1897 New York Giants season

1897 New York Giants
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (Since 1889) New York, New York (Since 1883)
1897 Information
Owner(s)	Andrew Freedman
Manager(s)	Bill Joyce
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	93	39	0.705	—	54–12	39–27
Baltimore Orioles	90	40	0.692	2	51–15	39–25
New York Giants	83	48	0.634	9½	51–19	32–29
Cincinnati Reds	76	56	0.576	17	49–18	27–38
Cleveland Spiders	69	62	0.527	23½	49–16	20–46
Washington Senators	61	71	0.462	32	40–26	21–45
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	61	71	0.462	32	38–29	23–42
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	71	0.458	32½	38–27	22–44
Chicago Colts	59	73	0.447	34	36–30	23–43
Philadelphia Phillies	55	77	0.417	38	32–34	23–43
Louisville Colonels	52	78	0.400	40	34–31	18–47
St. Louis Browns	29	102	0.221	63½	18–41	11–61

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	Warner, JackJack Warner	111	400	109	.273	2	51
3B	Joyce, BillBill Joyce	109	388	118	.304	3	64
SS	Davis, GeorgeGeorge Davis	131	521	184	.353	10	135

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
Donnelly, JimJim Donnelly	23	85	16	.188	0	11

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
Meekin, JouettJouett Meekin	37	303.2	20	11	3.76	83
Doheny, EdEd Doheny	10	85	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
Clarke, DadDad Clarke	6	31	2	1	6.10	10

References

• 1897 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference