1889 New York Giants

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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 - 103, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 101

Postseason:

Won World Series (6-3) over Brooklyn Bridegrooms

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1888 / 1890 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	29	99	444	407	91	133	23	13	4	87	34		37	32	.327	.383	.477	.860	135	194		0
2	1B	Roger Connor*	31	131	591	496	117	157	32	17	13	130	21		93	46	.317	.426	.528	.955	161	262		2
3	2B	Danny Richardson	26	125	544	497	88	139	22	8	7	100	32		46	37	.280	.342	.398	.740	103	198		1
4	SS	Monte Ward*	29	114	508	479	87	143	13	4	1	67	62		27	7	.299	.339	.349	.687	89	167		2
5	3B	Art Whitney	31	129	531	473	71	103	12	2	1	59	19		56	39	.218	.303	.258	.561	55	122		2
6	OF	George Gore*	35	120	580	488	132	149	21	7	7	54	28		84	28	.305	.416	.420	.836	130	205		8
7	OF	Jim O'Rourke	38	128	543	502	89	161	36	7	3	81	33		40	34	.321	.372	.438	.810	122	220		1
8	OF	Mike Tiernan*	22	122	600	499	147	167	23	14	10	73	33		96	32	.335	.447	.497	.944	159	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	84	49		3
10	SS	Gil Hatfield?	34	32	136	125	21	23	2	0	1	12	9		9	15	.184	.250	.224	.474	31	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	165	16		0
13	OF	Harry Lyons	23	5	22	20	1	2	0	1	0	2	0		2	0	.100	.182	.200	.382	5	4		0
14	OF	Bill George	24	3	15	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	1		0	3	.267	.267	.267	.533	47	4		0
15	OF	Elmer Foster	27	2	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2		3	1	.000	.429	.000	.429	23	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	25	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	56	28		0
19	P	Hank O'Day?	29	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	107	1837		27
		Rank in 8 NL teams				6	1	3	4	1	3		2		1	7	1	1	1	1		3		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.9	131	4754	4220	875	1241	197	74	50	710	282		508	286	.294	.373	.411	.785	115	1736		26
		Pitcher Totals	29.3	131	482	451	60	78	11	3	2	34	10		30	100	.173	.226	.224	.450	24	101		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	Mickey Welch	29	27	12	.692	3.02	45	41	4	39	3	2	375.0	340	196	126	14	149		125	10	0	18	1607	132	1.304	8.2	0.3	3.6	3.0	0.84
2	SP	Tim Keefe	32	28	13	.683	3.36	47	45	2	39	3	1	364.0	319	216	136	9	151		225	18	0	11	1563	119	1.291	7.9	0.2	3.7	5.6	1.49
3	SP	Ed Crane	27	14	11	.560	3.63	29	25	3	23	0	0	230.2	221	159	93	10	136		130	10	0	18	1048	110	1.548	8.6	0.4	5.3	5.1	0.96
4	SP	Hank O'Day	29	9	1	.900	4.27	10	10	0	8	0	0	78.0	83	51	37	2	35		28	7	0	0	355	94	1.513	9.6	0.2	4.0	3.2	0.80
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		Gil Hatfield	34	2	4	.333	3.98	6	5	1	5	0	0	52.0	53	43	23	2	25		28	1	0	3	233	101	1.500	9.2	0.3	4.3	4.8	1.12
6		Cannonball Titcomb*	22	1	2	.333	6.58	3	3	0	3	0	0	26.0	27	26	19	1	16		7	2	0	0	122	61	1.654	9.3	0.3	5.5	2.4	0.44
7		Buck Ewing	29	2	0	1.000	4.05	3	2	1	2	0	0	20.0	23	14	9	0	8		12	0	0	1	90	100	1.550	10.4	0.0	3.6	5.4	1.50
8		Art Whitney	31	0	0		2.08	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	1	3	1	0	4		3	0	0	0	18	209	1.154	2.1	0.0	8.3	6.2	0.75
		Team Totals	29.6	83	43	.659	3.47	131	131	12	119	6	3	1150.0	1067	708	444	38	524		558	48	0	51	5036	115	1.383	8.4	0.3	4.1	4.4	1.06
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		2				5	2	2	6	1	2	2	4	7		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	23	40		217	146	39	32	3	.853	4.63	16		0	0				C-OF
Roger Connor	31	132		1329	1266	33	30	68	.977	9.84								1B-3B
Ed Crane	27	30		46	12	24	10	1	.783	1.20								P-1B
Buck Ewing	29	101		724	525	152	47	10	.935	6.70	35		0	0				P-C-OF
Elmer Foster	27	2		5	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.50								OF
Bill George	24	3		8	7	0	1	0	.875	2.33								OF
George Gore	35	120		301	239	21	41	5	.864	2.17								OF
Gil Hatfield	34	32		162	55	85	22	7	.864	4.38								P-SS-3B
Tim Keefe	32	47		96	10	78	8	3	.917	1.87								P
Harry Lyons	23	5		5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.00								OF
Pat Murphy	32	9		39	26	8	5	0	.872	3.78	0		0	0				C
Hank O'Day	29	10		17	5	11	1	1	.941	1.60								P
Jim O'Rourke	38	129		208	166	20	22	2	.894	1.44	0		0	0				OF-C
Danny Richardson	26	125		801	332	416	53	60	.934	5.98								2B
Mike Slattery	22	12		27	21	2	4	1	.852	1.92								OF
Mike Tiernan	22	122		221	179	19	23	2	.896	1.62								OF
Cannonball Titcomb	22	3		4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.33								P
Monte Ward	29	115		660	245	339	76	38	.885	5.08								SS-2B
Mickey Welch	29	45		76	13	59	4	2	.947	1.60								P
Art Whitney	31	130		482	160	265	57	27	.882	3.27								P-3B
Team Totals	29.9	131		5428	3418	1574	436	230	.920	4.12	51		0	0
Rank in 8 NL teams							4	8	6
	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 (v2.2): 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	23	40	151	-3	-0	0	-5	2	-6	-0.5	5	-1	-0.0	.487	.497	0.4	-0.2	4	$2,300		2/O
Roger Connor*	31	131	591	44	-2	0	3	-0	44	3.7	20	64	5.7	.528	.523	5.6	0.2	61	$3,500	Free Agency	*3/5
Ed Crane	27	29	116	-8	-0	0	0	9	2	0.1	4	6	0.1	.504	.501	0.2	-0.0	5	$3,000		1/3
Buck Ewing	29	99	444	18	2	0	7	6	33	2.8	15	48	4.3	.528	.517	3.8	1.1	41	$5,000	Free Agency	*2/1O
Elmer Foster	27	2	7	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	-0.0	0			/O
Bill George	24	3	15	-1	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.456	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1			/O
George Gore*	35	120	580	26	-2	0	-3	-7	15	1.2	18	33	3.0	.510	.508	3.5	-0.9	36	$1,500	Purchased	*O
Gil Hatfield?	34	32	136	-13	1	0	-2	2	-12	-1.1	5	-8	-0.6	.466	.493	-0.4	-0.1	-6	$1,200		6/15
Tim Keefe	32	47	157	-22	-0	0	0	13	-10	-0.9	5	-4	-0.9	.482	.495	-0.8	-0.0	-4	$4,250	Purchased	1
Harry Lyons	23	5	22	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.447	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2			/O
Pat Murphy	32	9	30	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.2	1	4	0.3	.528	.502	0.4	0.0	4	$1,800		/2
Hank O'Day?	29	10	36	-6	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.479	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1		Purchased	1
Jim O'Rourke	38	128	543	14	0	0	-4	-8	2	0.2	19	21	2.0	.502	.501	2.5	-1.1	25	$3,500	Unknown	*O/2
Danny Richardson	26	125	544	0	0	0	15	2	18	1.5	19	37	3.4	.512	.510	2.2	1.4	22	$2,600		*4
Mike Slattery*	22	12	52	0	-0	0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.495	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$2,250		O
Mike Tiernan*	22	122	600	47	-2	0	3	-8	41	3.3	19	59	5.2	.528	.521	5.2	-0.5	56	$2,200		*O
Cannonball Titcomb*	22	3	12	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.448	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1			/1
Monte Ward*	29	114	508	-5	5	0	-1	7	6	0.5	17	23	2.2	.504	.503	2.4	0.4	24	$4,250	Free Agency	*6/4
Mickey Welch	29	45	161	-19	0	0	0	13	-6	-0.5	6	-0	-0.5	.489	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-0	$2,800	Free Agency	1
Art Whitney	31	129	531	-29	-2	0	7	4	-20	-1.7	18	-1	0.1	.487	.490	-0.4	0.9	-8	$2,500	Traded	*5/1
Team Total	29.8	1205	5236	40	0	0	20	39	100	7.9	175	275	23.7	.507	.503	23.6	1.0	255	$42,650
	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 (v2.2): 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	27	230.2	29	25	159	6.20	5.66	0.15	0.00	101.0	5.56	-14	-1.1	1.0	-0.2	0.8	12	.461	.493	$3,000
Buck Ewing	29	20.0	3	2	14	6.30	5.66	0.16	0.00	101.0	5.55	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.461	.499	$5,000	Free Agency
Gil Hatfield	34	52.0	6	5	43	7.44	5.66	0.16	0.00	101.0	5.56	-10	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-4	.370	.495	$1,200
Tim Keefe	32	364.0	47	45	216	5.34	5.66	0.15	0.00	101.0	5.56	13	1.2	1.0	-0.4	4.2	54	.525	.507	$4,250	Purchased
Hank O'Day	29	78.0	10	10	51	5.88	5.66	0.17	0.00	101.0	5.54	-2	-0.2		-0.1	0.5	7	.483	.499		Purchased
Cannonball Titcomb*	22	26.0	3	3	26	9.00	5.66	0.17	0.00	101.0	5.54	-10	-0.7		-0.0	-0.4	-7	.280	.496
Mickey Welch	29	375.0	45	41	196	4.70	5.66	0.16	0.00	101.0	5.55	40	3.6	1.0	-0.4	6.7	82	.579	.522	$2,800	Free Agency
Art Whitney	31	4.1	1	0	3	6.23	5.66	0.12	0.00	101.0	5.60	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.479	.500	$2,500	Traded
Team Total	29.6	1150.0	144	131	708	5.54	5.66	0.16	0.00	101.0	5.56	15	1.8	1.0	-1.2	11.5	144	.513	.501	$18,750
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1888 / 1890 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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