1886 New York Giants

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75-44, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Mutrie (75-44)
Scored 692 runs, Allowed 558 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-48

Ballparks: Polo Grounds I (Southeast Diamond) ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 89, Pitching - 86

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1885 / 1887 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Gene Bagley	25					Jun 7, 1861	1st	5		5		0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2			-0.3	$
Ed Caskin	34	R	R	5' 9"	165	Dec 30, 1851	7	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	$
Roger Connor HOF	28	L	L	6' 3"	220	Jul 1, 1857	7	118		118		0	0	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			7.7	$3,000
Larry Corcoran	26	B	R	5' 3"	127	Aug 10, 1859	7	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			-0.1	$
Pat Deasley	28	R	R	5' 8"	154	Nov 17, 1857	6	41		41		0	30	0	0	0	0	1	6	8	15			0.2	$
Jim Devlin	20		L	5' 7"	135	Apr 16, 1866	1st	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.3	$
Frank Diven	26		L			Aug 29, 1859	2	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			-0.1	$
Mike Dorgan	32	R	R	5' 9"	180	Oct 2, 1853	8	118		118		0	0	3	0	0	0	6	1	110	116			1.2	$
Dude Esterbrook	29	R	R	5' 11"	167	Jun 9, 1857	6	123		123		0	0	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	0			1.2	$
Buck Ewing HOF	26	R	R	5' 10"	188	Oct 17, 1859	7	73		73		0	50	2	0	0	0	2	18	3	23			3.0	$3,500
Bill Finley	22			5' 3"	170	Oct 4, 1863	1st	13		13		0	8	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	8			-0.6	$
Joe Gerhardt	31	R	R	6' 0"	160	Feb 14, 1855	12	123		123		0	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	0	0			-1.5	$
Patrick Gillespie	34	L	R	6' 1"	178	Nov 30, 1851	7	97		97		0	0	0	0	0	0	95	1	1	97			0.2	$
Tim Keefe HOF	29	R	R	5' 10"	185	Jan 1, 1857	7	64		64		64	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			9.2	$3,000
Jim O'Rourke HOF	35	R	R	5' 8"	185	Sep 1, 1850	15	105		105		0	47	2	0	0	0	1	62	0	63			4.1	$3,000
Danny Richardson	23	R	R	5' 8"	165	Jan 25, 1863	3	68		68		5	0	0	1	1	1	20	42	2	64			-0.6	$2,000
Monte Ward HOF	26	L	R	5' 9"	165	Mar 3, 1860	9	122		122		0	0	0	0	0	122	0	0	0	0			2.5	$3,000
Mickey Welch HOF	26	R	R	5' 8"	160	Jul 4, 1859	7	59		59		59	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3			4.3	$
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

1885 / 1887 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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