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1888 New York Giants

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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

World Series Champs

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1887 / 1889 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	84-47, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First	62	last on Saturday, Oct 13, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	81	last on Oct 13, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	10	last on Friday, Oct 5, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind	6.5	last on Friday, Jun 29, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	38	last on Thursday, Oct 11
Most Games under .500	never
Longest Winning Streak	10	Tuesday, Jul 31 to Friday, Aug 10
Longest Losing Streak	4	Saturday, May 12 to Saturday, May 19, Saturday, Jun 9 to Wednesday, Jun 13, Monday, Aug 27 to Thursday, Aug 30 and Monday, Sep 10 to Thursday, Sep 13
Most Runs Allowed	18	Thursday, Jul 5
Most Runs Scored	19	Tuesday, Apr 24 and Friday, Jun 8
Times Shutout by Opponent	5
Times Opponent Shutout	21

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	84	47	660	479	.641
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	44	23	313	182	.657
Road	40	24	347	297	.625
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	5	3	62	42	.625
May	12	9	124	102	.571
June	13	11	112	87	.542
July	18	5	120	82	.783
August	16	8	118	77	.667
September	13	8	75	69	.619
October	7	3	49	20	.700

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	39	27	369	288	.591
Second Half	45	20	291	191	.692
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	22	12	115	105	.647
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	26	10	287	150	.722

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BSN	12	8	97	67	.600
CHC	8	11	94	86	.421
DTN	11	7	100	92	.611
IND	14	5	105	61	.737
PHI	14	5	102	63	.737
PIT	10	7	54	45	.588
WHS	15	4	108	65	.789

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Friday, Apr 20	NYG	@	WHS	W	6	0		1-0	1	Tied				1:50			`+`
2	2	Saturday, Apr 21	NYG	@	WHS	L	3	10		1-1	4	1.0				1:45			`-`
3	3	Monday, Apr 23	NYG	@	WHS	T	1	1		1-1	4	1.5				2:20			`-`
4	4	Tuesday, Apr 24	NYG	@	WHS	W	19	15		2-1	4	1.5				2:30			`+`
5	5	Wednesday, Apr 25	NYG		PHI	L	3	5		2-2	4	2.5				1:52			`-`
6	6	Thursday, Apr 26	NYG		PHI	W	11	5		3-2	3	2.5				2:12			`+`
7	7	Friday, Apr 27	NYG		PHI	W	2	1		4-2	3	2.5				1:48			`++`
8	8	Saturday, Apr 28	NYG		PHI	W	14	1		5-2	3	2.5				1:50			`+++`
9	9	Monday, Apr 30	NYG		BSN	L	3	4		5-3	3	3.5				2:35		10,000	`-`
10	10	Tuesday, May 1	NYG		BSN	W	6	1		6-3	3	2.5				1:55			`+`
11	11	Wednesday, May 2	NYG		BSN	W	4	2		7-3	3	1.5							`++`
12	12	Thursday, May 3	NYG		BSN	L	2	6		7-4	3	2.5				2:30			`-`
13	13	Saturday, May 5	NYG	@	IND	W	11	6		8-4	3	2.5				1:45			`+`
14	14	Monday, May 7	NYG	@	IND	L	1	5		8-5	3	3.0				2:00			`-`
15	15	Tuesday, May 8	NYG	@	IND	W	7	6		9-5	3	2.5				1:50			`+`
16	16	Wednesday, May 9	NYG	@	IND	W	18	4		10-5	3	2.5				1:50			`++`
17	17	Thursday, May 10	NYG	@	CHC	W	5	2		11-5	3	1.5				2:25			`+++`
18	18	Saturday, May 12	NYG	@	CHC	L	3	9		11-6	3	2.5				1:50			`-`
19	19	Monday, May 14	NYG	@	CHC	L	1	5		11-7	3	3.5				2:00			`--`
20	20	Tuesday, May 15	NYG	@	PIT	T	3	3		11-7	3	3.0				2:15			`--`
21	21	Wednesday, May 16	NYG	@	PIT	L	1	6		11-8	4	4.0							`---`
22	22	Thursday, May 17	NYG	@	PIT	T	4	4		11-8	4	4.5				2:15			`---`
23	23	Saturday, May 19	NYG	@	DTN	L	3	5		11-9	4	6.0				1:50			`----`
24	24	Monday, May 21	NYG	@	DTN	W	8	7		12-9	4	5.0				2:15			`+`
25	25	Tuesday, May 22	NYG	@	DTN	W	6	4		13-9	3	4.0							`++`
26	26	Wednesday, May 23	NYG	@	DTN	L	5	13		13-10	4	5.0							`-`
27	27	Friday, May 25	NYG		WHS	L	1	3		13-11	4	6.5							`--`
28	28	Monday, May 28	NYG		WHS	W	9	0		14-11	4	5.5							`+`
29	29	Tuesday, May 29	NYG		WHS	W	11	2		15-11	3	5.0				1:50			`++`
30	30	Wednesday, May 30 (1)	NYG		PIT	W	11	1		16-11	3	4.0				1:10			`+++`
31	31	Wednesday, May 30 (2)	NYG		PIT	L	4	8		16-12	3	4.0							`-`
32	32	Thursday, May 31	NYG		PIT	W *H	0	0		17-12	3	3.5							`+`
33	33	Friday, Jun 1	NYG		PIT	W	2	0		18-12	3	3.5				1:40			`++`
34	34	Saturday, Jun 2	NYG		IND	W	6	0		19-12	3	2.5				1:45		5,500	`+++`
35	35	Monday, Jun 4	NYG		IND	W	3	2		20-12	2	2.5				2:08			`++++`
36	36	Tuesday, Jun 5	NYG		IND	W	2	1		21-12	2	2.5				1:50			`+++++`
37	37	Wednesday, Jun 6	NYG		IND	L	3	5		21-13	3	3.5				1:55			`-`
38	38	Thursday, Jun 7	NYG		WHS	L	5	7		21-14	4	4.0				1:45			`--`
39	39	Friday, Jun 8	NYG		CHC	W	19	2		22-14	3	3.0							`+`
40	40	Saturday, Jun 9	NYG		CHC	L	3	8		22-15	3	4.0				2:10		15,000	`-`
41	41	Monday, Jun 11	NYG		CHC	L	3	4		22-16	4	5.0				1:37			`--`
42	42	Tuesday, Jun 12	NYG		CHC	L	2	4		22-17	4	6.0				1:50		4,500	`---`
43	43	Wednesday, Jun 13	NYG		DTN	L	6	8		22-18	4	6.5				1:57		3,500	`----`
44	44	Thursday, Jun 14	NYG		DTN	W	4	2		23-18	4	6.0				2:12		8,500	`+`
45	45	Friday, Jun 15	NYG		DTN	L	2	3		23-19	4	6.0				2:03			`-`
46	46	Saturday, Jun 16	NYG		DTN	W	4	1		24-19	4	6.0				1:43		900	`+`
47	47	Tuesday, Jun 19	NYG	@	BSN	L	7	8		24-20	4	6.5				1:45			`-`
48	48	Wednesday, Jun 20	NYG	@	BSN	W	8	1		25-20	4	5.5				1:40			`+`
49	49	Thursday, Jun 21	NYG	@	BSN	L	2	4		25-21	4	6.5				2:00			`-`
