# 1899 New York Giants season

The 1899 New York Giants season was the franchise's 17th season. The team finished in tenth place in the National League with a 60–90 record, 42 games behind the Brooklyn Superbas.

## Regular season
### Season standings

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| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Brooklyn Superbas | 101 | 47 | .682 | — | 61‍–‍16 | 40‍–‍31 |
| Boston Beaneaters | 95 | 57 | .625 | 8 | 53‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍31 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 94 | 58 | .618 | 9 | 58‍–‍25 | 36‍–‍33 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 86 | 62 | .581 | 15 | 51‍–‍24 | 35‍–‍38 |
| St. Louis Perfectos | 84 | 67 | .556 | 18½ | 50‍–‍33 | 34‍–‍34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 83 | 67 | .553 | 19 | 57‍–‍29 | 26‍–‍38 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 76 | 73 | .510 | 25½ | 49‍–‍34 | 27‍–‍39 |
| Chicago Orphans | 75 | 73 | .507 | 26 | 44‍–‍39 | 31‍–‍34 |
| Louisville Colonels | 75 | 77 | .493 | 28 | 33‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍49 |
| New York Giants | 60 | 90 | .400 | 42 | 35‍–‍38 | 25‍–‍52 |
| Washington Senators | 54 | 98 | .355 | 49 | 35‍–‍43 | 19‍–‍55 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 20 | 134 | .130 | 84 | 9‍–‍33 | 11‍–‍101 |

### Record vs. opponents

1899 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BLN | BOS | BKN | CHI | CIN | CLV | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSN |
| Baltimore | — | 7–7 | 6–8 | 9–5 | 4–9 | 12–2 | 6–7–2 | 10–4 | 6–7–1 | 9–3 | 8–6 | 9–4–1 |
| Boston | 7–7 | — | 6–8 | 5–7 | 10–4 | 11–3 | 9–5 | 12–2 | 5–9 | 10–4 | 8–6 | 12–2–1 |
| Brooklyn | 8–6 | 8–6 | — | 8–5–1 | 7–6 | 14–0 | 11–3 | 10–4 | 8–6 | 8–6 | 8–4–1 | 11–3 |
| Chicago | 5–9 | 7–5 | 5–8–1 | — | 8–6 | 13–1 | 7–7 | 7–6–1 | 5–9 | 6–7–2 | 8–6 | 4–9 |
| Cincinnati | 9–4 | 4–10 | 6–7 | 6–8 | — | 14–0 | 8–6 | 9–5–1 | 4–10 | 10–3–3 | 5–8–2 | 8–6–1 |
| Cleveland | 2–12 | 3–11 | 0–14 | 1–13 | 0–14 | — | 4–10 | 1–13 | 2–12 | 2–12 | 1–13 | 4–10 |
| Louisville | 7–6–2 | 5–9 | 3–11 | 7–7 | 6–8 | 10–4 | — | 7–7 | 7–6 | 6–8–1 | 5–9–1 | 12–2 |
| New York | 4–10 | 2–12 | 2–10 | 6–7–1 | 5–9–1 | 13–1 | 7–7 | — | 4–10–1 | 6–7 | 4–10 | 7–7 |
| Philadelphia | 7–6–1 | 9–5 | 6–8 | 9–5 | 10–4 | 12–2 | 6–7 | 10–4–1 | — | 6–8 | 7–7 | 12–2 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–9 | 4–10 | 6–8 | 7–6–2 | 3–10–3 | 12–2 | 8–6–1 | 7–6 | 8–6 | — | 7–7 | 11–3 |
| St. Louis | 6–8 | 6–8 | 4–8–1 | 6–8 | 8–5–2 | 13–1 | 9–5–1 | 10–4 | 7–7 | 7–7 | — | 8–6 |
| Washington | 4–9–1 | 2–12–1 | 3–11 | 9–4 | 6–8–1 | 10–4 | 2–12 | 7–7 | 2–12 | 3–11 | 6–8 | — |

### 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 | Jack Warner | 88 | 293 | 78 | .266 | 0 | 19 |
| 1B | Jack Doyle | 119 | 452 | 135 | .299 | 3 | 77 |
| 2B | Kid Gleason | 147 | 580 | 154 | .266 | 0 | 60 |
| SS | George Davis | 109 | 419 | 141 | .337 | 1 | 59 |
| 3B | Fred Hartman | 51 | 177 | 42 | .237 | 1 | 17 |
| OF | Tom O'Brien | 151 | 577 | 171 | .296 | 6 | 77 |
| OF | George Van Haltren | 152 | 607 | 183 | .301 | 2 | 58 |
| OF | Pop Foster | 84 | 301 | 89 | .296 | 3 | 57 |

#### 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 |
| Parke Wilson | 98 | 332 | 89 | .268 | 0 | 42 |
| Mike Grady | 87 | 315 | 106 | .337 | 2 | 54 |
| Mike Tiernan | 35 | 137 | 35 | .255 | 0 | 7 |
| Tom Fleming | 22 | 77 | 16 | .208 | 0 | 4 |
| Scott Hardesty | 22 | 72 | 16 | .222 | 0 | 4 |
| Pete Woodruff | 20 | 61 | 15 | .246 | 2 | 7 |
| Frank Martin | 17 | 54 | 14 | .259 | 0 | 1 |
| Kid Carsey | 5 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Ira Davis | 6 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 2 |
| Zeke Wrigley | 4 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| John O'Neill | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Stuart | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| John Puhl | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Cregan | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Bill Carrick | 44 | 361.2 | 16 | 27 | 4.65 | 60 |
| Ed Doheny | 36 | 277.2 | 14 | 17 | 4.41 | 120 |
| Cy Seymour | 32 | 268.1 | 14 | 18 | 3.56 | 142 |
| Jouett Meekin | 18 | 148.1 | 5 | 11 | 4.37 | 30 |
| Charlie Gettig | 18 | 128.0 | 7 | 8 | 4.43 | 25 |
| Tom Colcolough | 11 | 81.2 | 4 | 5 | 3.97 | 14 |
| Leo Fishel | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Willie Garoni | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Frank McPartlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |
| Youngy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Doc Sechrist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- | 0 |