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1888 New York Giants Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889)
84-47, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 659 runs, Allowed 479 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-47
Manager: Jim Mutrie (84-47)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds I (ballparks.com)

Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 89
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (6-4) over St. Louis Browns

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Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Willard Brown 22 R R 6' 2" 190 1866 2 20 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elmer Cleveland 25 R R Sep 15, 1862 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Connor HOF 30 L L 6' 3" 220 Jul 1, 1857 9 134 134 134 0 0 133 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Crane 26 R R 204 May 27, 1862 4 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buck Ewing HOF 28 R R 5' 10" 188 Oct 17, 1859 9 103 103 103 2 78 0 0 21 4 0 0 0 0
Elmer Foster 26 R L 5' 10" 178 Aug 15, 1861 2 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 21 0 37
Bill George 23 R L 5' 8" 165 Jan 27, 1865 2 9 9 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
George Gore 31 L R 5' 11" 195 May 3, 1857 10 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 21 1 64
Gil Hatfield 33 R 168 Jan 27, 1855 3 28 28 28 0 0 0 1 14 13 0 1 0 1
Tim Keefe HOF 31 R R 185 Jan 1, 1857 9 51 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Pat Murphy 31 R 5' 10" 160 Jan 2, 1857 2 28 28 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim O'Rourke HOF 37 R R 5' 8" 185 Sep 1, 1850 17 107 107 107 0 15 4 0 2 0 75 3 9 87
Danny Richardson 25 R R 5' 8" 165 Jan 25, 1863 5 135 135 135 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Slattery 21 L L 6' 2" 210 Nov 26, 1866 2 103 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 90 9 103
Mike Tiernan 21 L L 5' 11" 165 Jan 21, 1867 2 113 113 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 112 113
Cannonball Titcomb 21 L L 5' 6" 157 Aug 21, 1866 3 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
John Ward HOF 28 L R 5' 9" 165 Mar 3, 1860 11 122 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0
Mickey Welch HOF 28 R R 5' 8" 160 Jul 4, 1859 9 47 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Whitney 30 R R 5' 8" 155 Jan 16, 1858 8 90 90 90 0 0 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0
Stump Wiedman 27 R R 165 Feb 17, 1861 9 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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