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1898 New York Giants season

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1898 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersAndrew Freedman
ManagersBill Joyce, Cap Anson
← 1897 Seasons 1899 →

The 1898 New York Giants season was the franchise's 16th season. The team finished in seventh place in the National League with a 77–73 record, 25.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 102 47 .685 62‍–‍15 40‍–‍32
Baltimore Orioles 96 53 .644 6 58‍–‍15 38‍–‍38
Cincinnati Reds 92 60 .605 11½ 58‍–‍28 34‍–‍32
Chicago Orphans 85 65 .567 17½ 58‍–‍31 27‍–‍34
Cleveland Spiders 81 68 .544 21 36‍–‍19 45‍–‍49
Philadelphia Phillies 78 71 .523 24 49‍–‍31 29‍–‍40
New York Giants 77 73 .513 25½ 45‍–‍28 32‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 72 76 .486 29½ 39‍–‍35 33‍–‍41
Louisville Colonels 70 81 .464 33 43‍–‍34 27‍–‍47
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 54 91 .372 46 30‍–‍41 24‍–‍50
Washington Senators 51 101 .336 52½ 34‍–‍44 17‍–‍57
St. Louis Browns 39 111 .260 63½ 20‍–‍44 19‍–‍67

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BLN BSN BRO CHC CIN CLV LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WHS
Baltimore 5–7 8–5–1 9–5 8–6–1 8–6–1 9–5 10–3–1 10–3–1 10–4 12–2 7–7
Boston 7–5 11–2 9–5 9–4–1 6–7–1 8–6–1 10–4 10–4 9–5 12–2 11–3
Brooklyn 5–8–1 2–11 4–10 3–11 6–7 2–10–1 3–11 6–6 9–5–1 7–6–1 7–6
Chicago 5–9 5–9 10–4 6–8 7–7 9–5 9–5–1 6–7 7–4–1 10–4 11–3
Cincinnati 6–8–1 4–9–1 11–3 8–6 8–5–2 9–5 6–8–1 7–7 12–2 12–2 9–5
Cleveland 6–8–1 7–6–1 7–6 7–7 5–8–2 9–5 6–8 7–7 5–8 10–3–1 12–2–2
Louisville 5–9 6–8–1 10–2–1 5–9 5–9 5–9 6–8 4–10 4–9–1 10–4 10–4
New York 3–10–1 4–10 11–3 5–9–1 8–6–1 8–6 8–6 6–7 5–9–1 10–3–2 9–4–1
Philadelphia 3–10–1 4–10 6–6 7–6 7–7 7–7 10–4 7–6 6–8 9–5 12–2
Pittsburgh 4–10 5–9 5–9–1 4–7–1 2–12 8–5 9–4–1 9–5–1 8–6 9–4 9–5
St. Louis 2–12 2–12 6–7–1 4–10 2–12 3–10–1 4–10 3–10–2 5–9 4–9 4–10
Washington 7–7 3–11 6–7 3–11 5–9 2–12–2 4–10 4–9–1 2–12 5–9 10–4


Roster

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1898 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Warner 110 373 96 .257 0 42
1B Bill Joyce 145 508 131 .258 10 91
2B Kid Gleason 150 570 126 .221 0 62
SS George Davis 121 486 149 .307 2 86
3B Fred Hartman 123 475 129 .272 2 88
OF Mike Tiernan 103 415 116 .280 5 49
OF George Van Haltren 156 654 204 .312 2 68
OF Jack Doyle 82 297 84 .283 1 43

Other batters

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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
Mike Grady 93 287 85 .296 3 49
Charlie Gettig 64 196 49 .250 0 26
Walt Wilmot 35 138 33 .239 2 22
Tom McCreery 35 121 24 .198 1 17
Pop Foster 32 112 30 .268 0 9
Tacks Latimer 5 17 5 .294 0 1
John Puhl 2 9 2 .222 0 1
Joe Regan 2 5 1 .200 0 2
Ed Glenn 2 4 1 .250 0 0
Jack Gilbert 1 4 1 .250 0 0
Parke Wilson 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Dave Zearfoss 1 1 1 1.000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cy Seymour 45 356.2 25 19 3.18 239
Jouett Meekin 38 320.0 16 18 3.77 82
Amos Rusie 37 300.0 20 11 3.03 114
Ed Doheny 28 213.0 7 19 3.68 96
Bill Carrick 5 39.2 3 1 3.40 10
Jock Menefee 1 9.1 0 1 4.82 3

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charlie Gettig 17 115.0 6 3 3.83 14

References

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