1887_New_York_Giants_season
1887 New York Giants season
Major League Baseball team season
The 1887 New York Giants season was the franchise's fifth season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 68–55, 10+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Wolverines. The team amassed 415 stolen bases, the most for any team in the history of the National League.[1]
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1887 New York Giants | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Polo Grounds | |||
City | New York City | |||
Record | 68–55 (.553) | |||
League place | 4th | |||
Owner | John B. Day | |||
Manager | Jim Mutrie | |||
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Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Wolverines | 79 | 45 | 0.637 | — | 44–17 | 35–28 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 75 | 48 | 0.610 | 3½ | 38–23 | 37–25 |
Chicago White Stockings | 71 | 50 | 0.587 | 6½ | 44–18 | 27–32 |
New York Giants | 68 | 55 | 0.553 | 10½ | 36–26 | 32–29 |
Boston Beaneaters | 61 | 60 | 0.504 | 16½ | 38–22 | 23–38 |
Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 55 | 69 | 0.444 | 24 | 31–33 | 24–36 |
Washington Nationals | 46 | 76 | 0.377 | 32 | 26–33 | 20–43 |
Indianapolis Hoosiers | 37 | 89 | 0.294 | 43 | 24–39 | 13–50 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH | |||||||||
Boston | — | 6–9–3 | 17–11–1 | 11–7 | 7–10–1 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 10–7–1 | |||||||||
Chicago | 9–6–3 | — | 10–8 | 13–5 | 11–6–1 | 12–6–1 | 5–12–1 | 11–7 | |||||||||
Detroit | 11–7–1 | 8–10 | — | 14–4–1 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 13–4 | 13–4–1 | |||||||||
Indianapolis | 7–11 | 5–13 | 4–14–1 | — | 3–15 | 1–17 | 7–11 | 10–8 | |||||||||
New York | 10–7–1 | 6–11–1 | 8–10 | 15–3 | — | 7–10–3 | 12–6 | 10–8–1 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 9–9 | 6–12–1 | 8–10 | 17–1 | 10–7–3 | — | 12–6 | 13–3–1 | |||||||||
Pittsburgh | 7–11 | 12–5–1 | 4–13 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 6–12 | — | 9–9 | |||||||||
Washington | 7–10–1 | 7–11 | 4–13–1 | 8–10 | 8–10–1 | 3–13–1 | 9–9 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
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 | William Brown | 49 | 170 | 37 | .218 | 0 | 25 |
1B | Roger Connor | 127 | 471 | 134 | .285 | 17 | 104 |
2B | Danny Richardson | 122 | 450 | 125 | .278 | 3 | 62 |
SS | John Montgomery Ward | 129 | 545 | 184 | .338 | 1 | 53 |
3B | Buck Ewing | 77 | 318 | 97 | .305 | 6 | 44 |
OF | Mike Dorgan | 71 | 283 | 73 | .258 | 0 | 34 |
OF | George Gore | 111 | 459 | 133 | .290 | 1 | 49 |
OF | Mike Tiernan | 103 | 407 | 117 | .287 | 10 | 62 |
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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Jim O'Rourke | 103 | 397 | 113 | .285 | 3 | 88 |
Patrick Gillespie | 76 | 295 | 78 | .264 | 3 | 37 |
Pat Deasley | 30 | 118 | 37 | .314 | 0 | 23 |
John Rainey | 17 | 58 | 17 | .293 | 0 | 12 |
Pat Murphy | 17 | 56 | 12 | .214 | 0 | 4 |
Gil Hatfield | 2 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 3 |
Buck Becannon | 1 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Roger Carey | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 |
Joe Gerhardt | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Candy Nelson | 1 | 2 | 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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Tim Keefe | 56 | 476.2 | 35 | 19 | 3.12 | 189 |
Mickey Welch | 41 | 346.0 | 22 | 15 | 3.36 | 115 |
Bill George | 13 | 108.0 | 3 | 9 | 5.25 | 49 |
Ledell Titcomb | 9 | 72.0 | 4 | 3 | 3.88 | 34 |
Mike Mattimore | 7 | 57.1 | 3 | 3 | 2.35 | 12 |
Bill Swarback | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.06 | 6 |
John Roach | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 3 |
Stump Weidman | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 4 |
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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Mike Tiernan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8.69 | 3 |
Danny Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 |
- "Team Stolen Base Records & Team Caught Stealing Records". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
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