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Owner(s) | John B. Day |
Manager(s) | Jim Mutrie |
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The 1889 New York Giants season was the franchise's 7th season. The team finished first in the National League with a record of 83–43. They beat the Boston Beneaters by just one game. The Beaneaters won the same number of games as the Giants, but lost two more games, giving the pennant to the Giants. The Giants went on to face the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms in the 1889 World Series, winning six games to three. The series marked the very first meeting between the Giants and the team that would become the Dodgers, a rivalry that continues to this day.
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Regular season[edit]
Season standings[edit]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Giants | 83 | 43 | 0.659 | — | 47–15 | 36–28 |
Boston Beaneaters | 83 | 45 | 0.648 | 1 | 48–17 | 35–28 |
Chicago White Stockings | 67 | 65 | 0.508 | 19 | 37–30 | 30–35 |
Philadelphia Quakers | 63 | 64 | 0.496 | 20½ | 43–24 | 20–40 |
Pittsburg Alleghenys | 61 | 71 | 0.462 | 25 | 40–28 | 21–43 |
Cleveland Spiders | 61 | 72 | 0.459 | 25½ | 33–35 | 28–37 |
Indianapolis Hoosiers | 59 | 75 | 0.440 | 28 | 32–36 | 27–39 |
Washington Nationals | 41 | 83 | 0.331 | 41 | 24–29 | 17–54 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
1889 National League Records
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Team | BOS | CHI | CLE | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH | |||||||||
Boston | — | 10–7–1 | 12–8–1 | 10–10 | 8–6–2 | 13–6 | 16–3 | 14–5–1 | |||||||||
Chicago | 7–10–1 | — | 11–9 | 13–7 | 5–13–1 | 9–10–1 | 10–9–1 | 12–7 | |||||||||
Cleveland | 8–12–1 | 9–11 | — | 9–10–1 | 4–14 | 10–9 | 7–13 | 14–3–1 | |||||||||
Indianapolis | 10–10 | 7–13 | 10–9–1 | — | 7–13 | 4–13 | 10–10 | 11–7 | |||||||||
New York | 6–8–2 | 13–5–1 | 14–4 | 13–7 | — | 12–7–1 | 12–7–1 | 13–5 | |||||||||
Philadelphia | 6–13 | 10–9–1 | 9–10 | 13–4 | 7–12–1 | — | 9–9 | 9–7–1 | |||||||||
Pittsburg | 3–16 | 9–10–1 | 13–7 | 10–10 | 7–12–1 | 9–9 | — | 10–7 | |||||||||
Washington | 5–14–1 | 7–12 | 3–14–1 | 7–11 | 5–13 | 7–9–1 | 7–10 | — |
Roster[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
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 |
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C | Ewing, BuckBuck Ewing | 99 | 407 | 133 | .327 | 4 | 87 |
1B | Connor, RogerRoger Connor | 131 | 496 | 157 | .317 | 13 | 130 |
2B | Richardson, DannyDanny Richardson | 125 | 497 | 139 | .280 | 7 | 100 |
SS | Ward, JohnJohn Ward | 114 | 479 | 143 | .299 | 1 | 67 |
3B | Whitney, ArtArt Whitney | 129 | 473 | 103 | .218 | 1 | 59 |
OF | Gore, GeorgeGeorge Gore | 120 | 488 | 149 | .305 | 7 | 54 |
OF | O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke | 128 | 502 | 161 | .321 | 3 | 81 |
OF | Tiernan, MikeMike Tiernan | 122 | 499 | 167 | .335 | 10 | 73 |
Other batters[edit]
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 |
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Brown, WilliamWilliam Brown | 40 | 139 | 36 | .259 | 1 | 29 |
Pitching[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Welch, MickeyMickey Welch | 45 | 375 | 27 | 12 | 3.02 | 125 |
Keefe, TimTim Keefe | 47 | 364 | 28 | 13 | 3.36 | 225 |
Crane, EdEd Crane | 29 | 230 | 14 | 10 | 3.68 | 130 |
O'Day, HankHank O'Day | 10 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 4.27 | 28 |
Hatfield, GilGil Hatfield | 6 | 52 | 2 | 4 | 3.98 | 28 |
Titcomb, CannonballCannonball Titcomb | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 6.58 | 7 |
Other pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ewing, BuckBuck Ewing | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4.05 | 12 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Whitney, ArtArt Whitney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 3 |
1889 World Series[edit]
The Giants beat the Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three in the World Series.