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
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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Jack Warner* | 24 | 111 | 446 | 400 | 50 | 109 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 8 | 26 | .273 | .342 | .318 | .659 | 77 | 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 | 132 | 578 | 543 | 86 | 172 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 106 | 44 | 27 | .317 | .353 | .366 | .719 | 92 | 199 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 4 | SS | George Davis# | 26 | 131 | 576 | 521 | 112 | 184 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 135 | 65 | 43 | .353 | .410 | .509 | .918 | 144 | 265 | 7 | 5 | |||||
| 5 | 3B | Bill Joyce* | 31 | 110 | 492 | 389 | 111 | 118 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 64 | 35 | 81 | .303 | .444 | .432 | .875 | 134 | 168 | 17 | 5 | |||||
| 6 | OF | Mike Tiernan* | 30 | 128 | 595 | 532 | 123 | 174 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 72 | 40 | 61 | .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 | .329 | .376 | .415 | .791 | 111 | 235 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 8 | OF | Ducky Holmes* | 28 | 80 | 338 | 310 | 52 | 82 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 30 | 18 | .265 | .313 | .339 | .652 | 74 | 105 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | OF | Tom McCreery# | 22 | 49 | 206 | 177 | 36 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 22 | .299 | .380 | .418 | .798 | 113 | 74 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 10 | C | Parke Wilson | 29 | 47 | 174 | 158 | 29 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 15 | .297 | .362 | .392 | .754 | 101 | 62 | 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 | 91 | 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 | 112 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | Cy Seymour* | 24 | 45 | 146 | 141 | 13 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 4 | .241 | .262 | .333 | .595 | 58 | 47 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 20 | P | Jouett Meekin | 30 | 42 | 143 | 137 | 22 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | .299 | .329 | .358 | .686 | 83 | 49 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 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 | 138 | 5395 | 4871 | 901 | 1452 | 188 | 84 | 31 | 760 | 332 | 412 | .298 | .361 | .390 | .751 | 101 | 1901 | 67 | 45 | |||||||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Amos Rusie | 26 | 28 | 10 | .737 | 2.54 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 322.1 | 314 | 143 | 91 | 6 | 87 | 135 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1336 | 163 | 1.244 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 1.55 | |
| 2 | SP | Jouett Meekin | 30 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 3.76 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 303.2 | 328 | 176 | 127 | 9 | 99 | 83 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1307 | 110 | 1.406 | 9.7 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.84 | |
| 3 | SP | Cy Seymour* | 24 | 18 | 14 | .563 | 3.27 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 286.2 | 257 | 162 | 104 | 4 | 168 | 156 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 1269 | 126 | 1.483 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 0.93 | |
| 4 | SP | Mike Sullivan | 30 | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.09 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 148.2 | 183 | 113 | 84 | 6 | 71 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 695 | 81 | 1.709 | 11.1 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 0.49 | |
| 5 | SP | Ed Doheny* | 23 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 69 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 366 | 195 | 1.341 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 0.82 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | Dad Clarke | 32 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 43 | 34 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 68 | 1.742 | 12.5 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 0.91 | ||
| 7 | Charlie Gettig? | 26 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 79 | 1.684 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 0.78 | ||
| Team Totals | 27.0 | 81 | 48 | .628 | 3.45 | 138 | 137 | 18 | 119 | 7 | 3 | 1196.1 | 1217 | 696 | 458 | 26 | 490 | 463 | 65 | 2 | 56 | 5207 | 120 | 1.427 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 0.94 | |||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3735 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Beckley | 29 | 17 | 186 | 166 | 15 | 5 | 12 | .973 | 10.65 | 1B | ||||
| Dad Clarke | 32 | 7 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 3.29 | P-1B | ||||
| Willie Clark | 24 | 115 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1132 | 1047 | 67 | 18 | 69 | .984 | 9.69 | 1B-OF-3B | |
| George Davis | 26 | 130 | 839 | 339 | 438 | 62 | 67 | .926 | 5.98 | SS | ||||
| Ed Doheny | 23 | 10 | 39 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .897 | 3.50 | P | ||||
| Jim Donnelly | 31 | 23 | 61 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 2 | .869 | 2.30 | 3B | ||||
| Charlie Gettig | 26 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 1 | .738 | 2.05 | 3B-2B-SS-P-OF | |
| Kid Gleason | 30 | 133 | 777 | 317 | 404 | 56 | 44 | .928 | 5.42 | 2B-SS | ||||
| Ducky Holmes | 28 | 79 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 115 | 15 | 16 | 2 | .890 | 1.65 | OF-SS | |
| Bill Joyce | 31 | 109 | 454 | 188 | 199 | 67 | 19 | .852 | 3.55 | 3B-1B | ||||
| Tom McCreery | 22 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 84 | 56 | 19 | 9 | 2 | .893 | 1.56 | OF-2B | |
| Jouett Meekin | 30 | 37 | 81 | 14 | 56 | 11 | 2 | .864 | 1.89 | P | ||||
| Yale Murphy | 27 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.20 | SS-2B | ||||
| Amos Rusie | 26 | 38 | 104 | 19 | 77 | 8 | 3 | .923 | 2.53 | P | ||||
| Cy Seymour | 24 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 145 | 25 | 100 | 20 | 5 | .862 | 2.78 | P-OF | |
| General Stafford | 29 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .706 | 1.71 | OF-SS | |
| Mike Sullivan | 30 | 23 | 49 | 4 | 39 | 6 | 2 | .878 | 1.87 | P | ||||
| Mike Tiernan | 30 | 128 | 38 | 0 | 90 | 203 | 178 | 11 | 14 | 2 | .931 | 1.48 | OF | |
| George Van Haltren | 31 | 130 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 322 | 271 | 31 | 20 | 4 | .938 | 2.32 | OF | |
| Jack Warner | 24 | 111 | 682 | 523 | 127 | 32 | 17 | .953 | 5.86 | 20 | C | |||
| Walt Wilmot | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.67 | OF | |
| Parke Wilson | 29 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 267 | 226 | 27 | 14 | 9 | .948 | 5.50 | 11 | C-1B-OF-2B |
| Dave Zearfoss | 29 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 4.40 | 2 | C | |||
| Team Totals | 27.8 | 138 | 5723 | 3583 | 1741 | 399 | 267 | .930 | 4.17 | 33 | ||||
| Rank in 12 NL teams | 1 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |