1888 New York Giants Statistics
Team Record: 84-47
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 51,900, Avg. 6,488
Ballpark: Polo Grounds I
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated St. Louis Browns 6-4
Manager: Jim Mutrie (84-47)
Location: New York, New York
1888 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1888 season with a record of 84 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Giants gave up 479 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. New York tallied 659 runs. Roger Connor paced the team with 14 home runs and drove in 71 runs. Buck Ewing led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .306. Tim Keefe earned 35 wins for the squad, while Mickey Welch added 15 or more wins, too Tim Keefe earned a 1.74 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Mutrie coached the team. The 1888 New York Giants won the World Series.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Tim Keefe | 35 | 12 | .745 | 1.74 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 434.3 | 317 | 143 | 84 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 335 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 1723 |
Mickey Welch | 26 | 19 | .578 | 1.93 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 425.3 | 328 | 156 | 91 | 12 | 108 | 0 | 167 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 1710 |
Ledell Titcomb | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.24 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 197.0 | 149 | 91 | 49 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 129 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 792 |
Ed Crane | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.43 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 92.7 | 70 | 51 | 25 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 404 |
Bill George | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.34 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33.7 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 133 |
George Weidman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
Buck Ewing | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | |
Totals | 83 | 47 | .638 | 1.96 | 141 | 137 | 4 | 133 | 20 | 3 | 1208.0 | 907 | 479 | 263 | 27 | 307 | 0 | 726 | 37 | 0 | 65 | 4897 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roger Connor | 134 | 558 | 481 | 98 | 140 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 71 | 27 | 0 | 73 | 44 | .291 | .389 | .480 | .869 | 231 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Tiernan | 113 | 492 | 443 | 75 | 130 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 42 | 42 | .293 | .364 | .427 | .790 | 189 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Ward | 122 | 520 | 510 | 70 | 128 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .251 | .265 | .310 | .575 | 158 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buck Ewing | 103 | 442 | 415 | 83 | 127 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 58 | 53 | 0 | 24 | 28 | .306 | .348 | .465 | .813 | 193 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Richardson | 135 | 577 | 561 | 82 | 127 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 35 | .226 | .248 | .323 | .570 | 181 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim O'Rourke | 107 | 436 | 409 | 50 | 112 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 30 | .274 | .319 | .372 | .690 | 152 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Slattery | 103 | 405 | 391 | 50 | 96 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 28 | .246 | .272 | .315 | .586 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Art Whitney | 90 | 337 | 328 | 28 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .220 | .240 | .256 | .496 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Gore | 64 | 286 | 254 | 37 | 56 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 30 | 31 | .220 | .308 | .291 | .599 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Welch | 47 | 171 | 169 | 16 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | .189 | .199 | .254 | .453 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Keefe | 51 | 185 | 181 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 56 | .127 | .146 | .177 | .323 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elmer Foster | 37 | 148 | 136 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .147 | .216 | .199 | .415 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gil Hatfield | 28 | 109 | 105 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .181 | .211 | .190 | .401 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Murphy | 28 | 112 | 106 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .170 | .214 | .179 | .394 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
William Brown | 20 | 60 | 59 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .271 | .283 | .288 | .571 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ledell Titcomb | 23 | 83 | 82 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .122 | .133 | .134 | .267 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill George | 9 | 39 | 39 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .231 | .333 | .564 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elmer Cleveland | 9 | 37 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .235 | .297 | .529 | .827 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Crane | 12 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .162 | .225 | .297 | .522 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Weidman | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1237 | 5046 | 4747 | 659 | 1149 | 130 | 76 | 55 | 489 | 314 | 0 | 270 | 456 | .242 | .287 | .336 | .623 | 1596 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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Roger Connor | 1B | 133 | 0 | 1173.0 | 1337 | 43 | 26 | 57 | .982 | 1.588 | 1.376 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim O'Rourke | 1B | 4 | 0 | 38.0 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .978 | 1.658 | 11.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny Richardson | 2B | 135 | 0 | 1188.0 | 321 | 423 | 46 | 43 | .942 | 5.636 | 5.511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Connor | 2B | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.250 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gil Hatfield | 2B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 5.727 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Art Whitney | 3B | 90 | 0 | 804.0 | 90 | 184 | 35 | 11 | .887 | 3.067 | 3.044 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buck Ewing | 3B | 21 | 0 | 193.0 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 3 | .803 | 2.845 | 2.905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gil Hatfield | 3B | 14 | 0 | 125.0 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 0 | .813 | 2.808 | 2.786 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Elmer Cleveland | 3B | 9 | 0 | 64.0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .667 | 1.406 | 1.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim O'Rourke | 3B | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ledell Titcomb | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Elmer Foster | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buck Ewing | C | 78 | 0 | 676.0 | 480 | 143 | 35 | 12 | .947 | 8.294 | 7.987 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat Murphy | C | 28 | 0 | 266.0 | 186 | 56 | 23 | 3 | .913 | 8.188 | 8.643 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
William Brown | C | 20 | 0 | 160.0 | 134 | 24 | 19 | 0 | .893 | 8.888 | 7.900 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim O'Rourke | C | 15 | 0 | 111.0 | 77 | 22 | 5 | 0 | .952 | 8.027 | 6.600 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Tiernan | OF | 113 | 0 | 1011.0 | 174 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .960 | 1.691 | 1.681 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Slattery | OF | 103 | 0 | 896.0 | 187 | 16 | 18 | 3 | .919 | 2.039 | 1.971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim O'Rourke | OF | 87 | 0 | 768.0 | 130 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .960 | 1.676 | 1.644 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Gore | OF | 64 | 0 | 568.0 | 88 | 4 | 18 | 0 | .836 | 1.458 | 1.438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Elmer Foster | OF | 37 | 0 | 335.0 | 64 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .852 | 1.854 | 1.865 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill George | OF | 6 | 0 | 28.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gil Hatfield | OF | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 2.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Keefe | OF | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .900 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Keefe | P | 51 | 0 | 434.0 | 29 | 79 | 10 | 1 | .915 | 2.240 | 2.118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mickey Welch | P | 47 | 0 | 425.0 | 16 | 75 | 17 | 1 | .843 | 1.927 | 1.936 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ledell Titcomb | P | 23 | 0 | 197.0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 0 | .758 | 1.142 | 1.087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Crane | P | 12 | 0 | 93.0 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .867 | 2.516 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill George | P | 4 | 0 | 34.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.588 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Weidman | P | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buck Ewing | P | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Ward | SS | 122 | 0 | 1078.0 | 185 | 331 | 86 | 39 | .857 | 4.308 | 4.230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gil Hatfield | SS | 13 | 0 | 97.0 | 7 | 36 | 13 | 3 | .768 | 3.990 | 3.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buck Ewing | SS | 4 | 0 | 37.0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 3.892 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1245 | 0 | 10901.0 | 3632 | 1609 | 432 | 187 | .924 | 4.327 | 4.210 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Player | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Keefe | WS | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.51 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Crane | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Welch | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.65 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gil Hatfield | WS | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ledell Titcomb | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill George | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.97 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 75 | 62 | 29 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Batting:
Player | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Tiernan | WS | 10 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .342 | .457 | .421 | .878 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Art Whitney | WS | 10 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .324 | .342 | .378 | .720 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Ward | WS | 8 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .379 | .400 | .414 | .814 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buck Ewing | WS | 7 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .346 | .370 | .615 | .986 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim O'Rourke | WS | 10 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Slattery | WS | 10 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .205 | .205 | .256 | .462 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roger Connor | WS | 7 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .304 | .407 | .522 | .929 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Richardson | WS | 9 | 39 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .167 | .231 | .222 | .453 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Gore | WS | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .455 | .538 | .545 | 1.084 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
William Brown | WS | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill George | WS | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .778 | 1.111 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ledell Titcomb | WS | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Welch | WS | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gil Hatfield | WS | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Crane | WS | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Murphy | WS | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Keefe | WS | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 92 | 366 | 339 | 64 | 94 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 38 | 0 | 27 | 30 | .277 | .331 | .363 | .693 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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