1897 New York Giants season

March 2026 March 2020 November 2013 New York Giants 1897 National League Polo Grounds New York City 83 48 y 3rd Andrew Freedman Bill Joyce List of San Francisco Giants seasons The 1897 New York Giants season was the franchise's 15th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 83–48 record, 9.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters. Regular season Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Roster 1897 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Dad Clarke Ed Doheny Jouett Meekin Amos Rusie Cy Seymour Mike Sullivan Catchers Jack Warner Parke Wilson Dave Zearfoss Infielders Jake Beckley Willie Clark George Davis Jim Donnelly Charlie Gettig Kid Gleason Bill Joyce Yale Murphy Outfielders Ducky Holmes Tom McCreery General Stafford Mike Tiernan George Van Haltren Walt Wilmot Manager Bill Joyce 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 Jack Warner Jack Warner (catcher) 111 400 109 .273 2 51 1B Willie Clark Willie Clark (baseball) 117 436 122 .280 1 75 2B Kid Gleason 132 543 172 .317 1 106 3B Bill Joyce Bill Joyce (baseball) 109 388 118 .304 3 64 SS George Davis George Davis (shortstop) 131 521 184 .353 10 135 OF Mike Tiernan 128 532 174 .327 5 72 OF George Van Haltren 130 566 186 .329 3 64 OF Ducky Holmes 80 310 82 .265 1 45 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 Tom McCreery 49 177 53 .299 1 28 Parke Wilson 47 158 47 .297 0 23 Jim Donnelly Jim Donnelly (baseball) 23 85 16 .188 0 11 Charlie Gettig 22 75 15 .200 0 12 Jake Beckley 17 68 17 .250 1 11 Walt Wilmot 11 34 9 .265 1 4 General Stafford 7 23 2 .087 0 3 Dave Zearfoss 5 10 3 .300 0 0 Yale Murphy 5 8 0 .000 0 1 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 Amos Rusie 38 322.1 28 10 2.54 135 Jouett Meekin 37 303.2 20 11 3.76 83 Cy Seymour 39 286.2 18 14 3.27 156 Mike Sullivan Mike Sullivan (pitcher) 23 148.2 8 7 5.09 35 Ed Doheny 10 85.0 4 4 2.12 37 Other 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 Dad Clarke 6 31.0 2 1 6.10 10 Charlie Gettig 3 19.0 1 1 5.21 7 References 1897 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season New York Giants Category:19th century in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan