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1897 New York Giants (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896/1898) 83-48, Finished 3rd in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 895 runs, Allowed 695 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-51 Managed by Bill Joyce Ballpark: Polo Grounds III (ballparks.com) Attendance: 390,340 (1st of 12) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 96   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1897 Stats (1896/1898) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *John Warner         24  110  397   50  109   6  3   2   51  26       .275  .344  .320   8          16   4           78
1B *Willie Clark        24  116  431   63  122  17 12   1   75  37       .283  .352  .385  18           9   4           97
2B #Kid Gleason         30  131  540   85  172  16  4   1  106  26       .319  .353  .369  43           3   5           93
3B *Bill Joyce          31  109  388  109  118  15 13   3   64  78       .304  .441  .433  33          17   5          134
SS #George Davis        26  130  519  112  183  31 10  10  136  41       .353  .407  .509  65           7   5          144
OF *George Van Haltren  31  129  564  117  186  22  9   3   64  40       .330  .375  .417  50           1   6          111
OF *Mike Tiernan        30  127  528  123  174  29 10   5   72  61       .330  .400  .451  40           1   1          127
OF *Ducky Holmes        28   79  306   51   82   8  6   1   44  18       .268  .317  .343  30           4   6           76
   #Tom McCreery        22   49  177   36   53   8  5   1   27  22       .299  .380  .418  15           1   6          113
    Parke Wilson        29   46  154   29   46   9  3   0   22  15       .299  .365  .396   5           1   0          103
    Jim Donnelly        31   23   85   19   16   3  0   0   11   9       .188  .266  .224   6           0   1           31
    Charlie Gettig      26   22   75    8   15   6  0   0   12   6       .200  .277  .280   3           2   0           49
   *Jake Beckley        29   17   68    8   17   2  3   1   11   2       .250  .301  .412   2           3   0           89
   #Walt Wilmot         33   11   34    8    9   2  0   1    4   2       .265  .306  .412   1           0   1           90
    General Stafford    29    7   23    0    2   0  0   0    3   3       .087  .192  .087   0           0   0          -24
   ?Dave Zearfoss       29    5   10    1    3   0  1   0    0   0       .300  .300  .500   0           0   0          111
   *Yale Murphy         27    5    8    1    0   0  0   0    1   2       .000  .200  .000   0           0   0          -44

    Amos Rusie          26   40  144   25   40   1  3   0   22   3       .278  .297  .326   1           1   0           66
    Jouett Meekin       30   42  137   22   41   6  1   0   10   5       .299  .329  .358   3           1   0           83
   *Cy Seymour          24   44  137   13   33   5  1   2   14   4       .241  .262  .336   3           0   1           59
   *Mike Sullivan       30   23   66    6   18   1  0   0    8   2       .273  .294  .288   0           0   0           56
   *Ed Doheny           23   10   35    5    7   1  0   0    0   1       .200  .222  .229   2           0   0           20
   #Dad Clarke          32    7   18    4    3   0  0   0    1   1       .167  .211  .167   0           0   0            1
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9  137 4844  895 1449 188 84  31  758 404  327  .299  .353  .392 328          67  45          106
    Rank among 12 NL teams         3    3    3   9  4   6        5    5     3     4     5   2                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Amos Rusie          26  38   2.54  28  10  0  37   1  35   2  322.3  314  143   91   6   87  135    0   6  11  0     163
SP  Jouett Meekin       30  37   3.76  20  11  0  34   3  30   2  303.7  328  176  127   9   99   83    0  15   8  0     110
SP *Cy Seymour          24  38   3.37  18  14  1  33   5  28   2  277.7  254  161  104   4  164  149    0  12  21  2     123
SP  Mike Sullivan       30  23   5.09   8   7  2  16   7  11   1  148.7  183  113   84   6   71   35    0  13  14  0      81
SP *Ed Doheny           23  10   2.12   4   4  0  10   0  10   0   85.0   69   45   20   0   45   37    0   7   8  0     195


    Dad Clarke          32   6   6.10   2   1  0   4   2   2   0   31.0   43   34   21   1   11   10    0   1   2  0      68
   ?Charlie Gettig      26   3   5.21   1   1  0   2   0   2   0   19.0   23   23   11   0    9    7    0   2   2  0      79
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.0 137   3.47  83  48  3 137  19 118   8 1187.0 1214  695  458  26  486  456    0  56  66  2     119
    Rank among 12 NL teams          1   3  10  3           2   1      5    1    4        4   12    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JWarner 110 513 127 32 17 .952 20 PWilson 30 123 20 11 3 .929 11 DZearfoss 5 15 7 3 1 .880 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 137 651 154 46 21 .946 33 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .980 9.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WClark 107 1038 64 18 69 .984 10.30 JBeckley 17 166 15 5 12 .973 10.65 PWilson 10 88 4 1 6 .989 9.20 BJoyce 2 22 0 3 2 .880 11.00 DClarke 1 12 1 0 0 1.000 13.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 137 1326 84 27 89 .981 10.69 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .936 5.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KGleason 129 309 395 53 43 .930 5.46 CGettig 6 5 10 4 1 .789 2.50 TMcCreery 3 3 9 2 1 .857 4.00 YMurphy 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 PWilson 1 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 137 318 417 60 45 .925 5.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .892 3.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BJoyce 106 165 199 63 17 .852 3.43 JDonnelly 23 18 35 8 2 .869 2.30 CGettig 7 6 4 8 0 .556 1.43 WClark 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 137 189 241 79 19 .845 3.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .908 5.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GDavis 129 337 434 62 67 .926 5.98 CGettig 3 2 6 1 0 .889 2.67 KGleason 3 5 8 3 1 .812 4.33 YMurphy 3 2 2 1 0 .800 1.33 GStafford 2 4 4 5 1 .615 4.00 DHolmes 1 0 6 3 0 .667 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 137 350 460 75 69 .915 6.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .935 2.06 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GVan Haltre 129 267 31 20 4 .937 2.31 0 129 0 MTiernan 127 178 11 14 2 .931 1.49 38 0 89 DHolmes 77 113 9 13 2 .904 1.58 77 0 0 TMcCreery 45 53 10 7 1 .900 1.40 0 0 45 WWilmot 9 13 2 1 0 .937 1.67 5 1 3 WClark 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 7 0 0 CSeymour 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 2 4 0 GStafford 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 5 0 0 PWilson 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 0 4 0 CGettig 3 6 0 1 0 .857 2.00 3 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 137 663 63 56 9 .928 1.83 137 137 137 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .920 2.55 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARusie 38 19 77 8 3 .923 2.68 JMeekin 37 14 56 11 2 .864 2.07 CSeymour 38 15 98 20 5 .850 3.66 MSullivan 23 4 39 6 2 .878 2.60 EDoheny 10 4 31 4 3 .897 3.71 DClarke 6 3 7 3 0 .769 2.90 CGettig 3 0 6 2 0 .750 2.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 137 59 314 54 15 .874 2.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Davis .353 On-base % Joyce .441 Slugging % Davis .509 OPS Davis .916 Games Gleason 131 At Bats Van Haltren 564 Plate Appearances (approx.) Van Haltren 611 Runs Tiernan 123 Hits Van Haltren 186 Total Bases Davis 264 Doubles Davis 31 Triples Joyce 13 Home Runs Davis 10 RBI Davis 136 Bases on Balls Joyce 78 Stolen Bases Davis 65 Singles Van Haltren 152 Adjusted OPS+ Davis 144 Runs Created Davis 106 Adjusted Batting Runs Davis 32 Batting Wins Davis 3.0 Extra-Base Hits Davis 51 Times on Base Tiernan 236 Offensive Win% Davis .721 Hit By Pitch Joyce 17 Sac. Hits Holmes, McCreery, and Van Haltren 6 Power/Speed Number Davis 17.3 At Bats per Home Run Davis 51.9 Outs Van Haltren 384

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Rusie 2.54 Wins Rusie 28 Won-Loss % Rusie .737 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Rusie 1.244 Hits Allowed/9IP Seymour 8.23 Bases on Balls/9IP Rusie 2.43 Strikeouts/9IP Seymour 4.83 Games Rusie and Seymour 38 Saves Sullivan 2 Innings Rusie 322.3 Strikeouts Seymour 149 Games Started Rusie 37 Comp. Games Rusie 35 Shutouts Meekin, Rusie, and Seymour 2 Home Runs Allow. Meekin 9 Bases On Balls Allow. Seymour 164 Hits Allowed Meekin 328 SO to Walk Rusie 1.55 Losses Seymour 14 Earned Runs Allow. Meekin 127 Wild Pitches Meekin 15 Hit Batsmen Seymour 21 Games Finished Sullivan 7 Adjusted ERA+ Rusie 163

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