1888 New York Giants season
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Owner(s) | John B. Day |
Manager(s) | Jim Mutrie |
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The 1888 New York Giants season was the franchise's 6th season.
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.
Contents
Regular season
Season standings
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 |
Pittsburg 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. opponents
1888 National League Records
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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 | |||||||||
Pittsburg | 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 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
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 batters
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 |
William Brown | 20 | 59 | 16 | .271 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
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 pitchers
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 Series
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The Giants beat the American Association champion St. Louis Browns in the World Series, six games to four.
References
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