1886 New York Giants season

1886 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Record	75–44 (.630)
League place	3rd
Owner	John B. Day
Manager	Jim Mutrie
← 1885 Seasons 1887 →

The 1886 New York Giants season was the franchise's fourth season. The team had a record of 75–44, finishing third in the National League, 12.5 games behind the Chicago White Stockings.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	90	34	0.726	—	52–10	38–24
Detroit Wolverines	87	36	0.707	2½	49–13	38–23
New York Giants	75	44	0.630	12½	47–12	28–32
Philadelphia Quakers	71	43	0.623	14	45–14	26–29
Boston Beaneaters	56	61	0.479	30½	32–26	24–35
St. Louis Maroons	43	79	0.352	46	27–34	16–45
Kansas City Cowboys	30	91	0.248	58½	17–40	13–51
Washington Nationals	28	92	0.233	60	19–43	9–49

Record vs. opponents

1886 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	KC	NYG	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	6–12	6–11	11–6	6–11	3–10	11–6–1	13–5
Chicago	12–6	—	11–7	17–1	10–8–1	10–7–1	13–4	17–1
Detroit	11–6	7–11	—	16–2	11–7	10–7–1	15–2–1	17–1–1
Kansas City	6–11	1–17	2–16	—	3–15–1	2–14–1	5–12–2	11–6–1
New York	11–6	8–10–1	7–11	15–3–1	—	8–8–1	15–3	11–3–2
Philadelphia	10–3	7–10–1	7–10–1	14–2–1	8–8–1	—	12–6	13–4–1
St. Louis	6–11–1	4–13	2–15–1	12–5–2	3–15	6–12	—	10–8
Washington	5–13	1–17	1–17–1	6–11–1	3–11–2	4–13–1	8–10	—

Roster

1886 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Jim Devlin Tim Keefe Mickey Welch Catchers Gene Bagley Pat Deasley Buck Ewing		Infielders Ed Caskin Roger Connor Dude Esterbrook Joe Gerhardt John Ward		Outfielders Larry Corcoran Frank Diven Mike Dorgan Bill Finley Pete Gillespie Jim O'Rourke Danny Richardson		Manager Jim Mutrie

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	Buck Ewing	73	275	85	.309	4	31
1B	Roger Connor	118	485	172	.355	7	71
2B	Joe Gerhardt	123	426	81	.190	0	40
SS	John Montgomery Ward	122	491	134	.273	2	81
3B	Dude Esterbrook	123	473	125	.264	3	43
OF	Mike Dorgan	118	442	129	.292	2	79
OF	Patrick Gillespie	97	396	108	.273	0	58
OF	Jim O'Rourke	105	440	136	.309	1	34

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
Danny Richardson	68	237	55	.232	1	27
Pat Deasley	41	143	38	.266	0	17
Bill Finley	13	44	8	.182	0	5
Gene Bagley	5	16	2	.125	0	1
Ed Caskin	1	4	2	.500	0	1
Larry Corcoran	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Frank Diven	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
Tim Keefe	64	535.0	42	20	2.56	297
Mickey Welch	59	500.0	33	22	2.99	272

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
Danny Richardson	5	25.0	0	2	5.76	17

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jim Devlin	1	0	0	1	18.00	2

References

• 1886 New York Gothams season at Baseball Reference