1890 New York Giants (PL) season

1890 New York Giants
Major league affiliations
Players' League (Since 1890)
Location
Polo Grounds (Since 1890) New York, New York (Since 1890)
1890 Information
Owner(s)
Manager(s)	Buck Ewing

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 counterpart. 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

Players' League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Reds	81	48	0.628	—	48–21	33–27
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders	76	56	0.576	6½	46–19	30–37
New York Giants (PL)	74	57	0.565	8	47–19	27–38
Chicago Pirates	75	62	0.547	10	46–23	29–39
Philadelphia Athletics (PL)	68	63	0.519	14	35–30	33–33
Pittsburgh Burghers	60	68	0.469	20½	37–28	23–40
Cleveland Infants	55	75	0.423	26½	31–30	24–45
Buffalo Bisons	36	96	0.273	46½	23–42	13–54

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	Ewing, BuckBuck Ewing	83	352	119	.338	8	72

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
Hatfield, GilGil Hatfield	71	287	80	.279	2	37
Brown, WilliamWilliam Brown	60	230	64	.278	4	43

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
Crane, EdEd Crane	43	330.1	16	19	4.63	116
Ewing, BuckBuck Ewing	1	9	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
Hatfield, GilGil Hatfield	3	1	1	1	3.52	3

References

• 1890 New York Giants (PL) season at Baseball Reference