1890 New York Giants season

1890 New York Giants
League	National League
Ballpark	Polo Grounds
City	New York City
Owner	John B. Day
Manager	Jim Mutrie
Seasons

The 1890 New York Giants season was the franchise's eighth season. The team finished in sixth place in the National League with a 63–68 record, 24 games behind the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. They also had to contend with a new crosstown rival, the New York Giants of the Players' League.

Regular season

1890 New York Giants

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	86	43	.667	—	58‍–‍16	28‍–‍27
Chicago Colts	83	53	.610	6½	48‍–‍24	35‍–‍29
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	.595	9	54‍–‍21	24‍–‍32
Cincinnati Reds	77	55	.583	10½	50‍–‍23	27‍–‍32
Boston Beaneaters	76	57	.571	12	43‍–‍23	33‍–‍34
New York Giants	63	68	.481	24	37‍–‍27	26‍–‍41
Cleveland Spiders	44	88	.333	43½	30‍–‍37	14‍–‍51
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	23	113	.169	66½	14‍–‍25	9‍–‍88

Record vs. opponents

1890 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	NYG	PHI	PIT
Boston	—	6–11	8–11	11–8	13–7	11–8–1	11–9	16–3
Brooklyn	11–6	—	11–9	9–7	17–3	10–8	10–8	18–2
Chicago	11–8	9–11	—	12–8–2	13–7	13–6	8–10–1	17–3
Cincinnati	8–11	7–9	8–12–2	—	13–4	14–6	11–9	16–4
Cleveland	7–13	3–17	7–13	4–13	—	6–12–2	5–14–1	12–6–1
New York	8–11–1	8–10	6–13	6–14	12–6–2	—	6–11	17–3–1
Philadelphia	9–11	8–10	10–8–1	9–11	14–5–1	11–6	—	17–2
Pittsburgh	3–16	2–18	3–17	4–16	6–12–1	3–17–1	2–17	—

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	Dick Buckley	70	266	68	.256	2	26
1B	Lew Whistler	45	170	49	.288	2	29
2B	Charley Bassett	100	410	98	.239	0	54
SS	Jack Glasscock	124	512	172	.336	1	66
3B	Jerry Denny	114	437	93	.213	3	42
OF	Jesse Burkett	101	401	124	.309	4	60
OF	Joe Hornung	120	513	122	.238	0	65
OF	Mike Tiernan	133	553	168	.304	13	59

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
Artie Clarke	101	395	89	.225	0	49
Dude Esterbrook	45	197	57	.289	0	29
John Henry	37	144	35	.243	0	16
Pat Murphy	32	119	28	.235	0	9
Shorty Howe	19	64	11	.172	0	4
Andy Sommers	17	47	5	.106	0	1
George McMillan	10	35	5	.143	0	1
Sam Crane	4	12	0	.000	0	0
Mort Scanlan	3	10	0	.000	0	0
Tom O'Rourke	2	7	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
Amos Rusie	67	548.2	29	34	2.56	341
Mickey Welch	37	292.1	17	14	2.99	97
Jack Sharrott	25	184.0	11	10	2.89	84

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
Jesse Burkett	21	118.0	3	10	5.57	82
Bob Murphy	3	18.0	1	0	5.50	8
Ed Daily	2	16.0	2	0	2.25	0

References

• 1890 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference