1890 New York Giants (PL) season
The 1890 New York Giants baseball team was a member of the short lived Players' League. They compiled a 74–57 record, good for third place, eight games behind the league champion Boston Reds. After the season, the league folded, and the Giants were bought out by their National League counterpart. The Giants were the original tenants of the Polo Grounds stadium that afterwards was occupied by the National League's New York Giants for 66 years.
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Manager(s) | Buck Ewing |
Regular season
Season standings
Players' League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Reds | 81 | 48 | 0.628 | — | 48–21 | 33–27 |
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders | 76 | 56 | 0.576 | 6½ | 46–19 | 30–37 |
New York Giants | 74 | 57 | 0.565 | 8 | 47–19 | 27–38 |
Chicago Pirates | 75 | 62 | 0.547 | 10 | 46–23 | 29–39 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 68 | 63 | 0.519 | 14 | 35–30 | 33–33 |
Pittsburgh Burghers | 60 | 68 | 0.469 | 20½ | 37–28 | 23–40 |
Cleveland Infants | 55 | 75 | 0.423 | 26½ | 31–30 | 24–45 |
Buffalo Bisons | 36 | 96 | 0.273 | 46½ | 23–42 | 13–54 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | BR | BUF | CHI | CLE | NY | PHI | PIT | |||||||||
Boston | — | 11–7 | 14–6–1 | 12–8 | 12–8 | 12–8 | 10–6 | 10–5 | |||||||||
Brooklyn | 7–11 | — | 12–6–1 | 10–9 | 12–8 | 7–10 | 14–6 | 14–6 | |||||||||
Buffalo | 6–14–1 | 6–12–1 | — | 5–15 | 7–9 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 5–13 | |||||||||
Chicago | 8–12 | 9–10 | 15–5 | — | 13–7 | 9–9–1 | 10–10 | 11–9 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 8–12 | 8–12 | 9–7 | 7–13 | — | 8–11 | 8–11–1 | 7–9 | |||||||||
New York | 8–12 | 10–7 | 17–3 | 9–9–1 | 11–8 | — | 5–12 | 14–6 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 6–10 | 6–14 | 16–4 | 10–10 | 11–8–1 | 12–5 | — | 7–12 | |||||||||
Pittsburgh | 5–10 | 6–14 | 13–5 | 9–11 | 9–7 | 6–14 | 12–7 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers | Catchers
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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 | 83 | 352 | 119 | .338 | 8 | 72 |
1B | Roger Connor | 123 | 484 | 169 | .349 | 14 | 103 |
2B | Dan Shannon | 83 | 324 | 70 | .216 | 3 | 44 |
SS | Danny Richardson | 123 | 528 | 135 | .256 | 4 | 80 |
3B | Art Whitney | 119 | 442 | 97 | .219 | 0 | 45 |
OF | George Gore | 93 | 399 | 127 | .318 | 10 | 55 |
OF | Jim O'Rourke | 111 | 478 | 172 | .360 | 9 | 115 |
OF | Mike Slattery | 97 | 411 | 126 | .307 | 5 | 67 |
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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Dick Johnston | 77 | 306 | 74 | .242 | 1 | 43 |
Gil Hatfield | 71 | 287 | 80 | .279 | 2 | 37 |
William Brown | 60 | 230 | 64 | .278 | 4 | 43 |
Farmer Vaughn | 44 | 166 | 44 | .265 | 1 | 22 |
Fred Dunlap | 1 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 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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Ed Crane | 43 | 330.1 | 16 | 19 | 4.63 | 116 |
Hank O'Day | 43 | 329 | 22 | 13 | 4.21 | 94 |
John Ewing | 35 | 267.1 | 18 | 12 | 4.24 | 145 |
Tim Keefe | 30 | 229 | 17 | 11 | 3.38 | 89 |
Buck Ewing | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 2 |
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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Gil Hatfield | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.52 | 3 |