1892 New York Giants season

OwnersJohn B. DayManagersPatrick T. Powers

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The 1892 New York Giants season was the tenth season of the New York Giants professional baseball franchise as members of the National League. In a split season schedule, the Giants finished tenth in the first half of the season and sixth in the second half. Overall, the team had a record of 71–80, eighth-best in the 12-team National League.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	102	48	0.680	—	54–21	48–27
Cleveland Spiders	93	56	0.624	8½	54–24	39–32
Brooklyn Grooms	95	59	0.617	9	51–24	44–35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	66	0.569	16½	55–26	32–40
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	0.547	20	45–32	37–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	73	0.523	23½	54–34	26–39
Chicago Colts	70	76	0.479	30	36–31	34–45
New York Giants	71	80	0.470	31½	42–36	29–44
Louisville Colonels	63	89	0.414	40	37–31	26–58
Washington Senators	58	93	0.384	44½	34–36	24–57
St. Louis Browns	56	94	0.373	46	37–36	19–58
Baltimore Orioles	46	101	0.313	54½	29–44	17–57

Record vs. opponents

1892 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BLN	BSN	BRO	CHI	CIN	CLV	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSN
Baltimore	—	0–13	2–12–1	4–7	4–10	2–11–2	6–7	5–9	4–10	5–9	8–6–1	6–7–1
Boston	13–0	—	9–5	10–4	8–5–1	8–6	12–2	11–3–1	6–7	7–6	7–7	11–3
Brooklyn	12–2–1	5–9	—	10–4	6–8	8–6	9–5	7–7	9–5–2	10–4	9–5–1	10–4
Chicago	7–4	4–10	4–10	—	6–7–1	3–9	5–9	10–4	5–9	7–7	7–5	12–2
Cincinnati	10–4	5–8–1	8–6	7–6–1	—	5–9	7–6–1	8–6	5–9	5–9	12–2–1	10–3–1
Cleveland	11–2–2	6–8	6–8	9–3	9–5	—	13–1	8–5	10–4	7–7–1	8–5–1	6–8
Louisville	7–6	2–12	5–9	9–5	6–7–1	1–13	—	4–10	4–10	8–6	9–5–1	8–6
New York	9–5	3–11–1	7–7	4–10	6–8	5–8	10–4	—	5–9	4–10–1	9–4	9–4
Philadelphia	10–4	7–6	5–9–2	9–5	9–5	4–10	10–4	9–5	—	8–6	7–7	9–5
Pittsburgh	9–5	6–7	4–10	7–7	9–5	7–7–1	6–8	10–4–1	6–8	—	10–4	6–8
St. Louis	6–8–1	7–7	5–9–1	5–7	2–12–1	5–8–1	5–9–1	4–9	7–7	4–10	—	6–8
Washington	7–6–1	3–11	4–10	2–12	3–10–1	8–6	6–8	4–9	5–9	8–6	8–6	—

Roster

1892 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Ed Crane Silver King Amos Rusie Mickey Welch Catchers Jack Boyle Danny Murphy		Infielders Charley Bassett Eddie Burke Jack Doyle Buck Ewing Shorty Fuller Willie Keeler Jimmy Knowles Denny Lyons Jack McMahon Hardy Richardson		Outfielders Jocko Fields George Gore Harry Lyons Charlie Newman Jim O'Rourke Jack Sharrott Mike Tiernan		Manager Patrick T. Powers

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 Boyle	120	436	80	.183	0	32
1B	Buck Ewing	105	393	122	.310	8	76
2B	Eddie Burke	89	363	94	.259	6	41
SS	Shorty Fuller	141	508	116	.228	1	48
3B	Denny Lyons	108	389	100	.257	8	51
OF	Jim O'Rourke	115	448	136	.304	0	56
OF	Harry Lyons	96	411	98	.238	0	53
OF	Mike Tiernan	116	450	130	.289	5	66

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
Jack Doyle	90	366	109	.298	5	55
Hardy Richardson	64	248	53	.214	2	34
George Gore	53	193	49	.254	0	11
Jack McMahon	40	147	33	.224	1	24
Charley Bassett	35	130	27	.208	0	16
Jocko Fields	21	66	18	.273	0	5
Jimmy Knowles	16	59	9	.153	0	7
Willie Keeler	14	53	17	.321	0	6
Danny Murphy	8	26	3	.115	0	0
Charlie Newman	3	12	4	.333	0	1
Jack Sharrott	4	8	1	.125	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	65	541.0	32	31	2.84	304
Silver King	51	410.1	22	24	3.29	170
Ed Crane	47	364.1	16	24	3.80	174
Mickey Welch	1	5.0	0	0	14.40	1

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
Jack Sharrott	1	0	0	0	4.50	1

References

External links

• 1892 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference