1887 New York Giants season

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Major League Baseball team season

1887 New York Giants

League

National League

Ballpark

Polo Grounds

City

New York City

Record

68–55 (.553)

League place

4th

Owner

John B. Day

Manager

Jim Mutrie

← 1886

Seasons

1888 →

The 1887 New York Giants season was the franchise's fifth season. The team finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 68–55, 10+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Wolverines. The team amassed 415 stolen bases, the most for any team in the history of the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Wolverines	79	45	.637	—	44‍–‍17	35‍–‍28
Philadelphia Quakers	75	48	.610	3½	38‍–‍23	37‍–‍25
Chicago White Stockings	71	50	.587	6½	44‍–‍18	27‍–‍32
New York Giants	68	55	.553	10½	36‍–‍26	32‍–‍29
Boston Beaneaters	61	60	.504	16½	38‍–‍22	23‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	55	69	.444	24	31‍–‍33	24‍–‍36
Washington Nationals	46	76	.377	32	26‍–‍33	20‍–‍43
Indianapolis Hoosiers	37	89	.294	43	24‍–‍39	13‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1887 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	IND	NYG	PHI	PIT	WSH
Boston	—	6–9–3	17–11–1	11–7	7–10–1	9–9	11–7	10–7–1
Chicago	9–6–3	—	10–8	13–5	11–6–1	12–6–1	5–12–1	11–7
Detroit	11–7–1	8–10	—	14–4–1	10–8	10–8	13–4	13–4–1
Indianapolis	7–11	5–13	4–14–1	—	3–15	1–17	7–11	10–8
New York	10–7–1	6–11–1	8–10	15–3	—	7–10–3	12–6	10–8–1
Philadelphia	9–9	6–12–1	8–10	17–1	10–7–3	—	12–6	13–3–1
Pittsburgh	7–11	12–5–1	4–13	11–7	6–12	6–12	—	9–9
Washington	7–10–1	7–11	4–13–1	8–10	8–10–1	3–13–1	9–9	—

Roster

1887 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Bill George Tim Keefe Mike Mattimore John Roach Bill Swarback Ledell Titcomb Mickey Welch Stump Weidman		Catchers William Brown Pat Deasley Pat Murphy Jim O'Rourke Infielders Buck Becannon Roger Carey Roger Connor Buck Ewing Joe Gerhardt Gil Hatfield Candy Nelson John Rainey Danny Richardson John Ward		Outfielders Mike Dorgan Patrick Gillespie George Gore Mike Tiernan		Manager Jim Mutrie

1887 New York Giants

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Jim Mutrie

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	William Brown	49	170	37	.218	0	25
1B	Roger Connor	127	471	134	.285	17	104
2B	Danny Richardson	122	450	125	.278	3	62
SS	John Montgomery Ward	129	545	184	.338	1	53
3B	Buck Ewing	77	318	97	.305	6	44
OF	Mike Dorgan	71	283	73	.258	0	34
OF	George Gore	111	459	133	.290	1	49
OF	Mike Tiernan	103	407	117	.287	10	62

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
Jim O'Rourke	103	397	113	.285	3	88
Patrick Gillespie	76	295	78	.264	3	37
Pat Deasley	30	118	37	.314	0	23
John Rainey	17	58	17	.293	0	12
Pat Murphy	17	56	12	.214	0	4
Gil Hatfield	2	7	3	.429	0	3
Buck Becannon	1	5	0	.000	0	0
Roger Carey	1	4	0	.000	0	2
Joe Gerhardt	1	4	0	.000	0	0
Candy Nelson	1	2	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
Tim Keefe	56	476.2	35	19	3.12	189
Mickey Welch	41	346.0	22	15	3.36	115
Bill George	13	108.0	3	9	5.25	49
Ledell Titcomb	9	72.0	4	3	3.88	34
Mike Mattimore	7	57.1	3	3	2.35	12
Bill Swarback	2	16.0	0	2	5.06	6
John Roach	1	8.0	0	1	11.25	3
Stump Weidman	1	8.0	0	1	1.13	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
Mike Tiernan	5	1	2	1	8.69	3
Danny Richardson	1	0	0	0	---	0

References

"Team Stolen Base Records & Team Caught Stealing Records". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

1887 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

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1887 World Series

San Francisco Giants

Established in 1883
Formerly the New York Gothams and the New York Giants
Based in San Francisco, California (Bay Area)

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Pre-World Series Champions (2)

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Temple Cup Champions (1)

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Minor league affiliates

Triple-A: Sacramento River Cats
Double-A: Richmond Flying Squirrels
High-A: Eugene Emeralds
Single-A: San Jose Giants
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