1888 New York Giants season
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The 1888 New York Giants season was the franchise's 6th season.
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National League Championship World Series Champions | |
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Owner(s) | John B. Day |
Manager(s) | Jim Mutrie |
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Claiming six future Hall of Famers (Roger Connor, Mickey Welch, Buck Ewing, Tim Keefe, Jim O'Rourke, and John Montgomery Ward), the team won the National League pennant by nine games and defeated the St. Louis Browns in the "World's Championship."
Keefe led the league in several major statistical categories, including wins, winning percentage, strikeouts, and earned run average.
Regular seasonEdit
Season standingsEdit
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 84 | 47 | 0.641 | — | 44–23 | 40–24 |
Chicago White Stockings | 77 | 58 | 0.570 | 9 | 43–27 | 34–31 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 69 | 61 | 0.531 | 14½ | 37–29 | 32–32 |
Boston Beaneaters | 70 | 64 | 0.522 | 15½ | 36–30 | 34–34 |
Detroit Wolverines | 68 | 63 | 0.519 | 16 | 40–26 | 28–37 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 66 | 68 | 0.493 | 19½ | 37–30 | 29–38 |
Indianapolis Hoosiers | 50 | 85 | 0.370 | 36 | 31–35 | 19–50 |
Washington Nationals | 48 | 86 | 0.358 | 37½ | 26–38 | 22–48 |
Record vs. opponentsEdit
1888 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH | |||||||||
Boston | — | 7–12 | 10–8–1 | 11–9 | 8–12 | 9–10 | 10–8–2 | 15–5 | |||||||||
Chicago | 12–7 | — | 10–10 | 14–6 | 11–8–1 | 8–10 | 9–11 | 13–6 | |||||||||
Detroit | 8–10–1 | 10–10 | — | 11–8 | 7–11–2 | 11–7 | 10–10 | 11–7 | |||||||||
Indianapolis | 9–11 | 6–14 | 8–11 | — | 5–14 | 4–13 | 6–14 | 12–8–1 | |||||||||
New York | 12–8 | 8–11–1 | 11–7–2 | 14–5 | — | 14–5–1 | 10–7–2 | 15–4–1 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 10–9 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 13–4 | 5–14–1 | — | 14–6–1 | 10–9 | |||||||||
Pittsburgh | 8–10–2 | 11–9 | 10–10 | 14–6 | 7–10–2 | 6–14–1 | — | 10–9 | |||||||||
Washington | 5–15 | 6–13 | 7–11 | 8–12–1 | 4–15–1 | 9–10 | 9–10 | — |
RosterEdit
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Outfielders | Manager |
Player statsEdit
BattingEdit
Starters by positionEdit
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Buck Ewing | 103 | 415 | 127 | .306 | 6 | 58 |
1B | Roger Connor | 134 | 481 | 140 | .291 | 14 | 71 |
2B | Danny Richardson | 135 | 561 | 127 | .226 | 8 | 61 |
SS | John Ward | 122 | 510 | 128 | .251 | 2 | 49 |
3B | Art Whitney | 90 | 328 | 72 | .220 | 1 | 28 |
OF | Jim O'Rourke | 107 | 409 | 112 | .274 | 4 | 50 |
OF | Mike Tiernan | 113 | 443 | 130 | .293 | 9 | 52 |
OF | Mike Slattery | 103 | 391 | 96 | .246 | 1 | 35 |
Other battersEdit
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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George Gore | 64 | 254 | 56 | .220 | 2 | 17 |
Elmer Foster | 37 | 136 | 20 | .147 | 0 | 10 |
Pat Murphy | 28 | 106 | 18 | .170 | 0 | 4 |
Gil Hatfield | 28 | 105 | 19 | .181 | 0 | 9 |
William Brown | 20 | 59 | 16 | .271 | 0 | 6 |
Elmer Cleveland | 9 | 34 | 8 | .235 | 2 | 7 |
PitchingEdit
Starting pitchersEdit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tim Keefe | 51 | 434.1 | 35 | 12 | 1.74 | 335 |
Mickey Welch | 47 | 425.1 | 26 | 19 | 1.93 | 167 |
Cannonball Titcomb | 23 | 197 | 14 | 8 | 2.24 | 129 |
Ed Crane | 12 | 92.2 | 5 | 6 | 2.43 | 58 |
Bill George | 4 | 33.2 | 2 | 1 | 1.34 | 26 |
Stump Wiedman | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3.50 | 5 |
Relief pitchersEdit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Buck Ewing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 6 |
1888 World SeriesEdit
The Giants beat the American Association champion St. Louis Browns in the World Series, six games to four.
ReferencesEdit
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