1889 New York Giants season
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City | New York City | |
Record | 83–43 (.659) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | John B. Day | |
Managers | Jim Mutrie | |
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The 1889
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 83 | 43 | 0.659 | — | 47–15 | 36–28 |
Boston Beaneaters | 83 | 45 | 0.648 | 1 | 48–17 | 35–28 |
Chicago White Stockings | 67 | 65 | 0.508 | 19 | 37–30 | 30–35 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 63 | 64 | 0.496 | 20½ | 43–24 | 20–40 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 61 | 71 | 0.462 | 25 | 40–28 | 21–43 |
Cleveland Spiders | 61 | 72 | 0.459 | 25½ | 33–35 | 28–37 |
Indianapolis Hoosiers | 59 | 75 | 0.440 | 28 | 32–36 | 27–39 |
Washington Nationals | 41 | 83 | 0.331 | 41 | 24–29 | 17–54 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CHI | CLE | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH | |||||||||
Boston | — | 10–7–1 | 12–8–1 | 10–10 | 8–6–2 | 13–6 | 16–3 | 14–5–1 | |||||||||
Chicago | 7–10–1 | — | 11–9 | 13–7 | 5–13–1 | 9–10–1 | 10–9–1 | 12–7 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 8–12–1 | 9–11 | — | 9–10–1 | 4–14 | 10–9 | 7–13 | 14–3–1 | |||||||||
Indianapolis | 10–10 | 7–13 | 10–9–1 | — | 7–13 | 4–13 | 10–10 | 11–7 | |||||||||
New York | 6–8–2 | 13–5–1 | 14–4 | 13–7 | — | 12–7–1 | 12–7–1 | 13–5 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 6–13 | 10–9–1 | 9–10 | 13–4 | 7–12–1 | — | 9–9 | 9–7–1 | |||||||||
Pittsburgh | 3–16 | 9–10–1 | 13–7 | 10–10 | 7–12–1 | 9–9 | — | 10–7 | |||||||||
Washington | 5–14–1 | 7–12 | 3–14–1 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 7–9–1 | 7–10 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 | 99 | 407 | 133 | .327 | 4 | 87 |
1B | Roger Connor | 131 | 496 | 157 | .317 | 13 | 130 |
2B | Danny Richardson | 125 | 497 | 139 | .280 | 7 | 100 |
SS | John Ward | 114 | 479 | 143 | .299 | 1 | 67 |
3B | Art Whitney | 129 | 473 | 103 | .218 | 1 | 59 |
OF | George Gore | 120 | 488 | 149 | .305 | 7 | 54 |
OF | Jim O'Rourke | 128 | 502 | 161 | .321 | 3 | 81 |
OF | Mike Tiernan | 122 | 499 | 167 | .335 | 10 | 73 |
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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William Brown | 40 | 139 | 36 | .259 | 1 | 29 |
Gil Hatfield | 32 | 125 | 23 | .184 | 1 | 12 |
Mike Slattery | 12 | 48 | 14 | .292 | 1 | 12 |
Pat Murphy | 9 | 28 | 10 | .357 | 1 | 4 |
Harry Lyons | 5 | 20 | 2 | .100 | 0 | 2 |
Bill George | 3 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 0 |
Elmer Foster | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Mickey Welch | 45 | 375.0 | 27 | 12 | 3.02 | 125 |
Tim Keefe | 47 | 364.0 | 28 | 13 | 3.36 | 225 |
Ed Crane | 29 | 230.0 | 14 | 10 | 3.68 | 130 |
Hank O'Day | 10 | 78.0 | 9 | 1 | 4.27 | 28 |
Gil Hatfield | 6 | 52.0 | 2 | 4 | 3.98 | 28 |
Ledell Titcomb | 3 | 26.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.58 | 7 |
Other 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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Buck Ewing | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 0 | 4.05 | 12 |
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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Art Whitney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 3 |
1889 World Series
The Giants beat the Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three in the World Series.
References