1886 New York Giants

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1885 / 1887

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 - 102, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 89, Pitching - 86

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1885 / 1887 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Buck Ewing	26	73	291	275	59	85	11	7	4	31	18		16	17	.309	.347	.444	.791	137	122		0
2	1B	Roger Connor*	28	118	526	485	105	172	29	20	7	71	17		41	15	.355	.405	.540	.945	183	262		0
3	2B	Joe Gerhardt	31	123	448	426	44	81	11	7	0	40	8		22	63	.190	.230	.249	.479	44	106		0
4	SS	Monte Ward*	26	122	510	491	82	134	17	5	2	81	36		19	46	.273	.300	.340	.640	92	167		0
5	3B	Dude Esterbrook	29	123	481	473	62	125	20	6	3	43	13		8	43	.264	.277	.351	.627	88	166		0
6	OF	Mike Dorgan	32	118	471	442	61	129	19	4	2	79	9		29	37	.292	.335	.367	.702	111	162		0
7	OF	Patrick Gillespie*	34	97	412	396	65	108	13	8	0	58	17		16	30	.273	.301	.346	.647	94	137		0
8	OF	Danny Richardson	23	68	254	237	43	55	9	1	1	27	12		17	21	.232	.283	.291	.575	73	69		0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Jim O'Rourke	35	105	479	440	106	136	26	6	1	34	14		39	21	.309	.365	.402	.768	131	177		0
10	UT	Pat Deasley	28	41	147	143	18	38	6	1	0	17	2		4	12	.266	.286	.322	.607	83	46		0
11	UT	Bill Finley?	22	13	45	44	2	8	0	0	0	5	2		1	8	.182	.200	.182	.382	16	8		0
12	UT	Gene Bagley?	25	5	17	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	1		1	3	.125	.176	.125	.301	-8	2		0
13	OF	Larry Corcoran#	26	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
14	SS	Ed Caskin	34	1	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	202	2		0
15	OF	Frank Diven?	26	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
16	P	Tim Keefe	29	64	222	205	26	35	10	1	1	20	3		17	42	.171	.234	.244	.478	44	50		0
17	P	Mickey Welch	26	59	220	213	17	46	4	2	0	18	3		7	47	.216	.241	.254	.494	49	54		0
18	P	Jim Devlin?	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	29.4	124	4535	4298	692	1156	175	68	21	527	155		237	410	.269	.307	.356	.663	99	1530		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				3	3	3	5	3	7		6	1	7	8	3	3	3	3		3				1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Tim Keefe	29	42	20	.677	2.56	64	64	0	62	2	0	535.0	479	250	152	9	102		297		0	40	2173	126	1.086	8.1	0.2	1.7	5.0	2.91
2	SP	Mickey Welch	26	33	22	.600	2.99	59	59	0	56	1	0	500.0	514	279	166	13	163		272		0	51	2151	108	1.354	9.3	0.2	2.9	4.9	1.67
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
3	RP	Danny Richardson	23	0	2	.000	5.76	5	1	4	1	0	0	25.0	33	24	16	1	11		17		0	3	114	57	1.760	11.9	0.4	4.0	6.1	1.55
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
4		Jim Devlin*	20	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	3	5	4	0	4		2		0	1	16	22	3.500	13.5	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
		Team Totals	27.4	75	44	.630	2.86	124	124	5	119	3	1	1062.0	1029	558	338	23	280		588		0	95	4454	113	1.233	8.7	0.2	2.4	5.0	2.10
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	5		4				2	7	3	5	4	4	3	2	5		3
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Gene Bagley	25	5		24	14	7	3	0	.875	4.20	8							C-OF
Ed Caskin	34	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00								SS
Roger Connor	28	118		1263	1164	65	34	55	.973	10.42								1B
Larry Corcoran	26	1		1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00								OF
Pat Deasley	28	45		230	167	42	21	4	.909	4.64	29							C-OF
Frank Diven	26	1		0	0	0	0	0		0.00								OF
Jim Devlin	20	1		2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00								P
Mike Dorgan	32	119		210	174	14	22	5	.895	1.58								OF-1B
Dude Esterbrook	29	123		410	148	219	43	9	.895	2.98								3B
Buck Ewing	26	75		444	311	97	36	4	.919	5.44	31							C-OF-1B
Bill Finley	22	16		44	29	10	5	1	.886	2.44	11							C-OF
Joe Gerhardt	31	123		752	340	355	57	50	.924	5.65								2B
Patrick Gillespie	34	97		141	121	6	14	0	.901	1.31								OF
Tim Keefe	29	65		151	29	107	15	3	.901	2.09								P-OF
Jim O'Rourke	35	112		493	369	96	28	5	.943	4.15	48							OF-C-1B
Danny Richardson	23	72		135	103	26	6	3	.956	1.79								P-OF-2B-3B-SS
Monte Ward	26	122		629	191	369	69	36	.890	4.59								SS
Mickey Welch	26	62		106	19	82	5	0	.953	1.63								P-OF
Team Totals	29.2	124		5038	3183	1496	359	175	.929	4.04	127
Rank in 8 NL teams							8	5	1
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Gene Bagley?	25	5	17	-2	0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.428	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$		/2O
Ed Caskin	34	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.545	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$		/6
Roger Connor*	28	118	526	52	-2	0	10	0	60	5.2	16	76	6.9	.546	.534	6.2	0.9	66	$3,000	Free Agency	*3
Larry Corcoran#	26	1	4	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.380	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$		/O
Pat Deasley	28	41	147	-3	-0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	5	3	0.2	.496	.499	0.3	0.1	3	$	Free Agency	2O
Jim Devlin?	20	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.472	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$		/1
Frank Diven?	26	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.422	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$		/O
Mike Dorgan	32	118	471	8	-1	0	0	-7	-0	-0.2	15	14	1.3	.500	.500	1.5	-0.7	14	$		*O/3
Dude Esterbrook	29	123	481	-7	-1	0	2	4	-2	-0.4	15	13	1.2	.499	.499	1.2	0.5	11	$	Purchased	*5
Buck Ewing	26	73	291	13	0	0	4	2	20	1.7	9	29	2.6	.525	.511	2.4	0.5	25	$3,500	Free Agency	2O/3
Bill Finley?	22	13	45	-5	0	0	-3	0	-8	-0.7	1	-6	-0.6	.446	.496	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$		/2O
Joe Gerhardt	31	123	448	-30	-1	0	1	2	-27	-2.8	14	-13	-1.3	.479	.484	-1.2	0.2	-14	$		*4
Patrick Gillespie*	34	97	412	-2	-1	0	-4	-6	-12	-1.3	13	1	0.0	.488	.493	0.6	-1.0	5	$		*O
Tim Keefe	29	64	222	-15	-0	0	0	11	-5	-0.6	7	2	-0.6	.493	.497	-0.5	-0.0	2	$3,000	Purchased	1/O
Jim O'Rourke	35	105	479	21	-2	0	5	-0	24	2.0	15	39	3.5	.521	.514	3.3	0.4	34	$3,000	Unknown	O2/3
Danny Richardson	23	68	254	-6	0	0	2	-2	-7	-0.7	8	1	0.1	.491	.496	0.0	-0.2	-1	$2,000		O/1456
Monte Ward*	26	122	510	-4	2	0	3	8	10	0.7	16	26	2.4	.507	.506	2.3	0.9	23	$3,000	Free Agency	*6
Mickey Welch	26	59	220	-15	-0	0	-1	10	-6	-0.7	7	1	-0.7	.490	.496	-0.5	-0.1	2	$	Free Agency	1/O
Team Total	29.4	1133	4535	4	-5	0	17	23	38	1.5	142	180	14.5	.503	.501	15.0	1.0	163	$17,500
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Jim Devlin*	20	2.0	1	0	5	22.50	5.19	0.22	0.00	98.0	4.87	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-4	.236	.498	$
Tim Keefe	29	535.0	64	64	250	4.21	5.19	0.14	0.00	98.0	4.95	60	5.9		-0.7	9.8	94	.592	.536	$3,000	Purchased
Danny Richardson	23	25.0	5	1	24	8.64	5.19	0.15	0.00	98.0	4.94	-10	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-8	.346	.495	$2,000
Mickey Welch	26	500.0	59	59	279	5.02	5.19	0.15	0.00	98.0	4.94	10	1.0		-0.6	4.6	42	.516	.506	$	Free Agency
Team Total	27.4	1062.0	129	124	558	4.73	5.19	0.14	0.00	98.0	4.94	57	5.8	1.0	-1.3	13.6	125	.545	.509	$5,000
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1885 / 1887 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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