50	50	Friday, Jun 22	NYG	@	BSN	W	2	1		26-21	4	6.5				1:47			`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Saturday, Jun 23	NYG	@	PHI	W	7	6		27-21	4	6.5				2:00			`++`
52	52	Monday, Jun 25	NYG	@	PHI	L	4	11		27-22	4	6.5				2:00			`-`
53	53	Tuesday, Jun 26	NYG	@	PHI	W	4	1		28-22	4	6.5				1:35			`+`
54	54	Wednesday, Jun 27	NYG	@	PHI	L	4	5		28-23	4	6.5				1:50			`-`
55	55	Friday, Jun 29	NYG		WHS	W	8	3		29-23	4	6.5				1:55			`+`
56	56	Saturday, Jun 30	NYG		WHS	W	2	0		30-23	4	5.5							`++`
57	57	Monday, Jul 2	NYG		WHS	W	6	2		31-23	3	5.5				2:00			`+++`
58	58	Wednesday, Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	DTN	W	4	1		32-23	3	4.5				2:10		7,000	`++++`
59	59	Wednesday, Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	DTN	W	4	1		33-23	3	4.5				1:33		7,000	`+++++`
60	60	Thursday, Jul 5	NYG	@	DTN	L	13	18		33-24	3	5.5				2:20			`-`
61	61	Saturday, Jul 7	NYG	@	PIT	W	6	4		34-24	3	4.5				2:00			`+`
62	62	Tuesday, Jul 10	NYG	@	PIT	W	2	0		35-24	3	4.0				1:35			`++`
63	63	Wednesday, Jul 11	NYG	@	IND	W	5	2		36-24	3	4.0				2:00			`+++`
64	64	Thursday, Jul 12	NYG	@	IND	L	6	9		36-25	3	4.0				2:00			`-`
65	65	Friday, Jul 13	NYG	@	IND	W	4	0		37-25	3	4.0				1:50			`+`
66	66	Saturday, Jul 14	NYG	@	CHC	L	1	5		37-26	3	5.0				1:50			`-`
67	67	Monday, Jul 16	NYG	@	CHC	W	12	4		38-26	3	4.0				2:30			`+`
68	68	Tuesday, Jul 17	NYG	@	CHC	W	7	4		39-26	3	3.0				2:00			`++`
69	69	Thursday, Jul 19	NYG	@	PHI	L	1	7		39-27	3	3.5				1:50			`-`
70	70	Friday, Jul 20	NYG	@	PHI	W	7	6		40-27	3	3.5				2:15			`+`
71	71	Saturday, Jul 21	NYG	@	PHI	W	6	1		41-27	3	2.5				1:45			`++`
72	72	Monday, Jul 23	NYG		BSN	W	2	0		42-27	3	1.5				1:57			`+++`
73	73	Tuesday, Jul 24	NYG		BSN	W	6	3		43-27	3	1.5				3:00			`++++`
74	74	Wednesday, Jul 25	NYG		BSN	W	5	1		44-27	2	1.0				2:20			`+++++`
75	75	Thursday, Jul 26	NYG		PHI	W	8	1		45-27	2	1.0				1:55			`++++++`
76	76	Friday, Jul 27	NYG		PHI	W	4	1		46-27	2	1.0				1:55			`+++++++`
77	77	Saturday, Jul 28	NYG		PHI	W	4	2		47-27	1	Tied				1:45			`++++++++`
78	78	Monday, Jul 30	NYG		WHS	L	1	9		47-28	1	Tied				1:50		4,000	`-`
79	79	Tuesday, Jul 31	NYG		WHS	W	6	1		48-28	1	up 1.0				1:45			`+`
80	80	Wednesday, Aug 1	NYG		WHS	W	5	4		49-28	1	up 2.0				1:50			`++`
81	81	Thursday, Aug 2	NYG	@	BSN	W	7	3		50-28	1	up 3.0				2:00			`+++`
82	82	Friday, Aug 3	NYG	@	BSN	W	9	6		51-28	1	up 3.5				2:15			`++++`
83	83	Saturday, Aug 4	NYG	@	BSN	W	13	6		52-28	1	up 4.0							`+++++`
84	84	Monday, Aug 6	NYG		IND	W	3	2		53-28	1	up 4.5				2:10			`++++++`
85	85	Tuesday, Aug 7	NYG		IND	W	6	4		54-28	1	up 4.5				2:00			`+++++++`
86	86	Wednesday, Aug 8	NYG		IND	W	4	1		55-28	1	up 5.5							`++++++++`
87	87	Thursday, Aug 9	NYG		PIT	W	5	3		56-28	1	up 6.5				1:55			`+++++++++`
88	88	Friday, Aug 10	NYG		PIT	W	2	1		57-28	1	up 7.5				1:45			`++++++++++`
89	89	Saturday, Aug 11	NYG		PIT	L	2	3		57-29	1	up 6.5				1:45			`-`
90	90	Monday, Aug 13	NYG		CHC	T	5	5		57-29	1	up 6.5				2:50			`-`
91	91	Tuesday, Aug 14	NYG		CHC	L	2	4		57-30	1	up 5.5				2:00			`--`
92	92	Wednesday, Aug 15	NYG		CHC	L	0	2		57-31	1	up 4.5				1:45			`---`
93	93	Thursday, Aug 16	NYG		DTN	W	8	0		58-31	1	up 5.5				1:45			`+`
94	94	Saturday, Aug 18	NYG		DTN	W	7	6		59-31	1	up 6.5				2:00			`++`
95	95	Monday, Aug 20	NYG	@	WHS	W	2	0		60-31	1	up 7.5				1:50			`+++`
96	96	Wednesday, Aug 22	NYG	@	WHS	W	7	0		61-31	1	up 8.0				1:40			`++++`
