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1887 New York Giants Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1886 / 1888)
68-55, Finished 4th in National League
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Scored 816 runs, Allowed 723 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-55
Manager: Jim Mutrie (68-55)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds I (ballparks.com)

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 93;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104

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1886 / 1888 Batting Statistics

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 Willard Brown 21 49 183 170 17 37 3 2 0 25 10 10 15 .218 .273 .259 .532 51 44 3
2 1B Roger Connor* 29 127 554 471 113 134 26 22 17 104 43 75 50 .285 .392 .541 .933 161 255 8
3 2B Danny Richardson 24 122 490 450 79 125 19 10 3 62 41 36 25 .278 .337 .384 .721 103 173 4
4 SS John Ward* 27 129 578 545 114 184 16 5 1 53 111 29 12 .338 .375 .391 .766 116 213 4
5 3B Buck Ewing 27 77 351 318 83 97 17 13 6 44 26 30 33 .305 .370 .497 .867 143 158 3
6 OF Pete Gillespie* 35 76 312 295 40 78 9 3 3 37 37 12 21 .264 .304 .346 .650 83 102 5
7 OF George Gore* 30 111 508 459 95 133 16 5 1 49 39 42 18 .290 .358 .353 .711 101 162 7
8 OF Mike Tiernan* 20 103 442 407 82 117 13 12 10 62 28 32 31 .287 .344 .452 .796 123 184 3
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 36 103 438 397 73 113 15 13 3 88 46 36 11 .285 .352 .411 .762 114 163 5
10 OF Mike Dorgan 33 71 301 283 41 73 10 0 0 34 22 15 20 .258 .302 .293 .596 69 83 3
11 C Pat Deasley 29 30 128 118 12 37 5 0 0 23 3 9 7 .314 .367 .356 .723 105 42 1
12 3B John Rainey* 22 17 63 58 6 17 3 0 0 12 0 5 6 .293 .349 .345 .694 96 20 0
13 C Pat Murphy? 30 17 58 56 4 12 2 0 0 4 1 2 4 .214 .241 .250 .491 39 14 0
14 3B Gil Hatfield? 32 2 7 7 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 .429 .429 .571 1.000 180 4 0
15 3B Buck Becannon? 27 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
16 2B Roger Carey? 22 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
17 3B Joe Gerhardt 32 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
18 3B Candy Nelson* 38 1 2 2 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
19 P Tim Keefe 30 56 211 191 27 42 7 6 2 23 2 20 41 .220 .294 .351 .645 81 67 0
20 P Mickey Welch 27 40 155 148 16 36 4 2 2 15 2 6 1 .243 .277 .338 .615 73 50 1
21 P Bill George 22 13 54 53 6 9 0 0 0 5 2 1 6 .170 .185 .170 .355 1 9 0
22 P Mike Mattimore* 28 8 32 32 5 8 1 0 0 4 1 0 6 .250 .250 .281 .531 50 9 0
23 P Cannonball Titcomb* 20 9 30 29 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 .069 .100 .069 .169 -51 2 0
24 P Bill Swabach? 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
25 P John Roach 19 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 1 0
26 P Stump Wiedman 26 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 89 1 0
Team Totals 28.1 129 4924 4516 816 1259 167 93 48 651 415 361 326 .279 .339 .389 .727 105 1756 47
Rank in 8 NL teams 4 4 3 6 4 4 1 3 7 2 3 4 3 5
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
?Buck Becannon 27 5 5 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .270 .000 .327 .000 .384 .000 .711 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /5
Willard Brown 21 183 133 11 2.2 94 .239 .218 .270 .273 .327 .259 .384 .532 .711 51 .212 -11.0 -1.1 .504 .159 .041 .0 2/5O
?Roger Carey 22 4 4 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .270 .000 .328 .000 .384 .000 .712 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /4
*Roger Connor 29 554 337 98 7.6 94 .290 .285 .270 .392 .327 .541 .384 .933 .711 161 .729 40.1 3.9 1.131 .507 .257 24.4 *3
Pat Deasley 29 128 81 15 4.8 94 .333 .314 .270 .367 .327 .356 .384 .723 .711 105 .540 1.4 0.1 .679 .144 .042 .0 2/56
Mike Dorgan 33 301 210 25 3.1 94 .278 .258 .270 .302 .327 .293 .384 .596 .711 69 .344 -11.0 -1.1 .586 .166 .035 .0 O/3
Buck Ewing 27 351 221 58 6.9 94 .326 .305 .270 .370 .327 .497 .384 .867 .711 143 .690 17.9 1.8 .982 .368 .192 9.8 54/2
Bill George 22 54 44 2 1.2 94 .191 .170 .270 .185 .327 .170 .384 .355 .711 1 .082 -7.0 -0.7 .273 .057 .000 .0 1/O
Joe Gerhardt 32 4 4 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .270 .000 .328 .000 .384 .000 .712 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /5
*Pete Gillespie 35 312 217 30 3.6 94 .277 .264 .270 .304 .327 .346 .384 .650 .711 83 .408 -6.8 -0.7 .719 .247 .081 5.6 O/5
*George Gore 30 508 326 57 4.6 94 .300 .290 .270 .358 .327 .353 .384 .711 .711 101 .514 3.1 0.3 .767 .240 .063 2.0 *O
?Gil Hatfield 32 7 4 2 13.1 94 .500 .429 .270 .429 .327 .571 .384 1.000 .711 180 .879 0.7 0.1 1.000 .143 .143 /5
Tim Keefe 30 211 149 20 3.5 94 .270 .220 .270 .294 .327 .351 .384 .645 .711 81 .395 -4.9 -0.5 .597 .246 .131 2.0 1/O
*Mike Mattimore 28 32 24 2 2.2 94 .308 .250 .270 .250 .327 .281 .384 .531 .711 50 .214 -2.2 -0.2 .417 .063 .031 .0 /1O
?Pat Murphy 30 58 44 3 1.8 94 .231 .214 .270 .241 .327 .250 .384 .491 .711 39 .159 -4.5 -0.4 .386 .089 .036 .0 2
*Candy Nelson 38 2 2 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .270 .000 .328 .000 .384 .000 .712 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /5
Jim O'Rourke 36 438 284 56 5.2 94 .287 .285 .270 .352 .327 .411 .384 .762 .711 114 .569 7.9 0.8 .880 .332 .126 5.6 25O/4
*John Rainey 22 63 41 7 4.5 94 .327 .293 .270 .349 .327 .345 .384 .694 .711 96 .503 0.0 0.0 .610 .138 .052 5
Danny Richardson 24 490 325 57 4.6 94 .289 .278 .270 .337 .327 .384 .384 .721 .711 103 .516 2.3 0.2 .782 .278 .107 5.6 *45/1
John Roach 19 4 3 0 0.0 94 .333 .250 .270 .250 .328 .250 .384 .500 .712 41 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /1
?Bill Swabach -- 7 7 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .270 .000 .327 .000 .384 .000 .711 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Mike Tiernan 20 442 290 62 5.6 94 .292 .287 .270 .344 .327 .452 .384 .796 .711 123 .605 11.4 1.1 .852 .312 .165 14.7 *O/1
*Cannonball Titcomb 20 30 27 0 0.0 94 .100 .069 .270 .100 .327 .069 .384 .169 .711 -51 .000 -5.8 -0.6 .148 .069 .000 .0 /1
*John Ward 27 578 361 79 5.7 94 .344 .338 .270 .375 .327 .391 .384 .766 .711 116 .615 12.7 1.3 .989 .310 .053 2.0 *6
Mickey Welch 27 155 112 14 3.3 94 .234 .243 .270 .277 .327 .338 .384 .615 .711 73 .364 -5.7 -0.6 .527 .149 .095 2.0 1/O
Stump Wiedman 26 3 2 0 0.0 94 .333 .333 .270 .333 .327 .333 .384 .667 .711 89 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000 /1
League Average 4.5 97 .283 .268 .275 .325 .333 .380 .391 .705 .724 95 .504 .736 .262 .112
Team Total 4924 3257 598 4.8 94 .292 .279 .270 .339 .327 .389 .384 .727 .711 105 .537 32.5 3.0 .792 .282 .110 86.0
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
?Buck Becannon 27 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Willard Brown 21 63 225 211 17 41 3 2 0 25 11 11 19 .194 .244 .227 .472 11 49 49
?Roger Carey 22 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
*Roger Connor 29 162 664 574 109 144 28 24 18 101 46 81 64 .251 .352 .477 .830 94 127 127
Pat Deasley 29 38 155 144 12 41 6 0 0 23 3 10 9 .285 .335 .326 .662 15 30 30
Mike Dorgan 33 91 367 348 41 80 11 0 0 34 24 16 26 .230 .270 .261 .531 24 71 71
Buck Ewing 27 98 422 387 81 105 18 14 6 43 28 32 42 .271 .332 .437 .768 56 77 77
Bill George 22 17 66 65 5 9 0 0 0 4 2 1 8 .138 .152 .138 .290 1 13 13
Joe Gerhardt 32 101 378 353 34 67 13 2 0 23 15 24 0 .190 .243 .238 .481 20 86 86
*Pete Gillespie 35 97 380 362 39 85 10 3 3 36 40 13 27 .235 .271 .304 .575 29 76 76
*George Gore 30 142 613 560 92 144 17 5 1 47 42 45 23 .257 .321 .311 .632 55 111 111
?Gil Hatfield 32 3 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2 2
Tim Keefe 30 71 258 236 26 46 8 7 2 22 2 22 52 .195 .264 .314 .577 19 56 56
*Mike Mattimore 28 10 41 41 6 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 8 8
?Pat Murphy 30 22 72 70 5 14 2 0 0 5 1 2 5 .200 .222 .229 .451 4 17 17
*Candy Nelson 38 81 344 290 51 60 5 1 0 20 28 46 1 .207 .331 .231 .562 21 69 69
Jim O'Rourke 36 131 527 483 70 121 16 14 3 84 49 39 14 .251 .313 .360 .673 54 103 103
*John Rainey 22 22 75 70 5 18 3 0 0 11 0 5 8 .257 .307 .300 .607 6 17 17
Danny Richardson 24 156 592 549 76 134 20 11 3 59 44 39 32 .244 .299 .337 .636 55 122 122
John Roach 19 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
?Bill Swabach -- 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Mike Tiernan 20 131 533 496 79 126 14 13 11 60 30 34 40 .254 .306 .401 .707 60 103 103
*Cannonball Titcomb 20 15 53 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 .000 .075 .000 .075 0 12 12
*John Ward 27 165 694 659 110 199 17 5 1 51 120 31 15 .302 .337 .347 .685 77 129 129
Mickey Welch 27 51 188 181 15 38 4 2 2 14 2 6 1 .210 .239 .287 .527 13 40 40
Stump Wiedman 26 45 164 157 15 26 3 1 0 11 8 7 4 .166 .201 .197 .399 6 36 36
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
?Buck Becannon 27 3 43 12 43 41 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .244 .279 .244 .523 74 10 1
Willard Brown 21 1 183 49 183 170 17 37 3 2 0 25 10 10 15 .218 .273 .259 .532 51 44 3
?Roger Carey 22 1 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
*Roger Connor 29 8 3632 818 3632 3353 671 1107 191 108 39 492 60 271 182 .330 .382 .486 .868 165 1631 8
Pat Deasley 29 7 1390 368 1390 1339 155 338 36 9 0 116 5 47 71 .252 .280 .293 .573 80 392 4
Mike Dorgan 33 9 2890 682 2890 2785 424 772 104 34 4 328 31 102 179 .277 .303 .343 .647 102 956 3
Buck Ewing 27 8 2466 567 2466 2338 511 671 100 83 31 279 44 125 129 .287 .324 .441 .765 133 1030 3
Bill George 22 1 54 13 54 53 6 9 0 0 0 5 2 1 6 .170 .185 .170 .355 1 9 0
Joe Gerhardt 32 13 3767 933 3767 3639 444 832 112 51 4 329 23 5 122 194 .229 .255 .291 .546 72 1058 6
*Pete Gillespie 35 8 3038 714 3038 2927 450 809 108 45 10 351 54 106 218 .276 .303 .354 .657 103 1037 5
*George Gore 30 9 3814 830 3814 3422 867 1066 178 65 25 429 62 385 194 .312 .382 .423 .806 143 1449 7
?Gil Hatfield 32 2 37 13 37 37 3 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 12 .189 .189 .270 .459 42 10 0
Tim Keefe 30 8 1537 410 1537 1415 185 299 45 35 7 96 5 121 189 .211 .274 .307 .581 80 435 1
*Mike Mattimore 28 1 32 8 32 32 5 8 1 0 0 4 1 0 6 .250 .250 .281 .531 50 9 0
?Pat Murphy 30 1 58 17 58 56 4 12 2 0 0 4 1 2 4 .214 .241 .250 .491 39 14 0
*Candy Nelson 38 12 3410 757 3410 3071 604 777 87 24 3 196 56 2 317 32 .253 .327 .300 .627 101 921 22
Jim O'Rourke 36 16 5875 1272 5875 5562 1248 1740 298 116 39 711 93 8 308 191 .313 .349 .429 .779 143 2387 5
*John Rainey 22 1 63 17 63 58 6 17 3 0 0 12 0 5 6 .293 .349 .345 .694 96 20 0
Danny Richardson 24 4 1245 313 1245 1162 184 302 45 15 5 141 53 79 77 .260 .309 .337 .647 93 392 4
John Roach 19 1 4 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 41 1 0
?Bill Swabach -- 1 7 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
*Mike Tiernan 20 1 442 103 442 407 82 117 13 12 10 62 28 32 31 .287 .344 .452 .796 123 184 3
*Cannonball Titcomb 20 2 58 17 58 55 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 5 .055 .103 .055 .158 -54 3 0
*John Ward 27 10 4052 937 4052 3914 694 1024 124 53 16 451 147 134 244 .262 .287 .333 .619 92 1302 4
Mickey Welch 27 8 1744 454 1744 1679 213 397 79 15 10 166 5 64 230 .236 .265 .319 .584 80 536 1
Stump Wiedman 26 8 1437 377 1437 1394 131 248 28 4 2 111 11 43 189 .178 .203 .208 .411 28 290 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1886 / 1888 Batting Statistics