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1897 New York Giants Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898)
83-48, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 895 runs, Allowed 695 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-51
Manager: Bill Joyce (83-48)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds III (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 390,340 (1st of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96

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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 John Warner* 24 110 443 397 50 109 6 3 2 51 8 26 .275 .344 .320 .664 78 127 16 4
2 1B Willie Clark* 24 116 481 431 63 122 17 12 1 75 18 37 .283 .352 .385 .737 97 166 9 4
3 2B Kid Gleason# 30 131 574 540 85 172 16 4 1 106 43 26 .319 .353 .369 .722 93 199 3 5
4 SS George Davis# 26 130 572 519 112 183 31 10 10 136 65 41 .353 .407 .509 .916 144 264 7 5
5 3B Bill Joyce* 31 109 488 388 109 118 15 13 3 64 33 78 .304 .441 .433 .874 134 168 17 5
6 OF Mike Tiernan* 30 127 591 528 123 174 29 10 5 72 40 61 .330 .400 .451 .851 127 238 1 1
7 OF George Van Haltren* 31 129 611 564 117 186 22 9 3 64 50 40 .330 .375 .417 .792 111 235 1 6
8 OF Ducky Holmes* 28 79 334 306 51 82 8 6 1 44 30 18 .268 .317 .343 .660 76 105 4 6
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 Tom McCreery# 22 49 206 177 36 53 8 5 1 27 15 22 .299 .380 .418 .798 113 74 1 6
10 C Parke Wilson 29 46 170 154 29 46 9 3 0 22 5 15 .299 .365 .396 .761 103 61 1 0
11 3B Jim Donnelly 31 23 95 85 19 16 3 0 0 11 6 9 .188 .266 .224 .489 31 19 0 1
12 UT Charlie Gettig 26 22 83 75 8 15 6 0 0 12 3 6 .200 .277 .280 .557 49 21 2 0
13 1B Jake Beckley* 29 17 73 68 8 17 2 3 1 11 2 2 .250 .301 .412 .713 89 28 3 0
14 OF Walt Wilmot# 33 11 37 34 8 9 2 0 1 4 1 2 .265 .306 .412 .717 90 14 0 1
15 UT General Stafford 29 7 26 23 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 .087 .192 .087 .279 -24 2 0 0
16 MI Yale Murphy* 27 5 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -44 0 0 0
17 C Dave Zearfoss? 29 5 10 10 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .500 .800 111 5 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
18 P Amos Rusie 26 40 148 144 25 40 1 3 0 22 1 3 .278 .297 .326 .624 66 47 1 0
19 P Jouett Meekin 30 42 143 137 22 41 6 1 0 10 3 5 .299 .329 .358 .686 83 49 1 0
20 P Cy Seymour* 24 44 142 137 13 33 5 1 2 14 3 4 .241 .262 .336 .598 59 46 0 1
21 P Mike Sullivan* 30 23 68 66 6 18 1 0 0 8 0 2 .273 .294 .288 .582 56 19 0 0
22 P Ed Doheny* 23 10 36 35 5 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 .200 .222 .229 .451 20 8 0 0
23 P Dad Clarke# 32 7 19 18 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .167 .211 .167 .377 1 3 0 0
Team Totals 27.9 137 5360 4844 895 1449 188 84 31 758 328 404 .299 .361 .392 .753 101 1898 67 45
Rank in 12 NL teams 3 3 3 9 4 6 2 5 5 3 4 5 4 3
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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
*Jake Beckley 29 73 51 8 4.1 105 .239 .250 .295 .301 .358 .412 .392 .713 .750 89 .425 -1.7 -0.2 .686 .221 .162 1.3 3
*Willie Clark 24 481 313 56 4.6 105 .281 .283 .295 .352 .358 .385 .392 .737 .750 97 .484 -2.2 -0.2 .744 .230 .102 1.9 *3/O5
#Dad Clarke 32 19 15 1 1.7 105 .167 .167 .295 .211 .358 .167 .392 .377 .750 1 .134 -2.6 -0.2 .267 .056 .000 /13
#George Davis 26 572 341 106 8.0 105 .340 .353 .295 .407 .358 .509 .392 .916 .750 144 .721 32.2 3.0 1.122 .360 .156 17.3 *6
*Ed Doheny 23 36 28 2 1.8 105 .200 .200 .295 .222 .358 .229 .392 .451 .750 20 .149 -4.1 -0.4 .393 .114 .029 .0 1
Jim Donnelly 31 95 70 5 1.8 105 .188 .188 .295 .266 .358 .224 .392 .489 .750 31 .149 -8.2 -0.8 .493 .212 .035 .0 5
Charlie Gettig 26 83 60 5 2.2 105 .200 .200 .295 .277 .358 .280 .392 .557 .750 49 .189 -5.3 -0.5 .533 .200 .080 .0 /54O16
#Kid Gleason 30 574 373 70 4.9 105 .317 .319 .295 .353 .358 .369 .392 .722 .750 93 .507 -6.0 -0.6 .736 .178 .050 2.0 *4/6
*Ducky Holmes 28 334 230 32 3.6 105 .266 .268 .295 .317 .358 .343 .392 .660 .750 76 .372 -11.3 -1.1 .701 .232 .075 1.9 O/6
*Bill Joyce 31 488 275 71 6.7 105 .299 .304 .295 .441 .358 .433 .392 .874 .750 134 .648 25.2 2.4 1.096 .415 .129 5.5 *5/3
#Tom McCreery 22 206 130 28 5.6 105 .295 .299 .295 .380 .358 .418 .392 .798 .750 113 .569 3.7 0.4 .903 .328 .119 1.9 O/4
Jouett Meekin 30 143 96 16 4.3 105 .299 .299 .295 .329 .358 .358 .392 .686 .750 83 .453 -3.5 -0.3 .604 .117 .058 .0 1
*Yale Murphy 27 10 8 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .295 .200 .358 .000 .392 .200 .750 -44 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .250 .000 /64
Amos Rusie 26 148 104 14 3.5 105 .278 .278 .295 .297 .358 .326 .392 .624 .750 66 .359 -7.8 -0.7 .500 .076 .049 .0 1
*Cy Seymour 24 142 105 12 3.0 105 .230 .241 .295 .262 .358 .336 .392 .598 .750 59 .293 -8.8 -0.8 .510 .146 .095 2.4 1/O
General Stafford 29 26 21 0 0.0 105 .087 .087 .295 .192 .358 .087 .392 .279 .750 -24 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .238 .130 .000 /O6
*Mike Sullivan 30 68 48 6 3.2 105 .273 .273 .295 .294 .358 .288 .392 .582 .750 56 .328 -4.3 -0.4 .438 .045 .015 1
*Mike Tiernan 30 591 355 95 6.9 105 .323 .330 .295 .400 .358 .451 .392 .851 .750 127 .663 22.0 2.1 .960 .313 .121 8.9 *O
*George Van Haltren 31 611 384 88 5.9 105 .326 .330 .295 .375 .358 .417 .392 .792 .750 111 .596 8.6 0.8 .862 .246 .087 5.7 *O
*John Warner 24 443 292 41 3.6 105 .271 .275 .295 .344 .358 .320 .392 .664 .750 78 .377 -11.8 -1.1 .615 .131 .045 3.2 *2
#Walt Wilmot 33 37 26 4 4.0 105 .242 .265 .295 .306 .358 .412 .392 .717 .750 90 .416 -0.6 -0.1 .680 .235 .147 1.0 /O
Parke Wilson 29 170 108 22 5.3 105 .299 .299 .295 .365 .358 .396 .392 .761 .750 103 .544 1.0 0.1 .759 .227 .097 .0 23/O4
?Dave Zearfoss 29 10 7 2 7.4 105 .300 .300 .295 .300 .358 .500 .392 .800 .750 111 .689 -0.1 0.0 .714 .200 .200 /2
League Average 4.8 108 .286 .291 .299 .353 .363 .385 .397 .738 .760 94 .503 .746 .225 .094
Team Total 5360 3440 684 5.1 105 .295 .299 .295 .361 .358 .392 .392 .753 .750 101 .533 8.8 0.7 .794 .244 .093 56.6
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
*Jake Beckley 29 137 523 488 72 140 19 12 8 74 24 20 0 .287 .335 .424 .759 65 114 114
*Willie Clark 24 139 544 497 59 126 18 12 1 70 19 38 0 .254 .318 .344 .662 53 116 116
#Dad Clarke 32 17 46 45 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .156 .174 .156 .329 1 14 14
#George Davis 26 156 640 591 104 188 32 10 10 127 67 42 0 .318 .370 .457 .827 98 130 130
*Ed Doheny 23 12 41 40 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .150 .171 .175 .346 1 10 10
Jim Donnelly 31 80 314 287 38 48 7 0 0 23 20 26 0 .167 .239 .192 .430 13 67 67
Charlie Gettig 26 26 95 87 7 15 6 0 0 11 3 6 0 .172 .242 .241 .483 5 22 22
#Kid Gleason 30 157 649 619 79 177 16 4 1 99 44 27 0 .286 .319 .330 .649 65 131 131
*Ducky Holmes 28 97 383 359 47 85 8 6 1 41 31 20 0 .237 .285 .301 .585 30 81 81
*Bill Joyce 31 131 542 445 102 121 15 13 3 60 34 80 0 .272 .402 .384 .786 66 109 109
#Tom McCreery 22 166 655 592 84 153 13 11 5 62 29 62 0 .258 .330 .343 .673 67 138 138
Jouett Meekin 30 50 163 157 20 42 6 1 0 9 3 5 0 .268 .294 .318 .613 14 42 42
*Yale Murphy 27 6 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 5 5
Amos Rusie 26 48 171 167 24 42 1 3 0 21 1 3 0 .251 .269 .293 .562 13 40 40
*Cy Seymour 24 53 162 158 12 33 5 1 2 13 3 4 0 .209 .228 .291 .520 11 44 44
General Stafford 29 142 564 526 62 126 17 5 7 51 14 35 0 .240 .291 .331 .622 50 118 118
*Mike Sullivan 30 28 78 76 5 18 1 0 0 7 0 2 0 .237 .256 .250 .506 5 23 23
*Mike Tiernan 30 152 668 604 115 179 30 10 5 67 41 63 0 .296 .364 .404 .768 89 127 127
*George Van Haltren 31 155 687 645 109 191 23 9 3 59 51 41 0 .296 .339 .374 .713 82 129 129
*John Warner 24 132 501 458 46 112 6 3 2 47 8 27 0 .245 .309 .284 .593 37 110 110
#Walt Wilmot 33 13 41 39 7 9 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 .231 .268 .359 .627 4 11 11
Parke Wilson 29 55 193 177 27 47 9 3 0 20 5 15 0 .266 .326 .350 .677 20 46 46
?Dave Zearfoss 29 6 12 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5 5
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
*Jake Beckley 29 10 5406 1209 5406 4926 929 1502 251 150 65 906 192 325 270 .305 .363 .456 .820 125 2248 126 29
*Willie Clark 24 3 846 211 846 766 110 217 32 18 1 124 27 57 18 .283 .346 .376 .722 92 288 17 6
#Dad Clarke 32 6 392 122 392 361 41 78 5 4 1 28 1 28 45 .216 .276 .260 .537 42 94 2 1
#George Davis 26 8 4631 1035 4631 4162 858 1298 224 110 54 790 338 418 180 .312 .380 .457 .837 128 1904 37 14
*Ed Doheny 23 3 92 30 92 85 10 14 2 1 0 6 3 6 11 .165 .228 .212 .440 17 18 1 0
Jim Donnelly 31 10 2620 659 2620 2410 324 551 57 28 2 237 173 170 144 .229 .284 .278 .562 65 670 16 24
Charlie Gettig 26 2 92 28 92 84 11 18 7 0 0 12 3 6 0 .214 .283 .298 .580 55 25 2 0
#Kid Gleason 30 10 2909 718 2909 2668 407 744 77 31 8 379 141 206 131 .279 .334 .340 .674 82 907 14 21
*Ducky Holmes 28 3 683 168 683 612 106 180 21 10 4 82 47 44 14 .294 .355 .381 .736 96 233 14 13
*Bill Joyce 31 7 3530 759 3530 2796 729 839 132 97 60 516 230 630 280 .300 .443 .481 .924 146 1345 90 14
#Tom McCreery 22 3 1218 284 1218 1064 196 339 39 33 12 142 57 110 73 .319 .384 .451 .835 123 480 3 41
Jouett Meekin 30 7 923 268 923 866 136 221 22 21 14 111 15 55 87 .255 .301 .378 .679 81 327 2 0
*Yale Murphy 27 3 554 130 554 472 100 113 12 4 0 45 35 80 36 .239 .350 .282 .631 59 133 0 2
Amos Rusie 26 8 1615 443 1615 1584 186 398 40 25 8 167 23 26 170 .251 .266 .323 .589 63 512 5 0
*Cy Seymour 24 2 174 56 174 169 15 40 5 1 2 14 3 4 7 .237 .254 .314 .568 51 53 0 1
General Stafford 29 6 1682 396 1682 1524 254 413 46 16 15 203 94 129 96 .271 .334 .352 .686 81 536 15 14
*Mike Sullivan 30 9 505 159 505 488 46 95 9 3 2 48 3 12 82 .195 .219 .238 .456 22 116 3 2
*Mike Tiernan 30 11 6093 1338 6093 5354 1206 1683 237 149 101 795 407 694 318 .314 .396 .471 .867 140 2521 34 11
*George Van Haltren 31 11 5913 1293 5913 5281 1141 1689 176 126 63 755 427 589 305 .320 .391 .437 .828 124 2306 27 16
*John Warner 24 3 893 232 893 800 90 211 12 6 3 85 22 51 33 .264 .329 .305 .634 69 244 27 15
#Walt Wilmot 33 9 4211 925 4211 3843 709 1065 148 90 56 572 377 340 222 .277 .339 .406 .745 105 1561 17 11
Parke Wilson 29 5 1014 268 1014 934 145 248 29 9 3 128 38 63 44 .266 .315 .325 .641 67 304 5 12
?Dave Zearfoss 29 2 76 24 76 70 6 16 1 2 0 6 2 5 5 .229 .289 .300 .589 57 21 1 0
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

1896 / 1898 Batting Statistics

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