1887 New York Giants season

March 2026 March 2020 November 2013 New York Giants 1887 National League Polo Grounds New York City 68 55 y 4th John B. Day Jim Mutrie List of San Francisco Giants 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 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.https://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_stba2.shtml Team Stolen Base Records & Team Caught Stealing Records Baseball Almanac April 17, 2022 Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Roster 1887 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Bill George Tim Keefe Mike Mattimore John Roach Bill Swarback Ledell Titcomb Mickey Welch Stump Weidman Catchers William Brown Pat Deasley Pat Murphy Jim O'Rourke Infielders Buck Becannon Roger Carey Roger Connor Buck Ewing Joe Gerhardt Gil Hatfield Candy Nelson John Rainey Danny Richardson John Ward Outfielders Mike Dorgan Patrick Gillespie George Gore Mike Tiernan Manager Jim Mutrie 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 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 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 Tim Keefe 56 476.2 35 19 3.12 189 Mickey Welch 41 346.0 22 15 3.36 115 Bill George Bill George (baseball) 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 Mike Tiernan 5 1 2 1 8.69 3 Danny Richardson 1 0 0 0 --- 0 References 1887 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season New York Goth Category:19th century in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan