1897 New York Giants

83-48 • 0.634 Win% • 3rd in NL

📊 Season Record

83 Wins
48 Losses
0.634 Win %
3rd Rank
901 R 696 RA
Diff +205

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⚡ Quick Stats

901 Runs Scored
696 Runs Allowed
+205 Run Diff
389K Attendance

📈 vs. 1897 NL Average

Batting Avg .298 2% above the 1897 league average (.291)
OBP .352 2% above the 1897 league average (.346)
SLG .317 2% above the 1897 league average (.311)
Team ERA 3.45 20% better than the 1897 league average (4.30)
Runs Scored 901 13% above the 1897 league average (795 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumPolo Grounds III
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 389,740
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Avg per Game 5,128

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 George Davis 0.353 2 George Van Haltren 0.329 3 Mike Tiernan 0.327 4 Kid Gleason 0.317 5 Bill Joyce 0.303

Home Runs

1 George Davis 10 2 Mike Tiernan 5 3 Bill Joyce 3 4 George Van Haltren 3 5 Cy Seymour 2

RBI

1 George Davis 135 2 Kid Gleason 106 3 Willie Clark 75 4 Mike Tiernan 72 5 Bill Joyce 64
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
George Van Haltren 130 566 119 186 0 0 3 64 42 25 50 0.329
Kid Gleason 132 543 86 172 0 0 1 106 27 24 44 0.317
Mike Tiernan 128 532 123 174 0 0 5 72 61 36 40 0.327
George Davis 131 521 112 184 0 0 10 135 43 23 65 0.353
Willie Clark 117 436 63 122 0 0 1 75 37 29 18 0.280
Jack Warner 111 400 50 109 0 0 2 51 26 22 8 0.273
Bill Joyce 110 389 111 118 0 0 3 64 81 38 35 0.303
Ducky Holmes 80 310 52 82 0 0 1 45 18 31 30 0.265
Tom McCreery 49 177 36 53 0 0 1 28 22 28 15 0.299
Parke Wilson 47 158 29 47 0 0 0 23 15 3 6 0.297
Amos Rusie 40 144 25 40 0 0 0 22 3 8 1 0.278
Cy Seymour 45 141 13 34 0 0 2 14 4 13 3 0.241
Jouett Meekin 42 137 22 41 0 0 0 10 5 11 3 0.299
Jim Donnelly 23 85 19 16 0 0 0 11 9 5 6 0.188
Charlie Gettig 22 75 8 15 0 0 0 12 6 10 3 0.200
Jake Beckley 17 68 8 17 0 0 1 11 2 2 2 0.250
Mike Sullivan 23 66 6 18 0 0 0 8 2 10 0 0.273
Ed Doheny 10 35 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0.200
Walt Wilmot 11 34 8 9 0 0 1 4 2 3 1 0.265
James Stafford 7 23 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0.087
Dad Clarke 6 13 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.231
Dave Zearfoss 5 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.300
Yale Murphy 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ed Doheny 2.12 2 Amos Rusie 2.54 3 Cy Seymour 3.27 4 Jouett Meekin 3.76 5 Mike Sullivan 5.09

Wins

1 Amos Rusie 28 2 Jouett Meekin 20 3 Cy Seymour 18 4 Mike Sullivan 8 5 Ed Doheny 4

Strikeouts

1 Cy Seymour 156 2 Amos Rusie 135 3 Jouett Meekin 83 4 Ed Doheny 37 5 Mike Sullivan 35
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Amos Rusie 28 10 2.54 38 37 0 322.1 87 135
Jouett Meekin 20 11 3.76 37 34 0 303.2 99 83
Cy Seymour 18 14 3.27 39 34 1 286.2 168 156
Mike Sullivan 8 7 5.09 23 16 2 148.2 71 35
Ed Doheny 4 4 2.12 10 10 0 85.0 45 37
Dad Clarke 2 1 6.10 6 4 0 31.0 11 10
Charlie Gettig 1 1 5.21 3 2 0 19.0 9 7

👥 Roster (23)

Jake Beckley Willie Clark Dad Clarke George Davis Ed Doheny Jim Donnelly Charlie Gettig Kid Gleason Ducky Holmes Bill Joyce Tom McCreery Jouett Meekin +11 more

23 players

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