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1889 New York Giants

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1888 / 1890

83-43, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Mutrie (83-43)
Scored 935 runs, Allowed 708 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-47

Ballparks: Polo Grounds III, St. George Cricket Grounds & Oakdale Park ·
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101

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1888 / 1890 Batting Statistics

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 29 99 444 407 91 133 23 13 4 87 34 37 32 .327 .383 .477 .860 134 194 0
2 1B Roger Connor* 31 131 591 496 117 157 32 17 13 130 21 93 46 .317 .426 .528 .955 160 262 2
3 2B Danny Richardson 26 125 544 497 88 139 22 8 7 100 32 46 37 .280 .342 .398 .740 102 198 1
4 SS Monte Ward* 29 114 508 479 87 143 13 4 1 67 62 27 7 .299 .339 .349 .687 88 167 2
5 3B Art Whitney 31 129 531 473 71 103 12 2 1 59 19 56 39 .218 .303 .258 .561 54 122 2
6 OF George Gore* 35 120 580 488 132 149 21 7 7 54 28 84 28 .305 .416 .420 .836 129 205 8
7 OF Jim O'Rourke 38 128 543 502 89 161 36 7 3 81 33 40 34 .321 .372 .438 .810 121 220 1
8 OF Mike Tiernan* 22 122 600 499 147 167 23 14 10 73 33 96 32 .335 .447 .497 .944 158 248 5
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 C William Brown 23 40 151 139 16 36 10 0 1 29 6 9 9 .259 .318 .353 .670 83 49 3
10 SS Gil Hatfield? 34 32 136 125 21 23 2 0 1 12 9 9 15 .184 .250 .224 .474 30 28 2
11 OF Mike Slattery* 22 12 52 48 7 14 2 0 1 12 2 4 3 .292 .346 .396 .742 103 19 0
12 C Pat Murphy 32 9 30 28 5 10 1 1 1 4 0 2 0 .357 .400 .571 .971 164 16 0
13 OF Harry Lyons 23 5 22 20 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 .100 .182 .200 .382 4 4 0
14 OF Bill George 24 3 15 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .267 .267 .267 .533 46 4 0
15 OF Elmer Foster 27 2 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 .000 .429 .000 .429 22 0 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 Mickey Welch 29 45 161 156 20 30 5 1 0 12 0 5 27 .192 .217 .237 .455 24 37 0
17 P Tim Keefe 32 47 157 149 17 23 5 2 0 8 2 8 40 .154 .197 .215 .412 13 32 0
18 P Ed Crane 27 29 116 103 16 21 1 0 2 11 6 13 21 .204 .293 .272 .565 55 28 0
19 P Hank O'Day? 26 10 36 31 5 3 0 0 0 3 2 4 10 .097 .222 .097 .319 -11 3 1
20 P Cannonball Titcomb* 22 3 12 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 -54 1 0
Team Totals 29.8 131 5236 4671 935 1319 208 77 52 744 292 538 386 .282 .360 .393 .753 106 1837 27
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 1 3 4 1 3 2 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 3 8 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 Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
William Brown 23 151 -3 -1 0 0 -5 2 5 -2 -0.2 3 0.3 -0.5 $2,300 2/O
Roger Connor* 31 591 50 -1 0 0 3 0 17 69 6.2 66 5.9 0.3 $3,500 Free Agency *3/5
Ed Crane 27 116 -8 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $3,000 1/3
Buck Ewing 29 444 22 3 0 0 7 6 13 51 4.7 44 3.9 0.8 $5,000 Free Agency *2/1O
Elmer Foster 27 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O
Bill George 24 15 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O
George Gore* 35 580 31 2 0 0 -3 -6 15 39 3.5 42 3.8 -0.3 $1,500 Purchased *O
Gil Hatfield? 34 136 -14 1 0 0 -2 3 4 -8 -0.6 -6 -0.5 -0.1 $1,200 6/15
Tim Keefe 32 157 -24 0 0 0 0 7 5 -12 -0.9 -12 -1.1 0.2 $4,250 Purchased 1
Harry Lyons 23 22 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /O
Pat Murphy 32 30 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0.5 5 0.4 0.1 $1,800 /2
Hank O'Day? 26 36 -6 0 0 0 0 1 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ Purchased 1
Jim O'Rourke 38 543 18 0 0 0 -4 -8 16 22 2.0 26 2.3 -0.3 $3,500 Unknown *O/2
Danny Richardson 26 544 2 1 0 0 15 2 16 36 3.6 21 1.9 1.7 $2,600 *4
Mike Slattery* 22 52 0 0 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $2,250 O
Mike Tiernan* 22 600 54 3 0 0 3 -8 16 68 6.0 65 5.8 0.2 $2,200 *O
Cannonball Titcomb* 22 12 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ /1
Monte Ward* 29 508 -4 5 0 0 -1 7 15 22 2.2 23 2.1 0.1 $4,250 Free Agency *6/4
Mickey Welch 29 161 -20 0 0 0 0 7 5 -8 -0.5 -8 -0.7 0.2 $2,800 Free Agency 1
Art Whitney 31 531 -31 -1 0 0 7 4 17 -4 0.0 -11 -1.0 1.0 $2,500 Traded *5/1
Team Total 29.8 5236 63 12 0 0 20 21 153 269 25.9 249 22.2 3.7 $42,650
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
William Brown 23 151 103 15 3.8 100 .271 .259 .279 .318 .351 .353 .381 .670 .732 83 .443 -3.1 -0.3 .650 .201 .094 1.7 2/O
Roger Connor* 31 591 339 111 8.6 100 .330 .317 .279 .426 .351 .528 .381 .955 .732 160 .778 43.8 4.3 1.115 .442 .212 16.1 *3/5
Ed Crane 27 116 82 8 2.6 100 .238 .204 .279 .293 .351 .272 .381 .565 .732 55 .276 -6.4 -0.7 .573 .252 .068 3.0 1/3
Buck Ewing 29 444 274 74 7.1 100 .348 .327 .279 .383 .351 .477 .381 .860 .732 134 .711 17.7 1.8 .967 .324 .150 7.2 *2/1O
Elmer Foster 27 7 4 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .279 .429 .351 .000 .381 .429 .732 22 .000 -0.1 -0.0 1.250 1.250 .000 .0 /O
Bill George 24 15 11 1 2.4 100 .333 .267 .279 .267 .351 .267 .381 .533 .732 46 .251 -1.2 -0.1 .455 .067 .000 .0 /O
George Gore* 35 580 339 84 6.5 100 .313 .305 .279 .416 .351 .420 .381 .836 .732 129 .677 23.8 2.4 .959 .344 .115 11.2 *O
Gil Hatfield? 34 136 102 7 1.8 100 .202 .184 .279 .250 .351 .224 .381 .474 .732 30 .166 -12.3 -1.3 .471 .184 .040 1.8 6/15
Tim Keefe 32 157 126 6 1.2 100 .211 .154 .279 .197 .351 .215 .381 .412 .732 13 .093 -18.6 -1.9 .333 .128 .060 .0 1
Harry Lyons 23 22 18 1 1.5 100 .100 .100 .279 .182 .351 .200 .381 .382 .732 4 .120 -2.8 -0.3 .333 .200 .100 /O
Pat Murphy 32 30 18 6 8.8 100 .333 .357 .279 .400 .351 .571 .381 .971 .732 164 .783 2.2 0.2 1.000 .286 .214 .0 /2
Hank O'Day? 26 36 28 1 0.9 100 .143 .097 .279 .222 .351 .097 .381 .319 .732 -11 .057 -4.7 -0.5 .357 .194 .000 .0 1
Jim O'Rourke 38 543 341 82 6.3 100 .340 .321 .279 .372 .351 .438 .381 .810 .732 121 .666 14.2 1.4 .862 .263 .118 5.5 *O/2
Danny Richardson 26 544 358 67 4.9 100 .291 .280 .279 .342 .351 .398 .381 .740 .732 102 .557 0.2 0.0 .774 .276 .119 11.5 *4
Mike Slattery* 22 52 34 7 5.4 100 .295 .292 .279 .346 .351 .396 .381 .742 .732 103 .600 0.1 0.0 .735 .229 .104 1.3 O
Mike Tiernan* 22 600 332 110 8.7 100 .344 .335 .279 .447 .351 .497 .381 .944 .732 158 .782 44.5 4.4 1.151 .421 .162 15.3 *O
Cannonball Titcomb* 22 12 11 0 0.0 100 .100 .083 .279 .083 .351 .083 .381 .167 .732 -54 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .091 .000 .000 /1
Monte Ward* 29 508 336 56 4.4 100 .301 .299 .279 .339 .351 .349 .381 .687 .732 88 .504 -8.9 -0.9 .768 .236 .050 2.0 *6/4
Mickey Welch 29 161 126 8 1.7 100 .233 .192 .279 .217 .351 .237 .381 .455 .732 24 .148 -16.8 -1.7 .333 .077 .045 1
Art Whitney 31 531 370 37 2.6 100 .236 .218 .279 .303 .351 .258 .381 .561 .732 54 .286 -29.0 -3.0 .538 .199 .040 1.9 *5/1
League Average 4.3 98 .285 .265 .277 .334 .348 .359 .377 .693 .725 91 .501 .704 .244 .094
Team Total 29.8 5236 3352 681 5.3 100 .299 .282 .279 .360 .351 .393 .381 .753 .732 106 .594 40.0 3.6 .804 .289 .111 88.3
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
William Brown 23 49 174 162 14 37 10 0 1 26 6 9 11 .228 .282 .309 .590 13 40 40
Roger Connor* 31 160 665 570 104 157 32 17 13 115 21 93 56 .275 .379 .460 .839 99 131 131
Ed Crane 27 35 134 121 14 21 1 0 2 10 6 13 26 .174 .254 .231 .485 7 29 29
Buck Ewing 29 121 504 467 81 133 23 13 4 77 34 37 39 .285 .337 .415 .753 66 99 99
Elmer Foster 27 2 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 .000 .444 .000 .444 0 2 2
Bill George 24 9 38 37 2 9 0 0 0 3 2 1 5 .243 .263 .243 .506 2 8 8
George Gore* 35 146 654 562 117 149 21 7 7 48 28 84 34 .265 .369 .365 .733 74 120 120
Gil Hatfield? 34 39 159 148 19 24 2 0 1 11 9 9 18 .162 .220 .196 .416 6 32 32
Tim Keefe 32 57 187 178 16 25 5 2 0 8 2 9 49 .140 .182 .191 .373 6 47 47
Harry Lyons 23 6 28 25 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 .120 .214 .280 .494 1 5 5
Pat Murphy 32 11 34 32 5 10 1 1 1 4 0 2 0 .313 .353 .500 .853 6 9 9
Hank O'Day? 26 28 97 89 5 11 1 0 0 6 2 7 21 .124 .196 .135 .331 2 23 23
Jim O'Rourke 38 156 617 576 78 161 36 7 3 71 33 40 41 .280 .327 .382 .709 72 128 128
Danny Richardson 26 152 623 576 78 140 22 8 7 88 32 46 45 .243 .300 .345 .646 60 125 125
Mike Slattery* 22 15 59 55 6 14 2 0 1 11 2 4 4 .255 .305 .345 .651 6 12 12
Mike Tiernan* 22 149 672 571 131 167 23 14 10 65 33 96 39 .292 .399 .434 .833 97 122 122
Cannonball Titcomb* 22 4 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Monte Ward* 29 139 583 554 77 145 13 4 1 60 63 27 9 .262 .298 .305 .604 50 114 114
Mickey Welch 29 55 189 184 18 31 5 1 0 11 0 5 33 .168 .190 .207 .397 7 45 45
Art Whitney 31 157 615 556 64 105 12 2 1 53 19 57 48 .189 .267 .223 .490 33 129 129
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
William Brown 23 3 394 109 394 368 37 89 14 2 1 60 17 20 32 .242 .292 .299 .591 68 110 6
Roger Connor* 31 10 4781 1083 4781 4330 886 1404 238 142 66 693 108 437 272 .324 .388 .491 .879 166 2124 14
Ed Crane 27 5 960 236 960 913 127 213 37 10 17 42 15 47 95 .233 .271 .352 .622 97 321 0
Buck Ewing 29 10 3352 769 3352 3160 685 931 141 111 41 424 131 186 189 .295 .335 .448 .783 136 1417 6
Elmer Foster 27 3 289 74 289 265 33 43 3 3 0 17 18 19 21 .162 .232 .196 .428 37 52 5
Bill George 24 3 126 30 126 124 15 26 1 0 1 14 5 2 12 .210 .222 .242 .464 36 30 0
George Gore* 35 11 4680 1014 4680 4164 1036 1271 203 76 34 500 101 499 253 .305 .382 .415 .797 138 1728 17
Gil Hatfield? 34 4 282 73 282 267 31 49 4 1 1 24 17 11 45 .184 .227 .217 .444 31 58 4
Tim Keefe 32 10 1879 508 1879 1745 212 345 53 37 9 112 10 133 285 .198 .255 .286 .541 66 499 1
Harry Lyons 23 3 557 131 557 531 69 100 10 6 4 66 38 23 0 .188 .226 .252 .479 45 134 3
Pat Murphy 32 3 200 54 200 190 20 40 4 1 1 12 4 10 15 .211 .250 .258 .508 53 49 0
Hank O'Day? 26 6 698 189 698 667 52 121 17 2 0 23 6 29 82 .181 .218 .213 .431 34 142 2
Jim O'Rourke 38 18 6855 1507 6855 6471 1387 2009 353 127 46 847 156 12 375 257 .310 .349 .426 .775 139 2754 6 9
Danny Richardson 26 6 2366 573 2366 2220 354 568 83 30 20 302 120 140 149 .256 .302 .347 .649 92 771 6
Mike Slattery* 22 3 874 221 874 852 117 196 20 8 2 47 28 21 31 .230 .249 .279 .529 71 238 1
Mike Tiernan* 22 3 1534 338 1534 1349 304 414 52 34 29 187 113 170 105 .307 .390 .460 .851 146 621 15
Cannonball Titcomb* 22 4 153 43 153 149 9 14 1 0 0 7 6 4 29 .094 .118 .101 .218 -33 15 0
Monte Ward* 29 12 5080 1173 5080 4903 851 1295 151 62 19 567 247 170 264 .264 .290 .332 .622 91 1627 7
Mickey Welch 29 10 2076 547 2076 2004 249 459 89 16 12 188 9 70 290 .229 .256 .307 .563 72 616 2
Art Whitney 31 9 3099 763 3099 2881 362 654 71 28 3 271 51 206 132 .227 .281 .274 .556 70 790 12
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1888 / 1890 Batting Statistics

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