1899_New_York_Giants_season Knowpia

1899 New York Giants
1899 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owners	Andrew Freedman
Managers	John B. Day, Fred Hoey

The 1899 New York Giants season was the franchise's 17th season. The team finished in tenth place in the National League with a 60–90 record, 42 games behind the Brooklyn Superbas.

Regular season edit

Season standings edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Superbas	101	47	0.682	—	61–16	40–31
Boston Beaneaters	95	57	0.625	8	53–26	42–31
Philadelphia Phillies	94	58	0.618	9	58–25	36–33
Baltimore Orioles	86	62	0.581	15	51–24	35–38
St. Louis Perfectos	84	67	0.556	18½	50–33	34–34
Cincinnati Reds	83	67	0.553	19	57–29	26–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	76	73	0.510	25½	49–34	27–39
Chicago Orphans	75	73	0.507	26	44–39	31–34
Louisville Colonels	75	77	0.493	28	33–28	42–49
New York Giants	60	90	0.400	42	35–38	25–52
Washington Senators	54	98	0.355	49	35–43	19–55
Cleveland Spiders	20	134	0.130	84	9–33	11–101

Record vs. opponents edit

1899 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	BLN	BOS	BKN	CHI	CIN	CLV	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSN
Baltimore	—	7–7	6–8	9–5	4–9	12–2	6–7–2	10–4	6–7–1	9–3	8–6	9–4–1
Boston	7–7	—	6–8	5–7	10–4	11–3	9–5	12–2	5–9	10–4	8–6	12–2–1
Brooklyn	8–6	8–6	—	8–5–1	7–6	14–0	11–3	10–4	8–6	8–6	8–4–1	11–3
Chicago	5–9	7–5	5–8–1	—	8–6	13–1	7–7	7–6–1	5–9	6–7–2	8–6	4–9
Cincinnati	9–4	4–10	6–7	6–8	—	14–0	8–6	9–5–1	4–10	10–3–3	5–8–2	8–6–1
Cleveland	2–12	3–11	0–14	1–13	0–14	—	4–10	1–13	2–12	2–12	1–13	4–10
Louisville	7–6–2	5–9	3–11	7–7	6–8	10–4	—	7–7	7–6	6–8–1	5–9–1	12–2
New York	4–10	2–12	2–10	6–7–1	5–9–1	13–1	7–7	—	4–10–1	6–7	4–10	7–7
Philadelphia	7–6–1	9–5	6–8	9–5	10–4	12–2	6–7	10–4–1	—	6–8	7–7	12–2
Pittsburgh	3–9	4–10	6–8	7–6–2	3–10–3	12–2	8–6–1	7–6	8–6	—	7–7	11–3
St. Louis	6–8	6–8	4–8–1	6–8	8–5–2	13–1	9–5–1	10–4	7–7	7–7	—	8–6
Washington	4–9–1	2–12–1	3–11	9–4	6–8–1	10–4	2–12	7–7	2–12	3–11	6–8	—

Roster edit

1899 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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
C	Jack Warner	88	293	78	.266	0	19
1B	Jack Doyle	119	452	135	.299	3	77
2B	Kid Gleason	147	580	154	.266	0	60
SS	George Davis	109	419	141	.337	1	59
3B	Fred Hartman	51	177	42	.237	1	17
OF	Tom O'Brien	151	577	171	.296	6	77
OF	George Van Haltren	152	607	183	.301	2	58
OF	Pop Foster	84	301	89	.296	3	57

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
Parke Wilson	98	332	89	.268	0	42
Mike Grady	87	315	106	.337	2	54
Mike Tiernan	35	137	35	.255	0	7
Tom Fleming	22	77	16	.208	0	4
Scott Hardesty	22	72	16	.222	0	4
Pete Woodruff	20	61	15	.246	2	7
Frank Martin	17	54	14	.259	0	1
Kid Carsey	5	18	6	.333	0	1
Ira Davis	6	17	4	.235	0	2
Zeke Wrigley	4	15	3	.200	0	1
John O'Neill	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Bill Stuart	1	3	0	.000	0	0
John Puhl	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Pete Cregan	1	2	0	.000	0	0

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
Bill Carrick	44	361.2	16	27	4.65	60
Ed Doheny	36	277.2	14	17	4.41	120
Cy Seymour	32	268.1	14	18	3.56	142
Jouett Meekin	18	148.1	5	11	4.37	30
Charlie Gettig	18	128.0	7	8	4.43	25
Tom Colcolough	11	81.2	4	5	3.97	14
Leo Fishel	1	9.0	0	1	6.00	6