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1888 New York Giants

Pitching Statistics

84-47, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Mutrie (84-47)
Scored 659 runs, Allowed 479 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-47

Ballparks: Polo Grounds I (Southeast Diamond) ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 89

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1887 / 1889 Pitching Statistics

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	31	35	12	.745	1.74	51	51	0	48	8	0	434.1	317	143	84	5	90		335	12	0	21	1723	156	0.937	6.6	0.1	1.9	6.9	3.72
2	SP	Mickey Welch	28	26	19	.578	1.93	47	47	0	47	5	0	425.1	328	156	91	12	108		167	14	0	17	1710	141	1.025	6.9	0.3	2.3	3.5	1.55
3	SP	Cannonball Titcomb*	21	14	8	.636	2.24	23	23	1	22	4	0	197.0	149	91	49	4	46		129	5	0	12	792	122	0.990	6.8	0.2	2.1	5.9	2.80
4	SP	Ed Crane	26	5	6	.455	2.43	12	11	1	11	2	1	92.2	70	51	25	3	40		58	2	0	10	404	113	1.187	6.8	0.3	3.9	5.6	1.45
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
5		Bill George*	23	2	1	.667	1.34	4	3	1	3	1	0	33.2	18	9	5	0	11		26	1	0	3	133	207	0.861	4.8	0.0	2.9	7.0	2.36
6		Stump Wiedman	27	1	1	.500	3.50	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	17	20	7	2	8		5	2	0	0	84	80	1.389	8.5	1.0	4.0	2.5	0.63
7		Buck Ewing	28	0	0		2.57	2	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	8	9	2	1	4		6	1	0	2	51	114	1.714	10.3	1.3	5.1	7.7	1.50
		Team Totals	27.6	83	47	.638	1.96	138	137	4	133	20	1	1208.0	907	479	263	27	307		726	37	0	65	4897	139	1.005	6.8	0.2	2.3	5.4	2.36
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		1				3	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	6		1
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 Neutralized Pitching

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	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact	Gact
Ed Crane	26	9	3	.750	2.33	116.0	84	33	30	4	48	72	2	1.138	6.5	3.7	5.6	1.50	0.3	12	12
Buck Ewing	28	1	0	1.000	1.13	16.0	9	2	2	1	4	13	1	0.813	5.1	2.3	7.3	3.25	0.6	2	2
Bill George*	23	4	0	1.000	1.32	41.0	21	7	6	0	13	32	1	0.829	4.6	2.9	7.0	2.46	0.0	4	4
Tim Keefe	31	48	9	.842	1.76	517.0	380	112	101	6	108	399	14	0.944	6.6	1.9	6.9	3.69	0.1	51	51
Cannonball Titcomb*	21	19	7	.731	2.31	234.0	179	67	60	5	55	153	6	1.000	6.9	2.1	5.9	2.78	0.2	23	23
Mickey Welch	28	44	11	.800	1.98	499.0	393	122	110	14	129	196	17	1.046	7.1	2.3	3.5	1.52	0.3	47	47
Stump Wiedman	27	1	1	.500	3.68	22.0	21	10	9	2	10	6	2	1.409	8.6	4.1	2.5	0.60	0.8	2	2
	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact	Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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	Age	Yrs	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	ERA+
Ed Crane	26	3	6	15	.286	4.43	26	21	5	19	3	1	180.2	178	150	89	8	99		110	2	0	36	827	67	1.533	8.9	0.4	4.9	5.5	1.11	67
Buck Ewing	28	4	0	2	.000	2.50	5	1	3	1	0	0	18.0	21	17	5	1	12		9	1	0	2	102	128	1.833	10.5	0.5	6.0	4.5	0.75	128
Bill George*	23	2	5	10	.333	4.32	17	16	1	14	1	0	141.2	144	121	68	1	100		75	15	0	25	667	82	1.722	9.1	0.1	6.4	4.8	0.75	82
Tim Keefe	31	9	263	167	.612	2.39	443	442	2	431	33	0	3832.0	3261	1732	1017	50	758		1994	38	0	197	15599	131	1.049	7.7	0.1	1.8	4.7	2.63	131
Cannonball Titcomb*	21	3	19	18	.514	3.10	40	40	1	39	4	0	334.0	291	216	115	9	126		203	6	1	27	1445	101	1.249	7.8	0.2	3.4	5.5	1.61	101
Mickey Welch	28	9	258	175	.596	2.58	460	455	6	439	36	1	3969.2	3792	2070	1140	80	925		1581	19	1	241	16637	114	1.188	8.6	0.2	2.1	3.6	1.71	114
Art Whitney	30	2	0	1	.000	5.25	4	2	2	1	0	0	24.0	38	21	14	1	11		13	0	0	1	117	60	2.042	14.3	0.4	4.1	4.9	1.18	60
Stump Wiedman	27	9	101	156	.393	3.61	279	269	10	249	13	2	2318.1	2594	1536	929	61	459		910	12	0	102	10144	89	1.317	10.1	0.2	1.8	3.5	1.98	89
	Age	Yrs	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	ERA+

1887 / 1889 Pitching Statistics

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