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1888 New York Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1887/1889)
84-47, Finished 1st in National League
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World Series Champs
Scored 659 runs, Allowed 479 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-47
Managed by Jim Mutrie

Ballpark: Polo Grounds I (ballparks.com)

Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 99, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 89
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888 Stats / Schedule (1887/1889) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   84-47 , Final Rank: 1, GB: up 9.0
Days in First:                  62 (last on October 13, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          38 (last on October 11)
Most Games under .500:       never

Biggest Lead:                 10.0 (last on October 5)
Farthest Behind Leader:        6.5 (last on June 29)

Longest Winning Streak:         10 (July 31 to August 10)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (May 12 to May 19, June 9 to June 13, August 27 to August 30, and September 10 to September 13)

Most Runs Allowed:              18 (July 5)
Most Runs Scored:               19 (April 24 and June 8)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       5
Times Opponent Shutout:         21

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Fri, Apr 20     NYG @WHS  W   6-0        1-0     1    Tied  1:50                                   +
  2 Sat, Apr 21     NYG @WHS  L   3-10       1-1     4     1.0  1:45                                   -
  3 Mon, Apr 23     NYG @WHS  -   1-1        1-1     4     1.5  2:20                                   -
  4 Tue, Apr 24     NYG @WHS  W  19-15       2-1     4     1.5  2:30                                   +
  5 Wed, Apr 25     NYG  PHI  L   3-5        2-2     4     2.5  1:52                                   -
  6 Thu, Apr 26     NYG  PHI  W  11-5        3-2     3     2.5  2:12                                   +
  7 Fri, Apr 27     NYG  PHI  W   2-1        4-2     3     2.5  1:48                                   ++
  8 Sat, Apr 28     NYG  PHI  W  14-1        5-2     3     2.5  1:50                                   +++
  9 Mon, Apr 30     NYG  BSN  L   3-4        5-3     3     3.5  2:35                            10,000 -
 10 Tue, May  1     NYG  BSN  W   6-1        6-3     3     2.5  1:55                                   +
 11 Wed, May  2     NYG  BSN  W   4-2        7-3     3     1.5                                         ++
 12 Thu, May  3     NYG  BSN  L   2-6        7-4     3     2.5  2:30                                   -
 13 Sat, May  5     NYG @IND  W  11-6        8-4     3     2.5  1:45                                   +
 14 Mon, May  7     NYG @IND  L   1-5        8-5     3     3.0  2:00                                   -
 15 Tue, May  8     NYG @IND  W   7-6        9-5     3     2.5  1:50                                   +
 16 Wed, May  9     NYG @IND  W  18-4       10-5     3     2.5  1:50                                   ++
 17 Thu, May 10     NYG @CHC  W   5-2       11-5     3     1.5  2:25                                   +++
 18 Sat, May 12     NYG @CHC  L   3-9       11-6     3     2.5  1:50                                   -
 19 Mon, May 14     NYG @CHC  L   1-5       11-7     3     3.5  2:00                                   --
 20 Tue, May 15     NYG @PIT  -   3-3       11-7     3     3.0  2:15                                   --
 21 Wed, May 16     NYG @PIT  L   1-6       11-8     4     4.0                                         ---
 22 Thu, May 17     NYG @PIT  -   4-4       11-8     4     4.5  2:15                                   ---
 23 Sat, May 19     NYG @DTN  L   3-5       11-9     4     6.0  1:50                                   ----
 24 Mon, May 21     NYG @DTN  W   8-7       12-9     4     5.0  2:15                                   +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 22     NYG @DTN  W   6-4       13-9     3     4.0                                         ++
 26 Wed, May 23     NYG @DTN  L   5-13      13-10    4     5.0                                         -
 27 Fri, May 25     NYG  WHS  L   1-3       13-11    4     6.5                                         --
 28 Mon, May 28     NYG  WHS  W   9-0       14-11    4     5.5                                         +
 29 Tue, May 29     NYG  WHS  W  11-2       15-11    3     5.0  1:50                                   ++
 30 Wed, May 30     NYG  PIT  W  11-1       16-11    3     4.0  1:10                                   +++
 31                 NYG  PIT  L   4-8       16-12    3     4.0                                         -
 32 Thu, May 31     NYG  PIT  W*H 0-0       17-12    3     3.5                                         +
 33 Fri, Jun  1     NYG  PIT  W   2-0       18-12    3     3.5  1:40                                   ++
 34 Sat, Jun  2     NYG  IND  W   6-0       19-12    3     2.5  1:45                             5,500 +++
 35 Mon, Jun  4     NYG  IND  W   3-2       20-12    2     2.5  2:08                                   ++++
 36 Tue, Jun  5     NYG  IND  W   2-1       21-12    2     2.5  1:50                                   +++++
 37 Wed, Jun  6     NYG  IND  L   3-5       21-13    3     3.5  1:55                                   -
 38 Thu, Jun  7     NYG  WHS  L   5-7       21-14    4     4.0  1:45                                   --
 39 Fri, Jun  8     NYG  CHC  W  19-2       22-14    3     3.0                                         +
 40 Sat, Jun  9     NYG  CHC  L   3-8       22-15    3     4.0  2:10                            15,000 -
 41 Mon, Jun 11     NYG  CHC  L   3-4       22-16    4     5.0  1:37                                   --
 42 Tue, Jun 12     NYG  CHC  L   2-4       22-17    4     6.0  1:50                             4,500 ---
 43 Wed, Jun 13     NYG  DTN  L   6-8       22-18    4     6.5  1:57                             3,500 ----
 44 Thu, Jun 14     NYG  DTN  W   4-2       23-18    4     6.0  2:12                             8,500 +
 45 Fri, Jun 15     NYG  DTN  L   2-3       23-19    4     6.0  2:03                                   -
 46 Sat, Jun 16     NYG  DTN  W   4-1       24-19    4     6.0  1:43                               900 +
 47 Tue, Jun 19     NYG @BSN  L   7-8       24-20    4     6.5  1:45                                   -
 48 Wed, Jun 20     NYG @BSN  W   8-1       25-20    4     5.5  1:40                                   +
 49 Thu, Jun 21     NYG @BSN  L   2-4       25-21    4     6.5  2:00                                   -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Fri, Jun 22     NYG @BSN  W   2-1       26-21    4     6.5  1:47                                   +
 51 Sat, Jun 23     NYG @PHI  W   7-6       27-21    4     6.5  2:00                                   ++
 52 Mon, Jun 25     NYG @PHI  L   4-11      27-22    4     6.5  2:00                                   -
 53 Tue, Jun 26     NYG @PHI  W   4-1       28-22    4     6.5  1:35                                   +
 54 Wed, Jun 27     NYG @PHI  L   4-5       28-23    4     6.5  1:50                                   -
 55 Fri, Jun 29     NYG  WHS  W   8-3       29-23    4     6.5  1:55                                   +
 56 Sat, Jun 30     NYG  WHS  W   2-0       30-23    4     5.5                                         ++
 57 Mon, Jul  2     NYG  WHS  W   6-2       31-23    3     5.5  2:00                                   +++
 58 Wed, Jul  4     NYG @DTN  W   4-1       32-23    3     4.5  2:10                             7,000 ++++
 59                 NYG @DTN  W   4-1       33-23    3     4.5  1:33                             7,000 +++++
 60 Thu, Jul  5     NYG @DTN  L  13-18      33-24    3     5.5  2:20                                   -
 61 Sat, Jul  7     NYG @PIT  W   6-4       34-24    3     4.5  2:00                                   +
 62 Tue, Jul 10     NYG @PIT  W   2-0       35-24    3     4.0  1:35                                   ++
 63 Wed, Jul 11     NYG @IND  W   5-2       36-24    3     4.0  2:00                                   +++