97	97	Thursday, Aug 23	NYG	@	PHI	L	2	3		61-32	1	up 7.0				2:05			`-`
98	98	Friday, Aug 24	NYG	@	PHI	W	6	5		62-32	1	up 7.0				2:05			`+`
99	99	Saturday, Aug 25	NYG	@	PHI	W	7	0		63-32	1	up 8.0				1:45			`++`
100	100	Monday, Aug 27	NYG		BSN	L	2	4		63-33	1	up 7.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Tuesday, Aug 28	NYG		BSN	L	0	2		63-34	1	up 7.5				1:50			`--`
102	102	Wednesday, Aug 29	NYG		BSN	L	1	2		63-35	1	up 7.5				2:00			`---`
103	103	Thursday, Aug 30	NYG	@	BSN	L	3	7		63-36	1	up 6.5				2:10			`----`
104	104	Friday, Aug 31	NYG	@	BSN	W	10	4		64-36	1	up 7.5				2:12			`+`
105	105	Saturday, Sep 1	NYG	@	BSN	W	5	2		65-36	1	up 8.5							`++`
106	106	Monday, Sep 3	NYG		PHI	T	0	0		65-36	1	up 8.0				2:00			`++`
107	107	Tuesday, Sep 4	NYG		PHI	W	2	1		66-36	1	up 9.0							`+++`
108	108	Wednesday, Sep 5	NYG		PHI	W	6	1		67-36	1	up 9.0				1:40			`++++`
109	109	Friday, Sep 7	NYG	@	IND	W	3	2		68-36	1	up 9.5				1:50			`+++++`
110	110	Saturday, Sep 8	NYG	@	IND	W	3	2		69-36	1	up 9.5				1:45			`++++++`
111	111	Monday, Sep 10	NYG	@	IND	L	3	4		69-37	1	up 8.5				1:45			`-`
112	112	Tuesday, Sep 11	NYG	@	CHC	L	3	5		69-38	1	up 7.5				2:15			`--`
113	113	Wednesday, Sep 12	NYG	@	CHC	L *H	2	9		69-39	1	up 6.5						8,000	`---`
114	114	Thursday, Sep 13	NYG	@	CHC	L	3	5		69-40	1	up 5.5				2:05			`----`
115	115	Friday, Sep 14	NYG	@	CHC	W	7	3		70-40	1	up 6.5				2:15			`+`
116	116	Saturday, Sep 15	NYG	@	PIT	L	0	1		70-41	1	up 6.5				1:45			`-`
117	117	Monday, Sep 17	NYG	@	PIT	W	1	0		71-41	1	up 7.0				1:25			`+`
118	118	Tuesday, Sep 18	NYG	@	PIT	W	5	1		72-41	1	up 8.0				1:40			`++`
119	119	Wednesday, Sep 19	NYG	@	PIT	L	1	4		72-42	1	up 8.0				1:40			`-`
120	120	Thursday, Sep 20	NYG	@	DTN	W	5	4		73-42	1	up 7.5							`+`
121	121	Friday, Sep 21	NYG	@	DTN	T	3	3		73-42	1	up 7.5				2:05			`+`
122	122	Saturday, Sep 22	NYG	@	DTN	L	3	6		73-43	1	up 6.5							`-`
123	123	Monday, Sep 24	NYG	@	WHS	W	2	1		74-43	1	up 6.5				1:50			`+`
124	124	Wednesday, Sep 26 (1)	NYG	@	WHS	W	6	3		75-43	1	up 7.5							`++`
125	125	Wednesday, Sep 26 (2)	NYG	@	WHS	W	5	4		76-43	1	up 7.5							`+++`
126	126	Thursday, Sep 27	NYG		WHS	W	3	0		77-43	1	up 8.0							`++++`
127	127	Friday, Sep 28	NYG		DTN	T	2	2		77-43	1	up 7.5				1:50			`++++`
128	128	Saturday, Sep 29	NYG		DTN	L	2	6		77-44	1	up 6.5				1:45			`-`
129	129	Monday, Oct 1	NYG		DTN	W	5	0		78-44	1	up 7.0				1:25			`+`
130	130	Tuesday, Oct 2	NYG		DTN	W	6	2		79-44	1	up 7.0				1:46			`++`
131	131	Wednesday, Oct 3	NYG		CHC	W	3	0		80-44	1	up 8.0				1:54			`+++`
132	132	Thursday, Oct 4	NYG		CHC	W	1	0		81-44	1	up 9.0				1:50			`++++`
133	133	Friday, Oct 5	NYG		CHC	W	12	6		82-44	1	up10.0				2:00			`+++++`
134	134	Monday, Oct 8	NYG		PIT	L	2	3		82-45	1	up 8.5				1:30			`-`
135	135	Tuesday, Oct 9	NYG		PIT	L	2	3		82-46	1	up 7.5				1:45			`--`
136	136	Wednesday, Oct 10	NYG		PIT	W	1	0		83-46	1	up 8.0				1:50			`+`
137	137	Thursday, Oct 11	NYG		IND	W	13	0		84-46	1	up 9.0				1:40			`++`
138	138	Saturday, Oct 13	NYG		IND	L	4	6		84-47	1	up 9.0							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

Rank and Games Back are always at the end of all games played on that date.

1887 / 1889 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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