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1898 New York Giants

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899

77-73, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Joyce (68-60) and Cap Anson (9-13)
Scored 837 runs, Allowed 800 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-72

Ballparks: Polo Grounds IV & West New York Field Club Grounds · Attendance: 265,414 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94


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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 Jack Warner* 25 110 409 373 40 96 14 5 0 42 9 22 28 .257 .316 .322 .638 85 120 10 4
2 1B Bill Joyce* 30 145 619 508 91 131 20 9 10 91 34 88 60 .258 .386 .392 .778 125 199 18 5
3 2B Kid Gleason# 31 150 619 570 78 126 8 5 0 62 21 39 28 .221 .278 .253 .531 54 144 6 4
4 SS George Davis# 27 121 529 486 80 149 20 5 2 86 26 32 15 .307 .351 .381 .731 112 185 1 10
5 3B Fred Hartman 30 123 507 475 57 129 16 11 2 88 11 25 24 .272 .313 .364 .678 96 173 4 3
6 OF Jack Doyle 28 82 316 297 42 84 15 3 1 43 14 12 12 .283 .317 .364 .681 97 108 3 4
7 OF Mike Tiernan* 31 103 475 415 90 116 15 11 5 49 19 43 12 .280 .357 .405 .762 121 168 7 10
8 OF George Van Haltren* 32 156 722 654 129 204 28 16 2 68 36 59 40 .312 .372 .413 .785 127 270 4 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 UT Mike Grady 28 93 340 287 64 85 19 5 3 49 20 38 28 .296 .399 .429 .827 140 123 11 4
10 UT Charlie Gettig 27 64 214 196 30 49 6 2 0 26 5 15 16 .250 .310 .301 .611 77 59 2 1
11 OF Walt Wilmot# 34 35 149 138 16 33 4 2 2 22 4 9 4 .239 .286 .341 .626 81 47 0 2
12 OF Tom McCreery# 23 35 142 121 15 24 4 3 1 17 3 19 26 .198 .307 .306 .613 78 37 0 2
13 OF Pop Foster 20 32 113 112 10 30 6 1 0 9 0 0 15 .268 .268 .339 .607 76 38 0 1
14 UT Tacks Latimer 20 5 17 17 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .294 .294 .353 .647 87 6 0 0
15 SS Ed Glenn 22 2 11 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .250 .571 .250 .821 140 1 0 4
16 3B John Puhl? 21 2 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 29 2 0 0
17 OF Joe Regan 25 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 16 1 0 0
18 OF Jack Gilbert* 22 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 45 1 0 0
19 OF Parke Wilson 30 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 C Dave Zearfoss? 30 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 480 1 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
21 P Cy Seymour* 25 80 309 297 41 82 5 2 4 23 8 9 22 .276 .300 .347 .646 87 103 1 2
22 P Amos Rusie 27 41 139 138 23 29 2 4 0 8 2 1 8 .210 .216 .283 .498 44 39 0 0
23 P Jouett Meekin 31 38 138 129 16 27 5 1 0 12 0 9 7 .209 .261 .264 .524 52 34 0 0
24 P Ed Doheny* 24 28 92 86 11 14 1 1 2 11 0 4 16 .163 .217 .267 .485 40 23 2 0
25 P Bill Carrick 24 5 19 18 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .167 .211 .222 .433 25 4 0 0
26 P Jock Menefee 30 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.7 157 5907 5349 837 1422 190 86 34 712 214 428 369 .266 .328 .353 .681 97 1886 69 61
Rank in 12 NL teams 1 3 7 3 3 3 4 1 6 6 8 7 6 7 5 6 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
Bill Carrick 24 19 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
George Davis# 27 529 16 2 0 0 6 8 15 47 4.7 41 4.1 0.6 $ Traded *6
Ed Doheny* 24 92 -7 0 0 0 0 2 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Jack Doyle 28 316 3 1 0 0 -1 -1 10 12 1.2 13 1.3 -0.1 $ Purchased O36/52
Pop Foster 20 113 -3 -1 0 0 -2 -1 4 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ O5/6
Charlie Gettig 27 214 -3 0 0 0 -2 1 7 3 0.3 5 0.5 -0.2 $ O14/6532
Jack Gilbert* 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O
Kid Gleason# 31 619 -28 2 0 0 5 3 19 1 0.2 -4 -0.4 0.6 $ Traded *4/6
Ed Glenn 22 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /6
Mike Grady 28 340 23 2 0 0 -7 2 11 31 3.0 38 3.8 -0.8 $ Traded 2O/36
Fred Hartman 30 507 3 -1 0 0 2 4 16 24 2.4 22 2.2 0.2 $ Traded *5
Bill Joyce* 30 619 32 1 0 0 3 0 19 55 5.4 52 5.2 0.2 $ Traded *35/4
Tacks Latimer 20 17 0 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -1 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ /2O
Tom McCreery# 23 142 -2 0 0 0 -2 -2 4 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Traded O
Jouett Meekin 31 138 -7 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 1
Jock Menefee 30 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
John Puhl? 21 9 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /5
Joe Regan 25 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O
Amos Rusie 27 139 -10 1 0 0 0 3 4 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Assigned--by lg 1/3O
Cy Seymour* 25 309 -2 0 0 0 -1 1 10 8 0.8 9 0.9 -0.1 $ Free Agency 1O/4
Mike Tiernan* 31 475 19 3 0 0 -6 -7 13 22 2.2 28 2.8 -0.6 $ *O
George Van Haltren* 32 722 37 4 0 0 -1 -8 20 52 5.1 53 5.3 -0.2 $ Purchased *O
Jack Warner* 25 409 -2 -1 0 0 -1 7 13 16 1.6 17 1.7 -0.1 $ *2/O
Walt Wilmot# 34 149 -2 0 0 0 -2 -2 4 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ O
Parke Wilson 30 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /O
Dave Zearfoss? 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Team Total 28.7 5907 63 13 0 0 -11 13 178 256 25.5 267 26.7 -1.2 $
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
Bill Carrick 24 19 15 1 1.7 89 .200 .167 .274 .211 .338 .222 .352 .433 .690 25 .182 -1.7 -0.2 .333 .111 .056 /1
George Davis# 27 529 347 65 4.9 89 .313 .307 .274 .351 .338 .381 .352 .731 .690 112 .596 6.8 0.7 .724 .193 .074 3.7 *6
Ed Doheny* 24 92 72 5 1.8 89 .176 .163 .274 .217 .338 .267 .352 .485 .690 40 .192 -7.2 -0.8 .403 .151 .105 .0 1
Jack Doyle 28 316 217 34 4.1 89 .292 .283 .274 .317 .338 .364 .352 .681 .690 97 .515 -1.9 -0.2 .643 .168 .081 1.9 O36/52
Pop Foster 20 113 83 10 3.1 89 .309 .268 .274 .268 .338 .339 .352 .607 .690 76 .396 -4.1 -0.4 .463 .071 .071 O5/6
Charlie Gettig 27 214 148 18 3.2 89 .272 .250 .274 .310 .338 .301 .352 .611 .690 77 .400 -5.7 -0.6 .551 .153 .051 .0 O14/6532
Jack Gilbert* 22 4 3 0 0.0 89 .500 .250 .274 .250 .338 .250 .352 .500 .690 45 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .667 .250 .000 .0 /O
Kid Gleason# 31 619 448 39 2.3 89 .232 .221 .274 .278 .338 .253 .352 .531 .690 54 .266 -34.1 -3.6 .473 .137 .032 .0 *4/6
Ed Glenn 22 11 7 1 3.7 89 .250 .250 .274 .571 .338 .250 .352 .821 .690 140 .472 0.7 0.1 1.667 1.000 .000 .0 /6
Mike Grady 28 340 206 47 5.9 89 .320 .296 .274 .399 .338 .429 .352 .827 .690 140 .679 17.2 1.8 .950 .334 .132 5.2 2O/36
Fred Hartman 30 507 349 53 4.0 89 .283 .272 .274 .313 .338 .364 .352 .678 .690 96 .501 -4.6 -0.5 .616 .168 .093 3.4 *5
Bill Joyce* 30 619 382 73 5.0 89 .276 .258 .274 .386 .338 .392 .352 .778 .690 125 .605 21.9 2.3 .899 .374 .134 15.5 *35/4
Tacks Latimer 20 17 12 2 4.3 89 .313 .294 .274 .294 .338 .353 .352 .647 .690 87 .543 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .059 .059 /2O
Tom McCreery# 23 142 99 11 2.9 89 .245 .198 .274 .307 .338 .306 .352 .613 .690 78 .362 -3.2 -0.3 .608 .289 .107 1.5 O
Jouett Meekin 31 138 102 9 2.3 89 .221 .209 .274 .261 .338 .264 .352 .524 .690 52 .270 -8.1 -0.9 .422 .124 .054 1
Jock Menefee 30 5 5 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .274 .000 .338 .000 .352 .000 .690 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000 /1
John Puhl? 21 9 7 0 0.0 89 .250 .222 .274 .222 .338 .222 .352 .444 .690 29 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .286 .000 .000 /5
Joe Regan 25 5 4 0 0.0 89 .200 .200 .274 .200 .338 .200 .352 .400 .690 16 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /O
Amos Rusie 27 139 109 8 1.9 89 .223 .210 .274 .216 .338 .283 .352 .498 .690 44 .210 -11.1 -1.2 .385 .094 .072 .0 1/3O
Cy Seymour* 25 309 217 31 3.7 89 .288 .276 .274 .300 .338 .347 .352 .646 .690 87 .472 -6.6 -0.7 .563 .128 .071 5.3 1O/4
Mike Tiernan* 31 475 309 58 4.9 89 .279 .280 .274 .357 .338 .405 .352 .762 .690 121 .597 10.8 1.1 .793 .275 .125 7.9 *O
George Van Haltren* 32 722 455 100 5.7 89 .330 .312 .274 .372 .338 .413 .352 .785 .690 127 .664 22.8 2.4 .820 .246 .101 3.8 *O
Jack Warner* 25 409 281 36 3.3 89 .278 .257 .274 .316 .338 .322 .352 .638 .690 85 .424 -7.3 -0.8 .581 .147 .064 .0 *2/O
Walt Wilmot# 34 149 107 13 3.2 89 .235 .239 .274 .286 .338 .341 .352 .626 .690 81 .400 -4.0 -0.4 .571 .196 .101 2.7 O
Parke Wilson 30 4 4 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .274 .000 .338 .000 .352 .000 .690 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /O
Dave Zearfoss? 30 1 0 1 89 1.000 1.000 .274 1.000 .338 1.000 .352 2.000 .690 480 0.5 0.0 .000 .000 /2
League Average 4.0 91 .286 .270 .278 .333 .342 .347 .357 .680 .699 94 .505 .649 .190 .077
Team Total 28.7 5907 3988 615 4.0 89 .281 .266 .274 .328 .338 .353 .352 .681 .690 97 .508 -23.4 -2.7 .661 .207 .087 58.7
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
Bill Carrick 24 5 20 19 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .158 .200 .211 .411 1 5 5
George Davis# 27 127 536 503 77 148 20 5 2 83 26 32 16 .294 .338 .366 .703 62 121 121
Ed Doheny* 24 29 96 90 10 14 1 1 2 10 0 4 17 .156 .208 .256 .464 4 28 28
Jack Doyle 28 131 513 490 65 137 17 5 3 65 23 19 14 .280 .312 .353 .665 53 125 125
Pop Foster 20 34 115 115 9 29 6 1 0 8 0 0 16 .252 .252 .322 .574 9 32 32
Charlie Gettig 27 67 220 203 28 48 6 2 0 24 5 15 17 .236 .295 .286 .581 17 64 64
Jack Gilbert* 22 3 14 10 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 2 4 .300 .500 .300 .800 1 3 3
Kid Gleason# 31 158 639 594 76 127 8 5 0 60 21 39 29 .214 .269 .244 .513 38 150 150
Ed Glenn 22 3 15 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 .222 .533 .222 .756 1 3 3
Mike Grady 28 98 346 297 62 85 19 5 3 48 20 38 29 .286 .387 .414 .801 45 93 93
Fred Hartman 30 129 522 493 55 129 16 11 2 85 11 25 25 .262 .303 .351 .654 52 123 123
Bill Joyce* 30 153 634 528 88 131 20 9 10 88 34 88 63 .248 .374 .377 .751 70 145 145
Tacks Latimer 20 5 19 19 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .316 .316 .368 .684 2 5 5
Tom McCreery# 23 93 370 324 47 84 9 10 3 36 6 46 56 .259 .351 .377 .728 43 88 88
Jouett Meekin 31 40 143 134 15 27 5 1 0 11 0 9 7 .201 .252 .254 .505 8 38 38
Jock Menefee 30 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
