1893 New York Giants season

1893 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1889)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Cornelius Van Cott
Manager(s)	John Montgomery Ward
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The 1893 New York Giants season was the franchise's 11th season. The team finished in fifth place in the National League with a 68-64 record, 19.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Beaneaters	86	43	0.667	—	49–15	37–28
Pittsburg Pirates	81	48	0.628	5	54–19	27–29
Cleveland Spiders	73	55	0.570	12½	47–22	26–33
Philadelphia Phillies	72	57	0.558	14	43–22	29–35
New York Giants	68	64	0.515	19½	49–20	19–44
Cincinnati Reds	65	63	0.508	20½	37–27	28–36
Brooklyn Grooms	65	63	0.508	20½	43–24	22–39
Baltimore Orioles	60	70	0.462	26½	36–24	24–46
Chicago Colts	56	71	0.441	29	38–34	18–37
St. Louis Browns	57	75	0.432	30½	40–30	17–45
Louisville Colonels	50	75	0.400	34	24–28	26–47
Washington Senators	40	89	0.310	46	21–27	19–62

Record vs. opponents

1893 National League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	2–10	10–2	5–7	4–8	8–4	5–5	4–8	5–7	1–11	9–3	7–5
Boston	10–2	—	8–4	8–3–1	6–6	7–5	10–2	8–4	8–4	4–6–1	10–2	7–5
Brooklyn	2–10	4–8	—	7–3	4–8	5–7–1	7–5	6–6	6–5–1	8–4	8–4	8–3
Chicago	7–5	3–8–1	3–7	—	5–7	4–8	6–4	7–5	6–6	3–9	3–9	9–3
Cincinnati	8–4	6–6	8–4	7–5	—	6–5	6–6	6–6–1	1–9–1	3–9	7–5–1	7–4
Cleveland	4–8	5–7	7–5–1	8–4	5–6	—	6–3	6–6	3–9	9–3	9–3	11–1
Louisville	5–5	2–10	5–7	4–6	6–6	3–6	—	5–7–1	4–8	4–8	4–8	8–4
New York	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	6–6–1	6–6	7–5–1	—	7–5–1	4–8–1	8–4	7–5
Philadelphia	7–5	4–8	5–6–1	6–6	9–1–1	9–3	8–4	5–7–1	—	7–5	4–8–1	8–4
Pittsburg	11–1	6–4–1	4–8	9–3	9–3	3–9	8–4	8–4–1	5–7	—	9–3	9–2
St. Louis	3–9	2–10	4–8	9–3	5–7–1	3–9	8–4	4–8	8–4–1	3–9	—	8–4–1
Washington	5–7	5–7	3–8	3–9	4–7	1–11	4–8	5–7	4–8	2–9	4–8–1	—

Notable transactions

• July 1893: Les German was purchased by the Giants from the Augusta Electricians.^[1]

Roster

1893 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Mark Baldwin Ed Crane George Davies Red Donahue Frank Foreman Les German Bumpus Jones Silver King Charlie Petty Amos Rusie Crazy Schmit Seth Sigsby		Catchers Jack Doyle King Kelly Jack McMahon Jocko Milligan Parke Wilson Infielders Roger Connor George Davis Shorty Fuller Shorty Howe John Ward		Outfielders Eddie Burke Willie Keeler William Kinsler Harry Lyons General Stafford Mike Tiernan		Manager John Ward

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	Doyle, JackJack Doyle	82	318	102	.321	1	51
2B	Ward, JohnJohn Ward	135	588	193	.328	2	77
3B	Davis, GeorgeGeorge Davis	133	549	195	.355	11	119

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
McMahon, JackJack McMahon	11	30	10	.333	0	4
Keeler, WillieWillie Keeler	7	24	8	.333	1	7

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Baldwin, MarkMark Baldwin	45	331.1	16	20	4.10	100
German, LesLes German	20	152	8	8	4.14	35
Jones, BumpusBumpus Jones	1	4	0	1	11.25	1

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Crane, EdEd Crane	10	68.1	2	4	5.93	11
Petty, CharlieCharlie Petty	9	54	5	2	3.33	12
Davies, GeorgeGeorge Davies	5	36.1	1	1	6.19	7
Foreman, FrankFrank Foreman	2	5.2	0	1	27.00	0

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Donahue, RedRed Donahue	2	0	0	1	9.00	1

Notes

1. Les German at Baseball Reference

References

• 1893 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference