1893 New York Giants season

1893 New York Giants
1893 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Cornelius Van Cott
Managers	John Montgomery Ward

The 1893 New York Giants season was the franchise's 11th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 68–64 record, 19.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	86	43	.667	—	49‍–‍15	37‍–‍28
Pittsburgh Pirates	81	48	.628	5	54‍–‍19	27‍–‍29
Cleveland Spiders	73	55	.570	12½	47‍–‍22	26‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies	72	57	.558	14	43‍–‍22	29‍–‍35
New York Giants	68	64	.515	19½	49‍–‍20	19‍–‍44
Cincinnati Reds	65	63	.508	20½	37‍–‍27	28‍–‍36
Brooklyn Grooms	65	63	.508	20½	43‍–‍24	22‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles	60	70	.462	26½	36‍–‍24	24‍–‍46
Chicago Colts	56	71	.441	29	38‍–‍34	18‍–‍37
St. Louis Browns	57	75	.432	30½	40‍–‍30	17‍–‍45
Louisville Colonels	50	75	.400	34	24‍–‍28	26‍–‍47
Washington Senators	40	89	.310	46	21‍–‍27	19‍–‍62

Record vs. opponents

1893 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	2–10	10–2	5–7	4–8	8–4	5–5	4–8	5–7	1–11	9–3	7–5
Boston	10–2	—	8–4	8–3–1	6–6	7–5	10–2	8–4	8–4	4–6–1	10–2	7–5
Brooklyn	2–10	4–8	—	7–3	4–8	5–7–1	7–5	6–6	6–5–1	8–4	8–4	8–3
Chicago	7–5	3–8–1	3–7	—	5–7	4–8	6–4	7–5	6–6	3–9	3–9	9–3
Cincinnati	8–4	6–6	8–4	7–5	—	6–5	6–6	6–6–1	1–9–1	3–9	7–5–1	7–4
Cleveland	4–8	5–7	7–5–1	8–4	5–6	—	6–3	6–6	3–9	9–3	9–3	11–1
Louisville	5–5	2–10	5–7	4–6	6–6	3–6	—	5–7–1	4–8	4–8	4–8	8–4
New York	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	6–6–1	6–6	7–5–1	—	7–5–1	4–8–1	8–4	7–5
Philadelphia	7–5	4–8	5–6–1	6–6	9–1–1	9–3	8–4	5–7–1	—	7–5	4–8–1	8–4
Pittsburgh	11–1	6–4–1	4–8	9–3	9–3	3–9	8–4	8–4–1	5–7	—	9–3	9–2
St. Louis	3–9	2–10	4–8	9–3	5–7–1	3–9	8–4	4–8	8–4–1	3–9	—	8–4–1
Washington	5–7	5–7	3–8	3–9	4–7	1–11	4–8	5–7	4–8	2–9	4–8–1	—

Notable transactions

July 1893: Les German was purchased by the Giants from the Augusta Electricians.^[1]

Roster

1893 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

John Ward

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	Jack Doyle	82	318	102	.321	1	51
1B	Roger Connor	135	511	156	.305	11	105
2B	John Ward	135	588	193	.328	2	77
SS	Shorty Fuller	130	474	112	.236	0	51
3B	George Davis	133	549	195	.355	11	119
OF	Eddie Burke	135	537	150	.279	9	80
OF	General Stafford	67	281	79	.281	5	27
OF	Mike Tiernan	125	511	158	.309	14	102

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
Harry Lyons	47	187	51	.273	0	21
Jocko Milligan	42	147	34	.231	1	25
Parke Wilson	31	114	28	.246	2	21
King Kelly	20	67	18	.269	0	15
Jack McMahon	11	30	10	.333	0	4
Willie Keeler	7	24	8	.333	1	7
Shorty Howe	1	5	3	.600	0	2
William Kinsler	1	3	0	.000	0	0

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
Amos Rusie	56	482.0	33	21	3.23	208
Mark Baldwin	45	331.1	16	20	4.10	100
Les German	20	152.0	8	8	4.14	35
Silver King	7	49.0	3	4	8.63	13
Crazy Schmit	4	20.2	0	2	7.40	5
Bumpus Jones	1	4.0	0	1	11.25	1

Other pitchers