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1898 New York Giants Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 / 1899)
77-73, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 837 runs, Allowed 800 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-72
Manager: Bill Joyce (68-60) and Cap Anson (9-13)
Ballpark: Polo Grounds III (ballparks.com)
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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Game Results

Season Summary 77-73, Final Rank:7, GB: 25.5
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind27last on Tuesday, Oct 11, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50016last on Monday, Aug 22
Most Games under .5004last on Monday, May 2
Longest Winning Streak8Monday, May 9 to Thursday, May 19
Longest Losing Streak6Saturday, Jun 4 to Friday, Jun 10
Most Runs Allowed14Tuesday, Apr 19, Saturday, May 21, Monday, Sep 5 and Wednesday, Sep 21
Most Runs Scored20Wednesday, Apr 27
Times Shutout by Opponent7 
Times Opponent Shutout10 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 77 73 837 801 .513
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 45 28 423 322 .616
Road 32 45 414 479 .416
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 3 6 63 73 .333
May 16 9 162 143 .640
June 10 16 138 149 .385
July 18 9 163 101 .667
August 16 9 136 111 .640
September 9 17 131 174 .346
October 5 7 44 50 .417
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 41 35 467 426 .539
Second Half 36 38 370 375 .486
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 14 15 111 112 .483
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 29 28 384 375 .509
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BLN 3 10 39 45 .231
BRO 11 3 77 52 .786
BSN 4 10 64 89 .286
CHC 5 9 67 89 .357
CIN 8 6 82 91 .571
CLV 8 6 64 53 .571
LOU 8 6 91 72 .571
PHI 6 7 90 84 .462
PIT 5 9 65 82 .357
STL 10 3 103 66 .769
WHS 9 4 95 78 .692

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Saturday, Apr 16 NYG BSN L 2 4 0-1 9 1.0 -
2 2 Monday, Apr 18 NYG BSN W 8 2 1-1 5 1.0 +
3 3 Tuesday, Apr 19 NYG @ BSN L 2 14 1-2 8 1.5 -
4 4 Wednesday, Apr 20 NYG @ PHI L 5 8 1-3 11 2.5 --
5 5 Thursday, Apr 21 NYG @ PHI L 4 13 1-4 11 2.5 ---
6 6 Friday, Apr 22 NYG @ PHI L 7 13 1-5 11 3.5 ----
7 7 Saturday, Apr 23 NYG @ PHI W 14 9 2-5 10 3.5 +
8 8 Wednesday, Apr 27 NYG @ WHS W 20 6 3-5 9 3.0 ++
9 9 Saturday, Apr 30 NYG @ BLN L 1 4 3-6 9 5.0 -
10 10 Monday, May 2 NYG @ BLN L 4 6 3-7 9 5.5 --
11 11 Wednesday, May 4 NYG BSN W 8 3 4-7 9 5.5 +
12 12 Thursday, May 5 NYG @ BSN W 6 4 5-7 7 5.0 ++
13 13 Friday, May 6 NYG @ BSN W 7 5 6-7 7 4.5 +++
14 14 Saturday, May 7 NYG @ BSN L 9 13 6-8 7 5.0 -
15 15 Monday, May 9 NYG BRO W 3 1 7-8 7 4.5 +
16 16 Tuesday, May 10 NYG BRO W 5 0 8-8 7 4.0 ++
17 17 Thursday, May 12 NYG @ BRO W 6 3 9-8 6 5.0 +++
18 18 Friday, May 13 NYG WHS W 9 5 10-8 5 4.5 ++++
19 19 Saturday, May 14 NYG WHS W 6 2 11-8 4 4.5 +++++
20 20 Tuesday, May 17 NYG WHS W 9 3 12-8 4 4.0 ++++++
21 21 Tuesday, May 17 NYG WHS W 11 10 13-8 4 4.0 +++++++
22 22 Thursday, May 19 NYG @ STL W 7 1 14-8 3 4.0 ++++++++
23 23 Friday, May 20 NYG @ STL L 2 6 14-9 4 4.0 -
24 24 Saturday, May 21 NYG @ STL L 5 14 14-10 5 4.0 --
25 25 Sunday, May 22 NYG @ STL W 10 5 15-10 4 4.0 +
26 26 Monday, May 23 NYG @ LOU W 12 4 16-10 4 4.0 ++
27 27 Tuesday, May 24 NYG @ LOU W 6 1 17-10 3 3.0 +++
28 28 Wednesday, May 25 NYG @ LOU L 4 8 17-11 4 4.0 -
29 29 Thursday, May 26 NYG @ CIN L 6 12 17-12 4 5.0 --
30 30 Friday, May 27 NYG @ CIN L 4 13 17-13 4 6.0 ---
31 31 Saturday, May 28 NYG @ CIN L 7 11 17-14 4 7.0 ----
32 32 Monday, May 30 NYG CLV W 6 2 18-14 4 7.0 +
33 33 Monday, May 30 NYG CLV W 9 8 19-14 4 7.0 ++
34 34 Tuesday, May 31 NYG CLV L 1 3 19-15 4 8.0 -
35 35 Wednesday, Jun 1 NYG CLV W 2 0 20-15 4 7.0 +
36 36 Thursday, Jun 2 NYG CIN W 3 0 21-15 4 6.0 ++
37 37 Friday, Jun 3 NYG CIN W 16 10 22-15 4 5.0 +++
38 38 Saturday, Jun 4 NYG CIN L 3 5 22-16 4 6.0 -
39 39 Monday, Jun 6 NYG CIN L 1 10 22-17 4 7.0 --
40 40 Tuesday, Jun 7 NYG CHC L 0 3 22-18 5 7.0 ---
41 41 Wednesday, Jun 8 NYG CHC L 1 9 22-19 5 7.0 ----
42 42 Thursday, Jun 9 NYG CHC L 8 10 22-20 5 7.0 -----
43 43 Friday, Jun 10 NYG CHC L 6 7 22-21 6 8.0 ------
44 44 Saturday, Jun 11 NYG BRO W 6 2 23-21 5 7.5 +
45 45 Monday, Jun 13 NYG BRO W 4 3 24-21 5 7.0 ++
46 46 Tuesday, Jun 14 NYG @ BRO L 2 3 24-22 6 8.0 -
47 47 Wednesday, Jun 15 NYG @ BRO L 1 6 24-23 7 9.0 --
48 48 Thursday, Jun 16 NYG PHI W 11 3 25-23 7 8.0 +
49 49 Friday, Jun 17 NYG PHI W 16 4 26-23 6 8.0 ++
50 50 Saturday, Jun 18 NYG @ PHI L 5 6 26-24 7 8.0 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Monday, Jun 20 NYG @ PIT L 2 9 26-25 7 7.5 --
52 52 Tuesday, Jun 21 NYG @ PIT W 10 3 27-25 7 6.5 +
53 53 Wednesday, Jun 22 NYG @ PIT L 5 10 27-26 7 7.5 -
54 54 Thursday, Jun 23 NYG @ PIT L 7 8 27-27 7 8.5 --
55 55 Friday, Jun 24 NYG @ CLV W 11 4 28-27 7 7.5 +
56 56 Saturday, Jun 25 NYG @ CLV L 1 9 28-28 7 8.5 -
57 57 Tuesday, Jun 28 NYG @ CLV W 4 0 29-28 7 8.5 +
58 58 Tuesday, Jun 28 NYG @ CLV L 4 6 29-29 7 8.5 -
59 59 Wednesday, Jun 29 NYG @ CHC L 4 12 29-30 7 9.5 --
60 60 Thursday, Jun 30 NYG @ CHC L 5 7 29-31 7 9.5 ---
61 61 Friday, Jul 1 NYG @ CHC W 8 4 30-31 7 9.5 +
62 62 Saturday, Jul 2 NYG @ CHC W 8 6 31-31 7 9.5 ++
63 63 Monday, Jul 4 NYG BSN L 5 6 31-32 7 12.5 -
