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1891 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnerJohn B. Day
ManagerJim Mutrie
← 1890 Seasons 1892 →

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

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Beaneaters 87 51 0.630 — 51–20 36–31
Chicago Colts 82 53 0.607 3½ 43–22 39–31
New York Giants 71 61 0.538 13 39–28 32–33
Philadelphia Phillies 68 69 0.496 18½ 35–34 33–35
Cleveland Spiders 65 74 0.468 22½ 40–28 25–46
Brooklyn Grooms 61 76 0.445 25½ 41–31 20–45
Cincinnati Reds 56 81 0.409 30½ 26–41 30–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 55 80 0.407 30½ 32–34 23–46

Record vs. opponents

1891 National League record

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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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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

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