1888 New York Giants season

March 2026 March 2020 November 2013 New York Giants 1888 World champions National League champions National League Polo Grounds New York City 84 47 y 1st John B. Day Jim Mutrie List of San Francisco Giants 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 thumb|350px|1888 New York Giants Season standings New York Giants Record vs. opponents NYG Roster 1888 New York Giants Roster Pitchers Ed Crane Tim Keefe Ledell Titcomb Mickey Welch Stump Weidman Catchers William Brown Buck Ewing Pat Murphy Infielders Elmer Cleveland Roger Connor Gil Hatfield Danny Richardson John Ward Art Whitney Outfielders Elmer Foster Bill George George Gore Jim O'Rourke Mike Slattery 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 Buck Ewing 103 415 127 .306 6 58 1B Roger Connor 134 481 140 .291 14 71 2B Danny Richardson baseball 135 561 127 .226 8 61 SS John Ward John Montgomery Ward 122 510 128 .251 2 49 3B Art Whitney 90 328 72 .220 1 28 OF Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke (baseball) 107 409 112 .274 4 50 OF Mike Tiernan 113 443 130 .293 9 52 OF Mike Slattery Mike Slattery (baseball) 103 391 96 .246 1 35 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 Gore 64 254 56 .220 2 17 Elmer Foster 37 136 20 .147 0 10 Pat Murphy Pat Murphy (catcher) 28 106 18 .170 0 4 Gil Hatfield 28 105 19 .181 0 9 William Brown William Brown (baseball) 20 59 16 .271 0 6 Elmer Cleveland 9 34 8 .235 2 7 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 51 434.1 35 12 1.74 335 Mickey Welch 47 425.1 26 19 1.93 167 Ledell Titcomb 23 197.0 14 8 2.24 129 Ed Crane Ed Crane (baseball) 12 92.2 5 6 2.43 58 Bill George Bill George (baseball) 4 33.2 2 1 1.34 26 Stump Weidman 2 18.0 1 1 3.50 5 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 Ewing 2 0 0 0 2.57 6 1888 World Series 1888 World Series The Giants beat the American Association champion St. Louis Browns in the World Series, six games to four.1888 World Series - New York Giants over St. Louis Browns (6-4) https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1888_WS.shtml 2025-03-21 Baseball-Reference.com en References 1888 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference Category:New York Giants (baseball) seasons New York Giants season Category:National League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons New York Giants Category:19th century in Manhattan Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan