1887 New York Giants Statistics
National League (NL)
Team Record: 68-55
Finished 4th in the NL
Ballpark: Polo Grounds I
Manager: Jim Mutrie (68-55)
Location: New York, New York
1887 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 68-55
Finished 4th in the NL
Ballpark: Polo Grounds I
Manager: Jim Mutrie (68-55)
Location: New York, New York
1887 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National League ended the 1887 season with a record of 68 wins and 55 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Giants plated 816 runs and surrendered 723 runs. Roger Connor paced New York with 17 home runs and drove in 104 runs. John Ward topped all regular batters by hitting .338. Tim Keefe recorded 35 wins for the team, while Mickey Welch added 15 or more wins, too Tim Keefe earned a 3.12 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Mutrie coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Keefe | 35 | 19 | .648 | 3.12 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 476.7 | 428 | 256 | 165 | 11 | 108 | 0 | 189 | 11 | 0 | 37 | 1981 |
| Mickey Welch | 22 | 15 | .595 | 3.36 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 346.0 | 339 | 191 | 129 | 7 | 91 | 0 | 115 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1437 |
| Ledell Titcomb | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.88 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 68 | 50 | 31 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 330 |
| Mike Mattimore | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.35 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 57.3 | 47 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 248 |
| Bill George | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.25 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 126 | 112 | 63 | 1 | 89 | 0 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 534 |
| Mike Tiernan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.69 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.7 | 33 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 91 |
| Danny Richardson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Weidman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| John Roach | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| Bill Swarback | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.06 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| Totals | 68 | 55 | .553 | 3.58 | 136 | 129 | 6 | 123 | 5 | 1 | 1111.7 | 1096 | 719 | 442 | 27 | 373 | 0 | 415 | 38 | 1 | 84 | 4792 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Ward | 129 | 578 | 545 | 114 | 184 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 111 | 0 | 29 | 12 | .338 | .375 | .391 | .766 | 213 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Connor | 127 | 554 | 471 | 113 | 134 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 104 | 43 | 0 | 75 | 50 | .285 | .392 | .541 | .933 | 255 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Gore | 111 | 508 | 459 | 95 | 133 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 39 | 0 | 42 | 18 | .290 | .358 | .353 | .711 | 162 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Richardson | 122 | 490 | 450 | 79 | 125 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 62 | 41 | 0 | 36 | 25 | .278 | .337 | .384 | .721 | 173 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Tiernan | 103 | 442 | 407 | 82 | 117 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 62 | 28 | 0 | 32 | 31 | .287 | .344 | .452 | .796 | 184 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim O'Rourke | 103 | 438 | 397 | 73 | 113 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 88 | 46 | 0 | 36 | 11 | .285 | .352 | .411 | .762 | 163 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Ewing | 77 | 351 | 318 | 83 | 97 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 33 | .305 | .370 | .497 | .867 | 158 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Gillespie | 76 | 312 | 295 | 40 | 78 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 21 | .264 | .304 | .346 | .650 | 102 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Dorgan | 71 | 301 | 283 | 41 | 73 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 20 | .258 | .302 | .293 | .596 | 83 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Keefe | 56 | 211 | 191 | 27 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 41 | .220 | .294 | .351 | .645 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Deasley | 30 | 128 | 118 | 12 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .314 | .367 | .356 | .723 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Brown | 49 | 183 | 170 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .218 | .273 | .259 | .532 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Welch | 41 | 155 | 148 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .243 | .277 | .338 | .615 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rainey | 17 | 63 | 58 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .293 | .349 | .345 | .694 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Murphy | 17 | 58 | 56 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .214 | .241 | .250 | .491 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill George | 13 | 54 | 53 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .170 | .185 | .170 | .355 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mattimore | 8 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .250 | .281 | .531 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gil Hatfield | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .571 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ledell Titcomb | 9 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .069 | .100 | .069 | .169 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Weidman | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Roach | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Swarback | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Candy Nelson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gerhardt | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Carey | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Becannon | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1169 | 4924 | 4516 | 816 | 1259 | 167 | 93 | 48 | 651 | 415 | 0 | 361 | 326 | .279 | .339 | .389 | .727 | 1756 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Connor | 1B | 127 | 0 | 1093.0 | 1325 | 44 | 10 | 67 | .993 | 11.273 | 1.780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dorgan | 1B | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.714 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Richardson | 2B | 108 | 0 | 921.0 | 257 | 384 | 50 | 46 | .928 | 6.264 | 5.935 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck Ewing | 2B | 19 | 0 | 162.0 | 39 | 62 | 20 | 9 | .835 | 5.611 | 5.316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | 2B | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.231 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Carey | 2B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 6.545 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck Ewing | 3B | 51 | 0 | 457.0 | 76 | 101 | 28 | 6 | .863 | 3.486 | 3.471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | 3B | 38 | 0 | 275.0 | 46 | 50 | 18 | 2 | .842 | 3.142 | 2.526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Rainey | 3B | 17 | 0 | 133.0 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 3 | .818 | 3.045 | 2.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Richardson | 3B | 14 | 0 | 128.0 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 1 | .833 | 3.164 | 3.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Deasley | 3B | 7 | 0 | 62.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .750 | 2.613 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gil Hatfield | 3B | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.235 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Brown | 3B | 3 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.571 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck Becannon | 3B | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.769 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Gerhardt | 3B | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Gillespie | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Candy Nelson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Brown | C | 46 | 0 | 403.0 | 229 | 69 | 28 | 5 | .914 | 6.655 | 6.478 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | C | 40 | 0 | 305.0 | 137 | 66 | 25 | 4 | .890 | 5.990 | 5.075 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Deasley | C | 24 | 0 | 190.0 | 86 | 31 | 18 | 0 | .867 | 5.542 | 4.875 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Murphy | C | 17 | 0 | 144.0 | 79 | 26 | 19 | 3 | .847 | 6.562 | 6.176 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck Ewing | C | 8 | 0 | 66.0 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.545 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Gore | OF | 111 | 0 | 942.0 | 221 | 20 | 30 | 7 | .889 | 2.303 | 2.171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Tiernan | OF | 103 | 0 | 840.0 | 150 | 10 | 25 | 3 | .865 | 1.714 | 1.553 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dorgan | OF | 69 | 0 | 623.0 | 128 | 6 | 20 | 0 | .870 | 1.936 | 1.942 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Gillespie | OF | 76 | 0 | 573.0 | 91 | 14 | 6 | 1 | .946 | 1.649 | 1.382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Rourke | OF | 28 | 0 | 314.0 | 60 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .931 | 1.920 | 2.393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mattimore | OF | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.462 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Keefe | OF | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Brown | OF | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mickey Welch | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill George | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Keefe | P | 56 | 0 | 479.0 | 17 | 102 | 15 | 1 | .888 | 2.236 | 2.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mickey Welch | P | 41 | 0 | 346.0 | 17 | 51 | 12 | 0 | .850 | 1.769 | 1.659 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill George | P | 13 | 0 | 108.0 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | .854 | 2.917 | 2.692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ledell Titcomb | P | 9 | 0 | 72.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.125 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mattimore | P | 7 | 0 | 57.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.263 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Tiernan | P | 5 | 0 | 20.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.350 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Swarback | P | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Weidman | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.125 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Roach | P | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Richardson | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Ward | SS | 129 | 0 | 1105.0 | 226 | 469 | 61 | 53 | .919 | 5.661 | 5.388 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Deasley | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1191 | 0 | 9974.0 | 3317 | 1650 | 431 | 218 | .920 | 4.482 | 4.170 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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