1893 New York Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkPolo Grounds
CityNew York City
OwnersCornelius Van Cott
ManagersJohn Montgomery Ward
← 1892 Seasons 1894 →

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
Pittsburgh 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 record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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
Pittsburgh 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

Roster

1893 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 Jack Doyle 82 318 102 .321 1 51
1B Roger Connor 135 511 156 .305 11 105
2B John Ward 135 588 193 .328 2 77
SS Shorty Fuller 130 474 112 .236 0 51
3B George Davis 133 549 195 .355 11 119
OF Eddie Burke 135 537 150 .279 9 80
OF General Stafford 67 281 79 .281 5 27
OF Mike Tiernan 125 511 158 .309 14 102

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
Harry Lyons 47 187 51 .273 0 21
Jocko Milligan 42 147 34 .231 1 25
Parke Wilson 31 114 28 .246 2 21
King Kelly 20 67 18 .269 0 15
Jack McMahon 11 30 10 .333 0 4
Willie Keeler 7 24 8 .333 1 7
Shorty Howe 1 5 3 .600 0 2
William Kinsler 1 3 0 .000 0 0

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 56 482.0 33 21 3.23 208
Mark Baldwin 45 331.1 16 20 4.10 100
Les German 20 152.0 8 8 4.14 35
Silver King 7 49.0 3 4 8.63 13
Crazy Schmit 4 20.2 0 2 7.40 5
Bumpus Jones 1 4.0 0 1 11.25 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
Ed Crane 10 68.1 2 4 5.93 11
Charlie Petty 9 54.0 5 2 3.33 12
George Davies 5 36.1 1 1 6.19 7
Frank Foreman 2 5.2 0 1 27.00 0

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
Red Donahue 2 0 0 1 9.00 1
Seth Sigsby 1 0 0 0 9.00 2

Notes

  1. ^ Les German at Baseball Reference

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