John Puhl? 21 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Joe Regan 25 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Amos Rusie 27 43 146 145 23 30 2 4 0 8 2 1 8 .207 .212 .276 .488 8 41 41
Cy Seymour* 25 84 318 308 39 82 5 2 4 22 8 9 23 .266 .289 .334 .624 29 80 80
Mike Tiernan* 31 108 481 431 88 116 15 11 5 48 19 43 13 .269 .345 .390 .735 57 103 103
George Van Haltren* 32 164 740 677 125 204 28 16 2 66 36 59 42 .301 .361 .399 .760 97 156 156
Jack Warner* 25 116 419 387 39 96 14 5 0 41 9 22 29 .248 .305 .310 .616 35 110 110
Walt Wilmot# 34 37 152 143 15 33 4 2 2 21 4 9 4 .231 .276 .329 .605 13 35 35
Parke Wilson 30 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Dave Zearfoss? 30 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 1 1
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
Bill Carrick 24 1 19 5 19 18 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .167 .211 .222 .433 25 4 0 0
George Davis# 27 9 5183 1159 5183 4659 943 1451 245 115 56 877 366 453 218 .311 .377 .449 .827 126 2094 38 33
Ed Doheny* 24 4 184 58 184 171 21 28 3 2 2 17 3 10 31 .164 .223 .240 .463 28 41 3 0
Jack Doyle 28 10 3818 899 3818 3523 651 1119 201 43 19 636 384 247 168 .318 .367 .415 .782 113 1463 29 19
Pop Foster 20 1 113 32 113 112 10 30 6 1 0 9 0 0 15 .268 .268 .339 .607 76 38 0 1
Charlie Gettig 27 3 306 92 306 280 41 67 13 2 0 38 8 21 26 .239 .302 .300 .602 70 84 4 1
Jack Gilbert* 22 1 12 3 12 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 .222 .364 .222 .586 69 2 1 1
Kid Gleason# 31 11 3536 869 3536 3241 486 870 85 36 8 441 163 246 183 .268 .324 .324 .648 77 1051 20 29
Ed Glenn 22 1 15 3 15 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .125 .364 .125 .489 42 1 0 4
Mike Grady 28 5 1344 360 1344 1181 229 364 66 24 13 213 45 109 87 .308 .386 .438 .823 119 517 40 14
Fred Hartman 30 3 1276 297 1276 1176 165 345 41 26 6 175 41 67 59 .293 .341 .388 .729 97 456 18 15
Bill Joyce* 30 8 4163 906 4163 3310 822 971 153 106 70 609 266 721 380 .293 .435 .467 .902 143 1546 108 24
Tacks Latimer 20 1 17 5 17 17 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .294 .294 .353 .647 87 6 0 0
Tom McCreery# 23 4 1589 374 1589 1381 244 422 48 43 15 180 63 157 199 .306 .378 .435 .813 121 601 3 48
Jouett Meekin 31 8 1064 306 1064 996 152 248 27 22 14 123 15 65 105 .249 .296 .362 .659 78 361 2 1
Jock Menefee 30 5 243 69 243 207 23 45 4 3 0 23 6 24 15 .217 .305 .266 .570 47 55 2 10
John Puhl? 21 1 9 2 9 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 29 2 0 0
Joe Regan 25 1 5 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 16 1 0 0
Amos Rusie 27 9 1756 484 1756 1722 209 428 42 29 8 175 25 27 186 .249 .262 .321 .583 62 552 5 2
Cy Seymour* 25 3 487 137 487 470 56 123 10 3 6 37 11 13 42 .262 .283 .334 .617 73 157 1 3
Mike Tiernan* 31 12 6584 1443 6584 5778 1299 1803 253 160 106 846 426 738 366 .312 .394 .466 .860 139 2694 41 27
George Van Haltren* 32 12 6661 1452 6661 5946 1272 1903 204 142 65 824 463 650 371 .320 .390 .435 .825 125 2586 31 34
Jack Warner* 25 4 1305 343 1305 1176 130 307 26 11 3 127 31 73 83 .261 .324 .310 .634 74 364 37 19
Walt Wilmot# 34 10 4382 962 4382 3988 727 1100 152 92 58 594 383 350 233 .276 .337 .404 .741 104 1610 17 27
Parke Wilson 30 6 1031 272 1031 948 145 250 29 9 3 131 40 64 49 .264 .314 .323 .636 65 306 5 14
Dave Zearfoss? 30 3 77 25 77 71 6 17 1 2 0 6 2 5 6 .239 .299 .310 .609 63 22 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

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