 64 Thu, Jul 12     NYG @IND  L   6-9       36-25    3     4.0  2:00                                   -
 65 Fri, Jul 13     NYG @IND  W   4-0       37-25    3     4.0  1:50                                   +
 66 Sat, Jul 14     NYG @CHC  L   1-5       37-26    3     5.0  1:50                                   -
 67 Mon, Jul 16     NYG @CHC  W  12-4       38-26    3     4.0  2:30                                   +
 68 Tue, Jul 17     NYG @CHC  W   7-4       39-26    3     3.0  2:00                                   ++
 69 Thu, Jul 19     NYG @PHI  L   1-7       39-27    3     3.5  1:50                                   -
 70 Fri, Jul 20     NYG @PHI  W   7-6       40-27    3     3.5  2:15                                   +
 71 Sat, Jul 21     NYG @PHI  W   6-1       41-27    3     2.5  1:45                                   ++
 72 Mon, Jul 23     NYG  BSN  W   2-0       42-27    3     1.5  1:57                                   +++
 73 Tue, Jul 24     NYG  BSN  W   6-3       43-27    3     1.5  3:00                                   ++++
 74 Wed, Jul 25     NYG  BSN  W   5-1       44-27    2     1.0  2:20                                   +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Jul 26     NYG  PHI  W   8-1       45-27    2     1.0  1:55                                   ++++++
 76 Fri, Jul 27     NYG  PHI  W   4-1       46-27    2     1.0  1:55                                   +++++++
 77 Sat, Jul 28     NYG  PHI  W   4-2       47-27    1    Tied  1:45                                   ++++++++
 78 Mon, Jul 30     NYG  WHS  L   1-9       47-28    1    Tied  1:50                             4,000 -
 79 Tue, Jul 31     NYG  WHS  W   6-1       48-28    1  up 1.0  1:45                                   +
 80 Wed, Aug  1     NYG  WHS  W   5-4       49-28    1  up 2.0  1:50                                   ++
 81 Thu, Aug  2     NYG @BSN  W   7-3       50-28    1  up 3.0  2:00                                   +++
 82 Fri, Aug  3     NYG @BSN  W   9-6       51-28    1  up 3.5  2:15                                   ++++
 83 Sat, Aug  4     NYG @BSN  W  13-6       52-28    1  up 4.0                                         +++++
 84 Mon, Aug  6     NYG  IND  W   3-2       53-28    1  up 4.5  2:10                                   ++++++
 85 Tue, Aug  7     NYG  IND  W   6-4       54-28    1  up 4.5  2:00                                   +++++++
 86 Wed, Aug  8     NYG  IND  W   4-1       55-28    1  up 5.5                                         ++++++++
 87 Thu, Aug  9     NYG  PIT  W   5-3       56-28    1  up 6.5  1:55                                   +++++++++
 88 Fri, Aug 10     NYG  PIT  W   2-1       57-28    1  up 7.5  1:45                                   ++++++++++
 89 Sat, Aug 11     NYG  PIT  L   2-3       57-29    1  up 6.5  1:45                                   -
 90 Mon, Aug 13     NYG  CHC  -   5-5       57-29    1  up 6.5  2:50                                   -
 91 Tue, Aug 14     NYG  CHC  L   2-4       57-30    1  up 5.5  2:00                                   --
 92 Wed, Aug 15     NYG  CHC  L   0-2       57-31    1  up 4.5  1:45                                   ---
 93 Thu, Aug 16     NYG  DTN  W   8-0       58-31    1  up 5.5  1:45                                   +
 94 Sat, Aug 18     NYG  DTN  W   7-6       59-31    1  up 6.5  2:00                                   ++
 95 Mon, Aug 20     NYG @WHS  W   2-0       60-31    1  up 7.5  1:50                                   +++
 96 Wed, Aug 22     NYG @WHS  W   7-0       61-31    1  up 8.0  1:40                                   ++++
 97 Thu, Aug 23     NYG @PHI  L   2-3       61-32    1  up 7.0  2:05                                   -
 98 Fri, Aug 24     NYG @PHI  W   6-5       62-32    1  up 7.0  2:05                                   +
 99 Sat, Aug 25     NYG @PHI  W   7-0       63-32    1  up 8.0  1:45                                   ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Mon, Aug 27     NYG  BSN  L   2-4       63-33    1  up 7.5                                         -
101 Tue, Aug 28     NYG  BSN  L   0-2       63-34    1  up 7.5  1:50                                   --
102 Wed, Aug 29     NYG  BSN  L   1-2       63-35    1  up 7.5  2:00                                   ---
103 Thu, Aug 30     NYG @BSN  L   3-7       63-36    1  up 6.5  2:10                                   ----
104 Fri, Aug 31     NYG @BSN  W  10-4       64-36    1  up 7.5  2:12                                   +
105 Sat, Sep  1     NYG @BSN  W   5-2       65-36    1  up 8.5                                         ++
106 Mon, Sep  3     NYG  PHI  -   0-0       65-36    1  up 8.0  2:00                                   ++
107 Tue, Sep  4     NYG  PHI  W   2-1       66-36    1  up 9.0                                         +++
108 Wed, Sep  5     NYG  PHI  W   6-1       67-36    1  up 9.0  1:40                                   ++++
109 Fri, Sep  7     NYG @IND  W   3-2       68-36    1  up 9.5  1:50                                   +++++
110 Sat, Sep  8     NYG @IND  W   3-2       69-36    1  up 9.5  1:45                                   ++++++
111 Mon, Sep 10     NYG @IND  L   3-4       69-37    1  up 8.5  1:45                                   -
112 Tue, Sep 11     NYG @CHC  L   3-5       69-38    1  up 7.5  2:15                                   --
113 Wed, Sep 12     NYG @CHC  L*H 2-9       69-39    1  up 6.5                                   8,000 ---
114 Thu, Sep 13     NYG @CHC  L   3-5       69-40    1  up 5.5  2:05                                   ----
115 Fri, Sep 14     NYG @CHC  W   7-3       70-40    1  up 6.5  2:15                                   +
116 Sat, Sep 15     NYG @PIT  L   0-1       70-41    1  up 6.5  1:45                                   -
117 Mon, Sep 17     NYG @PIT  W   1-0       71-41    1  up 7.0  1:25                                   +
118 Tue, Sep 18     NYG @PIT  W   5-1       72-41    1  up 8.0  1:40                                   ++
119 Wed, Sep 19     NYG @PIT  L   1-4       72-42    1  up 8.0  1:40                                   -
120 Thu, Sep 20     NYG @DTN  W   5-4       73-42    1  up 7.5                                         +
121 Fri, Sep 21     NYG @DTN  -   3-3       73-42    1  up 7.5  2:05                                   +
122 Sat, Sep 22     NYG @DTN  L   3-6       73-43    1  up 6.5                                         -
123 Mon, Sep 24     NYG @WHS  W   2-1       74-43    1  up 6.5  1:50                                   +
124 Wed, Sep 26     NYG @WHS  W   6-3       75-43    1  up 7.5                                         ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 NYG @WHS  W   5-4       76-43    1  up 7.5                                         +++
126 Thu, Sep 27     NYG  WHS  W   3-0       77-43    1  up 8.0                                         ++++
127 Fri, Sep 28     NYG  DTN  -   2-2       77-43    1  up 7.5  1:50                                   ++++
128 Sat, Sep 29     NYG  DTN  L   2-6       77-44    1  up 6.5  1:45                                   -
129 Mon, Oct  1     NYG  DTN  W   5-0       78-44    1  up 7.0  1:25                                   +
130 Tue, Oct  2     NYG  DTN  W   6-2       79-44    1  up 7.0  1:46                                   ++
131 Wed, Oct  3     NYG  CHC  W   3-0       80-44    1  up 8.0  1:54                                   +++
132 Thu, Oct  4     NYG  CHC  W   1-0       81-44    1  up 9.0  1:50                                   ++++
133 Fri, Oct  5     NYG  CHC  W  12-6       82-44    1  up10.0  2:00                                   +++++
134 Mon, Oct  8     NYG  PIT  L   2-3       82-45    1  up 8.5  1:30                                   -
135 Tue, Oct  9     NYG  PIT  L   2-3       82-46    1  up 7.5  1:45                                   --
136 Wed, Oct 10     NYG  PIT  W   1-0       83-46    1  up 8.0  1:50                                   +
137 Thu, Oct 11     NYG  IND  W  13-0       84-46    1  up 9.0  1:40                                   ++
138 Sat, Oct 13     NYG  IND  L   4-6       84-47    1  up 9.0                                         -

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