# 1888 New York Giants season

The 1888 New York Giants season was the franchise's sixth season.
Claiming six future Hall of Famers (Roger Connor, Mickey Welch, Buck Ewing, Tim Keefe, Jim O'Rourke, and John Montgomery Ward), the team won the National League pennant by nine games and defeated the St. Louis Browns in the "World's Championship."
Keefe led the league in several major statistical categories, including wins, winning percentage, strikeouts, and earned run average.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Giants | 84 | 47 | .641 | — | 44‍–‍23 | 40‍–‍24 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 77 | 58 | .570 | 9 | 43‍–‍27 | 34‍–‍31 |
| Philadelphia Quakers | 69 | 61 | .531 | 14½ | 37‍–‍29 | 32‍–‍32 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 70 | 64 | .522 | 15½ | 36‍–‍30 | 34‍–‍34 |
| Detroit Wolverines | 68 | 63 | .519 | 16 | 40‍–‍26 | 28‍–‍37 |
| Pittsburgh Alleghenys | 66 | 68 | .493 | 19½ | 37‍–‍30 | 29‍–‍38 |
| Indianapolis Hoosiers | 50 | 85 | .370 | 36 | 31‍–‍35 | 19‍–‍50 |
| Washington Nationals | 48 | 86 | .358 | 37½ | 26‍–‍38 | 22‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1888 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | IND | NYG | PHI | PIT | WSH |
| Boston | — | 7–12 | 10–8–1 | 11–9 | 8–12 | 9–10 | 10–8–2 | 15–5 |
| Chicago | 12–7 | — | 10–10 | 14–6 | 11–8–1 | 8–10 | 9–11 | 13–6 |
| Detroit | 8–10–1 | 10–10 | — | 11–8 | 7–11–2 | 11–7 | 10–10 | 11–7 |
| Indianapolis | 9–11 | 6–14 | 8–11 | — | 5–14 | 4–13 | 6–14 | 12–8–1 |
| New York | 12–8 | 8–11–1 | 11–7–2 | 14–5 | — | 14–5–1 | 10–7–2 | 15–4–1 |
| Philadelphia | 10–9 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 13–4 | 5–14–1 | — | 14–6–1 | 10–9 |
| Pittsburgh | 8–10–2 | 11–9 | 10–10 | 14–6 | 7–10–2 | 6–14–1 | — | 10–9 |
| Washington | 5–15 | 6–13 | 7–11 | 8–12–1 | 4–15–1 | 9–10 | 9–10 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Buck Ewing | 103 | 415 | 127 | .306 | 6 | 58 |
| 1B | Roger Connor | 134 | 481 | 140 | .291 | 14 | 71 |
| 2B | Danny Richardson | 135 | 561 | 127 | .226 | 8 | 61 |
| SS | John Ward | 122 | 510 | 128 | .251 | 2 | 49 |
| 3B | Art Whitney | 90 | 328 | 72 | .220 | 1 | 28 |
| OF | Jim O'Rourke | 107 | 409 | 112 | .274 | 4 | 50 |
| OF | Mike Tiernan | 113 | 443 | 130 | .293 | 9 | 52 |
| OF | Mike Slattery | 103 | 391 | 96 | .246 | 1 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| George Gore | 64 | 254 | 56 | .220 | 2 | 17 |
| Elmer Foster | 37 | 136 | 20 | .147 | 0 | 10 |
| Pat Murphy | 28 | 106 | 18 | .170 | 0 | 4 |
| Gil Hatfield | 28 | 105 | 19 | .181 | 0 | 9 |
| William Brown | 20 | 59 | 16 | .271 | 0 | 6 |
| Elmer Cleveland | 9 | 34 | 8 | .235 | 2 | 7 |

### 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 |
| Tim Keefe | 51 | 434.1 | 35 | 12 | 1.74 | 335 |
| Mickey Welch | 47 | 425.1 | 26 | 19 | 1.93 | 167 |
| Ledell Titcomb | 23 | 197.0 | 14 | 8 | 2.24 | 129 |
| Ed Crane | 12 | 92.2 | 5 | 6 | 2.43 | 58 |
| Bill George | 4 | 33.2 | 2 | 1 | 1.34 | 26 |
| Stump Weidman | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.50 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Buck Ewing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 6 |

## 1888 World Series

The Giants beat the American Association champion St. Louis Browns in the World Series, six games to four.