64 64 Monday, Jul 4 NYG BSN L 3 10 31-33 7 12.5 --
65 65 Tuesday, Jul 5 NYG BSN L 2 5 31-34 7 13.0 ---
66 66 Thursday, Jul 7 NYG BRO W 10 1 32-34 7 13.0 +
67 67 Friday, Jul 8 NYG BRO W 6 2 33-34 7 13.0 ++
68 68 Saturday, Jul 9 NYG @ BRO W 3 2 34-34 7 12.0 +++
69 69 Monday, Jul 11 NYG STL W 10 4 35-34 7 11.5 ++++
70 70 Tuesday, Jul 12 NYG STL W 7 1 36-34 7 11.5 +++++
71 71 Thursday, Jul 14 NYG STL W 12 5 37-34 7 11.0 ++++++
72 72 Thursday, Jul 14 NYG STL W 5 3 38-34 7 11.0 +++++++
73 73 Friday, Jul 15 NYG LOU L 4 5 38-35 7 11.0 -
74 74 Saturday, Jul 16 NYG LOU W 14 5 39-35 7 10.0 +
75 75 Monday, Jul 18 NYG LOU W 5 1 40-35 6 10.0 ++
76 76 Tuesday, Jul 19 NYG LOU W 2 1 41-35 6 9.5 +++
77 77 Wednesday, Jul 20 NYG PIT L 5 7 41-36 7 9.5 -
78 78 Thursday, Jul 21 NYG PIT L 1 2 41-37 7 10.5 --
79 79 Thursday, Jul 21 NYG PIT W 11 7 42-37 7 10.5 +
80 80 Friday, Jul 22 NYG PIT W 1 0 43-37 6 10.5 ++
81 81 Saturday, Jul 23 NYG BLN W 8 0 44-37 5 10.5 +++
82 82 Monday, Jul 25 NYG BLN L *V 0 0 44-38 6 11.5 -
83 83 Tuesday, Jul 26 NYG @ BLN L 3 4 44-39 6 12.0 --
84 84 Thursday, Jul 28 NYG @ LOU L 4 6 44-40 6 13.0 ---
85 85 Friday, Jul 29 NYG @ LOU W 12 8 45-40 6 13.0 +
86 86 Saturday, Jul 30 NYG @ LOU W 7 3 46-40 6 13.0 ++
87 87 Sunday, Jul 31 NYG @ LOU W 7 3 47-40 6 13.0 +++
88 88 Tuesday, Aug 2 NYG @ CIN W 7 5 48-40 6 12.0 ++++
89 89 Thursday, Aug 4 NYG @ CIN W 6 5 49-40 6 11.0 +++++
90 90 Thursday, Aug 4 NYG @ CIN T 5 5 49-40 6 11.0 +++++
91 91 Friday, Aug 5 NYG @ CIN W 9 5 50-40 6 11.0 ++++++
92 92 Friday, Aug 5 NYG @ CIN L 1 9 50-41 6 11.0 -
93 93 Saturday, Aug 6 NYG @ STL T 6 6 50-41 6 11.5 -
94 94 Sunday, Aug 7 NYG @ STL W 12 1 51-41 5 11.0 +
95 95 Sunday, Aug 7 NYG @ STL W 8 6 52-41 5 11.0 ++
96 96 Monday, Aug 8 NYG @ STL L 2 4 52-42 5 11.5 -
97 97 Thursday, Aug 11 NYG @ WHS W 6 3 53-42 6 10.0 +
98 98 Thursday, Aug 11 NYG @ WHS L 4 7 53-43 6 10.0 -
99 99 Friday, Aug 12 NYG CHC W 4 3 54-43 5 10.0 +
100 100 Saturday, Aug 13 NYG CHC W 9 2 55-43 5 9.0 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Monday, Aug 15 NYG CHC T 2 2 55-43 5 9.5 ++
102 102 Tuesday, Aug 16 NYG CIN W 4 0 56-43 5 9.0 +++
103 103 Wednesday, Aug 17 NYG CIN W 3 1 57-43 5 9.0 ++++
104 104 Thursday, Aug 18 NYG CIN W 7 0 58-43 5 9.0 +++++
105 105 Friday, Aug 19 NYG CLV L 2 8 58-44 5 9.5 -
106 106 Saturday, Aug 20 NYG CLV W 4 3 59-44 5 9.5 +
107 107 Monday, Aug 22 NYG CLV W 11 4 60-44 5 8.5 ++
108 108 Wednesday, Aug 24 NYG @ CLV L 1 4 60-45 5 8.5 -
109 109 Thursday, Aug 25 NYG @ CLV L 0 1 60-46 5 8.5 --
110 110 Friday, Aug 26 NYG @ CLV W 8 1 61-46 5 7.5 +
111 111 Saturday, Aug 27 NYG @ CHC L 3 10 61-47 5 7.5 -
112 112 Sunday, Aug 28 NYG @ CHC L 7 12 61-48 6 9.0 --
113 113 Monday, Aug 29 NYG @ CHC W 2 1 62-48 5 8.0 +
114 114 Tuesday, Aug 30 NYG @ CHC L 0 1 62-49 6 9.0 -
115 115 Wednesday, Aug 31 NYG @ PIT W 3 2 63-49 5 8.0 +
116 116 Thursday, Sep 1 NYG @ PIT L 2 8 63-50 6 9.0 -
117 117 Friday, Sep 2 NYG @ PIT L 4 5 63-51 6 9.5 --
118 118 Saturday, Sep 3 NYG BSN L 5 6 63-52 6 10.5 ---
119 119 Monday, Sep 5 NYG @ BRO W 4 2 64-52 6 11.0 +
120 120 Monday, Sep 5 NYG @ BRO L 3 14 64-53 6 11.0 -
121 121 Tuesday, Sep 6 NYG BRO W 17 10 65-53 5 11.0 +
122 122 Thursday, Sep 8 NYG @ BSN L 1 6 65-54 6 12.0 -
123 123 Friday, Sep 9 NYG @ BSN L 0 3 65-55 6 13.0 --
124 124 Saturday, Sep 10 NYG @ BSN L 6 8 65-56 6 14.0 ---
125 125 Sunday, Sep 11 NYG WHS W 8 2 66-56 6 13.5 +
126 126 Tuesday, Sep 13 NYG BLN L 1 3 66-57 6 14.5 -
127 127 Tuesday, Sep 13 NYG BLN L 0 5 66-58 6 14.5 --
128 128 Wednesday, Sep 14 NYG PIT T 6 6 66-58 6 15.0 --
129 129 Thursday, Sep 15 NYG PIT W 7 3 67-58 6 16.0 +
130 130 Thursday, Sep 15 NYG PIT L 1 6 67-59 6 16.0 -
131 131 Friday, Sep 16 NYG PIT L 0 6 67-60 6 17.0 --
132 132 Saturday, Sep 17 NYG STL W 8 2 68-60 6 16.0 +
133 133 Sunday, Sep 18 NYG @ BRO W 7 3 69-60 6 15.5 ++
134 134 Monday, Sep 19 NYG STL W 2 1 70-60 6 15.5 +++
135 135 Tuesday, Sep 20 NYG STL T 7 7 70-60 6 16.0 +++
136 136 Wednesday, Sep 21 NYG LOU L 9 14 70-61 6 17.0 -
137 137 Thursday, Sep 22 NYG LOU L 2 7 70-62 6 18.0 --
138 138 Friday, Sep 23 NYG LOU L 3 6 70-63 6 19.0 ---
139 139 Monday, Sep 26 NYG PHI W 6 4 71-63 6 19.0 +
140 140 Monday, Sep 26 NYG PHI W 2 1 72-63 6 19.0 ++
141 141 Tuesday, Sep 27 NYG PHI L 7 11 72-64 6 20.0 -
142 142 Wednesday, Sep 28 NYG PHI L 7 8 72-65 6 20.0 --
143 143 Thursday, Sep 29 NYG @ WHS L 1 12 72-66 6 21.0 ---
144 144 Friday, Sep 30 NYG @ WHS T 5 5 72-66 6 21.5 ---
145 145 Saturday, Oct 1 NYG @ WHS L 4 8 72-67 6 23.0 ----
146 146 Saturday, Oct 1 NYG @ WHS L 2 8 72-68 6 23.0 -----
147 147 Monday, Oct 3 NYG @ PHI W 3 0 73-68 6 23.0 +
148 148 Tuesday, Oct 4 NYG @ PHI L 3 4 73-69 6 24.0 -
149 149 Thursday, Oct 6 NYG BLN L 3 6 73-70 6 25.0 --
150 150 Friday, Oct 7 NYG BLN L 1 4 73-71 7 26.0 ---
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Monday, Oct 10 NYG @ BLN T 4 4 73-71 7 26.5 ---
152 152 Tuesday, Oct 11 NYG @ BLN L 1 3 73-72 7 27.0 ----
153 153 Tuesday, Oct 11 NYG @ BLN W 6 2 74-72 7 27.0 +
154 154 Wednesday, Oct 12 NYG @ BLN L 1 2 74-73 7 26.5 -
155 155 Wednesday, Oct 12 NYG @ BLN W 6 2 75-73 7 26.5 +
156 156 Thursday, Oct 13 NYG WHS W 5 3 76-73 7 25.5 ++
157 157 Saturday, Oct 15 NYG WHS W 5 4 77-73 7 25.5 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1897 / 1899 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits