1890 New York Giants (PL) season

November 2013 New York Giants 1890 Players' League Polo Grounds New York City 74 57 y 3rd Buck Ewing no 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 New York Giants. 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. Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYK Roster 1890 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Ed Crane John Ewing Tim Keefe Hank O'Day Catchers William Brown Buck Ewing Farmer Vaughn Infielders Roger Connor Fred Dunlap Gil Hatfield Danny Richardson Dan Shannon Art Whitney Outfielders George Gore Dick Johnston Jim O'Rourke Mike Slattery Manager Buck Ewing 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 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 baseball 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 Jim O'Rourke (baseball) 111 478 172 .360 9 115 OF Mike Slattery Mike Slattery (baseball) 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 Dick Johnston 77 306 74 .242 1 43 Gil Hatfield 71 287 80 .279 2 37 William Brown William Brown (baseball) 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 Ed Crane Ed Crane (baseball) 43 330.1 16 19 4.63 116 Hank O'Day 43 329.0 22 13 4.21 94 John Ewing John Ewing (baseball) 35 267.1 18 12 4.24 145 Tim Keefe 30 229.0 17 11 3.38 89 Buck Ewing 1 9.0 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 Gil Hatfield 3 1 1 1 3.52 3 References 1890 New York Giants (PL) season at Baseball Reference New York Giants (PL) season