1888 New York Giants season

1888 New York Giants 1888 National League Championship 1888 World Series Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (Since 1883) New York, New York (Since 1883)
1888 Information
Owner(s)	John B. Day
Manager(s)	Jim Mutrie
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The 1888 New York Giants season was the franchise's 6th 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 ERA.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	84	47	0.641	—	44–23	40–24
Chicago White Stockings	77	58	0.570	9	43–27	34–31
Philadelphia Quakers	69	61	0.531	14½	37–29	32–32
Boston Beaneaters	70	64	0.522	15½	36–30	34–34
Detroit Wolverines	68	63	0.519	16	40–26	28–37
Pittsburg Alleghenys	66	68	0.493	19½	37–30	29–38
Indianapolis Hoosiers	50	85	0.370	36	31–35	19–50
Washington Nationals	48	86	0.358	37½	26–38	22–48

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	Ewing, BuckBuck Ewing	103	415	127	.306	6	58
1B	Connor, RogerRoger Connor	134	481	140	.291	14	71
SS	Ward, JohnJohn Ward	122	510	128	.251	2	49
OF	O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke	107	409	112	.274	4	50

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
Brown, WilliamWilliam Brown	20	59	16	.271	0	6

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
Keefe, TimTim Keefe	51	434.1	35	12	1.74	335
Welch, MickeyMickey Welch	47	425.1	26	19	1.93	167
Titcomb, CannonballCannonball Titcomb	23	197	14	8	2.24	129
Crane, EdEd Crane	12	92.2	5	6	2.43	58

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
Ewing, BuckBuck Ewing	2	0	0	0	2.57	6

1888 World Series

Main article: 1888 World Series

The Giants beat the American Association champion St. Louis Browns in the World Series, six games to four.

References

• 1888 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

Preceded by Detroit Wolverines 1887

National League Championship Season 1888

Succeeded by New York Giants 1889