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1888 New York Giants

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 Buck Ewing 28 103 442 415 83 127 18 15 6 58 53 24 28 .306 .348 .465 .813 158 193 3
2 1B Roger Connor* 30 134 558 481 98 140 15 17 14 71 27 73 44 .291 .389 .480 .869 176 231 4
3 2B Danny Richardson 25 135 577 561 82 127 16 7 8 61 35 15 35 .226 .248 .323 .570 81 181 1
4 SS Monte Ward* 28 122 520 510 70 128 14 5 2 49 38 9 13 .251 .265 .310 .575 83 158 1
5 3B Art Whitney 30 90 337 328 28 72 1 4 1 28 7 8 22 .220 .240 .256 .496 59 84 1
6 OF Mike Slattery* 21 103 405 391 50 96 12 6 1 35 26 13 28 .246 .272 .315 .586 87 123 1
7 OF Jim O'Rourke 37 107 436 409 50 112 16 6 4 50 25 24 30 .274 .319 .372 .690 120 152 3
8 OF Mike Tiernan* 21 113 492 443 75 130 16 8 9 52 52 42 42 .293 .364 .427 .790 152 189 7
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 OF George Gore* 34 64 286 254 37 56 4 4 2 17 11 30 31 .220 .308 .291 .599 92 74 2
10 OF Elmer Foster 26 37 148 136 15 20 3 2 0 10 13 9 20 .147 .216 .199 .415 33 27 3
11 C Pat Murphy 31 28 112 106 11 18 1 0 0 4 3 6 11 .170 .214 .179 .394 27 19 0
12 IF Gil Hatfield? 33 28 109 105 7 19 1 0 0 9 8 2 18 .181 .211 .190 .401 29 20 2
13 C William Brown 22 20 60 59 4 16 1 0 0 6 1 1 8 .271 .283 .288 .571 83 17 0
14 OF Bill George 23 9 39 39 7 9 1 0 1 6 1 0 2 .231 .231 .333 .564 78 13 0
15 3B Elmer Cleveland 25 9 37 34 6 8 0 2 2 7 1 3 1 .235 .297 .529 .827 160 18 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
16 P Tim Keefe 31 51 185 181 10 23 3 0 2 8 3 4 56 .127 .146 .177 .323 3 32 0
17 P Mickey Welch 28 47 171 169 16 32 5 0 2 10 4 1 33 .189 .199 .254 .453 44 43 1
18 P Cannonball Titcomb* 21 23 83 82 6 10 1 0 0 5 5 1 22 .122 .133 .134 .267 -15 11 0
19 P Ed Crane 26 12 40 37 3 6 2 0 1 2 1 3 11 .162 .225 .297 .522 66 11 0
20 P Stump Wiedman 27 2 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .000 .222 .000 .222 -24 0 0
Team Totals 27.8 138 5046 4747 659 1149 130 76 55 489 314 270 456 .242 .287 .336 .623 99 1596 29
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 4 4 7 3 3 3 1 4 7 4 4 4 4 4 7 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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 Fielding--Totals

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Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
William Brown 22 20 177 134 24 19 0 .893 7.90 26 C
Elmer Cleveland 25 9 15 4 6 5 0 .667 1.11 3B
Roger Connor 30 134 1417 1346 45 26 59 .982 10.38 1B-2B
Ed Crane 26 12 30 3 23 4 0 .867 2.17 P
Buck Ewing 28 105 753 515 185 53 16 .930 6.67 65 P-C-3B-SS
Elmer Foster 26 38 83 64 5 14 0 .831 1.82 OF-3B
Bill George 23 10 11 4 6 1 0 .909 1.00 P-OF
George Gore 34 64 110 88 4 18 0 .836 1.44 OF
Gil Hatfield 33 29 117 30 63 24 5 .795 3.21 3B-SS-OF-2B
Tim Keefe 31 52 120 30 79 11 1 .908 2.10 P-OF
Pat Murphy 31 28 265 186 56 23 3 .913 8.64 23 C
Jim O'Rourke 37 108 305 251 40 14 4 .954 2.69 14 OF-C-1B-3B
Danny Richardson 25 135 790 321 423 46 43 .942 5.51 2B
Mike Slattery 21 103 221 187 16 18 3 .919 1.97 OF
Mike Tiernan 21 113 198 174 16 8 2 .960 1.68 OF
Cannonball Titcomb 21 24 35 1 26 8 0 .771 1.13 P-3B
Monte Ward 28 122 602 185 331 86 39 .857 4.23 SS
Mickey Welch 28 47 108 16 75 17 1 .843 1.94 P
Art Whitney 30 90 309 90 184 35 11 .887 3.04 3B
Stump Wiedman 27 2 7 3 2 2 0 .714 2.50 P
Team Totals 27.8 138 5673 3632 1609 432 187 .924 4.21 128
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 6 3
Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
William Brown 22 20 60 -1 -0 0 -5 1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .472 .497 0.1 -0.4 1 $2,300 2
Elmer Cleveland 25 9 37 2 -0 0 -1 0 2 0.1 1 3 0.2 .517 .501 0.4 -0.1 4 $ /5
Roger Connor* 30 134 558 44 -2 0 14 0 55 5.4 17 72 7.1 .542 .535 5.9 1.4 58 $3,000 Free Agency *3/4
Ed Crane 26 12 40 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
Buck Ewing 28 103 442 27 3 0 -3 7 34 3.2 14 47 4.6 .533 .521 5.1 0.3 50 $4,500 Free Agency 25/61
Elmer Foster 26 37 148 -10 1 0 -1 -2 -12 -1.3 4 -8 -0.9 .465 .492 -0.7 -0.3 -7 $2,400 O/5
Bill George 23 9 39 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .497 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /O1
George Gore* 34 64 286 -1 -1 0 -2 -4 -8 -0.9 9 0 -0.1 .487 .495 0.2 -0.6 2 $2,500 Purchased O
Gil Hatfield? 33 28 109 -8 0 0 -1 1 -8 -0.9 3 -4 -0.5 .471 .495 -0.4 0.0 -3 $1,800 56/4O
Tim Keefe 31 51 185 -22 -1 0 0 12 -10 -1.1 6 -5 -1.1 .479 .493 -1.1 -0.0 -5 $4,000 Purchased 1/O
Pat Murphy 31 28 112 -8 -0 0 -2 2 -9 -1.0 3 -5 -0.6 .467 .494 -0.4 -0.0 -3 $ 2
Jim O'Rourke 37 107 436 10 -0 0 4 -4 9 0.8 13 22 2.2 .509 .506 1.9 -0.1 18 $3,500 Unknown O2/35
Danny Richardson 25 135 577 -10 2 0 20 3 14 1.3 18 32 3.1 .511 .509 1.2 2.3 12 $2,400 *4
Mike Slattery* 21 103 405 -5 1 0 4 -6 -6 -0.7 12 7 0.5 .494 .496 0.3 -0.2 3 $1,750 *O
Mike Tiernan* 21 113 492 27 3 0 8 -7 31 3.0 15 46 4.5 .528 .520 3.9 0.1 38 $ *O
Cannonball Titcomb* 21 23 83 -11 0 0 0 6 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.6 .475 .497 -0.6 -0.0 -3 $ 1/5
Monte Ward* 28 122 520 -6 2 0 0 8 3 0.2 16 19 1.8 .503 .502 2.0 0.8 19 $4,000 Free Agency *6
Mickey Welch 28 47 171 -12 -1 0 0 11 -1 -0.1 5 4 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 -0.0 4 $ Free Agency 1
Art Whitney 30 90 337 -14 -2 0 7 3 -6 -0.7 10 5 0.4 .493 .496 -0.2 1.0 -2 $ Traded 5
Stump Wiedman 27 2 9 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ Purchased /1
Team Total 27.8 1237 5046 -3 4 0 42 35 78 6.0 154 232 20.3 .506 .502 17.7 3.8 190 $32,150
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Ed Crane 26 92.2 12 11 51 4.95 4.50 0.32 0.00 96.0 4.01 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 -2 .435 .495 $
Buck Ewing 28 7.0 2 0 9 11.57 4.50 0.56 0.00 96.0 3.78 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .265 .497 $4,500 Free Agency
Bill George* 23 33.2 4 3 9 2.41 4.50 0.28 0.00 96.0 4.05 7 0.8 1.0 -0.0 1.0 9 .694 .505 $
Tim Keefe 31 434.1 51 51 143 2.96 4.50 0.29 0.00 96.0 4.04 60 6.7 -0.5 9.8 90 .631 .541 $4,000 Purchased
Cannonball Titcomb* 21 197.0 23 23 91 4.16 4.50 0.31 0.00 96.0 4.03 1 0.1 -0.2 1.5 14 .503 .500 $
Mickey Welch 28 425.1 47 47 156 3.30 4.50 0.33 0.00 96.0 4.01 41 4.5 -0.5 7.5 70 .595 .528 $ Free Agency
Stump Wiedman 27 18.0 2 2 20 10.00 4.50 0.38 0.00 96.0 3.96 -12 -0.7 -0.0 -0.6 -11 .143 .496 $ Purchased
Team Total 27.6 1208.0 141 137 479 3.57 4.50 0.31 0.00 96.0 4.02 82 10.1 1.0 -1.3 18.7 165 .571 .509 $8,500
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1887 / 1889 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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