1891 New York Giants season

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Major League Baseball team season

1891 New York Giants

League

National League

Ballpark

Polo Grounds

City

New York City

Owner

John B. Day

Manager

Jim Mutrie

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Seasons

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The 1891 New York Giants season was the franchise's ninth season. The team finished in third place in the National League with a 71–61 record, 13 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	87	51	.630	—	51‍–‍20	36‍–‍31
Chicago Colts	82	53	.607	3½	43‍–‍22	39‍–‍31
New York Giants	71	61	.538	13	39‍–‍28	32‍–‍33
Philadelphia Phillies	68	69	.496	18½	35‍–‍34	33‍–‍35
Cleveland Spiders	65	74	.468	22½	40‍–‍28	25‍–‍46
Brooklyn Grooms	61	76	.445	25½	41‍–‍31	20‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds	56	81	.409	30½	26‍–‍41	30‍–‍40
Pittsburgh Pirates	55	80	.407	30½	32‍–‍34	23‍–‍46

Record vs. opponents

1891 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BRO	CHI	CIN	CLE	NYG	PHI	PIT
Boston	—	15–5	7–13	11–9	11–9	15–5–1	12–7	16–3–1
Brooklyn	5–15	—	7–13	9–10	11–9	8–11	12–8	9–10
Chicago	13–7	13–7	—	14–6	16–4	5–13–1	9–10	12–6–1
Cincinnati	9–11	10–9	6–14	—	7–13	5–13–1	9–11	10–10
Cleveland	9–11	9–11	4–16	13–7	—	6–13–1	10–10–1	14–6
New York	5–15–1	11–8	13–5–1	13–5–1	13–6–1	—	9–10	7–12
Philadelphia	7–12	8–12	10–9	11–9	10–10–1	10–9	—	12–8
Pittsburgh	3–16–1	10–9	6–12–1	10–10	6–14	12–7	8–12	—

Roster

1891 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Bob Barr Dad Clarkson Roscoe Coughlin Andy Dunning John Ewing Tim Keefe Amos Rusie Jack Sharrott Mike Sullivan Jack Taylor Mickey Welch		Catchers Dick Buckley Buster Burrell Artie Clarke Infielders Charley Bassett Roger Connor Jerry Denny Buck Ewing Jack Glasscock Danny Richardson Lew Whistler		Outfielders George Gore Jim O'Rourke Mike Tiernan		Manager Jim Mutrie

1891 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	Dick Buckley	75	253	55	.217	4	31
1B	Roger Connor	129	479	139	.290	7	94
2B	Danny Richardson	123	516	139	.269	4	51
SS	Jack Glasscock	97	369	89	.241	0	55
3B	Charley Bassett	130	524	136	.260	4	68
OF	George Gore	130	528	150	.284	2	48
OF	Jim O'Rourke	136	555	164	.295	5	95
OF	Mike Tiernan	134	542	166	.306	16	73

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
Lew Whistler	72	265	65	.245	3	38
Artie Clarke	48	174	33	.190	0	21
Buster Burrell	15	53	5	.094	0	1
Buck Ewing	14	49	17	.347	0	18
Jerry Denny	4	16	4	.250	0	1

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	61	500.1	33	20	2.55	337
John Ewing	33	269.1	21	8	2.27	138
Jack Sharrott	10	69.1	5	5	2.60	41
Roscoe Coughlin	8	61.0	3	4	3.84	22
Tim Keefe	8	55.0	2	5	5.24	30
Bob Barr	5	27.0	0	4	5.33	11
Mike Sullivan	3	24.0	1	2	3.38	11
Jack Taylor	1	8.0	0	1	1.13	3
Andy Dunning	1	2.0	0	1	4.50	1

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
Mickey Welch	22	160.0	5	9	4.28	46
Dad Clarkson	5	28.0	1	2	2.89	11

References

1891 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference

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American Association	Baltimore Boston Cincinnati Columbus Louisville Milwaukee Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

San Francisco Giants

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

Franchise

Ballparks

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Spring training:	Bolton Street Park Payne Park Flamingo Field LSU Varsity Baseball Field Denison Field Al Lang Stadium Phoenix Municipal Stadium Scottsdale Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Athletics
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Retired numbers

Pre-World Series Champions (2)

1888
1889

Temple Cup Champions (1)

1894

World Series Champions (8)

National League
Championships (23)

Division titles (9)

Wild card (3)

Minor league affiliates

Triple-A: Sacramento River Cats
Double-A: Richmond Flying Squirrels
High-A: Eugene Emeralds
Single-A: San Jose Giants
Rookie: ACL Giants; DSL Giants Black; DSL Giants Orange

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