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1898 New York Giants

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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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1897 / 1899 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
Bill Carrick 24 R R 5' 10" 150 Sep 5, 1873 1st 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
George Davis HOF 27 B R 5' 9" 180 Aug 23, 1870 9 121 121 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 4.7
Ed Doheny 24 L L 5' 10" 165 Nov 24, 1873 4 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3.4
Jack Doyle 28 R R 5' 9" 155 Oct 25, 1869 10 82 82 0 2 24 0 5 15 6 0 32 38 1.2
Pop Foster 20 R R 5' 8" Apr 8, 1878 1st 32 32 0 0 0 0 10 2 17 0 4 21 -0.3
Charlie Gettig 27 R 5' 10" 172 Dec, 1870 3 64 64 17 1 2 12 4 9 0 1 20 21 0.2
Jack Gilbert 22 L R Sep 4, 1875 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
Kid Gleason 31 B R 5' 7" 158 Oct 26, 1866 11 150 150 0 0 0 144 0 6 0 0 0 0 0.2
Ed Glenn 22 R R Oct, 1875 1st 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.1
Mike Grady 28 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 23, 1869 5 93 93 0 57 7 0 0 3 7 7 16 30 3.0
Fred Hartman 30 R R 5' 6" 170 Apr 25, 1868 3 123 123 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 2.4
Bill Joyce 30 L R 5' 11" 185 Sep 22, 1867 8 145 145 0 0 130 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 5.4
Tacks Latimer 20 R R 6' 0" 160 Nov 30, 1877 1st 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.2
Tom McCreery 23 B R 5' 11" 180 Oct 19, 1874 4 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 35 -0.2
Jouett Meekin 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 21, 1867 8 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Jock Menefee 30 R R 6' 0" 165 Jan 15, 1868 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
John Puhl 21 Jul 10, 1876 1st 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Joe Regan 25 R R 6' 1" Jul 12, 1872 1st 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.1
Amos Rusie HOF 27 R R 6' 1" 200 May 30, 1871 9 41 41 37 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.4
Cy Seymour 25 L L 6' 0" 200 Dec 9, 1872 3 80 80 45 0 0 1 0 0 10 12 15 35 2.8
Mike Tiernan 31 L L 5' 11" 165 Jan 21, 1867 12 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 7 103 2.2
George Van Haltren 32 L L 5' 11" 170 Mar 30, 1866 12 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 138 3 156 5.1
Jack Warner 25 L R 5' 11" 165 Aug 15, 1872 4 110 110 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.6
Walt Wilmot 34 B R 5' 9" 165 Oct 18, 1863 10 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 29 34 -0.2
Parke Wilson 30 R R 5' 11" 166 Oct 26, 1867 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 -0.1
Dave Zearfoss 30 R 5' 9" 174 Jan 1, 1868 3 1 1 0 1 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

1897 / 1899 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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