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1897 New York Giants

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898

83-48, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Joyce (83-48)
Scored 901 runs, Allowed 696 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-50

Ballparks: Polo Grounds IV · 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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1896 / 1898 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 Jack Warner* 24 111 446 400 50 109 6 3 2 51 8 26 22 .273 .342 .318 .659 77 127 16 4
2 1B Willie Clark* 24 117 486 436 63 122 17 12 1 75 18 37 29 .280 .349 .381 .729 95 166 9 4
3 2B Kid Gleason# 30 132 578 543 86 172 16 4 1 106 44 27 24 .317 .353 .366 .719 92 199 3 5
4 SS George Davis# 26 131 576 521 112 184 31 10 10 135 65 43 23 .353 .410 .509 .918 144 265 7 5
5 3B Bill Joyce* 29 110 492 389 111 118 15 13 3 64 35 81 38 .303 .444 .432 .875 134 168 17 5
6 OF Mike Tiernan* 30 128 595 532 123 174 29 10 5 72 40 61 36 .327 .397 .447 .845 125 238 1 1
7 OF George Van Haltren* 31 130 615 566 119 186 22 9 3 64 50 42 25 .329 .376 .415 .791 111 235 1 6
8 OF Ducky Holmes* 28 80 338 310 52 82 8 6 1 45 30 18 31 .265 .313 .339 .652 74 105 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 28 15 22 28 .299 .380 .418 .798 113 74 1 6
10 C Parke Wilson 29 47 174 158 29 47 9 3 0 23 6 15 3 .297 .362 .392 .754 101 62 1 0
11 3B Jim Donnelly 31 23 95 85 19 16 3 0 0 11 6 9 5 .188 .266 .224 .489 31 19 0 1
12 UT Charlie Gettig 26 22 83 75 8 15 6 0 0 12 3 6 10 .200 .277 .280 .557 49 21 2 0
13 1B Jake Beckley* 29 17 73 68 8 17 2 3 1 11 2 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 3 .265 .306 .412 .717 91 14 0 1
15 UT General Stafford 29 7 26 23 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 .087 .192 .087 .279 -24 2 0 0
16 MI Yale Murphy* 27 5 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 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 1 .300 .300 .500 .800 112 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 8 .278 .297 .326 .624 66 47 1 0
19 P Cy Seymour* 24 45 146 141 13 34 5 1 2 14 3 4 13 .241 .262 .333 .595 58 47 0 1
20 P Jouett Meekin 30 42 143 137 22 41 6 1 0 10 3 5 11 .299 .329 .358 .686 83 49 1 0
21 P Mike Sullivan* 30 23 68 66 6 18 1 0 0 8 0 2 10 .273 .294 .288 .582 56 19 0 0
22 P Ed Doheny* 23 10 36 35 5 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 .200 .222 .229 .451 20 8 0 0
23 P Dad Clarke# 32 6 14 13 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .231 .286 .231 .516 39 3 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 138 5395 4871 901 1452 188 84 31 760 332 412 330 .298 .361 .390 .751 101 1901 67 45
Rank in 12 NL teams 3 3 3 9 4 7 2 1 5 5 3 4 5 5 3 3 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
Jake Beckley* 29 73 -1 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $ Traded 3
Willie Clark* 24 481 6 -1 0 0 6 0 15 26 2.5 20 1.8 0.7 $ *3/O5
Dad Clarke# 32 19 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
George Davis# 26 576 46 5 0 0 11 8 17 87 7.9 76 6.9 1.0 $ Traded *6
Ed Doheny* 23 36 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Jim Donnelly 31 95 -8 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 -0.1 -3 -0.3 0.2 $ 5
Charlie Gettig 26 83 -5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ /54O16
Kid Gleason# 30 578 3 2 0 0 4 3 17 29 2.8 25 2.3 0.5 $ Traded *4/6
Ducky Holmes* 28 338 -7 3 0 0 -4 -5 10 -3 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ Traded O/6
Bill Joyce* 29 492 38 3 0 0 -7 3 14 51 4.5 58 5.3 -0.8 $ Traded *5/3
Tom McCreery# 22 206 8 1 0 0 -1 -3 6 11 1.0 12 1.1 -0.1 $ Traded O/4
Jouett Meekin 30 143 -2 0 0 0 0 3 5 6 0.6 6 0.5 0.1 $ Traded 1
Yale Murphy* 27 10 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /64
Amos Rusie 26 148 -6 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $3,000 Assigned--by lg 1
Cy Seymour* 24 146 -8 -1 0 0 0 3 5 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Free Agency 1/O
General Stafford 29 26 -4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ /O6
Mike Sullivan* 30 68 -4 -1 0 0 0 1 2 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 1
Mike Tiernan* 30 595 35 3 0 0 -1 -8 16 45 4.0 46 4.2 -0.2 $ *O
George Van Haltren* 31 615 21 5 0 0 6 -7 17 42 3.8 36 3.3 0.5 $ Purchased *O
Jack Warner* 24 446 -6 -3 0 0 1 7 14 13 1.4 12 1.1 0.3 $ *2
Walt Wilmot# 33 37 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O
Parke Wilson 29 174 4 0 0 0 -2 2 5 9 0.9 11 1.0 -0.1 $ Purchased 23/O4
Dave Zearfoss? 29 10 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Team Total 27.7 5395 101 17 0 0 12 11 160 301 28.3 289 26.2 2.1 $3,000
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
Jake Beckley* 29 73 51 8 4.1 105 .246 .250 .294 .301 .358 .412 .391 .713 .749 89 .426 -1.7 -0.2 .686 .221 .162 1.3 3
Willie Clark* 24 486 318 56 4.6 105 .298 .280 .294 .349 .358 .381 .391 .729 .749 95 .478 -3.6 -0.3 .732 .227 .101 1.9 *3/O5
Dad Clarke# 32 14 10 1 2.6 105 .250 .231 .294 .286 .358 .231 .391 .516 .749 39 .246 -1.1 -0.1 .400 .077 .000 /1
George Davis# 26 576 342 107 8.1 105 .357 .353 .294 .410 .358 .509 .391 .918 .749 144 .724 33.1 3.1 1.128 .363 .155 17.3 *6
Ed Doheny* 23 36 28 2 1.8 105 .226 .200 .294 .222 .358 .229 .391 .451 .749 20 .150 -4.1 -0.4 .393 .114 .029 .0 1
Jim Donnelly 31 95 70 5 1.8 105 .200 .188 .294 .266 .358 .224 .391 .489 .749 31 .150 -8.2 -0.8 .493 .212 .035 .0 5
Charlie Gettig 26 83 60 5 2.2 105 .231 .200 .294 .277 .358 .280 .391 .557 .749 49 .189 -5.3 -0.5 .533 .200 .080 .0 /54O16
Kid Gleason# 30 578 376 69 4.8 105 .330 .317 .294 .353 .358 .366 .391 .719 .749 92 .497 -6.4 -0.6 .736 .180 .050 2.0 *4/6
Ducky Holmes* 28 338 234 32 3.5 105 .291 .265 .294 .313 .358 .339 .391 .652 .749 74 .366 -12.4 -1.2 .689 .229 .074 1.9 O/6
Bill Joyce* 29 492 276 71 6.7 105 .330 .303 .294 .444 .358 .432 .391 .875 .749 134 .647 26.0 2.4 1.111 .427 .129 5.5 *5/3
Tom McCreery# 22 206 130 28 5.6 105 .351 .299 .294 .380 .358 .418 .391 .798 .749 113 .570 3.7 0.4 .903 .328 .119 1.9 O/4
Jouett Meekin 30 143 96 16 4.3 105 .325 .299 .294 .329 .358 .358 .391 .686 .749 83 .454 -3.5 -0.3 .604 .117 .058 .0 1
Yale Murphy* 27 10 8 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .294 .200 .358 .000 .391 .200 .749 -44 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .250 .000 /64
Amos Rusie 26 148 104 14 3.5 105 .294 .278 .294 .297 .358 .326 .391 .624 .749 66 .360 -7.7 -0.7 .500 .076 .049 .0 1
Cy Seymour* 24 146 108 12 2.9 105 .254 .241 .294 .262 .358 .333 .391 .595 .749 58 .284 -9.2 -0.9 .505 .142 .092 2.4 1/O
General Stafford 29 26 21 0 0.0 105 .091 .087 .294 .192 .358 .087 .391 .279 .749 -24 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .238 .130 .000 /O6
Mike Sullivan* 30 68 48 6 3.2 105 .321 .273 .294 .294 .358 .288 .391 .582 .749 56 .329 -4.3 -0.4 .438 .045 .015 1
Mike Tiernan* 30 595 359 94 6.8 105 .344 .327 .294 .397 .358 .447 .391 .845 .749 125 .655 20.9 2.0 .950 .310 .120 8.9 *O
George Van Haltren* 31 615 386 88 5.9 105 .340 .329 .294 .376 .358 .415 .391 .791 .749 111 .595 8.8 0.8 .863 .249 .087 5.7 *O
Jack Warner* 24 446 295 40 3.5 105 .285 .273 .294 .342 .358 .318 .391 .659 .749 77 .362 -12.6 -1.2 .608 .130 .045 3.2 *2
Walt Wilmot# 33 37 26 4 4.0 105 .267 .265 .294 .306 .358 .412 .391 .717 .749 91 .417 -0.6 -0.1 .680 .235 .147 1.0 /O
Parke Wilson 29 174 111 22 5.1 105 .303 .297 .294 .362 .358 .392 .391 .754 .749 101 .532 0.6 0.1 .757 .228 .095 .0 23/O4
Dave Zearfoss? 29 10 7 2 7.4 105 .333 .300 .294 .300 .358 .500 .391 .800 .749 112 .690 -0.1 0.0 .714 .200 .200 /2
League Average 4.8 107 .306 .291 .298 .353 .363 .384 .397 .737 .759 94 .503 .746 .225 .094
Team Total 27.7 5395 3464 682 5.1 105 .315 .298 .294 .361 .358 .390 .391 .751 .749 101 .530 6.7 0.5 .793 .245 .092 56.7
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 17 .287 .335 .424 .759 65 114 114
Willie Clark* 24 140 549 502 58 125 17 12 1 69 18 38 35 .249 .313 .337 .650 52 117 117
Dad Clarke# 32 16 43 42 5 10 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 .238 .256 .238 .494 2 13 13
George Davis# 26 157 644 593 105 189 32 10 10 126 67 44 28 .319 .373 .457 .830 100 131 131
Ed Doheny* 23 12 41 40 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 .150 .171 .175 .346 1 10 10
Jim Donnelly 31 80 314 287 38 48 7 0 0 23 20 26 12 .167 .239 .192 .430 13 67 67
Charlie Gettig 26 26 95 87 7 15 6 0 0 11 3 6 12 .172 .242 .241 .483 5 22 22
Kid Gleason# 30 158 653 622 80 177 16 4 1 99 45 28 29 .285 .319 .328 .647 65 132 132
Ducky Holmes* 28 98 387 363 49 85 8 6 1 42 31 20 40 .234 .282 .298 .579 30 82 82
Bill Joyce* 29 132 546 446 103 121 15 13 3 59 36 83 46 .271 .405 .383 .788 66 110 110
Tom McCreery# 22 168 665 600 85 154 13 11 5 63 29 64 88 .257 .329 .340 .669 67 140 140
Jouett Meekin 30 50 163 157 20 42 6 1 0 9 3 5 13 .268 .294 .318 .613 14 42 42
Yale Murphy* 27 6 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 5 5
Amos Rusie 26 48 171 167 24 42 1 3 0 21 1 3 10 .251 .269 .293 .562 13 40 40
Cy Seymour* 24 54 168 164 13 36 5 1 2 14 3 4 16 .220 .238 .299 .537 12 45 45
General Stafford 29 144 577 538 64 130 17 5 7 53 16 36 43 .242 .293 .331 .624 52 120 120
Mike Sullivan* 30 28 78 76 5 18 1 0 0 7 0 2 12 .237 .256 .250 .506 5 23 23
Mike Tiernan* 30 154 671 608 114 178 30 10 5 67 41 62 43 .293 .359 .400 .759 88 128 128
George Van Haltren* 31 156 691 647 110 191 23 9 3 59 51 43 30 .295 .340 .372 .713 82 130 130
Jack Warner* 24 133 504 461 46 112 6 3 2 47 8 27 26 .243 .308 .282 .590 37 111 111
Walt Wilmot# 33 13 41 39 7 9 2 0 1 3 1 2 4 .231 .268 .359 .627 4 11 11
Parke Wilson 29 56 197 181 27 48 9 3 0 21 6 15 4 .265 .325 .348 .673 20 47 47
Dave Zearfoss? 29 6 11 11 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .455 .727 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 5436 1211 5436 4934 931 1505 251 151 66 909 192 325 284 .305 .363 .457 .820 125 2256 126 51
Willie Clark* 24 3 851 212 851 771 110 217 32 18 1 124 27 57 47 .281 .344 .374 .718 91 288 17 6
Dad Clarke# 32 6 387 121 387 356 41 78 5 4 1 28 1 28 49 .219 .280 .264 .544 43 94 2 1
George Davis# 26 8 4654 1038 4654 4173 863 1302 225 110 54 791 340 421 203 .312 .380 .457 .838 128 1909 37 23
Ed Doheny* 23 3 92 30 92 85 10 14 2 1 0 6 3 6 15 .165 .228 .212 .440 17 18 1 0
Jim Donnelly 31 10 2596 653 2596 2387 322 548 56 28 2 237 173 169 154 .230 .285 .279 .564 65 666 16 24
Charlie Gettig 26 2 92 28 92 84 11 18 7 0 0 12 3 6 10 .214 .283 .298 .580 55 25 2 0
Kid Gleason# 30 10 2917 719 2917 2671 408 744 77 31 8 379 142 207 155 .279 .334 .340 .673 82 907 14 25
Ducky Holmes* 28 3 687 169 687 616 107 180 21 10 4 83 47 44 47 .292 .353 .378 .731 95 233 14 13
Bill Joyce* 29 7 3544 761 3544 2802 731 840 133 97 60 518 232 633 320 .300 .443 .481 .924 146 1347 90 19
Tom McCreery# 22 3 1226 286 1226 1070 196 339 39 33 12 143 57 112 146 .317 .383 .449 .832 122 480 3 41
Jouett Meekin 30 7 926 268 926 867 136 221 22 21 14 111 15 56 98 .255 .302 .377 .679 81 327 2 1
Yale Murphy* 27 3 560 131 560 475 101 114 12 4 0 45 35 81 38 .240 .351 .282 .633 59 134 0 4
Amos Rusie 26 8 1617 443 1617 1584 186 399 40 25 8 167 23 26 178 .252 .266 .324 .590 63 513 5 2
Cy Seymour* 24 2 178 57 178 173 15 41 5 1 2 14 3 4 20 .237 .254 .312 .566 51 54 0 1
General Stafford 29 6 1691 399 1691 1533 254 415 46 16 15 204 95 129 132 .271 .333 .351 .684 80 538 15 14
Mike Sullivan* 30 9 507 159 507 488 46 95 9 3 2 48 3 12 92 .195 .219 .238 .456 22 116 3 4
Mike Tiernan* 30 11 6109 1340 6109 5363 1209 1687 238 149 101 797 407 695 354 .315 .397 .471 .868 140 2526 34 17
George Van Haltren* 31 11 5939 1296 5939 5292 1143 1699 176 126 63 756 427 591 331 .321 .392 .438 .830 124 2316 27 29
Jack Warner* 24 3 896 233 896 803 90 211 12 6 3 85 22 51 55 .263 .328 .304 .632 69 244 27 15
Walt Wilmot# 33 9 4233 927 4233 3850 711 1067 148 90 56 572 379 341 229 .277 .339 .406 .745 104 1563 17 25
Parke Wilson 29 5 1027 271 1027 944 145 250 29 9 3 131 40 64 48 .265 .315 .324 .639 66 306 5 14
Dave Zearfoss? 29 2 76 24 76 70 6 16 1 2 0 6 2 5 6 .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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