1887 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
Record68–55 (.553)
League place4th
OwnerJohn B. Day
ManagerJim Mutrie
Seasons

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+12 games behind the Detroit Wolverines. The team amassed 415 stolen bases, the most for any team in the history of the National League.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Wolverines 7945 0.637 44–17 35–28
Philadelphia Quakers 7548 0.610 38–23 37–25
Chicago White Stockings 7150 0.587 44–18 27–32
New York Giants 6855 0.553 10½ 36–26 32–29
Boston Beaneaters 6160 0.504 16½ 38–22 23–38
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 5569 0.444 24 31–33 24–36
Washington Nationals 4676 0.377 32 26–33 20–43
Indianapolis Hoosiers 3789 0.294 43 24–39 13–50

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS CHI DET IND NYG PHI PIT WSH
Boston 6–9–317–11–111–77–10–19–911–710–7–1
Chicago 9–6–310–813–511–6–112–6–15–12–111–7
Detroit 11–7–18–1014–4–110–810–813–413–4–1
Indianapolis 7–115–134–14–13–151–177–1110–8
New York 10–7–16–11–18–1015–37–10–312–610–8–1
Philadelphia 9–96–12–18–1017–110–7–312–613–3–1
Pittsburgh 7–1112–5–14–1311–76–126–129–9
Washington 7–10–17–114–13–18–108–10–13–13–19–9

Roster

1887 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
CWilliam Brown4917037.218025
1BRoger Connor127471134.28517104
2BDanny Richardson122450125.278362
SSJohn Montgomery Ward129545184.338153
3BBuck Ewing7731897.305644
OFMike Dorgan7128373.258034
OFGeorge Gore111459133.290149
OFMike Tiernan103407117.2871062

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
Jim O'Rourke103397113.285388
Patrick Gillespie7629578.264337
Pat Deasley3011837.314023
John Rainey175817.293012
Pat Murphy175612.21404
Gil Hatfield273.42903
Buck Becannon150.00000
Roger Carey140.00002
Joe Gerhardt140.00000
Candy Nelson120.00000

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
Tim Keefe56476.235193.12189
Mickey Welch41346.022153.36115
Bill George13108.0395.2549
Ledell Titcomb972.0433.8834
Mike Mattimore757.1332.3512
Bill Swarback216.0025.066
John Roach18.00111.253
Stump Weidman18.0011.134

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
Mike Tiernan51218.693
Danny Richardson1000---0

References

  1. "Team Stolen Base Records & Team Caught Stealing Records". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 17, 2022.


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