1888 New York Giants
World Champions
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
Record84–47 (.641)
League place1st
OwnerJohn B. Day
ManagerJim Mutrie
Seasons

The 1888 New York Giants season was the franchise's sixth 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.

Regular season

1888 New York Giants

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 8447 0.641 — 44–23 40–24
Chicago White Stockings 7758 0.570 9 43–27 34–31
Philadelphia Quakers 6961 0.531 14½ 37–29 32–32
Boston Beaneaters 7064 0.522 15½ 36–30 34–34
Detroit Wolverines 6863 0.519 16 40–26 28–37
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 6668 0.493 19½ 37–30 29–38
Indianapolis Hoosiers 5085 0.370 36 31–35 19–50
Washington Nationals 4886 0.358 37½ 26–38 22–48

Record vs. opponents

1888 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS CHI DET IND NYG PHI PIT WSH
Boston —7–1210–8–111–98–129–1010–8–215–5
Chicago 12–7—10–1014–611–8–18–109–1113–6
Detroit 8–10–110–10—11–87–11–211–710–1011–7
Indianapolis 9–116–148–11—5–144–136–1412–8–1
New York 12–88–11–111–7–214–5—14–5–110–7–215–4–1
Philadelphia 10–910–87–1113–45–14–1—14–6–110–9
Pittsburgh 8–10–211–910–1014–67–10–26–14–1—10–9
Washington 5–156–137–118–12–14–15–19–109–10—

Roster

1888 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
CBuck Ewing103415127.306658
1BRoger Connor134481140.2911471
2BDanny Richardson135561127.226861
SSJohn Ward122510128.251249
3BArt Whitney9032872.220128
OFJim O'Rourke107409112.274450
OFMike Tiernan113443130.293952
OFMike Slattery10339196.246135

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
George Gore6425456.220217
Elmer Foster3713620.147010
Pat Murphy2810618.17004
Gil Hatfield2810519.18109
William Brown205916.27106
Elmer Cleveland9348.23527

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 Keefe51434.135121.74335
Mickey Welch47425.126191.93167
Ledell Titcomb23197.01482.24129
Ed Crane1292.2562.4358
Bill George433.2211.3426
Stump Weidman218.0113.505

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
Buck Ewing20002.576

1888 World Series

The Giants beat the American Association champion St. Louis Browns in the World Series, six games to four.

References


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