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1897 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Jake Beckley HOF 29 L L 5' 10" 200 Aug 4, 1867 10 17 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Willie Clark 24 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 16, 1872 3 117 117 0 0 108 0 1 0 7 0 0 7 2.5 $
Dad Clarke 32 B R 5' 7" 160 Jan 7, 1865 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
George Davis HOF 26 B R 5' 9" 180 Aug 23, 1870 8 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 7.9 $
Ed Doheny 23 L L 5' 10" 165 Nov 24, 1873 3 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Jim Donnelly 31 R R 5' 10" 155 Jul 19, 1865 10 23 23 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Charlie Gettig 26 R 5' 10" 172 Dec, 1870 2 22 22 3 0 0 6 7 3 3 0 0 3 -1.2 $
Kid Gleason 30 B R 5' 7" 158 Oct 26, 1866 10 132 132 0 0 0 130 0 3 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Ducky Holmes 28 L R 5' 6" 170 Jan 28, 1869 3 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 1 78 0 0 78 -0.2 $
Bill Joyce 29 L R 5' 11" 185 Sep 22, 1867 7 110 110 0 0 2 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $
Tom McCreery 22 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 19, 1874 3 49 49 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 45 45 1.0 $
Jouett Meekin 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 21, 1867 7 42 42 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $
Yale Murphy 27 L R 5' 3" 125 Oct 11, 1869 3 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Amos Rusie HOF 26 R R 6' 1" 200 May 30, 1871 8 40 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0 $3,000
Cy Seymour 24 L L 6' 0" 200 Dec 9, 1872 2 45 45 39 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 6 3.4 $
General Stafford 29 R R 5' 8" 165 Jan 30, 1868 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 5 -0.4 $
Mike Sullivan 30 L R 6' 1" 210 Oct 23, 1866 9 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Mike Tiernan 30 L L 5' 11" 165 Jan 21, 1867 11 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 90 128 4.0 $
George Van Haltren 31 L L 5' 11" 170 Mar 30, 1866 11 130 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 3.8 $
Jack Warner 24 L R 5' 11" 165 Aug 15, 1872 3 111 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Walt Wilmot 33 B R 5' 9" 165 Oct 18, 1863 9 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 9 0.0 $
Parke Wilson 29 R R 5' 11" 166 Oct 26, 1867 5 47 47 0 30 11 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.9 $
Dave Zearfoss 29 R 5' 9" 174 Jan 1, 1868 2 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1896 / 1898 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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