1890 New York Giants season

1890 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnerJohn B. Day
ManagerJim Mutrie
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The 1890 New York Giants season was the franchise's eighth season. The team finished in sixth place in the National League with a 63–68 record, 24 games behind the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. They also had to contend with a new crosstown rival, the New York Giants of the Players' League.

Regular season

1890 New York Giants

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 86 43 .667 — 58‍–‍16 28‍–‍27
Chicago Colts 83 53 .610 6½ 48‍–‍24 35‍–‍29
Philadelphia Phillies 78 53 .595 9 54‍–‍21 24‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds 77 55 .583 10½ 50‍–‍23 27‍–‍32
Boston Beaneaters 76 57 .571 12 43‍–‍23 33‍–‍34
New York Giants 63 68 .481 24 37‍–‍27 26‍–‍41
Cleveland Spiders 44 88 .333 43½ 30‍–‍37 14‍–‍51
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 23 113 .169 66½ 14‍–‍25 9‍–‍88

Record vs. opponents

1890 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHI CIN CLE NYG PHI PIT
Boston — 6–11 8–11 11–8 13–7 11–8–1 11–9 16–3
Brooklyn 11–6 — 11–9 9–7 17–3 10–8 10–8 18–2
Chicago 11–8 9–11 — 12–8–2 13–7 13–6 8–10–1 17–3
Cincinnati 8–11 7–9 8–12–2 — 13–4 14–6 11–9 16–4
Cleveland 7–13 3–17 7–13 4–13 — 6–12–2 5–14–1 12–6–1
New York 8–11–1 8–10 6–13 6–14 12–6–2 — 6–11 17–3–1
Philadelphia 9–11 8–10 10–8–1 9–11 14–5–1 11–6 — 17–2
Pittsburgh 3–16 2–18 3–17 4–16 6–12–1 3–17–1 2–17 —


Roster

1890 New York Giants
Roster
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
C Dick Buckley 70 266 68 .256 2 26
1B Lew Whistler 45 170 49 .288 2 29
2B Charley Bassett 100 410 98 .239 0 54
SS Jack Glasscock 124 512 172 .336 1 66
3B Jerry Denny 114 437 93 .213 3 42
OF Jesse Burkett 101 401 124 .309 4 60
OF Joe Hornung 120 513 122 .238 0 65
OF Mike Tiernan 133 553 168 .304 13 59

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
Artie Clarke 101 395 89 .225 0 49
Dude Esterbrook 45 197 57 .289 0 29
John Henry 37 144 35 .243 0 16
Pat Murphy 32 119 28 .235 0 9
Shorty Howe 19 64 11 .172 0 4
Andy Sommers 17 47 5 .106 0 1
George McMillan 10 35 5 .143 0 1
Sam Crane 4 12 0 .000 0 0
Mort Scanlan 3 10 0 .000 0 0
Tom O'Rourke 2 7 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
Amos Rusie 67 548.2 29 34 2.56 341
Mickey Welch 37 292.1 17 14 2.99 97
Jack Sharrott 25 184.0 11 10 2.89 84

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
Jesse Burkett 21 118.0 3 10 5.57 82
Bob Murphy 3 18.0 1 0 5.50 8
Ed Daily 2 16.0 2 0 2.25 0

References


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