53	53	Tuesday, Jul 14	NYG		PRO	W	3	0		39-14	2	1.5							`+`
54	54	Wednesday, Jul 15	NYG		PRO	W	7	6		40-14	2	1.5							`++`
55	55	Thursday, Jul 16	NYG		BSN	L	5	6		40-15	2	3.0							`-`
56	56	Friday, Jul 17	NYG		BSN	W	3	2		41-15	2	2.5							`+`
57	57	Saturday, Jul 18	NYG		SLM	W	3	2		42-15	2	2.5							`++`
58	58	Monday, Jul 20	NYG		SLM	W	3	2		43-15	2	2.5							`+++`
59	59	Tuesday, Jul 21	NYG		DTN	W	8	7		44-15	2	2.0							`++++`
60	60	Wednesday, Jul 22	NYG		DTN	W	7	2		45-15	2	1.0							`+++++`
61	61	Thursday, Jul 23	NYG		SLM	W	15	3		46-15	2	1.0							`++++++`
62	62	Saturday, Jul 25	NYG		SLM	W	3	0		47-15	2	1.0							`+++++++`
63	63	Monday, Jul 27	NYG		DTN	W	6	3		48-15	2	1.0							`++++++++`
64	64	Tuesday, Jul 28	NYG		DTN	L	6	12		48-16	2	2.0							`-`
65	65	Thursday, Jul 30	NYG		BUF	W	3	1		49-16	2	2.5							`+`
66	66	Friday, Jul 31	NYG		BUF	W	10	7		50-16	2	2.5							`++`
67	67	Saturday, Aug 1	NYG		CHC	W	7	6		51-16	2	1.5							`+++`
68	68	Tuesday, Aug 4	NYG		BUF	W	7	1		52-16	2	1.5							`++++`
69	69	Thursday, Aug 6	NYG		CHC	W	1	0		53-16	2	1.0							`+++++`
70	70	Friday, Aug 7	NYG		CHC	L	3	8		53-17	2	2.0							`-`
71	71	Monday, Aug 10	NYG		CHC	W	12	0		54-17	2	1.0							`+`
72	72	Tuesday, Aug 11	NYG	@	BSN	L	4	8		54-18	2	2.0							`-`
73	73	Wednesday, Aug 12	NYG	@	BSN	W	3	2		55-18	2	2.0							`+`
74	74	Thursday, Aug 13	NYG	@	PRO	W	8	1		56-18	2	2.0							`++`
75	75	Saturday, Aug 15	NYG	@	PRO	W	12	2		57-18	2	2.5							`+++`
76	76	Monday, Aug 17	NYG		PHI	W	4	2		58-18	2	2.0							`++++`
77	77	Tuesday, Aug 18	NYG		PHI	W	7	3		59-18	2	2.0							`+++++`
78	78	Wednesday, Aug 19	NYG	@	PHI	L	3	4		59-19	2	3.0							`-`
79	79	Thursday, Aug 20	NYG	@	PHI	W	7	1		60-19	2	3.0							`+`
80	80	Friday, Aug 21	NYG		PHI	W	7	1		61-19	2	2.5							`++`
81	81	Saturday, Aug 22	NYG		PHI	W	9	0		62-19	2	2.5							`+++`
82	82	Monday, Aug 24	NYG		PRO	W	10	5		63-19	2	2.0							`++++`
83	83	Wednesday, Aug 26	NYG		PRO	W	6	0		64-19	2	2.5							`+++++`
84	84	Thursday, Aug 27	NYG		BSN	W	2	1		65-19	2	1.5							`++++++`
85	85	Friday, Aug 28	NYG		BSN	W	3	1		66-19	2	1.0							`+++++++`
86	86	Saturday, Aug 29	NYG		BSN	W	7	1		67-19	2	0.5							`++++++++`
87	87	Monday, Aug 31	NYG	@	PHI	W	5	1		68-19	2	0.5							`+++++++++`
88	88	Thursday, Sep 3	NYG		PHI	W	18	3		69-19	2	1.5							`++++++++++`
89	89	Friday, Sep 4	NYG		BSN	W	6	3		70-19	2	1.5							`+++++++++++`
90	90	Saturday, Sep 5	NYG	@	PHI	L	2	5		70-20	2	2.5							`-`
91	91	Monday, Sep 7	NYG	@	PHI	L	1	3		70-21	2	3.0							`--`
92	92	Tuesday, Sep 8	NYG	@	BSN	W	10	4		71-21	2	2.5							`+`
93	93	Wednesday, Sep 9	NYG	@	BSN	L	0	2		71-22	2	2.5							`-`
94	94	Thursday, Sep 10	NYG		PRO	W	8	1		72-22	2	2.5							`+`
95	95	Friday, Sep 11	NYG		PRO	W	9	1		73-22	2	2.5							`++`
96	96	Tuesday, Sep 15	NYG	@	DTN	W	8	4		74-22	2	2.0							`+++`
97	97	Wednesday, Sep 16	NYG	@	DTN	L	2	6		74-23	2	3.0							`-`
98	98	Thursday, Sep 17	NYG	@	DTN	W	1	0		75-23	2	3.0							`+`
99	99	Saturday, Sep 19	NYG	@	DTN	W	6	5		76-23	2	3.0							`++`
100	100	Monday, Sep 21	NYG	@	BUF	W	10	0		77-23	2	2.5							`+++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Wednesday, Sep 23	NYG		BUF	W	17	2		78-23	2	3.0							`++++`
102	102	Thursday, Sep 24	NYG		BUF	W	11	3		79-23	2	2.0							`+++++`
103	103	Friday, Sep 25	NYG		BUF	W	15	1		80-23	2	2.0							`++++++`
104	104	Saturday, Sep 26	NYG		BUF	W	4	1		81-23	2	2.0							`+++++++`
105	105	Tuesday, Sep 29	NYG	@	CHC	L	4	7		81-24	2	3.0							`-`
106	106	Wednesday, Sep 30	NYG	@	CHC	L	1	2		81-25	2	4.0							`--`
107	107	Thursday, Oct 1	NYG	@	CHC	L	3	8		81-26	2	5.0							`---`
108	108	Saturday, Oct 3	NYG	@	CHC	W	10	8		82-26	2	4.0							`+`
109	109	Tuesday, Oct 6	NYG	@	SLM	L	4	7		82-27	2	5.0							`-`
110	110	Wednesday, Oct 7	NYG	@	SLM	W	5	1		83-27	2	4.5							`+`
111	111	Thursday, Oct 8	NYG	@	SLM	W	8	3		84-27	2	3.5							`++`
112	112	Friday, Oct 9	NYG	@	SLM	W	5	0		85-27	2	2.5							`+++`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1884 / 1886 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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