1895 New York Giants season

1895 New York Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1889)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Andrew Freedman
Manager(s)	George Davis, Jack Doyle, Harvey Watkins
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The 1895 New York Giants season was the franchise's 13th season. The team finished in ninth place in the National League with a 66-65 record, 21.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	87	43	0.669	—	54–12	33–31
Cleveland Spiders	84	46	0.646	3	49–13	35–33
Philadelphia Phillies	78	53	0.595	9½	51–21	27–32
Chicago Colts	72	58	0.554	15	43–24	29–34
Brooklyn Grooms	71	60	0.542	16½	43–22	28–38
Boston Beaneaters	71	60	0.542	16½	48–19	23–41
Pittsburg Pirates	71	61	0.538	17	44–21	27–40
Cincinnati Reds	66	64	0.508	21	42–22	24–42
New York Giants	66	65	0.504	21½	40–27	26–38
Washington Senators	43	85	0.336	43	31–34	12–51
St. Louis Browns	39	92	0.298	48½	25–41	14–51
Louisville Colonels	35	96	0.267	52½	19–38	16–58

Record vs. opponents

1895 National League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	10–2	7–5	8–4	8–4	5–6	10–1	9–3	8–4–1	7–5–1	6–6	9–3
Boston	2–10	—	4–7	7–5	5–7	6–6	9–3–1	8–4	5–7	7–5	9–3	9–3–1
Brooklyn	5–7	7–4	—	6–6	5–7	2–10	11–1	9–3–1	5–7–1	7–5–1	9–3	5–7
Chicago	4–8	5–7	6–6	—	5–7	6–5	9–3–1	4–8	6–6	8–4	10–2	9–2–2
Cincinnati	4–8	7–5	7–5	7–5	—	6–6	6–6	4–8	4–8	4–8–1	9–3–1	8–2
Cleveland	6–5	6–6	10–2	5–6	6–6	—	10–2	7–5	7–5	7–5	11–1–2	9–3
Louisville	1–10	3–9–1	1–11	3–9–1	6–6	2–10	—	3–9	2–10	2–10	6–6	6–6
New York	3–9	4–8	3–9–1	8–4	8–4	5–7	9–3	—	3–8	4–8	11–1	8–4
Philadelphia	4–8–1	7–5	7–5–1	6–6	8–4	5–7	10–2	8–3	—	8–4	7–5	8–4
Pittsburg	5–7–1	5–7	5–7–1	4–8	8–4–1	5–7	10–2	8–4	4–8	—	9–3	8–4
St. Louis	6–6	3–9	3–9	2–10	3–9–1	1–11–2	6–6	1–11	5–7	3–9	—	6–5–2
Washington	3–9	3–9–1	7–5	2–9–2	2–8	3–9	6–6	4–8	4–8	4–8	5–6–2	—

Roster

1895 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Andy Boswell Dad Clarke Ed Doheny Les German Frank Knauss Jouett Meekin Amos Rusie		Catchers Duke Farrell Pop Schriver Parke Wilson Infielders Larry Battam Willie Clark George Davis Harry Davis Jack Doyle Shorty Fuller General Stafford		Outfielders Tom Bannon Eddie Burke Oyster Burns Frank Butler Yale Murphy Mike Tiernan George Van Haltren		Manager George Davis Jack Doyle Harvey Watkins

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	Farrell, DukeDuke Farrell	90	312	90	.288	1	58
1B	Doyle, JackJack Doyle	82	319	100	.313	1	66
3B	Davis, GeorgeGeorge Davis	110	430	146	.340	5	101
OF	Burke, EddieEddie Burke	39	167	43	.257	1	12
OF	Van Haltren, GeorgeGeorge Van Haltren	131	521	177	.340	8	103

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
Clark, WillieWillie Clark	23	88	23	.261	0	16
Davis, HarryHarry Davis	7	24	7	.292	0	6

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
Clarke, DadDad Clarke	37	281.2	18	15	3.39	67
Meekin, JouettJouett Meekin	29	225.2	16	11	5.30	76
German, LesLes German	25	178.1	7	11	5.96	36
Boswell, AndyAndy Boswell	5	34	2	2	5.82	18
Doheny, EdEd Doheny	3	25.2	0	3	6.66	9
Knauss, FrankFrank Knauss	1	3.2	0	0	17.18	1

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
Van Haltren, GeorgeGeorge Van Haltren	1	0	0	0	12.60	0

References

• 1895 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference