1896 New York Giants season

1896 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Andrew Freedman
Managers	Arthur Irwin, Bill Joyce
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The 1896 New York Giants season was the franchise's 14th season. The team finished in seventh place in the National League with a 64–67 record, 27 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	90	39	0.698	—	49–16	41–23
Cleveland Spiders	80	48	0.625	9½	43–19	37–29
Cincinnati Reds	77	50	0.606	12	51–15	26–35
Boston Beaneaters	74	57	0.565	17	42–24	32–33
Chicago Colts	71	57	0.555	18½	42–24	29–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	63	0.512	24	35–31	31–32
New York Giants	64	67	0.489	27	39–26	25–41
Philadelphia Phillies	62	68	0.477	28½	42–27	20–41
Washington Senators	58	73	0.443	33	38–29	20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	58	73	0.443	33	35–28	23–45
St. Louis Browns	40	90	0.308	50½	27–34	13–56
Louisville Colonels	38	93	0.290	53	25–37	13–56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League record v t e 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	—	5–7	6–6	7–4–2	10–2	3–8–1	10–2	9–3	12–0	9–2	9–3	10–2
Boston	7–5	—	10–2	3–9	5–6	5–7–1	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	8–4	7–5
Brooklyn	6–6	2–10	—	6–6	2–10	5–7	8–4	4–8	8–4	6–5–1	7–5	4–8–1
Chicago	4–7–2	9–3	6–6	—	4–6–1	2–9–1	9–3	5–7	4–8	11–1	9–3	8–4
Cincinnati	2–10	6–5	10–2	6–4–1	—	6–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	5–7	12–0	7–4
Cleveland	8–3–1	7–5–1	5–7	9–2–1	5–6	—	8–3–2	7–5	6–6	4–8–1	10–2	9–3–1
Louisville	2–10	4–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–8–2	—	4–8–1	7–5	2–10	3–9	3–9
New York	3–9	5–7	8–4	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–4–1	—	3–8	4–8	9–3–1	6–6
Philadelphia	0–12	5–7	4–8	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	8–3	—	6–6	8–3	8–4
Pittsburgh	2–9	5–7	5–6–1	1–11	7–5	8–4–1	10–2	8–4	6–6	—	8–3	6–6
St. Louis	3–9	4–8	5–7	3–9	0–12	2–10	9–3	3–9–1	3–8	3–8	—	5–7
Washington	2–10	5–7	8–4–1	4–8	4–7	3–9–1	9–3	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

Roster

1896 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Cy Bowen Sal Campfield Dad Clarke Ed Doheny Carney Flynn Les German Charlie Gettig Jouett Meekin Bill Reidy Cy Seymour Mike Sullivan		Catchers Duke Farrell Jack Warner Parke Wilson Dave Zearfoss Infielders Jake Beckley Willie Clark Frank Connaughton George Davis Shorty Fuller Kid Gleason Bill Joyce Fred Pfeffer		Outfielders Tom Bannon Harry Davis General Stafford Mike Tiernan George Ulrich George Van Haltren Other batters Reddy Foster		Manager Arthur Irwin Bill Joyce

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	Parke Wilson	75	253	60	.237	0	23
1B	Willie Clark	72	247	72	.291	0	33
2B	Kid Gleason	133	541	162	.299	4	89
SS	Frank Connaughton	88	315	82	.260	2	43
3B	George Davis	124	494	158	.320	6	99
OF	General Stafford	59	230	66	.287	0	40
OF	George Van Haltren	133	562	197	.351	5	74
OF	Mike Tiernan	133	521	192	.369	7	89

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 Davis	64	233	64	.275	2	50
Duke Farrell	58	191	54	.283	1	37
Jake Beckley	46	182	55	.302	6	38
Bill Joyce	49	165	61	.370	5	43
Shorty Fuller	18	72	12	.167	0	7
Dave Zearfoss	19	60	13	.217	0	6
Jack Warner	19	54	14	.259	0	3
George Ulrich	14	45	8	.178	0	1
Fred Pfeffer	4	14	2	.143	0	4
Tom Bannon	2	7	1	.143	0	0
Reddy Foster	1	1	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
Dad Clarke	48	351.0	17	24	4.26	66
Jouett Meekin	42	334.1	26	14	3.82	110
Mike Sullivan	25	185.1	10	13	4.16	42
Ed Doheny	17	108.1	6	7	4.49	39
Cy Seymour	11	70.1	2	4	6.40	33

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
Sal Campfield	6	27.0	1	1	4.00	6
Charlie Gettig	4	14.0	1	0	9.64	5
Bill Reidy	2	13.0	0	1	7.62	1
Cy Bowen	2	12.0	0	1	6.00	3
Carney Flynn	3	10.2	0	2	11.81	4

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
George Van Haltren	2	1	0	0	2.25	3
Les German	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

References

• 1896 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference