1896 New York Giants Statistics

Record: 64-67-2, Finished 7th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Arthur Irwin (36-53-1) and Bill Joyce (28-14-1)

Ballpark: Polo Grounds IV

Attendance: 274,000 (4th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98

Pythagorean W-L: 66-65, 829 Runs, 821 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Apr 16, NYG @ WHS
Apr 17, NYG @ WHS
Apr 18, NYG @ WHS
Apr 21, NYG vs. PHI
Apr 22, NYG vs. PHI
Apr 23, NYG vs. PHI
Apr 25, NYG vs. BSN
Apr 27, NYG vs. BSN
Apr 28, NYG vs. BSN
Apr 29, NYG @ PHI
Apr 30, NYG @ PHI

May 2, NYG @ PHI
May 4, NYG @ LOU
May 5, NYG @ LOU
May 6, NYG @ LOU
May 7, NYG @ STL
May 8, NYG @ STL
May 9, NYG @ STL
May 11, NYG @ PIT
May 12, NYG @ PIT
May 14, NYG @ CLV
May 15, NYG @ CLV
May 16, NYG @ CLV
May 18, NYG @ CHC
May 19, NYG @ CHC
May 20, NYG @ CHC
May 21, NYG @ CIN
May 22, NYG @ CIN
May 23, NYG @ CIN
May 25, NYG @ BLN
May 26, NYG vs. CLV
May 27, NYG vs. CLV
May 29, NYG vs. LOU
May 30, NYG vs. LOU
May 30, NYG vs. LOU

Jun 1, NYG vs. CHC
Jun 2, NYG vs. CHC
Jun 3, NYG vs. CHC
Jun 4, NYG vs. STL
Jun 5, NYG vs. STL
Jun 6, NYG vs. STL
Jun 8, NYG vs. CIN
Jun 9, NYG vs. CIN
Jun 10, NYG vs. CIN
Jun 11, NYG vs. PIT
Jun 12, NYG vs. PIT
Jun 13, NYG vs. PIT
Jun 16, NYG @ BSN
Jun 17, NYG @ BSN
Jun 18, NYG @ BRO
Jun 19, NYG vs. BRO
Jun 20, NYG @ BRO
Jun 23, NYG vs. WHS
Jun 26, NYG @ BRO
Jun 27, NYG vs. BRO
Jun 29, NYG vs. BRO
Jun 30, NYG @ BLN

Jul 1, NYG @ BLN
Jul 3, NYG vs. BLN
Jul 4, NYG vs. BLN
Jul 4, NYG vs. BLN
Jul 6, NYG @ STL
Jul 7, NYG @ STL
Jul 8, NYG @ STL
Jul 9, NYG @ CHC
Jul 10, NYG @ CHC
Jul 11, NYG @ CHC
Jul 13, NYG @ CLV
Jul 14, NYG @ CLV
Jul 15, NYG @ CLV
Jul 16, NYG @ LOU
Jul 17, NYG @ LOU
Jul 18, NYG @ LOU
Jul 21, NYG @ CIN
Jul 21, NYG @ CIN
Jul 22, NYG @ CIN
Jul 23, NYG @ PIT
Jul 23, NYG @ PIT
Jul 25, NYG @ PIT
Jul 25, NYG @ PIT
Jul 28, NYG @ PHI
Jul 29, NYG @ PHI
Jul 30, NYG @ PHI
Jul 31, NYG vs. BRO

Aug 1, NYG @ BRO
Aug 3, NYG @ BRO
Aug 4, NYG vs. WHS
Aug 5, NYG @ BLN
Aug 6, NYG @ BLN
Aug 7, NYG @ BLN
Aug 8, NYG vs. BRO
Aug 10, NYG @ BRO
Aug 11, NYG vs. BRO
Aug 12, NYG @ BSN
Aug 12, NYG @ BSN
Aug 13, NYG @ BSN
Aug 14, NYG @ BSN
Aug 15, NYG vs. WHS
Aug 15, NYG vs. WHS
Aug 17, NYG vs. WHS
Aug 19, NYG vs. CHC
Aug 20, NYG vs. CHC
Aug 21, NYG vs. CHC
Aug 24, NYG vs. LOU
Aug 24, NYG vs. LOU
Aug 25, NYG vs. LOU
Aug 25, NYG vs. LOU
Aug 26, NYG vs. STL
Aug 27, NYG vs. STL
Aug 27, NYG vs. STL
Aug 28, NYG vs. STL
Aug 29, NYG vs. CLV
Aug 29, NYG vs. CLV

Sep 1, NYG vs. CLV
Sep 1, NYG vs. CLV
Sep 2, NYG vs. CIN
Sep 3, NYG vs. CIN
Sep 4, NYG vs. CIN
Sep 7, NYG vs. PIT
Sep 7, NYG vs. PIT
Sep 8, NYG vs. PIT
Sep 9, NYG vs. BSN
Sep 10, NYG vs. BSN
Sep 12, NYG vs. BSN
Sep 16, NYG vs. PHI
Sep 18, NYG vs. PHI
Sep 19, NYG @ WHS
Sep 21, NYG @ WHS
Sep 22, NYG @ WHS
Sep 23, NYG @ WHS
Sep 24, NYG vs. BLN
Sep 25, NYG vs. BLN
Sep 26, NYG vs. BLN

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Parke Wilson	28	75	277	253	33	60	2	0	0	23	9		13	14	.237	.277	.245	.522	40	62		1	10
2	1B	Willie Clark*	25	72	272	247	38	72	12	4	0	33	8		15	12	.291	.352	.372	.724	93	92		8	2
3	2B	Kid Gleason#	30	133	595	541	79	162	17	5	4	89	46		42	13	.299	.352	.372	.724	93	201		2	10
4	SS	Frank Connaughton	27	88	347	315	53	82	3	2	2	43	22		25	7	.260	.319	.302	.620	66	95		2	5
5	3B	George Davis#	25	124	554	494	98	158	25	12	5	99	48		50	24	.320	.387	.449	.836	123	222		4	6
6	OF	James Stafford	28	59	248	230	28	66	9	1	0	40	15		13	18	.287	.333	.335	.668	78	77		3	2
7	OF	Mike Tiernan*	29	133	605	521	132	192	24	16	7	89	35		77	18	.369	.452	.516	.968	158	269		2	5
8	OF	George Van Haltren*	30	133	623	562	136	197	18	21	5	74	39		55	36	.351	.410	.484	.894	138	272		2	4
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Harry Davis	22	64	274	233	43	64	11	10	2	50	16		31	20	.275	.372	.433	.805	114	101		5	5
10	C	Duke Farrell#	29	58	218	191	23	54	7	3	1	37	2		19	7	.283	.351	.366	.717	91	70		1	7
11	3B	Bill Joyce*	28	49	211	165	36	61	9	2	5	43	13		34	14	.370	.502	.539	1.042	178	89		10	2
12	1B	Jake Beckley*	28	46	197	182	37	55	8	4	6	38	11		9	7	.302	.352	.489	.841	123	89		5	1
13	SS	Shorty Fuller	28	18	87	72	10	12	0	0	0	7	4		14	5	.167	.310	.167	.477	29	12		1	0
14	C	Dave Zearfoss?	28	19	66	60	5	13	1	1	0	6	2		5	5	.217	.288	.267	.555	48	16		1	0
15	C	Jack Warner*	23	19	64	54	9	14	1	0	0	3	1		3	7	.259	.310	.278	.588	58	15		1	6
16	UT	George Ulrich?	27	14	50	45	4	8	1	0	0	1	0		1	1	.178	.229	.200	.429	15	9		2	2
17	2B	Fred Pfeffer	36	4	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	4	0		1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	6	2		1	0
18	OF	Tom Bannon	27	2	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	.143	.250	.286	.536	43	2		0	0
19		Reddy Foster?	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
20	P	Dad Clarke#	31	49	161	147	11	30	0	1	0	10	0		12	19	.204	.269	.218	.486	31	32		1	1
21	P	Jouett Meekin	29	43	156	144	27	43	6	5	2	16	2		12	9	.299	.353	.451	.804	114	65		0	0
22	P	Mike Sullivan*	25	25	81	77	10	16	1	0	0	5	0		1	14	.208	.228	.221	.449	20	17		1	2
23	P	Ed Doheny*	22	17	45	40	5	6	1	0	0	3	1		4	8	.150	.244	.175	.419	13	7		1	0
24	P	Cy Seymour*	23	12	32	32	2	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.219	.219	.219	.438	17	7		0	0
25	P	Sal Campfield	28	6	13	12	2	2	1	0	0	3	0		1	2	.167	.231	.250	.481	28	3		0	0
26	P	Charlie Gettig	25	6	9	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	106	4		0	0
27	P	Cy Bowen	25	2	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	125	1		0	2
28	P	Bill Reidy	22	2	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
29	P	Carney Flynn*	21	3	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0		0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	358	5		0	0
30	P	Les German	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	27.8	133	5226	4661	829	1383	159	87	40	720	274		439	271	.297	.364	.394	.758	102	1836		54	72
		Rank in 12 NL teams				6	5	4	10	4	3		4		2	4	4	3	3	3		5		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.8	133	4713	4187	766	1273	149	81	37	679	271		408	210	.304	.373	.405	.778	107	1695		51	67
		Pitcher Totals	27.8	133	513	474	63	110	10	6	3	41	3		31	61	.232	.283	.297	.581	55	141		3	5
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Dad Clarke	31	17	24	.415	4.26	48	40	8	33	1	1	351.0	431	246	166	9	60		66	11	0	13	1510	98	3.86	1.399	11.1	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.10
2	SP	Jouett Meekin	29	26	14	.650	3.82	42	41	1	34	0	0	334.1	378	205	142	8	127		110	15	0	13	1480	110	4.22	1.510	10.2	0.2	3.4	3.0	0.87
3	SP	Mike Sullivan	25	10	13	.435	4.66	25	22	3	18	0	0	185.1	188	131	96	3	71		42	13	0	11	804	90	4.41	1.397	9.1	0.1	3.4	2.0	0.59
4	SP	Ed Doheny*	22	6	7	.462	4.49	17	15	2	9	0	0	108.1	112	78	54	3	59		39	6	0	5	488	94	4.73	1.578	9.3	0.2	4.9	3.2	0.66
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5		Cy Seymour*	23	2	4	.333	6.40	11	8	3	4	0	0	70.1	75	75	50	8	51		33	3	1	6	331	66	6.14	1.791	9.6	1.0	6.5	4.2	0.65
6		Sal Campfield	28	1	1	.500	4.00	6	2	4	2	0	0	27.0	31	15	12	1	6		6	2	0	0	117	106	4.22	1.370	10.3	0.3	2.0	2.0	1.00
7		Charlie Gettig?	25	1	0	1.000	9.64	4	1	3	1	0	1	14.0	20	17	15	0	8		5	2	0	0	70	45	4.72	2.000	12.9	0.0	5.1	3.2	0.63
8		Bill Reidy	22	0	1	.000	7.62	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	24	11	11	0	2		1	3	0	0	66	56	4.29	2.000	16.6	0.0	1.4	0.7	0.50
9		Cy Bowen	25	0	1	.000	6.00	2	1	1	1	0	0	12.0	12	13	8	0	9		3	3	0	1	58	72	5.79	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
10		Carney Flynn*	21	0	2	.000	11.81	3	2	0	1	0	0	10.2	18	22	14	0	8		4	5	0	1	62	37	6.20	2.438	15.2	0.0	6.8	3.4	0.50
11		George Van Haltren*	30	1	0	1.000	2.25	2	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	2	1	1		3	0	0	0	29	194	4.54	0.750	5.6	1.1	1.1	3.4	3.00
12		Les German	27	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	9	6	4	0	1		0	0	0	0	18	35	4.42	3.750	30.4	0.0	3.4	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	27.7	64	67	.489	4.54	133	133	29	104	1	2	1136.2	1303	821	574	33	403		312	63	1	50	5033	92	4.35	1.501	10.3	0.3	3.2	2.5	0.77
		Rank in 12 NL teams		7	6		8				11	10	6	8	5	8	8	7	7		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W