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1888 New York Giants

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887 / 1889

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

Postseason:  Won World Series (6-4) over St. Louis Browns

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1887 / 1889 Roster (40-man)

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
William Brown 22 R R 6' 2" 190 1866 2 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $2,300
Elmer Cleveland 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Sep 15, 1862 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Roger Connor HOF 30 L L 6' 3" 220 Jul 1, 1857 9 134 134 0 0 133 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.6 $3,000
Ed Crane 26 R R 5' 10" 204 May 27, 1862 4 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Buck Ewing HOF 28 R R 5' 10" 188 Oct 17, 1859 9 103 103 2 78 0 0 21 4 0 0 0 0 4.4 $4,500
Elmer Foster 26 R L 5' 10" 178 Aug 15, 1861 2 37 37 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 21 0 37 -0.8 $2,400
Bill George 23 R L 5' 8" 165 Jan 27, 1865 2 9 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 1.0
George Gore 34 L R 5' 11" 195 May 3, 1854 10 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 21 1 64 0.1 $2,500
Gil Hatfield 33 R 5' 9" 168 Jan 27, 1855 3 28 28 0 0 0 1 14 13 0 1 0 1 -0.4 $1,800
Tim Keefe HOF 31 R R 5' 10" 185 Jan 1, 1857 9 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9.1 $4,000
Pat Murphy 31 R R 5' 10" 160 Jan 2, 1857 2 28 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Jim O'Rourke HOF 37 R R 5' 8" 185 Sep 1, 1850 17 107 107 0 15 4 0 2 0 75 3 9 87 2.5 $3,500
Danny Richardson 25 R R 5' 8" 165 Jan 25, 1863 5 135 135 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $2,400
Mike Slattery 21 L L 6' 2" 210 Nov 26, 1866 2 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 90 9 103 0.8 $1,750
Mike Tiernan 21 L L 5' 11" 165 Jan 21, 1867 2 113 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 112 113 4.8
Cannonball Titcomb 21 L L 5' 6" 157 Aug 21, 1866 3 23 23 23 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Monte Ward HOF 28 L R 5' 9" 165 Mar 3, 1860 11 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 2.1 $4,000
Mickey Welch HOF 28 R R 5' 8" 160 Jul 4, 1859 9 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.9
Art Whitney 30 R R 5' 8" 155 Jan 16, 1858 8 90 90 0 0 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Stump Wiedman 27 R R 5' 7" 165 Feb 17, 1861 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
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
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1887 / 1889 Roster (40-man)

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