1898 New York Giants season

1898 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersAndrew Freedman
ManagersBill Joyce, Cap Anson
← 1897 Seasons 1899 →

The 1898 New York Giants season was the franchise's 16th season. The team finished in seventh place in the National League with a 77–73 record, 25.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102 47 .685 — 62‍–‍15 40‍–‍32
Baltimore Orioles 96 53 .644 6 58‍–‍15 38‍–‍38
Cincinnati Reds 92 60 .605 11½ 58‍–‍28 34‍–‍32
Chicago Orphans 85 65 .567 17½ 58‍–‍31 27‍–‍34
Cleveland Spiders 81 68 .544 21 36‍–‍19 45‍–‍49
Philadelphia Phillies 78 71 .523 24 49‍–‍31 29‍–‍40
New York Giants 77 73 .513 25½ 45‍–‍28 32‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 72 76 .486 29½ 39‍–‍35 33‍–‍41
Louisville Colonels 70 81 .464 33 43‍–‍34 27‍–‍47
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 54 91 .372 46 30‍–‍41 24‍–‍50
Washington Senators 51 101 .336 52½ 34‍–‍44 17‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns 39 111 .260 63½ 20‍–‍44 19‍–‍67

Record vs. opponents

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1898 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BLN BSN BRO CHC CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WHS
Baltimore — 5–7 8–5–1 9–5 8–6–1 8–6–1 9–5 10–3–1 10–3–1 10–4 12–2 7–7
Boston 7–5 — 11–2 9–5 9–4–1 6–7–1 8–6–1 10–4 10–4 9–5 12–2 11–3
Brooklyn 5–8–1 2–11 — 4–10 3–11 6–7 2–10–1 3–11 6–6 9–5–1 7–6–1 7–6
Chicago 5–9 5–9 10–4 — 6–8 7–7 9–5 9–5–1 6–7 7–4–1 10–4 11–3
Cincinnati 6–8–1 4–9–1 11–3 8–6 — 8–5–2 9–5 6–8–1 7–7 12–2 12–2 9–5
Cleveland 6–8–1 7–6–1 7–6 7–7 5–8–2 — 9–5 6–8 7–7 5–8 10–3–1 12–2–2
Louisville 5–9 6–8–1 10–2–1 5–9 5–9 5–9 — 6–8 4–10 4–9–1 10–4 10–4
New York 3–10–1 4–10 11–3 5–9–1 8–6–1 8–6 8–6 — 6–7 5–9–1 10–3–2 9–4–1
Philadelphia 3–10–1 4–10 6–6 7–6 7–7 7–7 10–4 7–6 — 6–8 9–5 12–2
Pittsburgh 4–10 5–9 5–9–1 4–7–1 2–12 8–5 9–4–1 9–5–1 8–6 — 9–4 9–5
St. Louis 2–12 2–12 6–7–1 4–10 2–12 3–10–1 4–10 3–10–2 5–9 4–9 — 4–10
Washington 7–7 3–11 6–7 3–11 5–9 2–12–2 4–10 4–9–1 2–12 5–9 10–4 —


Roster

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1898 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 110 373 96 .257 0 42
1B Bill Joyce 145 508 131 .258 10 91
2B Kid Gleason 150 570 126 .221 0 62
SS George Davis 121 486 149 .307 2 86
3B Fred Hartman 123 475 129 .272 2 88
OF Mike Tiernan 103 415 116 .280 5 49
OF George Van Haltren 156 654 204 .312 2 68
OF Jack Doyle 82 297 84 .283 1 43

Other batters

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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
Mike Grady 93 287 85 .296 3 49
Charlie Gettig 64 196 49 .250 0 26
Walt Wilmot 35 138 33 .239 2 22
Tom McCreery 35 121 24 .198 1 17
Pop Foster 32 112 30 .268 0 9
Tacks Latimer 5 17 5 .294 0 1
John Puhl 2 9 2 .222 0 1
Joe Regan 2 5 1 .200 0 2
Ed Glenn 2 4 1 .250 0 0
Jack Gilbert 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Parke Wilson 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Dave Zearfoss 1 1 1 1.000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cy Seymour 45 356.2 25 19 3.18 239
Jouett Meekin 38 320.0 16 18 3.77 82
Amos Rusie 37 300.0 20 11 3.03 114
Ed Doheny 28 213.0 7 19 3.68 96
Bill Carrick 5 39.2 3 1 3.40 10
Jock Menefee 1 9.1 0 1 4.82 3

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charlie Gettig 17 115.0 6 3 3.83 14

References

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